Jojo’s Bizarre Adventureis known for its creative and powerful Stand abilities, which grant their users incredible powers, ranging from just punching things to mastery over time and space. Given the wide variation in powers,Jojovillains can be exceptionally dangerous without even providing a clue as to the threat they pose.
The strongestJojovillains not only possess incredible Stands, but also know just how to use them for maximum effectiveness.Strategy is often important when it comes to Stand battles, so it helps for the user to be quite intelligent as well. Some of the strongest villains have Stands which act on their own, making it difficult to even approach the user directly. Others are able to affect wide areas, making it impossible to identify the user. Here are 10 of the strongest villains seen inJojo’s Bizarre Adventure, including villains from parts 7 and 8, which may constitutespoilersfor anime-only viewers.
10Cioccolata Can Take Down An Entire City
First Appearance:Golden Wind, chapter 114
Cioccolata is a member of Passione who was sent to kill Giorno’s group as they approached Rome. A sadistic man so disgusting even his mafia boss can’t stand him, Cioccolata loves to kill, regardless of the circumstances.Cioccolata’s Stand, Green Day, is a humanoid-type Stand which releases deadly mold spores that will devour the flesh of anyone unfortunate enough to be infected. Because of the way that the Stand works, its effective range is limitless, meaning Cioccolata can kill huge amounts of people at once.
Cioccolata was also once a surgeon and still maintains absurd surgical skill, allowing him to dismember his own body in a flash.He was defeated in a grisly manner, with Giorno turning a bullet he was shot with into a beetle that ate its way out of his head. Giorno then laid the greatest beatdown inJojohistory on him, ensuring Cioccolata wouldn’t hurt anyone again.
9Prosciutto Can Age Anyone Instantly
First Appearance:Golden Wind, chapter 47
Prosciutto is another member of Passione who specifically works as an assassin, and is similarly sent after Giorno and Bucciarati.His Stand ability, Grateful Dead, allows him to release a gas which causes everyone in a wide area (in this case, an entire train) to age rapidly, leaving them helpless. He can selectively apply the effect of his Stand as well, meaning it won’t affect him or his own allies, thanks to small variations in body temperature.
Grateful Dead is also good in a close-range fight, packing some surprising power.
Prosciutto was defeated by Bucciarati when the latter had no choice but to emerge from the Stand-using turtle.Bucciarati threw Prosciutto off the train, causing him to be run over, and yet even this wasn’t enough to defeat him entirely, as he managed to maintain concentration on his Stand’s ability for quite some time afterward, until finally dying of his injuries.
8Yoshikage Kira Possesses A Variety of Powers
First Appearance:Diamond is Unbreakable, chapter 69
Yoshikage Kira is the main villain of part 4,Diamond is Unbreakable. A serial killer who takes the hands off of the women he’s killed, Kira is a truly villainous figure who operates without a shred of decency. Kira’s Stand, Killer Queen, possesses quite a few abilities by the end of the series.Killer Queen can turn anything into a bomb by touching it, deploy an autonomous bomb to chase down adversaries (Sheer Heart Attack),and implant bombs into people, which only explode when certain conditions are met, sending everyone back in time by one hour (Bites the Dust).
Kira’s cover is eventually blown by his arrogance, leading to a battle in the streets which only narrowly avoids being reset.
This combination of abilities makes confronting Kira exceptionally difficult, as he has excellent defenses, both close-range and long-range. Kira’s cover is eventually blown by his arrogance, leading to a battle in the streets which only narrowly avoids being reset.Kira finally diedwhen his head was run over by an ambulance.
7Vanilla Ice Destroys Everything
First Appearance:Stardust Crusaders, chapter 125
Vanilla Ice is a minion of Diowho was transformed into a vampire as a reward for his absurd loyalty. This makes him far more difficult to kill than any human Stand user, and being a vampire doesn’t preclude Vanilla Ice from having a Stand of his own.His Stand, Cream, is able to consume itself and become a threatening sphere of absolute void, which destroys anything it comes in contact with. It opens portals to a seemingly empty dimension, allowing Vanilla Ice to hide within the space and rendering him almost invulnerable, except for the need to peek out occasionally.
Vanilla Ice was by far one of Dio’s deadliest followers, managing to kill Avdol and Iggy before ultimately being taken out by Polnareff.He was ultimately killed by being exposed to sunlight, which caused his vampiric body to disintegrate instantly.
6Dio Could Stop Time Itself
First Appearance:Phantom Blood, chapter 1
Dio is the main antagonist for both parts 1 and 3, and his influence lasts long after his death. Dio was the first to become a vampire using the Stone Mask, granting him immortality so long as he doesn’t enter the sunlight. Dio even survived being decapitated, able to steal the dead Jonathan’s body with his head.Dio’s Stand, The World, is one of the strongest when it’s introduced, allowing Dio to stop time for a limited period, letting him set up deadly attacks that his opponents can’t react to.
