History Characters / JoJosBizarreAdventureYoshikageKira

'''''[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]:''''' [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureEnricoPucci Enrico Pucci]]\\

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted with his father. Yoshikage doesn't seem to regard much of his father's advice, and doesn't spare much thought after he accidentally kills his father. But it's played surprisingly straight with Shinobu, even going out of his way to protect her from Stray Cat and showing concern for her safety. However, he doesn't in any way deny Hayato's claims that he'll eventually kill her.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted with his father. Yoshikage doesn't seem to regard much of his father's advice, and doesn't spare much thought after he accidentally kills his father. But it's played surprisingly straight with Shinobu, even going out of his way to protect her from Stray Cat and showing concern for her safety. However, he doesn't in any way deny Haito's claims that he'll eventually kill her.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted with his father. Yoshikage doesn't seem to regard much of his father's advice, and doesn't spare much thought after he accidentally kills his father. But it's played surprisingly straight with Shinobu, even going out of his way to protect her from Stray Cat and showing concern for her safety.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Kira's claims of wanting a quiet life untroubled by enemies falls apart completely when you remember that he's a ''serial killer'', and that he only wants this quiet life so that he can kill without the worry of being caught. He tries to invoke this philosophy against Josuke and Okuyasu during their final confrontation to excuse why he ran away the first time, but neither of them buy it, pointing out that they're chasing him because [[ItsPersonal he murdered their friend Shigechi]] - he brought all the chaos he didn't want upon himself ''because'' of his compulsion to kill, not ''in spite of'' it as he claimed.

** A rather disgusting character tic of his is that, whenever he's at his most stressed and desperate, he tends to bite his fingernails until they ''bleed''.

* NervousTics: Has a bad habit of biting his nails when desperately stressed. Yoshihiro remarks that this is something he's done since he was a child, as it was the only way he could express his frustration with things not going his way.

* RapidFireNailBiting: After impulsively murdering Hayato, Kira starts to panic, terrified that he's about to be discovered, and engages his NervousCharacterTic of biting his nails. He does it so much in that moment that he's bitten his fingertips into a bloody mess by the time Shinobu finds him.

-->''"Look over here."''

** A rather disgusting character tic of his is that whenever he's at his most desperate, he tends to bite his fingernails until they ''bleed'' due to the stress. This tic apparently existed since his childhood, according to Yoshihiro.

** Despite keeping his nails neat and trimmed, and even keeping his clippings in organised jars, Kira has a bad habit of biting his fingernails until they bleed whenever he gets desperately stressed. It's in this moment that his neat and tidy façade cracks and exposes his child-like mindset.

* NervousTics: Has a bad habit of biting his nails when stressed, which Yoshihiro notes is something he's done since he was a child. His accidental murder of Hayato gets him so panicked that he bites them down to the quick and leaves them a bloody mess - which Shinobu notices, forcing him to pretend he got his finger caught in the door.

* RapidFireNailBiting: After murdering Hayato, Kira starts to panic and bite his nails, feeling like he's about to be discovered. He bites his nails so much in that moment that he's bitten his fingertips into a bloody mess.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Kira's claims of wanting a quiet life untroubled by enemies falls apart completely when you remember that he's a ''serial killer'', and that he only wants this quiet life so that he can kill whenever he wants and without the worry of being caught. This is best emphasized when he's finally confronted by Josuke and Okayasu - Kira claims that he only ran from Josuke the first time because he didn't want to get into a fight, since direct conflict goes against his philosophy. Both Josuke and Okuyasu immediately tear this argument apart by pointing out that they're chasing Kira because [[ItsPersonal he killed their friend Shigechi]], bringing down the very trouble he didn't want upon himself.
-->'''Josuke:''' You brought this shit upon yourself when you killed Shigechi, you ''fricking idiot''!

