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Idea for a JoJo part 9 protagonist:

Name: Josaku Joshinaga

Age:  25

From: Palermo, Sicily

Stand: None. He fights with a gun and a katana, and lets his 4-year-old son, who is a Stand User, handle the supernatural fights.

Interests: he's an avid follower of Bushido and traditional Japanese culture and music, unlike most JoJos which are Western-culture based (even Josuke Higashikata, despite being Japanese, has Prince as his favorite musician rather than a traditional Japanese musician).

Politics: right-wing. Not far-right, but against clandestine immigration and against the European Union. He's not a  racist (he thinks that "national identity is a spiritual thing, not genetic") and doesn't have anything against gays (he's himself bi). He wants Italy to become an empire, and in the end, he himself becomes Emperor after a coup d'etat

Religion: Observant Shinto. His father was a former-hippie and a strong atheist, so he converted to Shinto because of his hatred for him and hippies in general.

Design: A beautiful bishonen with a pale skin and attractive face, long black hair with white highlights, brown eyes. His highlights are explicitly said to be artificial, and he doesn't have unusual or "anime" hair unlike most JoJos. He wears a black kimono with a Tomoe symbol and pink sakura flowers. His title is Dragon Angel of Bushido because of his good looks and honorable way of fighting.

Trivia: Unlike other JoJos, he does not pose in a "camp" way. His trademark poses involve bowing, drawing his katana, and doing various iaido poses. He's also shown to hate Araki himself because he thinks of him as a "Westerner that only has the body of a Japanese". His enemies are the Sardine, an Italian left-wing movement which actually exists.

He's the fighter in the Fighter-Mage-Thief role triad represented by his family

What do you think about this new protagonist for Part 9? Is it a nice change of pace for Jojo?