Joestar Group (Stardust Crusaders)

"Their story has begun! Their time is running out! They will finish this! They won't stop! CRUSADERS!"

- Excerpt from the translation of the 2nd Stardust Crusaders intro "JoJo Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~" Getting word from his daughter Holy that his grandson Jotaro has gotten himself in prisson and refuses to leave becease of what he refers as "an evil spirit" thats attacking everyone that means to harm him. Joseph travels from the USA to Japan, alongside his friend Mohammad Avdol, to figure out whats going on with him.

Once the two confinced Jotaro to get out of his cell, Joseph explained to Jotaro that the apparition following him isn't an evil spirit, but a Stand, an manifestation of an individual's innate "fighting spirit". He then weant on to explain that both his own and Jotaro's Stands activate becease of the return of Dio Brando (now just simply called DIO), the adoptive brother of Joseph's grandfather, Jonathan Joestar, who gained a Stand of his own called The World.

Soon after Jotaro was attacked by one of DIO's followers called Noriaki Kakyoin. After defeating him Jotaro brought him to the others in the hopes to interogate him only to discover that Kakyoin has bin brainwashed by DIO with the help of a "flesh bud". After the removal of this flesh bud Kakyoin revealed DIO was hiding out in Egypt and joined the group.

However, before the group could leave for Japan, Holy got sick becease her gentle nature couldn't handel her own Stand. Now with another reason to take down DIO the group left for Egypt. Along their travels they were joined by Jean Pierre Polnareff, a Frenchman who was brainwashed by DIO aswell, and Iggy, a stubborn dog that was also a Stand user.