Wang Chan

Wang Chan is a minor antagonist featured in Part I: Phantom Blood Personality As a human, Wang Chan has shown a greedy personality, selling a poison to Dio Brando without any regard for its use and heading back to the Joestar mansion to salvage for treasures and antiques. Upon becoming a vampire, however, he becomes entirely devoted to Dio's wishes. Synopsis Originally only known as the "Oriental Man", he owned a curiosity shop on Ogre Street. Wang Chang sold Dio the poison which Dio used in his murder of Dario Brando and his attempted murder of George Joestar, although Wang was not concerned with what the poison was to be used for. He told Dio, without much, if any, intent to provoke him, of a man in his own land who had a similar birthmark to Dio's who had had a harsh life, but in the end lived to be over 183. Sometime after, he was was captured by Jonathan Joestar and taken to the the Joestar Manor. When he is used in an attempt to force Dio to go with the police, he again mentions his fortune telling, saying that Dio is far too lucky to fully have to give up this early. Dio uses George's blood to become a vampire, taking Wang Chan as his subordinate when the latter goes to search the Joestar manor for valuables. Dio trusts him enough to be responsible for his head and implanting it onto Jonathan's body. This did not go according to plan, however as Jonathan use the last of his strength to crush Wang Chan's head and sent a ripple to take control of his body, and made him sink the ship of zombies by grinding his body into the machinery.

Wang Chan is a short, scrawny, elderly Asian man. His hair is spiky and firmly stands upwards. Along with a prominent widow's peak, he has very long eyebrows, a small mole under his right eye, and a fu manchu mustache. After becoming a zombie, he grows fangs and a long tongue.

He wears a traditional Chinese attire, consisting of a long-sleeved, buttoned changshan top accented with a trim along the cuffs and the central button line.

As a human, Wang Chan shows a nasty and greedy personality, selling poison to Dio for fun without any regard for its use. He also doesn't mind violence, smiling when Dio stabs George Joestar. Later, he heads back to the Joestar Mansion after it burns to the ground to salvage the Stone Mask in order to sell it for a profit.

Upon becoming a zombie, however, Wang Chan becomes entirely devoted to Dio's wishes. At first very quiet, the zombified Wang Chan becomes more brutal and cruel, becoming unrestrained in expressing his urges. Notably, he recklessly attacks a fatally wounded Jonathan, underestimating him despite Dio's warnings. Despite his recklessness, Dio trusts him enough to be responsible for taking care of his head and implanting it onto Jonathan's body.

Being versed in the art of fortunetelling, Wang Chan is supremely confident in his predictions, knowing that Dio would escape imprisonment at the Joestar mansion.

In his first appearance, he speaks with a stereotypical Chinese accent in Japanese, ending his phrases with "~ne" (～ね) and "~aru yo" (～あるよ).

As a human, Wang Chan was a fortune teller and an expert on Eastern poisons. He successfully predicted that Dio would have great luck in his life, which proved to be true in his many near-death experiences.

After being zombified, he appears to have retained his personality, though he shows a more bloodthirsty side and selflessly serves Dio. In terms of physical ability, he can jump great distances much like one trained in martial arts. However, as one of the shorter zombies in Dio's army, he usually takes to running away or hiding in self-defense unless directly told by Dio to attack. Wang Chan is shown to be capable of fighting one-handed while holding Dio's head with the other.

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In battle, Wang Chan chooses to wear gloves with long claws to increase his power and attack range. He is confident in his ability to kill a human by a single swipe of his rigid claws, though he still needs to attack from a relatively-close distance. This is omitted in the anime.

Wang Chan was a shop owner operating in Ogre Street, the most dangerous part of London. When a young Dio Brando came to buy slow-acting poison from him to kill his father Dario Brando, he was unconcerned by Dio's evilness and told him of a man in his own land who had a similar birthmark to Dio's. The man in question had a harsh life, but lived to be over 183 years old.

Japanese:

• Hiroshi Naka (Anime, All-Star Battle)

• Kazumi Tanaka (PS2 game)

• Jun Idota (Movie)

Others:

• Doug Stone (English)

• Juan Miguel Díez (Spanish)

• Gileno Santoro (Brazilian Portuguese)

• Gabriel Le Doze (French)

• Joachim Kaps (German)

• Luca Ghignone (Italian)

Live Action Actor:

• Junpei Shimada (Musical)