Joseph returns as a main character in Stardust Crusaders, acquiring the vine-like Stand 'Hermit Purple' which he uses to fight or perform predictions using electronic equipment, and as a supporting character in Diamond Is Unbreakable. He initially uses a pair of Hamon-empowered clackers in battle, but he relies more on his wits than brute strength in fights, employing his uncanny ability to predict his opponent's actions down to what they say. While able to use Hamon like his grandfather, Joseph was not initially as skilled in its use until he trained under Lisa Lisa. Raised by his grandmother Erina and Speedwagon, Joseph shared his grandfather's nobility through he has a coarser and more rebellious attitude.

Joseph Joestar: Jonathan's grandson and the protagonist of Battle Tendency, which takes places in the 1930s.

But as revealed in Stardust Crusaders, Dio managed to take Jonathan's body as his own and caused the awakening of Stands in Jonathan's descendants. Though Jonathan defeated Dio and married Erina, who bore his son George Joestar II, he ended up fatally wounded when Dio's severed head attempted to take his body and he died in a final attempt to stop him. This motivated Jonathan to learn to utilize Hamon energy from Zeppeli to stop Dio.

Jonathan's life become miserable when Dio Brando lives with his family, eventually resulting his father's death as Dio became a vampire.

A proper Victorian son of a rich Englishman named George Joestar, Jonathan strives to be gentleman and fights fair.

Jonathan Joestar: The main protagonist of Phantom Blood, which takes place in 1880s England.

In the universe depicted in Parts 7 and 8, Johnny Joestar married Rina Higashikata with the Higashikata Family becoming a distant branch of the Joestar family. Dio, having stolen Jonathan's body at the end of Part 1, fathered a few sons bearing the Joestar bloodline while awakening use of Stands in Jonathan's descendants. In the original universe depicted in Parts 1-6, the Joestar bloodline was inherited by the Kujo Family and Josuke Higashikata. The Joestar Family is a family with English roots with a majority of its members bearing a star-shaped birthmark above their left shoulder blade.

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