15 Strongest JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Anime Characters

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure is filled with incredibly powerful characters, naturally leading some fans to wonder who is the strongest character in the anime series. While the series started out with a decent baseline of power in Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency, the strength and complexity of the series' characters only grew with the introduction of the shonen-redefining Stands in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Stands can have a wild range of abilities, meaning even literal babies can wield an impressive amount of power.

More than just raw power or broken abilities though, all of the most dangerous JoJo's Bizarre Adventure characters need to combine their Stand's innate capabilities with a fair amount of strategy and forethought.

This is truly what makes the series so memorable, as the combination of wild powers with deep tactics makes JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's best fights feel just as much like chess matches as they do outright brawls. Therefore, the strongest JoJo's characters are also the ones with the best minds.

15 Okuyasu Nijimura Can Delete Anything in His Way

Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable

Okuyasu Nijimura is an ally of Josuke Higashikata, and his Stand, the Hand, wields the tremendous power to destroy the space immediately in front of him, no matter what is contained within it. The Hand literally alters the fabric of space, erasing it from existence entirely, along with anyone or anything unfortunate enough to be contained within. It's a tremendously powerful Stand, but it's rarely used to its fullest ability due to Okuyasu not being particularly clever.

The Hand's ability also tends to patch up the space that was deleted, allowing him to close the distance between himself and foes by literally deleting the space between them. The only real weakness of the Hand is that it requires a swiping motion from the right hand of his Stand, one can potentially disrupt the motion, preventing him from deleting the space they occupy.

14 Prosciutto Will Age Any Foe to Death

Part 5: Golden Wind

Prosciutto is an assassin working for Passione, the Italian Mafia group that Bucciarati and his allies ostensibly belong to. Sent to kill them after they began to be a thorn in Diavolo's side, Prosciutto wields the Stand Grateful Dead, which allows him to release a field that causes anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in it to age rapidly, ultimately killing them. This can make it a threat to Prosciutto's allies as well, but it also has the ability to age a person by grabbing hold of them directly, which is much safer for Prosciutto and his allies.

Prosciutto himself is immune to the Stand's effects, although he can choose to be temporarily affected if it's advantageous for him. The only counter to Grateful Dead is to lower one's body temperature, which slows or even stops the effect.

13 Pannacotta Fugo Controls One of the Deadliest Stands Ever

Part 5: Golden Wind

Pannacotta Fugo was an ally of Bucciarati and a member of his team, who ultimately left the team relatively early in part 5. It's a shame he departed the story so early, as Fugo possessed one of the strongest Stands ever seen. His Stand, Purple Haze, created clouds of deadly viruses, which devour the flesh of anyone unfortunate enough to be struck by them, and ultimately killing them in less than 30 seconds. The main drawback of this ability is that the viruses targeted indiscriminately, making it a potential danger to allies as well as enemies.

Purple Haze was also somewhat difficult to control, often overzealous in its violence. Certain creatures may be able to create antibodies for the virus, which can then be used to treat its effects, but this obviously must occur rapidly, which few foes have a chance to do before it's too late.

12 Yoshikage Kira Wields Mastery Over Time Loops

Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable

Yoshikage Kira is the big villain of Part 4, and has power befitting the ultimate foe. His Stand, Killer Queen, has a wide variety of powers, and evolves further over time. It can turn anything into a bomb simply by making contact with it, making it exceptionally dangerous in close-quarters fights. It also possesses the ability Sheer Heart Attack, which creates an autonomous, target-seeking bomb that will chase its target down to the ends of the Earth in order to destroy them.

Kira's ultimate power, Bites the Dust, allowed him to create a bomb that triggered a time loop, resetting time by one hour whenever an event he specified occurs, such as revealing his identity, making him near impossible to defeat.

11 Chariot Requiem Possesses Incredible Soul Manipulation and Regeneration

Part 5: Golden Wind

Chariot Requiem is the evolved Stand ability of Jean Pierre Polnareff, after being exposed to the Stand Arrow. Once it evolves, it becomes completely independent of Polnareff, acting on its own initiative. It possesses an incredible regenerative ability, able to reattach its arm and continue on as if nothing happened, a power almost unheard of in Jojo. Every living being within a massive radius is put to sleep for hours, and it can exchange the souls of these sleeping bodies with each other at will, effectively swapping bodies.

