Josuke Higashikata

Josuke Higashikata is a secondary protagonist in the Starbord Crusaders story arc, working alongside the titular three to save Zachary's mother. He originates from Part 8 of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, titled ''JoJolion. ''He is the Stand User of Soft and Wet.

Appearance
Josuke is young and physically fit, usually sporting a sailors outfit with a "Dixie" cap and a wide neck. Above the navel is a handkerchief with a button resembling a slotted screw head. He is mostly seen wearing a pair of high-top athletic shoes.

Josuke has a diastema between his upper incisors and a birthmark on his left shoulder resembling a star. He has two sets of irises, four testicles, and two tongues all joined in as one.

Personality
Josuke suffers from retrograde amnesia, lacking memories of his early life or events before being found near the Wall Eyes in an alternate Morioh Town. Nevertheless, he displays strong emotions and remains a quirky individual, putting large emphasis on family and legacy after the Higashikata Family takes him in.

Early Life
Josuke Higashikata is the result of a fusion between two men: Josefumi Kujo and an alternate Yoshikage Kira. Later on, Josuke is found near the Wall Eyes, mysterious structures formed near Morioh after the violent 2011 Tohoku earthquake. His naked body is found half-buried in the rubble near the Wall Eyes by a Japanse college student named Yasuho Hirose. From there, he is taken in by the prestigious Higashikata Family, gaining the Higashikata moniker. He now dedicates his life to finding out who he used to be.

Starbord Crusaders
Josuke is first introduced in Starbord Crusaders during the plane ride to Japan, whereas he helps fend off Yoshikage Kira and provides a safe descent to the ground when the plane blows up, using Soft and Wet to steal the gravity from a wayward piece of shrapnel so the team could safely use it to float to the ground, eventually ending up in Shanghai.

Josuke is an important member to the team, as he is the only one on the team able to attack Stands, which most of the assassins use to try to attack Zach with. He follows the team throughout the rest of the story, all the way up to the final battle with Salvation Two.

Plunder
Soft & Wet's primary ability is to steal aspects from inanimate or animate objects, living or dead. Examples include:

- Stealing the gravity from a large piece of falling shrapnel.

- Stealing a memory from Vanilla Ice.

To accomplish this, Soft & Wet generates floating bubbles with the insignia of a star embedded onto them, which must make contact with the target to work effectively.

Trivia
Josuke Higashikata's name comes from the protagonist of an earlier part of the series, Diamond is Unbreakable.

Soft and Wet is a reference to the song of the same name, performed by American musician Prince.