Giorno Giovanna

"When I have to repeat something that only needs to be said once... it means that the listener is unintelligent."

- Giorno Giovanna

Giorno Giovanna (ジョルノ・ジョバアーナ) is the main hero of Part V: Vento Aureo. He is the son of the series' main villain Dio, though also technically Jonathan's biological son.

Early Life
Born Haruno Shiobana, Giorno is the son of Dio (fathered using Jonathan Joestar´s body, which would make him genetically related to the Joestar family) and a Japanese woman. When he was four years old, his mother married an Italian man and they moved to Italy - hence Haruno Shiobana became Giorno Giovanna. His new stepfather, however, would often beat Giorno when his mother was not around. That, coupled with the fact that Giorno easily became the target of street gangsters, gave him very low self-esteem. However, one day as Giorno was walking home, he came upon a man covered in blood lying in a patch of tall grass. Upon his discovery of the injured man, some men approached Giorno, asking him if he knew where the man had gone. Giorno lied to the men, as he felt the injured man was the same as him. Although Giorno already had Gold Experience at this time, he hadn't discovered it yet, only activating it subconsciously. About two months later, the man showed himself to Giorno again. He had survived and remembered how Giorno had helped him, telling Giorno that he would never forget what had been done for him. Soon after that, Giorno's father stopped beating him and he became popular among kids his own age. It turned out that the man was a gangster, and he quietly watched over Giorno from the shadows. To Giorno, this was the first time someone else had treated him like a human being and showed him respect. The trust that Giorno should have learned from his father was instead taught to him by others, and ever since he has no longer had a scared look in his eyes.

Joining Passione
When we are first introduced to Giorno, he is showing off his famous ear-canal trick in which he stuffs his entire ear into his ear canal. From there on it's clear that Giorno seemingly wants to take advantage of any stupid tourist, in this case, a newly-arrived Koichi. At first, Koichi doesn't fall for Giorno's tricks but upon seeing the long line for a taxi he takes Giorno's offer for a ride. As Giorno tries to get away with Koichi's luggage, Koichi uses his stand's ability to increase the weight of the tires. Giorno doesn't let this affect his plans and runs away, after using Gold Experience to turn Koichi's luggage into a frog. Giorno then meets up with Leaky Eye Luka, who demands protection money from him. Giorno says he has no money, but Luka, who is unconvinced, takes Giorno's wallet and reveals a picture of Dio Brando. Luka becomes increasingly violent while Giorno insists that he has no money. Suddenly the frog, made of Koichi's luggage, returns and begins climbing up Giorno's pants. Upon seeing the frog, Luka orders him to kill it, but Giorno refuses. Giorno's refusal enrages Luka, but when he tries to strike at the frog with his shovel, the attack is reflected back, effectively killing him.

When we next see Giorno, he is spending the money stolen from Koichi, which leads to a small confrontation between the two of them. It is at this point that Koichi becomes aware of Giorno's stand, Gold Experience. Soon after, problems arise for Giorno as news of Luka's death spreads - among them being a visit from Bucciarati on the train. Bucciarati's interrogation eventually turns violent, forcing Giorno to reveal Gold Experience, despite his concerns about what would happen if Gold Experience gave life to an already-living being. After a furious battle, Giorno confesses to Bucciarati that he wants to become the leader of Passione. Upon hearing this and his realization of Giorno's good heart, Bucciarati tells Giorno that the way people join the gang is through a test put by Polpo, which Giorno subsequently goes to take.

The test turns out to involve keeping a lighter lit for 24 hours. Giorno sets the lighter upright in a piece of bread in his apartment to wait out the 24 hours but soon finds himself in trouble within the first hour when Koichi turns up looking for his stolen luggage. After successfully recovering the lighter before Koichi can blow it out, Giorno leaves the apartment complex only for the lighter's flame to be extinguished by an errant janitor throwing water over the steps. As Giorno tries to figure out what to do, the janitor relights the lighter for him and Polpo's stand Black Sabbath appears. It attacks the janitor for having re-lit the lighter, ultimately killing him by stabbing his spirit with the Arrow. The stand then turns its attention to Giorno, who fights back with Gold Experience and ends up winning with some help from Koichi.

Giorno then becomes the newest member of Bucciarati's group. When brought to meet the rest of the members, he is pressured into drinking a cup of "tea" which is in actuality Abbachio's urine. He earns their acceptance by doing so, having turned his teeth into a substance made of 98% water which absorbed all of the water molecules.

Facing the Passione Operatives
After Polpo's death, Bucciarati takes the group on a boat to Capri Island to retrieve Polpo's hidden fortune of 6 billion. During the trip, the group is forced to face Zucchero, another operative looking for the treasure as well, and his stand. While investigating the sudden disappearances of Narancia, Mista and Fugo, Giorno is also captured by the enemy stand. However, before that, he turned Narancia's shoe into a fly - which kept trying to return to its owner. Abbachio and Bucciarati eventually figure out the secret behind the enemy stand and defeat it, along with its user.

Upon discovering that their would-be assassin has a partner who preceded him, Giorno and Mista go ahead of the rest on a floatie-turned-fish to clear the way. After the second enemy stand user's defeat, the group encounter an operative named Belcaro, who has come at Bucciarati's request to take the money and subsequently raise Bucciarati to operative status. They then receive their first mission: to protect Trish, the Boss' daughter, from the traitorous operatives seeking to capture her in the hopes of getting information on the Boss and/or using her as leverage against him.

Stone Ocean (2012)
We learn that Giorno wasn't the only son Dio had, though he remains unaware of his multiple half-brothers. While Pucci attracted to Florida three young men who were all Dio's sons, Giorno was nowhere to be seen even if he had Dio's blood in him. It could be due to his personality or the fact that never became aware of his origins, or a combination of both. On the page containing Rykiel's privilege card, it hints that Giorno might be in Florida after all, though he doesn't ever actually appear (were he to have made an appearance, he would have been 26 years old). Of note is that Araki has drawn Giorno together with Stone Ocean's protagonist Jolyne in several pieces of official art.

Personality
"He has totally inherited the spirit of the Joestar Bloodline!!"

- Koichi Hirose

Giorno used to be an unhappy and lonely child until he befriended a gangster. Since then, he has become a more confident person. His clever mind helps him and the gang get out of tough situations, as well as helping him to win the support of the most stubborn members. While he may seem to be a troublemaker at times, he has a good heart and wants to help out anybody who has shown him kindness. Of course, he has no trouble punishing those that needlessly and intentionally hurt other people.

Stands
Gold Experience

Gold Experience Requiem

Trivia

 * Giorno's name written in katakana is not ゴルノ・ゴバアーナ (Goruno Gobana) or ギョルノ・ギョバアーナ (Gyoruno Gyobana), but as ジョルノ・ジョバアーナ (Joruno Jobana). This is to reflect the pronunciation of GioGio in Italian, as it uses a "j" sound (as in jo or ji), not a "g" sound (as in gi or go).
 * Giorno's hair used to be black and worn in a bowl cut style. However, when his stand powers awakened, his hair became gold and spiked with spiral-like bangs.
 * Since Giorno is Dio's son, his battle cry is also "Muda Muda Muda Muda...Muda!". Giorno also pulls off a "WRYYYYYY!" during his fight with Cioccolatta.
 * Giorno has the odd ability to stuff his entire ear into his ear canal.
 * His favorite musical is Les Misérables; his least favorite foods are chicken and especially duck.
 * The notation "@@@" refers to Giorno's unique hairstyle and is often used by fans when referring to him. His hairstyle is also associated with chocolate cornets.
 * A common aspect of Giorno's wardrobe involves wearing ladybug-themed jewelry, and his Stand also sports ladybug insignias. As ladybugs symbolically represent good luck throughout Europe, and it is considered bad luck to kill one, this can represent Gold Experience's powers of returning damage back to the attacker of its creations.
 * In an interview, Araki stated that he based Giorno's appearance on Michelangelo's "David". The cover of volume 62 was based off a Renaissance painting, as well.