* {{Hypocrite}}: Kira's philosophy of trying to a quiet life untroubled by enemies falls apart completely when you remember that he's a ''serial killer'', and that he only wants this quiet life so that he can kill whenever he wants and without the worry of being caught. This is best emphasized when finally confronted by Josuke and Okayasu - Kira claims that he only ran from Josuke the first time because he didn't want to get into a fight, since direct conflict goes against his philosophy. Both Josuke and Okayasu immediately tear this argument apart by pointing out that they're chasing Kira because he killed their friend Shigechi - his words are just an excuse to evade the law.

* GratuitousEnglish: In the Japanese version of his monologue to Shigechi, Kira seems to use the English word "trouble" to describe anything that disturbs his routine and would cause him to lose sleep at night. [[HeKnowsTooMuch Shigechi being one of them.]] Heavily [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], however, as he never uses the word at any other time.

* GratutitousEnglish: In the Japanese version of his monologue to Shigechi, Kira seems to use the English word "trouble" to describe anything that disturbs his routine and would cause him to lose sleep at night. [[HeKnowsTooMuch Shigechi being one of them.]] Heavily [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]], however, as he never uses the word at any other time.

** A rather disgusting character tic of his is that whenever he's at his most desperate, he tends to bite his fingernails until they ''bleed'' due to the stress. This tic existed since his childhood.

* NervousTics: Has a bad habit of biting his nails when stressed, which Yoshihiro notes is something he's done since he was a child. His accidental murder of Hayato gets him so worked up he bites them down to the quick, leaving them bloody and shredded.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Kira's philosophy of trying to a quiet life untroubled by enemies falls apart completely when you remember that he's a ''serial killer'', and that he only wants this quiet life so that he can kill without the fear of being caught. This is best emphasized when finally confronted by Josuke and Okayasu - Kira claims that he only ran from Josuke the first time because he didn't want to get into a fight, since direct conflict goes against his philosophy. Both Josuke and Okayasu immediately tear this argument apart by pointing out that they're chasing Kira because he killed their friend Shigechi - his words are just an excuse to evade the law.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Heavily implied at the end of Part 4 when he's grabbed by hellish-looking hands in the border to the afterlife. The spinoff ''Dead Man's Question'' shows that he got away from that, but at the expense of losing Killer Queen and becoming a mercenary ghost with no memory of his old life. The story shows how dangerous the world of the living for ghosts could be, leaving ghost Kira unable to find the peaceful life he desires.

* GhostAmnesia: In ''Dead Man's Question''. He can remember his name and his desire to have a normal life, but nothing else.

* {{Irony}}: For a serial killer who has a fetish for severed hands, Kira himself gets his hand severed on multiple occasions. The first was when he was forced to slice his own hand off with Killer Queen in order to escape the heroes. The second was when Arnold bites his hand off as a ghost, and the third was when he loses his arm to Cleansers in ''Dead Man's Questions''.

* AnimalMotif: Cats. Killer Queen has very feline features, can be dangerous when his lifestyle is threatened, and even gets a power boost from a Stand called Stray Cat. Kira's finicky mannerisms and constant need to trim his nails also fit the motif, and later on he ends up living with a pet cat and gains a pet "cat" of his own. The tendency for his nails to spontaneously grow a lot when he gets an urge to kill can also be likened to a cat extending its claws. And similar to how cats often hunt for sport rather than for food, Kira's killings are driven not by material need but out of habit and compulsion.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Kira's philosophy of trying to a quiet life untroubled by enemies falls apart completely when you remember that he's a ''serial killer'', and that he only wants this quiet life so that he can kill without the fear of being caught. This is best emphasized when finally confronted by Josuke and Okayasu - Kira claims that he only ran from Josuke the first time because he didn't want to get into a fight, since direct conflict goes against his philosophy. Both Josuke and Okayasu immediately tear this argument apart, pointing out that half the reason they're chasing him is because Kira killed their friend Shigechi, which he never would have done if he didn’t want a fight, and that his words are just an excuse.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Kira's philosophy of trying to a quiet life untroubled by enemies falls apart completely when you remember that he's a ''serial killer'', and that he only wants this quiet life so that he can kill without the fear of being caught. This is best emphasized when finally confronted by Josuke and Okayasu - Kira claims that he only ran from Josuke the first time because he didn't want to get into a right, since direct conflict goes. Both Josuke and Okayasu immediately tear this argument apart, pointing out that half the reason they're chasing him is because Kira killed their friend Shigechi, and that his words are just an excuse for hiding from the law.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: He meticulously saves his nail clippings and measures the growth of his nails, since he only kills during years where his nails grow especially quickly. And he "dates" severed hands... hey, he's a serial killer.

