Smokey Brown
Also known as: Smokey
Smokey Brown is Joseph Joestar's friend during the New York opening chapters of Battle Tendency — an African-American working-class teenager whom Joseph rescues from racist NYPD harassment. Smokey survives the arc and is one of Battle Tendency's most-recurring non-Stand-user supporting characters.
Story
Battle Tendency
Part 2 · 1938–1939Smokey's pre-arc biography is depicted across one chapter as a New York working-class teenager. Joseph's intervention against racist NYPD harassment establishes the two characters' friendship across Battle Tendency's New York opening. Smokey accompanies Joseph through the early arc but is sidelined once the Pillar Men awaken — he is not a combatant and Battle Tendency's broader narrative leaves him behind in New York.
Powers & Abilities
Non-Combatant
OtherSmokey is not a Stand User and never trains in Hamon. His role is Battle Tendency's clearest articulation of Joseph's early-arc moral position — Joseph's anti-racist intervention establishes his character's ethical baseline before the broader Pillar Men antagonist arc.
Relationships
Trivia
- Smokey is Joseph Joestar's friend during the New York opening chapters of Battle Tendency.
- His pre-arc biography includes Joseph's intervention against racist NYPD harassment — one of the franchise's clearest period-cultural-anchor character writing examples.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Smokey Brown?
Smokey Brown is Joseph Joestar's friend during the New York opening chapters of Battle Tendency — an African-American working-class teenager whom Joseph rescues from racist NYPD harassment. Survives the arc as a non-combatant supporting character.
