", Dio vs Jonathan (After Dio becomes a vampire). On the contrary, Dio never tolerated that someone could stand up to him or equal him in power, and was enraged and deeply disturbed at the thought several times. Other Information It is revealed that the words in his diary are from a nursery song she sung him. Dio and Jonathan fall into the burning mansion's flames, Dio impaled on the Statue of the Goddess of Love, Dio's head being cradled in Jonathan's lifeless arms, Dio as a vampire on the cover of a Blu-Ray, Dio Brando holding the Stone Mask on a promotional postcard, Dio in the Phantom Blood Movie 2004 Test Pilot, Dio As He Appears With Dario In The Part 3 OVA's Timeline Videos, Dio's Severed Head Attacking Jonathan (Part 3 OVA), Dio Trapped In The Deceased Jonathans Arms (Part 3 OVA), DIO admires the reflection of his new body, DIO standing on top of his mansion's steeple, "Awakened DIO", now with the perfect body after sucking the blood of Joseph, DIO's remains are disintegrated in the sun, DIO awakens his Stand for the first time to stop a shotgun blast, DIO demonstrating his unsymmetrical healing, DIO gazes upon Cairo from the top of his mansion, Showing off the Joestar birthmark on his body, DIO, fatally injured and trying to retreat, "Awakened DIO", now with the perfect body after sucking the blood of Joseph. Stand

In the end, Jotaro lands a punch which connects with a kick from DIO. ジョースター母斑 The World gives him a longer range than most characters, but at the cost of his speed. Sometime before Enya died, she gave the Nijimura Patriarch one of the Arrows in their possession which one of his sons used to create Stand users in Morioh. When stopping time, DIO gives the impression that he is teleporting or otherwise moving at impossible speeds. Though Dio retaliated by placing Jonathan's dog Danny in the incinerator, he realized that he needed to change his plans a bit. One of the sons of Dio Brando and the main protagonist of the fifth arc of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Vento Aureo. As Jonathan is reduced to fighting barehanded, Dio's freezing powers give him the advantage once again.

Dio is able to drains an opponent's health in close quarters (via sticking his fingers in their neck) and transfers it to himself. Occupation Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. 22.jpg|Statue Legend (Shadow) He wields the Stand Gold Experience. The Ripple warrior is easily bested by Dio's ice techniques and his body is disintegrated, but Dire manages to injure Dio's eye before expiring. Jotaro may initiate "I stopped time..." over the course of the GHA, and a special animation will play where DIO is blindsided by Jotaro stopping time.

The main protagonist of the third arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Stardust Crusaders. The player can also win the boxing match between Jonathan and Dio, leading to a scene where Dio claims Jonathan cheated and hit him with a rock.

5cbcdf02c1b58cb18f698b800b799ab0.JPG|Super Figure Revolution DIO appears in the game's opening, during a scene where Giorno Giovanna looks at the picture of his father in his wallet (replicating the action taken in an early chapter from Vento Aureo). Dio Brando

High DIO's Super SP Skill. You hear that? He IS PURE EVIL, right down to his very bones! Abused by his father, being underpriviledged and having lived in the most miserable living conditions,[8] Dio set for himself the goal of becoming the richest, then the most powerful being on Earth.

widths="100" orientation="portrait" spacing="small"> Is he a victim of circumstance, you're wondering? The two would spent a considerable amount of time together, each traversing to the other's location across the world and discussing ways to turn their philosophies into reality. In the battle that ensues on a balcony, Jonathan uses Luck & Pluck to sever Dio's right arm and nearly cleave him in half. A resurgence of popular interest in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure occurred when "WRYYYYY!" After a series of unfortunate events which led to Pucci being stabbed by the Arrow and gaining a Stand, he turned to DIO. DIO players tend to rely on frame traps or mistakes from the enemy to inflict damage. By being the greatest villain in the game, his Metal Strikers are naturally the hardest ones to obtain in the game, usually requiring special conditions and tasks to be earned. Dio Brando is the main antagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, he manipulates many people behind the scenes in order to eliminate the Joestars and their allies. However, it cannot be incorporated into combos easily and works better as an out-of-pressure reversal or a frame trap. Uppercutting them into the air, he finishes by smashing their frozen form to bits between his hands while laughing (replicating Dire's defeat). The ability is best known for DIO's activation and cancellation phrases THE WORLD, Time, stop! Height Jotaro plans to keep on breaking DIO's leg whenever it regenerates until the sun comes up and kills him.

He appears as one the 6 playable characters in the second demo. (世界(ザ・ワールド)! He has special dialogue when teamed up with Jonathan, where both, while showing great disdain for the other, reluctantly accept each other as partners. Dio's most recognizable characteristics are his boundless ambition and his love of power. His Space Ripper Stingy Eyes attack, now with a different command, are now completely unblockable, though the animation is notably slower and lack any ability to cause a Stand Crash right off. Yoshihiro Kira was also revealed to have been given an Arrow before his death.