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Kira is the black sheep among the villains for many traits that wouldn't be utilized again until [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Part 6]]: quiet, subdued, dressed moderately, his voice is almost always flat, and even when provoked, he still keeps his head for a large part of his appearance. He also holds a job anyone could get, had a relatively normal childhood, and above all really is someone you could meet on the street. He's also the only main villain to not only try and avoid fighting (as his first plans for Shigechi were to completely ignore him and just grab the bag and run), but also lacks any kind of grandiose plan and simply continued the plot by surviving. He appears mid-way through the story and starts the plot himself and, interestingly, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight never once looked into what Stands were]] [[HowDoIShotWeb and just assumed he had some kind of special power]]. Furthermore, compared to DIO and Kars, Kira never had any comrades he recruited himself (until forming an alliance with Stray Cat), and upon showing even the slightest bit of care for someone, he immediately brushed it off as being a result of wanting to seem "normal".

* WhatIsThisFeeling: As he takes on Kosaku's identity, he starts to develop some feeling of protection for his wife, Shinobu. He's at a complete loss when he protects her from Stray Cat.

!!Yoshikage Kira (Stand: [[HavingABlast Killer Queen]] [[note]][[ActionBomb Sheer Heart Attack]],[[GroundhogDayLoop Bites The Dust]][[/note]])

!!Yoshikage Kira (Stand: [[HavingABlast Killer Queen]] [[note]][[ActionBomb Sheer Heart Attack]],[[GroundhoundDayLoop Bites The Dust]][[/note]])

!!Yoshikage Kira (Stand: [[HavingABlast Killer Queen]])

* Hypocrite: Kira's philosophy of trying to a quiet life untroubled by enemies falls apart completely when you remember that he's a ''serial killer'', and that he only wants this quiet life so that he can kill without the fear of being caught. This is best emphasized when finally confronted by Josuke and Okayasu - Kira claims that he only ran from Josuke the first time because he didn't want to get into a right, since direct conflict goes. Both Josuke and Okayasu immediately tear this argument apart, pointing out that half the reason they're chasing him is because Kira killed their friend Shigechi, and that his words are just an excuse for hiding from the law.

!!Yoshikage Kira (Stand: [[StuffBlowingUp Killer Queen]])

!!Yoshikage Kira (Stand: Killer Queen)

* AffablyEvil: He is very clearly [[TheSociopath psychopathic]] and an unabashed SerialKiller, but take these two aspects out of the equation, and Kira is a relatively decent guy who is very poised, formal, and on good terms with the public. (At least, with those who he doesn't kill or don't know what he's been doing behind the scenes)
* AmbiguousDisorder: His SuperOCD, {{Cloudcuckoolander}} attitude, as well as his obsession with his "girlfriends", make it clear that something is mentally not right with him.

Kira's Stand is Killer Queen, who is able to make anything into a touch-activated bomb that leaves zero evidence — which is what kept him off the police's radar. Other abilities include Sheer Heart Attack, an indestructible heat-seeking bomb on tank treads. Killer Queen's largest weakness is, apart from it being a close-range Stand, that only one Bomb can be active at a time.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: In his first encounter with Jotaro, Kira makes the mistake of assuming that he would be a pushover because of Jotaro's severe injuries. A NoHoldsBarredBeatdown proves him wrong, and Kira quickly wises up from it and tries his best to avoid Jotaro in the future.