Battle Tendency - Characters

Characters

Joseph Joestar (ジョセフ・ジョースター, Josefu Jōsutā?)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita

The main protagonist and grandson of Jonathan Joestar.

Smokey Brown (スモーキー・ブラウン, Sumōkī Buraun?)

Voiced by: Yū Hayashi

A young boy living in New York. Joseph saves him from brutal, racist policemen, and he sticks around long enough to watch the battle against Straizo. He also shows up at the end of Part 2 with Rudol von Stroheim's cavalry. Smokey is initially shown with a pigtail in volume 5, which mysteriously disappears in the rest of the series.

Erina Joestar (エリナ・ジョースター, Erina Jōsutā?)

Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi

Joseph's grandmother. A character from the previous arc, Phantom Blood. She was believed to be Joseph's last living relative, until he discovers the whereabouts of his mother.

Robert E. O. Speedwagon (ロバート・E・O・スピードワゴン, Robāto Ī Ō Supīdowagon?)

Voiced by: Yoji Ueda

An ally of Joseph, and an old friend of the Joestars, also from the previous arc. During the timeskip between the arcs, Robert settled in the U.S. where he became an oil tycoon and founded the Speedwagon Foundation in order to deal with paranormal threats such as the Stone Mask and later, the Pillar Men.

Rudol von Stroheim (ルドル・フォン・シュトロハイム, Rudoru Fon Shutorohaimu?)

Voiced by: Atsushi Imaruoka

Stroheim is the commander of the Nazi forces who discovered Santana in Mexico. He is responsible for not only saving the life of Robert E. O. Speedwagon, but also for trying to help Joseph Joestar defeat Santana by blowing himself up. He returns later as a cyborg to assist in the fight against Kars, by whom he is sliced to pieces. He later returns again with a squad of Nazis to aid Joseph when an army of vampires tries to attack him. Later, when Joseph takes a plane to try and send Kars into a volcano, he saves him by jumping out of the cockpit, breaking his legs as a direct result. He dies in 1943 on the front-line during the Battle of Stalingrad. While described as ruthless and slightly sadistic he lacks the mark of "total evil" which usually brands Nazis in Western popular culture (a reflection of the different cultural perception of Nazism in Japan). His design is said to have influenced the Capcom character Guile, though Dire from Part 1 also looks similar.

Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli (シーザー・アントニオ・ツェペリ, Shīzā Antonio Tseperi?)

Voiced by: Takuya Satō

The grandson of Will A. Zeppeli. He is a blond, suave ladies' man, as well as a skilled Ripple user. He was taught by Lisa Lisa, and currently lives in Italy. He is rather cool and collected, especially compared to Joseph, with whom he is grudgingly paired to fight the Pillar Men. But over time Joseph starts to grow on him so much he is able to understand his strange thought pattern. When Caesar was young his father suddenly left with no explanation. Because of this Caesar grew up hating his father thinking he was out living a new life. One day when Caesar spots him walking, he tails him with the intention of killing him. Caesar spots a jewel not knowing that it was the activation of Wamuu's trap and his father pushes him out of the way, sacrificing himself for Caesar. This leads to Caesar going ahead of the rest of the group to fight Wamuu, where he meets the ultimate fate, but not before doing his fair share of damage and ripping off Wamuu's lip piercing, sending it in a Ripple bubble for Joseph before his body is crushed by a rock.

Lisa Lisa (Elisabeth Joestar) (リサリサ（エリザベス・ジョースター）, Risa Risa (Erizabesu Jōsutā)?)

Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka

She is the infant Jonathan Joestar saved at the end of Part 1 and gave to his widow Erina to raise. She was subsequently adopted by Straizo, and learned the Ripple technique from him. As a young adult, Elisabeth eventually married George Joestar II (ジョージ・ジョースターII世, Jōji Jōsutā Nisei?, later referred to as "Jorge Joestar"), and they had one child. George, unfortunately, had no Ripple powers, and was killed by a vampire who had served Dio Brando. Elisabeth murdered her husband's killer and burned him to ash, but he happened to be a high-ranking military official. In order to avoid retaliation, the Speedwagon Foundation helped her to erase all evidence of her existence. Under the name Lisa Lisa, she first appears as a mysterious Ripple user whom Joseph Joestar meets in Venice, but she soon reveals herself to be his friend Caesar Zeppeli's mentor. She trains Joseph in the ways of the Ripple and joins in the fight against the Pillar Men. It is eventually revealed that she is Joseph's long-lost mother, despite her youthful appearance. She is gravely wounded in her one-on-one struggle with Kars, but manages to survive. She later tells Joseph her relation to him personally at his own funeral. She eventually remarries.

Messina (メッシーナ, Messhīna?) and Loggins (ロギンズ, Roginzu?)

Ripple masters as well as Lisa Lisa's servants. They trained Joseph Joestar and Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in the Ripple technique for about 20 days, where they had to learn things such as how to breathe in for 10 minutes straight or how to breathe in 10 times in one second. Joseph Joestar and Caesar's final test had them in a Ripple match against their teachers. Joseph would fight Loggins, and Caesar would fight Messina. After a while Messina forfeited his match against Caesar, astonished that in 3 weeks, Caesar had gained more Ripple power than he had in 10 years. However, Joseph was not able to fight Loggins because Esidisi had killed him before Joseph had got to the place they were going to fight. Messina went with Lisa Lisa, Caesar, and Joseph to Switzerland to find the Red Stone of Aja. He is last seen after the final battle in which Joseph killed Wamuu and sent Kars into space, he attended Joseph's "funeral". Loggins and Messina are named after Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina, who were a pop/rock duo in the 70's. Loggins also had a successful solo career, recording hits like "Footloose" and "Danger Zone". It should also be noted that Messina was a member of Poco; a band that also inspired a character's name in this series.

Suzi Q (スージーQ, Sūjī Kyū?)

Suzi Q is the female assistant to Lisa Lisa. When she first appears she is taken over by the remains of Esidisi and attacks her friends. But thanks to a combination attack by Caesar and Joseph she is saved with only minor injury. Suzi Q is a slightly ditsy girl and ends up marrying Joseph Joestar at the end of Part 2. Her daughter is Holly Kujo, making Part 3's protagonist Jotaro Kujo her grandson. She is named after Suzi Quatro.