| “ | My 'memories'... My very first 'memories'... They 'begin' when I first opened my eyes on the soil of the 'wall eyes'. No matter what I do, no memories of what a did before then will come back, no one I met, nowhere I went, nothing. I'm not Kuujou Josefumi or Kira Yoshikage. I'm the one that came from the soil, "Jousuke". | „ |
| ~ Jousuke Higashikata |
Background
Josuke Higashikata (東方 定助, Higashikata Jōsuke) is the protagonist of JoJolion. He is the eighth JoJo of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series.
Josuke is a young man afflicted with retrograde amnesia, lacking any memories prior to being discovered by Yasuho Hirose near the Wall Eyes in Morioh Town. He dedicates himself to discovering his former identity and those originally associated with him.
Josuke's original identity was that of Josefumi Kuujou (空条 仗世文, Kūjō Josefumi), and became his current self after fusing with the man Yoshikage Kira (吉良 吉影, Kira Yoshikage). Josuke is a Stand User and retains his original identity's Soft & Wet.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-B, 8-A with Soft & Wet
Dimensionality: 3-D
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Shown to be experienced in hand to hand combat), Aura, Summoning (Of his Stand), Information Analysis (Has an incredible analytical skill as he shows by telling the exact measurement, distance and length of objects with a single look at them), Extrasensory Perception (Naturally as a Stand User), Pain Tolerance, Acrobatics (Shown a handful of times to be able to make acrobatics in different occasions)
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Stand Physiology, Afterimage Creation, Aura, Thread Manipulation (Can create and manipulate threads that spins at high speeds), Non-Physical Interaction (His bubbles destroyed Wonder of U), Extrasensory Perception (Much like its user), Absorption, Sound Manipulation, Deconstruction, Perception Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Heat Manipulation, Physics Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Poison Manipulation, Organic Manipulation, Hair Manipulation, Sense Manipulation, Forcefield Creation, Telekinesis (Soft & Wet main ability is to create bubble that can store and steal aspects and physical things once the bubble makes contact and breaks with the target, this includes things such as sounds of the condos so It makes no sound, the sound from a smashed windowpane, of a lightswitch being turned on, the sound of a fridge opening and closing, banging and crashing, his own voice to fool a foe, removing one's eyesight including only a selective amount of their vision, bodily fluids, hair, even being able to remove the hair directly and control the shape of the hair upon release, the oxygen from one's lungs causing them to asphyxiate, stored a numerous amounts of smells within a bubble, pheromones, heat and temperature, removed the friction from a surface, fire, deadly poisonous gases, bacteria toxins, even entire people, enemies and able to levitate and move the stored people to different locations), Explosion Manipulation (Can make his bubbles explode), Shockwave Creation (By popping his bubble he's able to cause damage and break objects), Durability Negation (Can make bubbles from inside people's skin), Fusionism (Able to bind things together), Small Size (Type 8) and Nonexistent Physiology (Type 1 respectively for his bubbles. His bubbles are made of infinitely small threads where they no longer exists), Invisibility (His bubbles cannot be seen due to not truly existing), Energy Manipulation, Existence Erasure (Spin bubbles are able to completely erase whatever they touch), Resistance to Logic Manipulation (Trancends the logic and calamity of the world)
Attack Potency: Wall level (Slammed Ojiro hard enough to break a table. Beat off the A.Phex Brothers in hand-to-hand combat. Able to kick through planks of wood), Multi-City Block level (Soft & Wet is a fusion stand between Kuujou Josefumi's Soft & Wet and Kira Yoshikage's Killer Queen, the latter which should be comparable to its part 4 counterpart. Shattered Tamaki Damo skull and wounded Yotsuyu Yagiyama, both of who can tank Sheer Heart Attack's explosions)
Speed: Athletic Human (Can sprint 100 meters in 11.3 seconds) with Massively FTL reactions. Massively FTL with Soft & Wet (Soft & Wet is a fusion between Kuujou Josefumi's Soft & Wet and Kira Yoshikage's Killer Queen, the latter which should be comparable to its part 4 counterpart. Kept up and tagged Tamaki Damo who could blitz Killer Queen)
Lifting Strength: Peak Human (Picked up and slammed Ojiro hard enough to break a table. Casually lifted Yasuho out of the ground. Can pull apart metal wires), Class 5 with Soft & Wet (Was able to place Josuke's Lamborghini on the top of a tree)
Durability: Wall level, Multi-City Block level with Soft & Wet
Stamina: Very High (Fought against Wonder of U while being severely hit with his Calamity's powers such as being hit into a glass door, having his hand pierced by a cigarette, being hit by several raindrops, and having a full-grown adult fall in his injuries leaving him severely more injured than before, but still fought the strength to keep going and continue to fight Wonder of U)
Range: Standard melee, Extended melee with Soft, Tens of meters to Kilometers with Bubbles
Standard Equipment: Soft & Wet, Lamborghini
Intelligence: Gifted (Shown to be a very analytical person being able to tell the exact distance between different bodies and locations in seconds, and is shown to be a very tatician fighter being able to exploit the weakness of others to gain an advantage)
Weaknesses: Any damage taken by Soft & Wet will be reflected into Josuke. Josuke's ability must get in contact with something to steal it. Can't use his ability on himself. Refuses to harm the likes of children
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Soft & Wet: Soft & Wet is a humanoid close-range Stand. It possesses enhanced strength, demonstrated first when it breaks a large portion of an apartment wall with a single back kick, and is also capable of extremely rapid hand-to-hand combat. The extent of the damage it can inflict is limited, however, as it is unable to break rocks. In strength in melee exchanges compared to other Stands has been further demonstrated in the brief encounter with Yotsuyu Yagiyama's Stand, I Am a Rock. Despite its volley of fast-paced strikes, Soft & Wet easily avoided and overcame it with a single 'Ora'-articulated strike.
