Giorno Giovanna

Lore & Background

Giorno's existence is deeply tied to the legacy of Dio Brando and Jonathan Joestar. Born Haruno Shiobana, he is the illegitimate son of Dio while possessing Jonathan Joestar's body. Araki found it difficult to find the familial ties of the protagonist of Golden Wind, before deciding to have Giorno be the son of Dio who has Joestar blood. Since the tactic of someone being Joseph Joestar's illegitimate son has already been used on Josuke Higashikata, he decided for Giorno to be the son of Dio who happens to have blood of a Joestar. Araki also tried to portray the character differently as he doesn't want him to be too similar to Jotaro Kujo. There were also issues with what to do with the possibility of vampirism on the character, but it had been abandoned in the end. Araki's editor at the time, Hiroshi Sekiya, thought that Araki originally intended for Giorno to be a woman due to their discussion and how Giorno is created. The curls in Giorno's hair were inspired by Michelangelo's statue David.

In Their Own Story

Giorno is at an airport, trying to swindle the belongings of unsuspecting tourists when he encounters Koichi Hirose, who is trying to find Haruno Shiobana by the orders of Jotaro Kujo after finding out he is the son of Dio, unaware that Haruno is now Giorno. After escaping from Koichi when he took his briefcase, he is confronted by Passione member Leaky-Eye Luca, who is killed by Giorno. He is then sought by Bruno Bucciarati who's investigating Leaky-Eye Luca's case. Giorno manages to win over Bucciarati by giving his reasons as to why he wants to join the mafia and both find commonality in their goals. He is advised to take a test by capo Polpo in order to become a member of Passione. After a reencounter with Koichi where the latter is convinced of the goodness living within Giorno, he passes the test. He indirectly kills Polpo through the use of a gun possessing as a banana, as Polpo has killed an innocent bystander during an earlier confrontation. Giorno is recruited into Bucciarati's team and is introduced to Leone Abbacchio, Guido Mista, Narancia Ghirga, and Pannacotta Fugo. The team goes on a quest to find Polpo's hidden treasure. As Bucciarati is promoted, they are given the task to protect Trish Una and bring her to Passione's mysterious boss, who they're supposed to meet in Venice; on the way there, they fight against the traitorous assassination team who plan to take Trish to find the boss's identity. While fighting against Melone, Giorno discovers the ability to create body parts and use them as a healing ability. In Venice, Bucciarati and Trish go to meet Passione's boss, and Giorno soon realizes they're in mortal danger. Rushing to save them, Giorno learns the boss had sought to kill Trish to sever her genetic tie to him in order to retain his anonymity, and heals Bucciarati, who had been attacked, unaware that the latter is now a living corpse. Giorno and Bucciarati both leave Passione to protect her, and are soon joined by the rest of the team minus Fugo. After fighting against Passione's elite team and finding a likeness of the boss's face at the cost of Abbachio's life, the team reaches the Colosseum to find the informant that could reveal the identity of the boss. Giorno and the rest find themselves swapped in each other's bodies, with Giorno now residing in Narancia's. They meet the informant, Jean Pierre Polnareff, who explains to them how the Arrow can awaken Stand abilities and allow them to defeat their boss, whose name is revealed to be Diavolo, and how his own awakened Stand, Silver Chariot Requiem, has the sole purpose of safekeeping the Arrow and was responsible for the body swap. After Narancia is killed by Diavolo, Giorno goes back to his original body. Attempting to take the Stand Arrow to provide an advantage against Diavolo, the team finds out that he is residing alongside Trish in Mista's body. As everyone else goes back into their bodies, Bucciarati says his final goodbyes to Giorno and the latter gains the Arrow. Awakening his Stand to Gold Experience Requiem, Giorno kills and punishes Diavolo by forcing him to live through an endless loop of various deaths. After Diavolo's defeat, Giorno installs himself as the boss of Passione, with Mista and Polnareff by his side.

Reader's Guide

Giorno Giovanna serves as the primary protagonist of the fifth saga, Golden Wind. Born Haruno Shiobana, he is the illegitimate son of Dio Brando while possessing Jonathan Joestar's body. After being saved by an unknown mafia member in his childhood, Giorno dreams of joining the Italian mafia gang Passione to overthrow its boss, Diavolo, who keeps a very low profile, and close the drug trade, desiring to help the innocent. He joins Bruno Bucciarati and his team on a mission to send Trish Una to her father, the boss of Passione. Giorno possesses a Stand known as Gold Experience, whose primary abilities are to give life to nonliving things, which is mostly used to turn inorganic objects into living organisms, and creating body parts, acting as a healing ability. While fighting against Melone, Giorno discovers the ability to create body parts and use them as a healing ability. Later, awakening his Stand to Gold Experience Requiem, Giorno kills and punishes Diavolo by forcing him to live through an endless loop of various deaths. After Diavolo's defeat, Giorno installs himself as the boss of Passione, with Mista and Polnareff by his side.

Did You Know?

• Giorno was originally intended by Araki to possibly be a woman, according to his editor Hiroshi Sekiya.
• The curls in Giorno's hair were inspired by Michelangelo's statue David.
• Giorno is voiced by Kensho Ono in the anime adaptation of Golden Wind, who views the character as calm and composed with a strong will and determination.
• Giorno's Stand Gold Experience Requiem is awakened after he gains the Arrow, allowing him to kill Diavolo by forcing him into an endless loop of various deaths.
• After Diavolo's defeat, Giorno installs himself as the boss of Passione, with Mista and Polnareff by his side.