Vento Aureo - Characters

Characters

Giorno Giovanna (ジョルノ・ジョバァーナ, Joruno Jobāna?)

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa; Romi Park (PS2 game)

He is Dio Brando's illegitimate son, conceived through Jonathan Joestar's body. His Stand is named Gold Experience (ゴールド・エクスペリエンス, Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu?), which later gets upgraded to Gold Experience Requiem (ゴールド・エクスペリエンス・レクイエム, Gōrudo Ekusuperiensu Rekuiemu?), the most powerful Stand in the JoJo universe. His Stand is named after the album The Gold Experience by Prince.

Bruno Buccellati (ブローノ・ブチャラティ, Burōno Bucharati?, alternatively "Blono Bucciarati")

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (PS2 game)

He makes his first appearance as a member of the mafia group Passione, interrogating Giorno about the death of another gang member, "Leaky Eye" Luka. Afterwards, Giorno convinces Bruno to help him overthrow the boss of Passione, in order to take over the gang. Eventually defecting from Passione, Bruno leads a group of rogue gang members against the boss, who is revealed to be a man named Diavolo. As a child, Bruno was born in a poor fishing village, but he looked up to his father because of the love he had for his family. When his father became mixed up in the drug business and was badly injured, Bruno protected his father from the people that were trying to kill him, by killing them himself. This led him into the world of gangsters. Even though he was a member of the gang "Passione", he had a kind personality, so many people came to him for help. Bruno's Stand is Sticky Fingers (スティッキィ・フィンガーズ, Sutikkī Fingāzu?), named after The Rolling Stones album of the same name. It has the ability to place a fully functional zipper on any object just by touching it. For example: Sticky Fingers can hit a wall, placing a zipper on it. It can then open the zipper, allowing entrance through or into the wall. Its ability is not limited to inanimate objects; it can be used on humans as well. Bruno is even able to use this ability on himself if needed. Its ability can also be used offensively, to take things apart, or to mismatch various objects. Bruno delivers his catch phrase while his Stand beats his opponents senseless with its fists. He begins stringing "Ari ari ari" to its rapid punches, saying "Arrivederci" as a finisher; "Arrivederci" meaning "Goodbye" in Italian. Later in the series, when Buccellati's body begins to decompose, it is revealed that he was in fact dead before the series started, and that Giorno's Gold Experience was prolonging his life (at first unintentionally) for a while.

Buccellati also appears in Araki's spin-off one-shot Jolyne, Fly High with Gucci (2012).

Leone Abbacchio (レオーネ・アバッキオ, Reōne Abakkio?)

Voiced by: Tetsu Inada (PS2 game)

A member of Buccellati's gang, Abbacchio is a former policeman who aspired to protect people until a fellow policeman is killed as a result of him accepting bribes. From then on, he had no hope of living and decided to join the gang. His Stand Moody Blues (ムーディー・ブルース, Mūdī Burūsu?), named after the English band of the same name, can repeat the past of anything or any person like a 3-D video recording. While doing so, Moody Blues becomes an easy target for enemies to attack since it cannot defend itself when it is "rebroadcasting". Once it is out of "rebroadcasting" mode, it can attack again. Abbacchio is the first in the gang to be killed: he dies fighting Diavolo as Doppio in Sardinia.

Abbacchio also appears in Araki's spin-off one-shot Jolyne, Fly High with Gucci (2012).

Guido Mista (グイード・ミスタ, Guīdo Misuta?)

