Anjuro Katagiri
Also known as: Angelo, Anjuro
Anjuro Katagiri is the first Stand-user villain Josuke Higashikata confronts in Diamond Is Unbreakable. A serial killer awakened as a Stand User via Jotaro's pre-Morioh investigation, his Stand Aqua Necklace is a water-form Stand that lets him inhabit any water source and attack victims from inside drinking glasses, baths, or kitchen taps. He is killed by Josuke's Crazy Diamond in the arc's opening combat sequence.
Story
Diamond Is Unbreakable
Part 4 · 1999Anjuro's pre-arc biography is depicted across one chapter as a Morioh-area serial killer with a pre-Stand-awakening criminal record. His Stand Aqua Necklace awakened via Stand-Arrow contact during Jotaro Kujo's pre-Morioh investigation in early 1999 — making Anjuro one of the first depicted Morioh Stand users alongside Josuke and the Nijimura brothers.
His combat against Josuke takes place in the manga's structural opening of Diamond Is Unbreakable's Stand-user antagonist arc. Aqua Necklace's water-form inhabitation lets Anjuro attack from inside drinking glasses, kitchen taps, and bathroom plumbing — the franchise's first depicted domestic-environment Stand combat sequence. Josuke's Crazy Diamond eventually identifies Anjuro's water-form vulnerability through restorative-Stand mechanics, killing him by trapping him inside a rock formation. The death is the arc's structural opener for Josuke's combat-protagonist role.
Powers & Abilities
Aqua Necklace
StandAqua Necklace is a Long-Range Stand that takes the form of a water-bodied snake. The Stand can inhabit any water source — drinking glass, kitchen tap, bath, swimming pool — and operate from inside the water as a concealed attack vector. Aqua Necklace's primary combat application is internal-respiratory infiltration: the snake enters a victim's body through the mouth (via drinking water) and attacks the victim from inside their own respiratory system.
The Stand's primary structural constraint is water-source dependency: in dry environments Aqua Necklace cannot operate, and the manga's combat resolution relies on Josuke's tactical isolation of Anjuro from water sources. The mechanic is the franchise's first depicted environmental-medium Stand combat and the structural precursor to Foo Fighters's plankton-colony water dependency in Stone Ocean.
Relationships
Trivia
- Anjuro is the first Stand-user villain Josuke Higashikata confronts in Diamond Is Unbreakable — the structural opener of the arc's Stand-user antagonist arc. His combat against Josuke is the franchise's first depicted suburban-Morioh Stand-vs-Stand confrontation and establishes the tonal register for the rest of Part 4's Stand-user encounters.
- His Stand Aqua Necklace is named after the 1990 Aqua Necklace Necklace track by Vivian Stanshall — Araki's deliberately-obscure music-naming choice. The Stand-naming continues Diamond Is Unbreakable's eclectic rock-music cluster while standing somewhat apart from the more-mainstream rock references the rest of the arc uses.
- Aqua Necklace's water-form inhabitation mechanic is the franchise's first depicted domestic-environment Stand combat sequence — Anjuro attacks from inside drinking glasses, kitchen taps, and bathroom plumbing. The mechanic anticipates subsequent franchise environmental-Stand abilities and is the structural argument that Stand combat does not always require open-environment positioning.
- Anjuro's death by being trapped inside a rock formation is the franchise's first depicted environmental-trap Stand resolution — Josuke uses Crazy Diamond's restorative ability to merge Anjuro's water-form body into a stone, killing the Stand User by removing his water-source mobility. The mechanic has been read by long-form JoJo critics as one of the franchise's most-creative Stand-resolution sequences.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Anjuro Katagiri?
Anjuro Katagiri is the first Stand-user villain Josuke Higashikata confronts in Diamond Is Unbreakable. A Morioh-area serial killer awakened as a Stand User via Jotaro's pre-Morioh investigation in early 1999, his Stand Aqua Necklace is a water-form Stand that lets him inhabit any water source and attack victims from inside drinking glasses, baths, or kitchen taps.
What is Aqua Necklace?
Aqua Necklace is Anjuro's Long-Range Stand in the form of a water-bodied snake. The Stand inhabits any water source (drinking glass, kitchen tap, bath, swimming pool) and operates from inside the water as a concealed attack vector. Its primary combat application is internal-respiratory infiltration — the snake enters a victim's body through the mouth via drinking water and attacks from inside the respiratory system.
How does Anjuro die?
Anjuro is killed by Josuke's Crazy Diamond in the arc's opening Stand-user combat sequence. Josuke uses Crazy Diamond's restorative ability to merge Anjuro's water-form body into a stone, killing the Stand User by trapping him inside a rock formation. The mechanic is the franchise's first depicted environmental-trap Stand resolution.
Why does Anjuro attack Josuke's mother?
Anjuro is a pre-Stand-awakening serial killer whose Stand-mediated targeting expanded to multiple Morioh-area women across 1999. Josuke's mother Tomoko Higashikata becomes one of the early attempted victims; Josuke's intervention via Crazy Diamond is the structural opening of his Stand-user combat-protagonist role across Diamond Is Unbreakable.
