Dio Brando

Dio Brando or DIO is a recurring character and main antagonist in the manga and anime series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. After killing his father, he was adopted into the Joestar family, where he lived with his newfound adoptive brother, Jonathan Joestar.

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure character
Voiced by
AliasesDIO
GenderMale
Family
  • Dario Brando (father)
  • George Joestar I (adoptive father)
  • Jonathan Joestar (adoptive brother)
Children

Story

In Phantom Blood, after killing his father, Dario, he is adopted by the english nobleman Lord Joestar. He became the brother of Jonathan Joestar, nicknamed JoJo. His first goal is to make the life of his adoptive brother terrible, killing his pet dog Danny, and kissing his girlfriend Erina Pendelton. During Phantom Blood he discovers the hidden power of the stone mask, a mysterious object from Mexico. Meanwhile, he is slowly killing his adoptive father. Later on, his plan is discovered by Jonathan. Three days later, Dio kills Lord Joestar, puts on the stone mask, and becomes a vampire. After this event, Dio founded an army of zombies and chimera creatures, only to be later defeated by Jonathan Joestar with the power of Hamon. He supposedly dies with JoJo on the honeymoon of the brother.

He reappears in part three as an adult and uses his stand, The World, which can stop time and has high speed, similar to Star Platinum.

At the end of part 3, Dio is killed by Jotaro Kujo.

It is later revealed in part 6, Stone Ocean, that Dio had written a diary that contained "The path to Heaven" (Instructions on how to attain "Heaven"), Jotaro discovers this, reads its contents and then burns it. Father Pucci, wants to find the contents of this book, in order to evolve his stand C-Moon, an evolved version of his initial stand Whitesnake, into Made In Heaven (MIH).