Voiced by: Kenji Akabane; Kentaro Ito (PS2 game)

Another member of Buccellati's gang. When he was younger, he had a run-in with a group of gangsters, and was shot at. All of the gangster's shots mysteriously missed, giving Mista the opportunity to pick up a gun, take aim, and shoot them all in the head. It is revealed that this was the beginning stages of the effect of his Stand, Sex Pistols. He was sentenced to prison for the rest of his teenage years, although he was eventually bailed out by Buccellati. Mista uses a revolver as his firearm in tandem with his Stand, Sex Pistols (セックス・ピストルズ, Sekkusu Pisutoruzu?), named after the English punk band of the same name, which is composed of six bullet-like "people" living inside a gun, numbered from 1 to 7 (with no number 4, as Mista believes the number 4 is unlucky due to events from his childhood and the character for 4 in Japanese sounding similar to the word "die".). Mista can control the bullets so they can go in any direction and can do tasks when instructed to. Each "person" has different personalities; they love to eat, and if not fed, will not work.

Narancia Ghirga (ナランチャ・ギルガ, Narancha Giruga?)

Voiced by: Fujiko Takimoto (PS2 game)

A member of Buccellati's gang. Narancia's mother died of a sickness, and his father dismisses him as a loser. At age 14 he was wandering around and was picked up by Fugo and from there he met Buccellati. Narancia was so overwhelmed with Buccellati's kindness that he vowed to follow him forever. His Stand Aerosmith (エアロスミス, Earosumisu?), named after the American band of the same name, is an airplane-like Stand, equipped with machine guns and missiles to attack enemies. It can use a radar to detect an enemy's position. However, it can only detect carbon dioxide, which makes it a problem when there is a big crowd. Like Buccellati, Narancia delivers his finishing line in segments. He says "vola, vola, vola..." during his rapid-fire attack and ends with "Volare via" (Italian for "Flying Away") when he finishes. He is stealthily killed by Diavolo while in Giorno's body preparing for the final battle.

Pannacotta Fugo (パンナコッタ・フーゴ, Pannakotta Fūgo?)

Voiced by: Hiroaki Miura (PS2 game)

He is Buccellati's right-hand man in the gang. His Stand is Purple Haze (パープル・ヘイズ, Pāpuru Heizu?), named after the Jimi Hendrix song of the same name, a humanoid with a violet-and-white diamond pattern skin and a glass-like gladiator's helmet. Its main form of attack comes from the three globes on the back of its hands, each of which contains a powerful "Delay virus". The globes will break when they strike something, or if its strike is not stopped properly (i.e. if the globe detaches from the stopped fist). Once this happens, the virus will spread and rapidly devour organic matter—a human body will be annihilated in about 30 seconds. However, the virus is destroyed by sunlight. Purple Haze is difficult for Fugo to control in even the best of situations, since it shares his hair-trigger temper (and mania for cleanliness). The conflict between these two traits may explain the virus' aggressive nature. Fugo leaves Buccellati's group on San Giorgio Maggiore island, opting not to follow them and betray the Boss.

Trish Una (トリッシュ・ウナ, Torisshu Una?)

Voiced by: Rio Natsuki (PS2 game)

She is the daughter of the gang's boss, Diavolo, and was living a normal life before she found out who her father was. From then on, she was forced to be on the run from rival factions within her father's gang. They are attempting to capture her in the hope that she could somehow lead them to the Boss. She is also on the run in order to finally meet her father in person. When she finally got to her father, she learned that he actually wanted to kill her so that all his ties with the past would be erased, including the people related to him. On her journey with Buccellati's gang, she awakens her Stand power that was laying dormant within herself. The Stand Spice Girl (スパイス・ガール, Supaisu Gāru?), named after the British band of the same name, can greatly increase an object's elasticity, making it nearly indestructible.

Coco Jumbo (ココ・ジャンボ, Koko Janbo?)

Not much is known about the turtle Coco Jumbo himself, but his Stand is named Mister President (ミスター・プレジデント, Misutā Purejidento?) after the German band of the same name. Mr. President replaces the topmost plate of its user's shell with a key-like object that leads to a fully furnished room. Mr. President is in fact an extra-dimensional space that can comfortably contain 5-7 people, and is equipped with furniture, reading material, and even a refrigerator and television (which somehow receive power and broadcasts). Also, spirits that are within Mr. President cannot be forcibly removed so long as Coco Jumbo lives. In order to enter or exit Mr. President, a gem-like key must be placed in the opening in Coco Jumbo's shell. The one thing this space is lacking is a bathroom, which has been proven to be a problem for its inhabitants.