Dio goes up against Jotaro, whose Stand Star Platinum happens to be a very similar type to The World, and is soon able to manipulate time as well, taking away Dio’s big advantage.Jotaro delivers a fatal blow to The World, killing Dio. His body was later left in the Sahara desert to be destroyed by the sun, just for good measure.
5Diavolo Can Erase Time
First Appearance:Golden Wind, chapter 71
Diavolo is the secretive leader of Passione, a cold and cruel man who cares only for himself and keeping his identity hidden.Diavolo is the user of the Stand King Crimson, which allows him to erase 10 seconds of time while enabling him to predict the next 10 seconds, making it impossible to get the jump on him. He’s a clever opponent who knows just how to make use of this highly specific ability, and doesn’t hold back from delivering powerful attacks that can kill an enemy in one shot.
Diavolo is ultimately defeated whenGiorno’s Stand evolves into Golden Wind Requiem,which possessed the ability to restore the erased time.Golden Wind Requiem traps Diavolo in a time loop which always ends in his death, only to start over, meaning he’s in an endless loop of dying repeatedly–undoubtedly the worst fate anyJojovillain has suffered.
4Kars is The Ultimate Lifeform
First Appearance:Battle Tendency, chapter 20
Kars is a Pillar Man, a type of being whichKars claims is the ultimate lifeform. He’s one of the fewJojoantagonists without a Stand ability, but he has such a wide array of other powers that it hardly matters. As a Pillar Man, he can control and modify his own body at will, allowing him to sprout blades from his arms.When he truly becomes the Ultimate Thing, Kars gains super-senses, regeneration, immortality, and the capacity to evolve his body to survive under any conditions, even being submerged in lava or lost in deep space.
Kars was defeated when Joseph redirected a blast of Hamon from Kars into the Earth, triggering a volcanic eruption which launched him into space.Kars freezes up in the cold of space and is trapped in a body which can no longer move, and no longer die, until eventually he lost the capacity for rational thought entirely.
First Appearance:Jojolion, chapter 76
Toru is a Rock Human, a type of being thatplays a major role in part 8,Jojolion. Rock Humans look like humans, but are silicon-based lifeforms instead of carbon-based. They tend to be very selfish and only take part in relationships on a transactional basis. Like ordinary humans, they can have Stands, andToru’s Stand, Wonder of U, is one of the strongest inJojo, causing “calamities” to befall anyone who attempts to take action against Toru or Wonder of U. Its range seems to be limitless, meaning no where is far enough away to avoid its effects.
Toru was defeated by Josuke using his Soft and Wet: Go Beyond,which could create bubbles that “didn’t exist” as objects within the universe, and thus couldn’t be controlled by Wonder of U, although he was ultimately killed by the Locacaca fruit’s equivalent exchange, saving the life of young Tsurugi.
2Pucci Reset the Universe
First Appearance:Stone Ocean, chapter 33
Enrico Pucci is a devout follower of Dio, even after his death in 1989, and aims to realize Dio’s dreams of heaven through whatever means possible.Pucci is the owner of a powerful Stand, Whitesnake, which can remove CDs from people containing their memories and Stand abilities.His Stand would go on to evolve several times, into C Moon and then Maiden Heaven,allowing him to control gravity to such an extent that he’s able to speed up the passage of time for the entire universe.
Pucci accidentally inserts Weather Report’s Stand disc into him, granting him the power of that Stand.
Pucci was defeated when Emporio appears in the new universe he created.Trying to kill the boy, Pucci accidentally inserts Weather Report’s Stand disc into him, granting him the power of that Stand, giving Emporio the means to defeat Pucci by increasing the amount of oxygen in the air, killing him with oxygen poisoning.
1Funny Valentine’s Stand is No Laughing Matter
First Appearance:Steel Ball Run, chapter 25
Funny Valentine is the 23rd President of the United States and the originator of the Steel Ball Run, attempting to gather the Saint’s Corpse parts in order to ensure America becomes a world power.His Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, allows him to access the multiverse, able to effectively switch places with alternate versions of himself whenever sandwiched between two objects. It later evolves an additional ability, Love Train, which creates a field redirecting any misfortunes which would befall Valentine to others.
Funny Valentine’s abilities made him incredibly difficult to defeat, and he was one of the few villains who had the good sense to try to reason with his opposition. He was ultimately killed when he attempted to pull one over on Johnny, but Johnny fired back using his Spin power, nailing him in the throat and head. Funny Valentine’s multiverse-manipulating power and ability to reject misfortunes made him thestrongestJojovillain of all time.
Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure is a Japanese multimedia franchise created by Hirohiko Araki. It follows the adventures of the Joestar family, spanning generations, each with unique abilities and battling supernatural enemies. Known for its eccentric characters, distinctive art style, and creative battles, it includes manga, anime, games, and merchandise.
