JoJo

JoJo is a nickname shared by each of the main protagonists of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, derived from the recurrence of "Jo" in their names.

In the text of the manga during Part 1 and Part 2, it is used most frequently in reference to Jonathan and Joseph Joestar.

Each of the protagonists is also descended from the Joestar Family, and as such all bear the Joestar Birthmark.

Origin
Araki admits that the idea for the name came from his neighborhood's local Jonathan's restaurant where he and his editor would often hold midnight meetings. The two decided the protagonist's first name would be Jonathan, and Araki, using Steven Spielberg's name[4] as a reference, decided the last name should follow the same format, and thus Joestar was decided. Araki mentions that it was risky using this type of name, as using a foreign name for a main protagonist at the time was considered taboo.

Araki also admits that stories such as East of Eden and the TV series Roots inspired him to use a periodical style where the main character changes, but the story continues; although this was not a very Jump-style format for manga at the time.

Trivia

 * Giorno Giovanna and Josuke Higashikata are the only main protagonists who were never referred to by the nickname "JoJo" (or the stylized "GioGio") by other characters in canon works.
 * The only time the stylized "GioGio" is mentioned by another character is during the ending of the light novel Purple Haze Feedback wherein Pannacotta Fugo and Giorno Giovanna discuss the events of the story, Giorno tells Fugo to "do him a favor" and call him "GioGio" instead of "Boss", Fugo replies by swearing his allegiance and refers to him as "GioGio".
 * Out of the three protagonists he met, Dio Brando referred to only one of them as "JoJo", that being Jonathan Joestar, possibly out of respect for Jonathan.
 * All the JoJo's except Josuke II are called JoJo at some point
 * Jonathan 's nickname is JoJo
 * Joseph 's nickname is JoJo
 * Jotaro 's nickname for the first half of SDC is JoJo
 * Josuke is called JoJo by bullies in the first episode
 * Giorno is called GioGio by Fugo in PHF
 * Jolyne is called JoJo by her mom and her lawyer
 * Johnny is called JoJo by his fans