Coco Jumbo is not given a name until it is listed in the art book JoJo A-Go!Go!. It is also in this time that the Stand's name is changed from T-Rex (T-レックス, Tī Rekkusu?), named after the British band.

Jean Pierre Polnareff (ジャン＝ピエール・ポルナレフ, Jan Piēru Porunarefu?)

Voiced by: Hiroaki Hirata; Akira Negishi (PS2 game)

A Returning hero from the third story arc, Stardust Crusaders, Jean Pierre Polnareff sends the arrow that can upgrade a Stand to Giorno's gang. Two years prior to this arc he lost a battle with Diavolo over the Stand-giving arrows and was left crippled, only being able to move with a wheelchair and the aid of his Stand. When his body is killed by Diavolo, Polnareff upgrades his Stand to Silver Chariot Requiem right before to give himself a chance to continue on and tell Giorno and company what has transpired. Silver Chariot Requiem has the ability to control people's spirits, such as switching the spirits of two people into each others bodies or control one's Stand/spirit to attack themselves. Because Polnareff dies, Silver Chariot Requiem is uncontrollable, doing anything to uphold his last command, protect the Stand arrow. Polnareff's spirit lives on inside the Stand turtle, although he cannot leave it.

Koichi Hirose (広瀬 康一, Hirose Kōichi?)

Voiced by: Romi Park

A returning character from the previous story arc, Diamond Is Not Crash. He only makes an extended cameo in the beginning, having received a mission from Jotaro Kujo to find Giorno Giovanna and question him about his ties to Dio Brando.

Polpo (ポルポ, Porupo?)

Voiced by: Yuji Kishi (PS2 game)

Although serving a fifteen-year sentence, Polpo is still able to do work for Passione. He is the one who gives Buccellati his order, and is also specifically tasked with testing Passione recruits to see if they are worthy or not to join the gang. Although he claims to be looking for reliability, the real requisite is Stand-using ability. His shadow-based Stand Black Sabbath (ブラック・サバス, Burakku Sabasu?), named after the English band of the same name, tests recruits by tasking them with keeping a lighter aflame for 24 hours. The Stand emerges if the flame goes out and is re-lit and attacks by grabbing a person's shadow which causes them to be unable to move. It then pierces them with the Stand Arrow, if they have the ability to form a Stand then they do so, if they do not they die. If they return to Polpo, despite whether or not they actually keep it lit, they pass the test as it is simply a means to recruit members strong enough to develop Stands. Giorno kills Polpo by tricking him into shooting himself while attempting to eat a gun Giorno turned into a banana, destroying the Stand Arrow.

A character strongly resembling Polpo also appears in Araki's spin-off one-shot Jolyne, Fly High with Gucci (2012), although he is not named.

Mario Zucchero (マリオ・ズッケェロ, Mario Zukkero?)

Voiced by: Ryuzo Ishino (PS2 game)

A fellow gang member who attacks Buccellati's group in order to find out where Polpo's hidden treasure is. His Stand is Soft Machine (ソフト・マシーン, Sofuto Mashīn?), named after the English band of the same name. It is a covert attack Stand armed with a rapier. Anything pierced by the rapier "deflates" like a pierced beach ball, eventually becoming a flat, flexible object. It's possible to overlay a deflated object on a similar whole object, and be able to switch between the two (as when Zucchero deflated his own boat and covered Buccellati's with it). Because Soft Machine isn't very agile, Zucchero tries to confront living targets in a narrow space or take them by surprise.

Sale (サーレー, Sārē?)

