Josuke Higashikata

"Excuse me... What did you say about my hair?!"

- Josuke Higashikata

Josuke Higashikata (東方 仗助, Higashikata Jōsuke, 助 "suke" can also be read "jo") is the main protagonist of Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable. He starts the series as a high school freshman in the town of Morioh. His Part in the story begins while Jotaro is looking for him, as Josuke is the illegitimate son of Jotaro's grandfather, Joseph Joestar.

Appearance
Josuke's most noticeable feature is his hair. Despite its unusual appearance, Josuke treasures it greatly as it is styled after the hairdue of an unknown man who had saved his life as a child. Because of this, he is known to go into a berserk frenzy anytime his hair is mentioned in a negative way.

As for his clothing, Josuke wears a normal-looking Japanese school uniform, with a dark blue color similar to Jotaro's part III attire. However, his general color scheme is depicted differently in many color spreads. He usually keeps the top few buttons of his jacket unbuttoned, which reveals his green colored undershirt. On each of his lapels he has a gold emblem attached; The left side has an emblem of a peace sign, while the right has one of a heart with a hand in it (the same design as the one on Jotaro's hat). On the collar of his jacket, one side has the gold emblem of an anchor, while the other has 3 hearts. He also has a gold band on each of the wrists. Being a high school student, he wears this throughout the series, along with a pair of black shoes.