- Plunder Bubble: Soft & Wet generates star-embedded floating bubbles, which must make contact with its target to work effectively. However, Josuke can control where the bubbles can fly, allowing him to send them where they are needed. The bubbles are actually comprised of tiny cords vibrating at super-high speeds, giving them the appearance of spheres. Josuke often takes direct advantage of his bubbles and their properties. The bubbles have lifting power, allowing Josuke to envelop others like Yotsuyu Yagiyama in a giant bubble and lift them in the air, as well as help him reach vantage points. Josuke has also enveloped himself and allies with giant bubbles to take advantage of their situational protection. Soft & Wet's signature ability is to "steal something from [an object] and take it for itself", which works in conjunction with the bubbles. Josuke can thus steal aspects or properties of inanimate and living things. Said properties seem to also be smaller objects that come from a bigger object. The stolen objects can stay in the bubble and are still able to bust later (as shown with the bubble with the sound of the light switch). The exact quantity and type of object Josuke may steal, how long he may keep them, and how it is redistributed is currently undefined. According to Josuke, Soft & Wet's ability cannot be applied to himself. Examples include:
- Temperature: While battling beetles with Jobin, Josuke took some of the temperature from his brush and from Joubin's Rosenbergi to check the amount of heat by placing that temperature in a nearby thermometer.
- A human's sight: After bursting near Joshu's eyes, Josuke's bubble completely blinds Joshu for a few seconds, making it appear that Joshu's eyes have popped.
- The water contained in a human's body: With one bubble, Josuke covertly punctures several ~5mm holes in a woman's body in order to quickly drain her of water and provoke thirst.
- Sound: Josuke steals the sound from a wall or a light switch, preventing any noise that would have been caused upon breaking it or turning it off.
- His own facial hair: Josuke uses Soft & Wet while shaving his face when Hato and Joshu are in the bathroom as well. Soft & Wet's bubbles in the shaving foam pop onto Hato and Joshu's faces, planting Josuke's hair onto their faces instead.
- A cat's fur: Seemingly without pain, Josuke removes the majority of a live cat's fur and relocates it, in the shape of a cat, in order to obscure the view of a security camera.
- Friction: Josuke removes the friction from a floor, creating an ice-like slippery surface.
- Smell: Josuke traps an odor and various into a bubble and has it attached to his foe Born This Way. When the bubble bursts, he can track down the Stand's user by smell and sound.
- Small objects: Josuke when fighting the A. Phex Brothers filled his bubbles with screws and nuts to fire out upon bursting.
- First Bomb Bubble: As previously stated, after undergoing equivalent exchange with Yoshikage Kira, Soft & Wet's bubbles become a hybrid of its own bubbles and those of Killer Queen. These fused bubbles retain some aspects of Killer Queen's bubble-generation ability. These bubbles are able to pop with enough force to cause damage at close range, as seen when Josuke uses one to shatter Tamaki Damo's sunglasses. Josuke can also use this force to propel any small objects stored inside of his bubbles, seemingly with a degree of control over the direction they fly in. In addition to this, Josuke is able to injure opponents by popping bubbles which have been embedded under their skin, an ability that one of the A. Phex Brothers remarked bears a striking resemblance to the late Kira's own fighting style. During the fight against Urban Guerrilla and his pet Josuke utilized the full extent of the First Bomb by detonating bubbles he had previously buried underground.
- Go Beyond: In reality, Josuke's bubble and its properties are that it is actually just a line that spins rapidly, creating the illusion of a bubble. This line is so infinitesimally thin to the point that it literally doesn't exist. He was shown generating these bubbles from his star birthmark on his left shoulder. At first, he was unable to control them, but later on being able to generate them at will and also gaining full control. The bubbles themselves are also stated to contain a trace of the spin, although the relation between Josuke's spin and the spin in Part 7 is still unknown. Soft & Wet would ultimately fuse with Killer Queen, resulting in the fusion between Killer Queen's explosive bubbles, with the soap bubbles. Go Beyond, as Rai stated, "If you can't see them and they don't exist.. - The only thing that's there is the Explosive Spin." Even with Soft & Wet's new properties, it still retains an Explosive Spin. This fusion between abilities is what allows Soft & Wet to bypass Wonder of U's Calamity, cross through any barrier, and transcend the logic of this world. Josuke is also able to deactivate this Explosive Spin. With its deactivation, it allows it to phase through anything without damaging it, such as phasing through Norisuke's body, then killing the Wonder of U. Another example of this is that the bubble is also able to travel with Paisley Park within its domain. Even with Wonder of U and its calamity, the only thing that is able to defeat it is Josuke's Go Beyond because of its non-existence
Others
Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches: