User blog comment:Carabe197/Two questions/@comment-1447397-20131027071347/@comment-1739368-20131028085428

There definitely seems to be a similar pattern from the later parts, with Johnny being referenced as part of the background story behind part 8. It almost seems like a Stone mask vs Corpse parts type of situation.I could see Dio have sometime of descendants as he married into wealth, so I'd assume he would have wanted to continue the legacy.

Yasuho being Koichi's counterpart was also my initial assumption lol. A secondary character named Hirose who follows around a protag named Josuke and both have stands referencing the same music artist? Duh.