Chariot Requiem's power over the very souls of living things makes it exceptionally dangerous for a Stand, as they're soul-based powers already. It can even partially control the actions of Stands nearby, turning them against their masters. These abilities make Chariot Requiem almost unstoppable, if it weren't for one glaring weakness: a psychic light which creates the shadows it hides in.

10 Josuke Higashikata's Stand Has the Ability to Shape and Reshape Anything

Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable

Part 3 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure introduced Stands, but it wasn't until Part 4's Josuke that the series would get truly creative with its heroes' Stand. Josuke's Crazy Diamond is an all-around powerhouse with the incredibly useful ability to reshape anything it punches. Fitting Josuke's supportive personality, he frequently uses this ability to heal his friends and allies in battle. If that were his only use for Crazy Diamond, Josuke would still be quite strong, but where his true power lies is in how he uses it for offense.

Josuke has a variety of impressive battles throughout Diamond is Unbreakable, but few display how ridiculous Crazy Diamond can be like his battle against the serial killer Angelo. After a long and tense battle, Josuke corners Angelo and uses Crazy Diamond to fuse the villain with a literal rock. Few fates are quite as disturbing as Angelo's, and that's more than enough to have Josuke rank among JoJo's strongest fighters.

9 Vanilla Ice is Easily Dio's Most Powerful Minion

Part 3: Stardust Crusaders

Part of what makes Dio so powerful in Stardust Crusaders are his many powerful minions, and none even come close to approaching Vanilla Ice's strength. One of Dio's few followers who have been blessed with vampirism, even without his Stand Vanilla Ice would be incredibly difficult to kill. What makes this innate strength even worse is that it's coupled with one of Part 3's strongest Stands, Cream.

Cream has the ability to essentially eat matter and reduce it to nothing. Boosting Ice's defense even further, he can also hide in his Stand as it turns invisible and leaves a wake of destruction. These abilities were enough to let Vanilla Ice kill two Stardust Crusaders and incapacitate a third, which is a feat even Dio couldn't accomplish (though he came close).

8 Rohan Kishibe is the World's Strongest Manga Artist

Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable

The only JoJo character to receive an official spinoff written and drawn by series creator Hirohiko Araki himself, Rohan Kishibe is a fan favorite who is no slouch in the power department. His Stand, Heaven's Door, has the ability to turn any person into a living book, with their pages readable by Rohan. While this could just be a way for the prolific manga artist to gather research, he can also use this ability to erase memories and even give people commands.

In addition to his powers with Heaven's Door, Rohan seems to have other abilities that haven't quite been explained yet. During Father Pucci's time acceleration in Part 6, it's explicitly stated that Rohan is the only mangaka who delivers his manga on time, a power Heaven's Door theoretically shouldn't give him. In addition to that, Rohan is the only character to exist in both JoJo's original universe and the rebooted universe started in Part 7. All of this means that Rohan could very well be much more powerful than his known powerset implies.

7 Jotaro Kujo is Smart and Powerful in Equal Measure

Part 3: Stardust Crusaders

Jotaro is easily JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's most iconic hero, which makes sense given just how strong he truly is. His Stand, Star Platinum starts out as a physically imposing bruiser who can deliver a hail of bullet-fast punches that pummel even the strongest of foes. Star Platinum's strength combined with Jotaro's genius mind make him one of the most well-rounded stand users in the series' history.

Jotaro's impressive power is only amplified when, at the climax of Part 3, it's discovered that Star Platinum actually possesses the same time-stopping ability as Dio's Stand, The World. With The World, Jotaro has a handful of precious seconds he can use to either rethink his strategy, or to just go for an outright assault. Unfortunately, as strong as he is at his peak, age did him little favors. Still, in his prime, there was only one JoJo character who could challenge Jotaro's might.

6 Dio Brando is the Epitome of Evil (and Power)

Part 3: Stardust Crusaders

Though Dio isn't JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's most powerful villain, it's not for lack of trying. Possessing ambition and an intense hatred for the Joestar family since his earliest days, Dio's ugly side only grew after he became a vampire due to the Stone Mask. This earned him regenerative powers and a form of immortality that made him a nightmare for Jonathan to face throughout Phantom Blood.

The pinnacle of Dio's power, however, is unsurprisingly in his Stand, The World. With its ability to stop time for a few seconds, Dio was almost unbeatable. Though he did eventually lose his life to Jotaro, it's repeatedly stated that had Dio lived much longer, his mastery over The World's powers would have let him conquer the world. That, combined with his incredible force of personality allowing him to recruit an entire army of Stand users gives Dio the edge in power despite his loss to Jotaro.

