Age: 18 (Part 2), 68 (Part 3), 78 (Part 4) Birthday: September 27, 1920 Zodiac: Libra Height: 195 cm (6'5") Weight: 97 kg (214 lb) Blood type: B Nationality: British-American Occupation: real estate agent Stand: Hermit Purple

Joseph Joestar is the main protagonist of the second part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Battle Tendency, and the second JoJo of the series. He also appears as a primary ally in Stardust Crusaders (Part 3) and a secondary ally in Diamond is Unbreakable (Part 4).

Joseph is a natural-born Ripple user and eventual Stand user, wielding the psychic photographic Stand, Hermit Purple. An exuberant troublemaker with an exceptional talent for trickery, Joseph meets the fantastic threats approaching him throughout his life with initiative and impressive ingenuity, battling Vampires, the Pillar Men, and malevolent Stand users.

Background:

Part 2: Battle Tendency

Part 3: Stardust Crusaders

Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable

Timeline:

Part 2: Battle Tendency

Part 3: Stardust Crusaders

Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable

Stand - Hermit Purple Ability type: Close-Range, Reconnaissance Form type: Natural Non-Humanoid Power: Spirit Photography

Joseph's Stand, Hermit Purple, manifests itself as a tangle of thorny vines, which Joseph can wield as both a weapon and a hazardous defense. Furthermore, it has been shown to conduct the Ripple, which makes Hermit Purple one of the more effective Stands against those weak to it such as Vampires.

One of its special abilities is to use cameras, televisions, and other things to perform a form of fortune-telling referred to as "spirit photography."

(Source: JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia, edited)