Josefumi Kujo is a primary character featured in the eighth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, JoJolion. Josefumi is alluded to in the "Love Love Deluxe" story arc but gains real significance in the "Vitamin C and Killer Queen" arc. He is the son of Sadafumi Kujo and Kiyomi...
was first revealed in Chapter 44 of JoJolionJoJolion
JoJolion is the eighth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, serialized in Ultra Jump from May 19, 2011, to August 19, 2021. The part won the Grand Prize for manga at the 2013 Japan Media Arts Festival. In 2021, Araki won the Iwate Hometown Special Manga Award for Part 8 and..., which released on June 19, 2015. He was shown in a photo on Karera SakunamiKarera Sakunami
Karera Sakunami is a tertiary ally featured in the eighth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, JoJolion, specifically the "Love Love Deluxe" story arc. She is an agricultural student infatuated with the former identity of Josuke Higashikata, Josefumi Kujo. Consequently, she becomes involved with the Locacaca Smuggling Organization who...‘s phone. At the time, Josefumi was drawn with a star-shaped birthmarkStar Birthmark
The Star Birthmark is a distinct, five-pointed, star-shaped mark appearing in the region of the back of the left shoulder or close to the nape on all JoJos or individuals of the Joestar bloodline. It may also appear on individuals who are connected to the bloodline in certain ways. It..., leading to several fan theories about his connection to the Joestar familyJoestar Family
The Joestar Family is an extensive clan of characters featured prominently in the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, of which each of the protagonists of the series is a member. Dating back to English aristocracy, the Joestar Family would become involved in the supernatural, resulting in a rippling impact affecting generations.... However, Hirohiko ArakiHirohiko Araki
Hirohiko Araki, born Toshiyuki Araki, is a Japanese manga artist and the author of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. He made his debut in 1980 with his one-shot Poker Under Arms, and began his professional career with the short series Cool Shock B.T., Baoh the Visitor, and Gorgeous Irene. Araki's biggest series,... did not include the birthmark when Josefumi returned in later chapters. Furthermore, the final chapter of Part 8 that released in August 2021 revealed that Josefumi is not biologically related to them.
JoJolion Updates
The sixth reprint of JoJolion Volume 11 in January 2023 changed the pages showing Josefumi to remove the birthmark. The same photo was also in Volume 12, which was updated as well. The digital monochrome and colored versions of the volumes also updated to include the changes.
[Thanks to Karmageddon for discovering this in his physical volume]
Prior to removing Josefumi’s birthmark, the older volumes were additionally updated to change Kyo Nijimura’s name to Kei NijimuraKei Nijimura
Kei Nijimura is a secondary ally featured in the eighth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, JoJolion. Appearing as an antagonist in the "Paisley Park and Born This Way" story arc, she then becomes an ally in "The Wonder of You" story arc. Nijimura is the Higashikata family's housekeeper..... The kanji is the same but can be read in both ways. Thus, Shueisha initially published the manga with the incorrect furigana spelling (which shows how the name should be read). Araki did not notice until Chapter 102 released in December 2020, where he announced the proper spelling.
Older Updates
Updates in volume reprints are rare. The first chapter of Phantom BloodPhantom Blood
Phantom Blood is the first part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from December 1986 to October 1987 under the title of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 1 Jonathan Joestar: His Youth, and was collected into five volumes by Jump Comics. The part was initially... had a typographical error when it was published, where “Nani o suru da” (何をするだァーッ) was written instead of “Nani o surun da” (何をするんだァーッ). This error was not fixed for 15 years until the 66th printing, and has since been replicated in other works such as All-Star Battle.
Chapter 253 (the 140th chapter of Stardust CrusadersStardust Crusaders
Stardust Crusaders is the third part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from March 1989 to April 1992 under the title of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 3 Jotaro Kujo: Heritage for the Future, and was collected into seventeen volumes by Jump Comics. The part...) was also updated in 2008 as ShueishaShueisha
Shueisha Inc. is a major publisher in Japan. The company was founded in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The following year, Shueisha became a separate, independent company on August 8, 1926. They were eventually incorporated as Shueisha Inc. in 1949. Magazines published by Shueisha include... asked Araki to redraw scenes depicting Noriaki KakyoinNoriaki Kakyoin
Noriaki Kakyoin is a primary ally featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders. He also appears as a posthumous primary character in the spin-off manga Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak. Kakyoin is a Japanese student who was brainwashed by DIO during an earlier trip to... and DIODio Brando
Dio Brando, later known simply as DIO, is the main antagonist of the first and third parts of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Phantom Blood and Stardust Crusaders, as well as the first main antagonist of the series overall. He is also a postmortem primary antagonist in the sixth part... fighting on top of a mosque. The mosque was replaced with a regular building.
In 2021, Chapter 5 of Stone OceanStone Ocean
Stone Ocean is the sixth part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from December 7, 1999 to April 8, 2003, and was collected into seventeen volumes by Jump Comics. Stone Ocean is the last part set in the original timeline of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure:... altered the inking on a female inmate and replaced her banana with a sandwich to avoid allusions to racial caricatures and blackface.
About JoJolion
JoJolion (ジョジョリオン) is the eighth part of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. It was serialized in Ultra Jump from May 19, 2011 to August 19, 2021. The story begins in 2011 and follows Josuke Higashikata. He is a young man afflicted by retrograde amnesia, searching to uncover his identity in Morioh Town. However, his digging pulls him and his adoptive family into the unfinished business between his previous life and an impending inhuman threat. Araki also won the Iwate Hometown Special Manga Award for Part 8 in late 2021.