Voiced by: Hidenobu Kiuchi (PS2 game)

Zucchero's partner who attacks Buccellati's group in order to find out where Polpo's hidden treasure is. His Stand is Kraft Work (クラフト・ワーク, Kurafuto Wāku?), named after the German music group of the same name. Another humanoid Stand, with head armor that makes its mouth look like a skull's grin, and one spike on each side of its head. Kraftwerk has perfect control over kinetic vectors. It can force an object to stick to a particular surface, or be motionless with respect to something, whether it be a road, a moving truck, or Sale himself. It can also make moving objects suddenly stop (e.g. stopping a bullet before it penetrates Sale's skull), and impart kinetic force to stopped objects. For example, Sale will sometimes make an object match his velocity perfectly, turning them into weapons of his own to use against opponents.

Formaggio (ホルマジオ, Horumajio?)

Voiced by: Tetsu Inada (PS2 game)

His Stand is Little Feat (リトル・フィート, Ritoru Fīto?), named after the American band of the same name. It is a short humanoid whose entire head is somewhat skull-like, and has long, thin blades for index fingers. When Little Feet cuts someone with one of those blades, he and all the clothing he was wearing when cut will steadily shrink in size. Likewise, his Stand will lose power as size is lost. Formaggio can also use this ability on himself, and halt or undo the effect on any given person at will.

Illuso (イルーゾォ, Irūzō?)

Voiced by: Akira Negishi (PS2 game)

His Stand is Man in the Mirror (マン・イン・ザ・ミラー, Man In Za Mirā?), named after the Michael Jackson song of the same name. It appears to be wearing spiked biker's gear. Man in the Mirror creates an extradimensional space in a given area, using mirrored surfaces as gates to enter it. Illuso has perfect control over who or what can enter the space--he can even exclude someone's Stand while Man in the Mirror is pulling him into the space. However, this exclusion ability can backfire if he doesn't realize the true nature of what he's pulling in (e.g. while fighting Abbacchio, he thought he was pulling Abbacchio in, but it was really Moody Blues in Abbacchio's guise).

Prosciutto (プロシュート, Puroshūto?)

Voiced by: Takayasu Usui (PS2 game)

His Stand is The Grateful Dead (ザ・グレイトフル・デッド（偉大なる死）, Za Gureitofuru Deddo?), named after the American band of the same name, a massive humanoid torso with no lower body. Instead, it trails wires from its "waist", and its entire surface is covered with evil-looking eyes. The eyes exude a vapor that rapidly accelerates living beings' aging. However, the aging is staved off by cold, meaning that women (who have a somewhat lower body temperature on average than men) age less rapidly, and, as Buccellati discovers, one can completely avoid the effect by holding ice up to the affected areas. The aging process accelerates even further if The Grateful Dead actually makes physical contact with a victim. Prosciutto can choose whether he is affected; if so, his touch has the same effect as The Grateful Dead, and will reverse his own aging.

Pesci (ペッシ, Pesshi?)

Voiced by: Tomohiro Nishimura (PS2 game)

His Stand is Beach Boy (ビーチ・ボーイ, Bīchi Bōi?), named after the American band The Beach Boys. This Stand takes the form of a fishing rod with a skull-shaped reel. The line can phase through any non-living thing, and sense living things in the immediate vicinity. The lure can also be affixed to a single place to await a victim. When a victim touches that area, Beach Boy will hook them, and begin burrowing into their body, usually aiming for the heart (Beach Boy is sensitive enough that Pesci can tell precisely where in the body the hook is). Any attack on the line itself is reflected back to the attacker.

Melone (メローネ, Merōne?)

Voiced by: Hidenobu Kiuchi (PS2 game)

His Stand is Babyface (ベイビィ・フェイス, Beibī Feisu?), named after the American singer of the same name, which is unique because it's a Stand that is born and not actually attached to the user. He makes his Stand by impregnating a female which then gives birth to the Stand. The other notable quality of Babyface is that the Stand inherits its character from the mother.

Ghiaccio (ギアッチョ, Giatcho?)