5 Diavolo's Power More Than Earned Him His Title of Boss

Part 5: Golden Wind

Another villain with the ability to manipulate time, Diavolo is Passione's mysterious boss. His sheer brutality and ruthlessness would be enough to make him innately dangerous, but the fact that he has a Stand sets him over the edge. King Crimson has the somewhat complex ability to erase segments of time for others. This creates gaps in time where anyone foolish to oppose Diavolo is essentially immobile.

Much like Dio before him, Diavolo also has an intimidating aura that all but forces everyone under him to follow his orders. Though he was eventually taken down by Giorno, it took one of the series' most absurd powers of all time to bring down Passione's mafia boss. If it weren't for that ability, there were very few who could have stood in Diavolo's way.

4 Kars Doesn't Need a Stand to Be the Ultimate Lifeform

Part 2: Battle Tendency

Though Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency do contain some strong heroes and villains, only one never needed a Stand to rank among JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's strongest characters. A type of incredibly powerful being called a Pillar Man, Kars is from a race of people who deliberately created vampires just for the purpose of eating them. Kars' initial abilities include body manipulation, energy absorption, and super speed, making him dangerous even at base power.

After obtaining the Red Stone of Aja, Kars's power reaches unreasonable levels. Kars is able to essentially adopt the abilities and biology of any animal, is unreasonably strong, and can even use Ripple at such a high level that it can literally melt flesh. The only reason Joseph was even able to beat Kars was a lucky break that led to the villain being launched into space. If Kars had survived to develop a Stand though, then it's entirely possible he would have been JoJo's strongest character.

3 Weather Report's Mastery of the Weather Makes Him a Walking Disaster

Part 6: Stone Ocean

Initially a staunch ally of Jolyne in Stone Ocean, Weather Report's hatred of Father Pucci is channeled in some truly devastating ways. Like an ultrapowerful version of X-Men's Storm, Weather's Stand is able to use climate phenomena for a variety of wild effects. Weather uses his Stand to fly, create suits of air, and most famously to summon a hail of poison dart frogs. If something strange has happened with the weather, then it's in Weather's arsenal.

In addition to this impressive base power, the return of his memory and his hatred of Pucci grants him the unconscious ability of Heavy Weather. Fueled by the Stand User's disgust at humanity, Heavy Weather creates a series of rainbows that causes anyone who sees them to believe they're turning into snails. This belief is so strong that it essentially makes the belief a reality. While not quite reality warping, Heavy Weather comes close, cementing Weather Report's rank among the series' strongest.

2 Giorno Giovanna Inflicts Endless Torment on His Foes

Part 5: Golden Wind

Giorno is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's strongest JoJo, and it's not particularly close. Possessing the Stand Golden Experience, Giorno has the ability to turn inorganic material organic and vice versa. Much like Josuke before him, this gives Giorno a wide range of options for any given Stand battle. Giorno uses his Stand to scout, to heal his teammates, and to boost the power of attacks.

After Giorno pierces Golden Experience with the Stand Arrow though is where its power truly unlocks. Requiem possesses the power of negation, making it unable to undo almost anything negative that could possibly happen to it. Even further than that, anything beaten by Golden Experience Requiem is sent into an endless time loop where they're forced to relive horrific deaths over and over again.

It may seem difficult to believe that anyone in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure could outmatch the reality-bending powers of Giorno and Golden Experience, but one villain manages it.

1 Father Enrico Pucci Literally Restarted the Universe

Part 6: Stone Ocean

Father Pucci isn't just one of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's strongest characters, he ranks among the strongest anime characters of all time. The corrupt priest starts off the ability to steal people's memories, gains the ability to control gravity, and finally can accelerate time at a rapid rate. Time acceleration is strong enough on its own, but the fact that it gives Pucci unmatched speed and the ability to react to anything before his opponents can even think.

While it may be tempting to say that these abilities alone don't make Pucci a match for Giorno, Pucci's final Stand, Made in Heaven is actually the perfect counter to Golden Experience Requiem. Giorno's Stand can negate any attack, certainly, but it can't negate the passive effects of time acceleration as caused by Made in Heaven. Though this might be chalked up to speculation, the fact that Pucci rebooted JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's universe a handful of times without Giorno stopping it is proof enough of who's the stronger.

Though Pucci is ultimately brought down by Emporio using Weather Report's Stand, no other JoJo character has wielded the kind of power that Pucci did. Ultimately, there should be no doubt that Father Pucci is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's strongest character.

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