In August, he meets Noriaki Kakyoin while the latter is vacationing in Egypt and fights and brainwashes him as well. IMG 2852.JPG|Super Figure Revolution (Gold) This edit will also create new pages on Giant Bomb for: Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other This can only happen in the first half of his walking length, otherwise he is vulnerable. Lawyer[6] (as a human) Dio Brando and his descendants also possess this birthmark due to Dio's theft of Jonathan Joestar…

DIO is ecstatic when he sees his power growing further. He has three potential "battle panel" formations: a 4-block, a 5-block and a 6-block.

In Stone Ocean, after fusing with the Green Baby, Enrico Pucci and Weather Report also receive the mark, as the homunculus partially originated with DIO's Bone; and as twin brothers, they connect and affect one another in the same way DIO does Joseph, Holy and Jotaro in Stardust Crusaders. Pucci is the main antagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure part 6. 20~21 (Part 1)122~123 (Part 3) However it is a common misconception that the original Japanese of the line is Toki wo Tomare (時を止まれ) which is grammatically awkward as it would translate as "to stop time." If The World's opening punch strikes the victim, DIO stops time, jumps high into the air where he can no longer be seen, and brings the now-memetic steam roller down on his victim. Despite this, Giorno's picture of him has "Dio Brando" imprinted on it, even though his original name would have been long forgotten by then. He then elbows the vehicle repeatedly, heavily denting it in the process, before jumping off and resuming time, thus allowing the vehicle to explode as it is crushing his opponent. DioSAS.jpg|Super Action Statue

Status 3.3 Heritage for the Future (Arcade/PS1/DC), (The information below derives from a Video Game not written by Araki. January 16, 1989[3][4] https://jojo.fandom.com/wiki/Joestar_Birthmark?oldid=338908. He then attempts to escape but to no avail. Japanese Name KUJI DIO.png|Ichiban Kuji Jotaro and doctors from the Speedwagon Foundation are able to do a blood transfusion between Joseph's body and the lower half of DIO's body. Dio Brando is of the Vampire style. Game Debut He is an insane priest who worships Dio and seeks to remake the world to fit Dio's vision. A star-shaped birthmark on the left of the neck/upper back that all members of the Joestar family possess. Dub Voice Actor For his Part 3 variations, his Shadow Dio Finish Move makes him attack the opponent with his hair, while his normal version attacks the opponent with his Stand's "MUDAMUDAMUDA!" In contrast to Jotaro, DIO is more effective with his Stand on. After a short scuffle on the rooftop, Jonathan pushes Dio into the inferno and manages to impale him on a statue of the goddess of love; the combination of such a severe injury and the surrounding flames overpowers Dio, who seemingly burns away. DIO dons a jacket with a tight tank-top underneath, as well as chaps with an exposed crotch. Dio Brando's clip features his use of The World (often pronounced intentionally as "Za Wārudo", to mimic how Dio pronounces it in Japanese) to freeze time, throwing a barrage of knives, and finishing his dying opponent off by dropping a steamroller on him, atop which he leans back and exclaims "WRYYYYY!". His Stand attacks are effective as surprises, and capable of juggling and/or short bread-and-butter combo finishers. OVA: Andrew Chaikin(English Dub) Marco Balzarotti(Italian Dub) TV anime: Patrick SeitzW (English Dub). If DIO is hit by Alessi's Stand, he will turn into Nukesaku.

(世界(ザ・ワールド)!

Male "Jotaro Kujo, Part 1" during one of his fights, it is possible that the battle cry may be hereditary, since Giorno is not a vampire (but still may be a half-vampire).

[11] This duration would have continued to develop had DIO not been defeated. Romanized Name True to the manga and anime, Jotaro also can usurp the timestop from DIO if he does his own timestop command in the right moment. Unsuccessful, Dio leaves her at the mercy of Doobie, but Jonathan intervenes before anything grave happens.

The transfusion is able to revive Joseph, and later they lay DIO's remains in the middle of the Sahara Desert to disintegrate with the rising sun. Dio's HHA move is Space Ripper Stingy Eyes.

The first protagonist of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and progenitor of the Joestar line. Dio reveals himself at this time, having mostly healed his body, and overwhelms Jonathan and Zeppeli by bypassing their Ripple attacks with his freezing ability. Notably in one variation of his final fight with Jonathan, Dio can instead briefly plant his head on the body of the drunken priest Styx before making his final move. This then lead Polnareff to go to Italy and track down Diavolo after finding out about the arrow in his possession. DIO returns in the Jump Super Stars' sequel, Jump Ultimate Stars and retains his previous playing style.