Voiced by: Tomohiro Nishimura (PS2 game)

His Stand is White Album (ホワイト・アルバム, Howaito Arubamu?), named after The Beatles's self-titled album commonly known as "The White Album". It is able to freeze anything in the range of 5 meters. Ghiaccio wears it as a thick suit of armor (complete with blades for skating on the ice he creates) which can protect him from any kind of physical attacks because of its thickness.

Tizziano (ティッツァーノ, Tittsāno?)

Voiced by: Ryuzo Ishino (PS2 game)

Under direct orders from the Boss, Tizziano partnered with Squalo to assassinate Buccellati and company. His Stand is Talking Head (トーキング・ヘッド, Tōkingu Heddo?), named after the American band Talking Heads, a small squid-like being with a face and arms that latches onto a victims tongue, rendering them incapable of telling the truth. It has no power or speed whatsoever, but can extend its tongue to grab objects. The drawback is that if the victim realizes this, they can will themselves to (try to) speak about something, in a situation where Tizziano would expect them to speak of something else entirely, thus rendering him and Squalo off-guard (Meaning, the "lie" isn't about what Squalo and Tizziano think it is).

Squalo (スクアーロ, Sukuāro?)

Voiced by: Hidenobu Kiuchi (PS2 game)

One of the Boss' assassins, Squalo teamed with Tizziano to dispose of Buccellati and company. His remote Stand is Clash (クラッシュ, Kurasshu?), named after the English punk band of the same name, a shark-like creature with metal plates and sharp teeth able to bite its victim and move instantaneously between liquids within a 1-5 meter range. Its power is weak, but enough to rip someone's throat out. It cannot move towards small, confined places, although its actual size depends on the body of water it is occupying. Due to the nature of their Stands, both Squalo and Tizziano could watch the Passione team from the building above and avoid any unnecessary contact.

Carne (カルネ, Karune?)

A portly individual sent by the Boss to eliminate Buccellati and company. Carne approached the group whilst they were boarding a plane and allowed himself to be shot by Mista, thereby activating his Stand Notorious B.I.G. (ノトーリアス・B・I・G, Notōriasu Bī Ai Jī?), named after the American rapper of the same name. Upon its user's death, Notorious B.I.G. transformed into a hideous monster that devours flesh, attacking the fastest moving object in the vicinity. Notorious B.I.G. is a unique Stand due to its nature (having the user die in order to activate it powers) and its continued existence even after its user dies; it lives on in the Tyrrhenian Sea, attacking any boats moving faster than the waves.

Risotto Nero (リゾット・ネエロ, Rizotto Neero?)

An assassin for Passione, his group was branded traitors after two of them tried to find out the Boss's identity and subsequently decided to go after his daughter. His Stand is Metallica (メタリカ, Metarika?), named after the American band of the same name. Metallica appears in the form of hundreds of tiny bodies, each resembling a small metal strip with vestigial arms, one or two scars, and featureless faces. Metallica is normally bound to Nero's blood, from which it can project magnetic auras. These auras allow Nero to reshape the iron in blood's hemoglobin. More specifically, he can manifest the iron into sharp and deadly objects such as razor blades, nails, and scissors directly inside his foe (apparently from memory, since the razor blades come with brand label etchings), and manipulate his own blood to create iron stitchings for any wounds he receives. One of Metallica's most dangerous qualities is that even if its target isn't killed by being slashed and pierced by the created objects, the immense iron deficiency created in the victim's blood will probably be fatal in and of itself.

Cioccolata (チョコラータ, Chokorāta?)

Voiced by: Naoya Uchida; Ryuzo Ishino (PS2 game)

A madman that claims to only feel alive while watching someone else die. Cioccolata used to be a doctor before joining Passione, although he was fired for "accidentally" killing his patients. In reality he purposefully killed them, often not giving them enough anesthesia so they would wake up mid-surgery. Apparently he has a history of this, as a young man he would "care" for the elderly, although he did this only to force them into death and see their expression. His Stand is Green Day (グリーン・ディ, Gurīn Dei?), named after the American band of the same name. Green Day has the ability to produce a type of mold that can devour a person's body in seconds. Its drawback is that this mold can only reproduce in lower altitudes, thereby killing people faster if they descend in altitude. This makes him particularly dangerous when partnered with Secco's Oasis.

Secco (セッコ, Sekko?)

Voiced by: Takayasu Usui (PS2 game)

A strange young man that was once a victim of Cioccolata but later became his partner. His Stand is Oasis (オアシス, Oashisu?), named after the English band of the same name. Oasis manifests itself as a full bodysuit that Secco wears. Its power is to turn the ground around into mud, allowing Secco to move quickly through it via swimming while his victims slowly sink downwards. Secco also has the peculiar ability to spit with extreme force, allowing him to swallow a handful of mud and spit it out, once the mud loses contact with him it turns back to stone, thus becoming a projectile dagger. His weakness is that he has to rely on sound to find his victims, a fact that Buccellati takes advantage of when he bursts his eardrums.

Scolippi (スコリッピ, Sukorippi?)

A man whose girlfriend's father asks Buccellati to investigate over her death. His Stand is Rolling Stone(s) (ローリング・ストーン（ズ）, Rōringu Sutōn(zu)?), named after the English band of the same name. The Stand is not controlled by the user, it predicts how people will die by forming into a sculpture of that person at the time of their death. The stone then chases this person, if they are touched by it they die peacefully instead of how it predicted.

Diavolo (ディアボロ, Diaboro?)

Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto (PS2 game)

The antagonist of the Vento Aureo storyline. Has a second personality named Vinegar Doppio (ヴィネガー・ドッピオ, Vinegā Doppio?), as a result of their being two spirits in his body. He is the father of Trish Una and the boss of the gang Passione in Italy. In 1985, at age 19, he joins the dig group that discovered six Stand arrows in Egypt and steals them the next day. He sold five of them to Enya (from part 3 Stardust Crusaders), but kept one and after using it to give himself a Stand, started into the world of crime. He is obsessed with keeping his true identity and appearance a secret, to the point where he orders Buccellati's gang to bring his daughter to him just so that he could assassinate her personally, therefore depriving his enemies of any clues as to his identity. His psyche is normally hidden inside the body and mind of his "underling" Doppio. When Diavolo's true personality and Stand come out, his body even changes shape and size, to his true appearance.

His Stand is King Crimson (キング・クリムゾン, Kingu Kurimuzon?), named after the English band of the same name. It is a light-red humanoid Stand that has a smaller copy of itself in its forehead, perhaps to mirror Diavolo's dual psyche. King Crimson has the power to negate processes, leaving only their consequences. Activating this power causes a "time skip", where everything except Diavolo and his Stand is suddenly changed to be in the state they would have been a short time later (usually 3-10 seconds later). Time still flows normally for Diavolo, who can interact with the time-skipped objects for the amount of time that would have normally occurred (to Diavolo this appears in the form of the would-have-been intervening objects' states being superimposed on each other, in a fashion akin to Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2). The nature of the time skip is such that, for example, a bullet that would have hit Diavolo will suddenly be shifted to be on his other side. Essentially, King Crimson establishes two intangible points on the timeline, then proceeds to erase what occurred between those two points, giving others the feeling that time has suddenly skipped forward without their knowledge; the people act "normally", but have no memory of what occurred during the erased portion of time, since it doesn't even exist. Diavolo himself is able to predict what will happen during the timeskip and use this advantage to dodge attacks. One of the key weaknesses of King Crimson, as shown in his fight with Bruno Buccellati, is that King Crimson is susceptible to past events, such as prepared traps and the like; King Crimson cannot erase the past or present, only the immediate future. Diavolo can give part of his Stand power to his alternate personality, Doppio, enabling him to see several seconds into the future.