Wamuu

Birthday: Circa 10,000 B.C.

Age: Presumably ~12,000

Wamuu appears as an immense being; powerfully built and tall. Many of his more detailed drawings have his veins bulging from his extremities. His face is particularly chiseled and square with high cheekbones.

Wamuu has short, standing light hair and prominent eyebrows. On his face is a tattoo of a thick square outline in the shape of the katakana character ワ, which crosses his face just under the bridge of his nose, continues upward through the middle of his left eye, and ends above his right eyebrow. On occasion, the English word "power" is shown densely written within the tattoo. As a Pillar Man, he has a singular, relatively large drill-like horn above his forehead that he can retract.

In all of his appearances, Wamuu wears large earrings and a metallic head adornment similar to a crown that opens at the front whenever he extends his horn. Up until his defeat of Caesar, he has a small ring on the left side of his lip containing the antidote for his Wedding Ring of Death. When designing Wamuu and his companions, Araki was inspired by motifs from Roman statues, Egyptian sphinxes, and Japanese Nio statues, depicting them as creatures with god-like, beautifully muscular physiques.

Wamuu's most notable traits are his love of battle and his sense of honor, such that he stops himself from finishing off a defenseless Joseph Joestar on the mere possibility that he can wash away an earlier humiliation inflicted by Joseph when he'll beat him as soon as he becomes a fine and powerful Ripple warrior.

Wamuu usually looks down on all the humans he comes across to, but he will come to respect them should they have the following two requirements: firstly that the fighters take combat seriously, and secondly that they are strong fighters. Thus Wamuu sneered at Caesar Zeppeli when he declared that he fought for his friend Mark, yet honored Caesar's last efforts to steal the antidote for Joseph and left it for Joseph out of respect for the strength Caesar demonstrated.

Because his way of life centers around fighting, Wamuu tends to ignore non-combatants, for instance telling Joseph to leave during their first meeting, mistaking the young man for a harmless goof. Wamuu is also one of the few antagonists in the JoJo franchise who cannot bring himself to harm or murder children, a moral compunction that his master Kars does not share. However, anyone earning his attention becomes a target for his challenges.

Wamuu is as severe toward himself as he is toward anyone else save his masters. For instance, he once let Joseph beat him as punishment for letting his guard down and strongly disliked that Joseph expressed pity on him. On the other hand, Wamuu has a high opinion of himself, as he regularly deems certain individuals "worthy" or "unworthy" of fighting him. Wamuu also opted to kill the helpless Speedwagon and Caesar who saw his humiliation before being distracted.

As a testament to his commitment and strength of character, Wamuu has developed himself an extreme mental switch designed to help him focus if he ever enters a state of shock or panics during combat. Thus, he will gouge his eyes and rely on his wind-sensing horn as a means of seeing. Kars even went further and said that after activating his mental switch, Wamuu no longer has any psychological weaknesses. When it comes to fighting, Wamuu is irritated that a fighter might try to flee or surrender, but he considers using tactics such as ambushes or feints to beat one's opponent acceptable.

The only thing that rivals his sense of honor is his fidelity toward his masters Kars and Esidisi, who raised him since he was a baby. He respects both highly, yet holds no illusion that neither of them has the same sense of honor and can objectively assert their strengths and weaknesses. During his battle with Caesar, he noted that Kars would have an even harder time fighting Caesar than him. Wamuu occasionally requests that his masters change their plans to suit his love of fights, which they allow easily since they have raised Wamuu as their finest warrior but also can refuse. Either way, Wamuu will obey their command.

Wamuu has a weird personality quirk, where he reflexively attacks anyone who steps on his shadow, even if it was one of his masters (Kars and Esidisi). Somehow, Wamuu is able to tell when someone is stepping on his shadow, even if he wasn't looking at their direction.

Superhuman Strength

Otherwise only implied, Wamuu demonstrates his strength when he clotheslines a massive stone column and uses it as an effective weapon.

Anti-Ripple Wires

Debut: Chapter 66: Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times, Part 2 / Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Episode 15: A Hero’s Proof

Wamuu's head gear is specially designed to be an "Anti-Ripple Tool". The head gear contains wires that Wamuu used to nullify Caesar's Ripple-charged bubbles, by spinning his head and knocking the bubbles away. Also, the head gear has a hole that opens up allowing his horn to drill out, enabling him to sense the wind, and precisely locate any movement or changes in the air surrounding him. The wind-sensing Horn also works as a wind cannon of sort, where he shoots a stream of wind that is destructive enough to slice through huge rocks.

Body Manipulation

Like other Pillar Men, Wamuu can freely manipulate his body structure.

Absorption

Debut: Chapter 64: The Red Stone of Aja / Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Episode 14: Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times

The cells that constitute Wamuu's body release a potent digestive acid that melts anything organic on physical contact while making it appear Wamuu is absorbing his victim into his body. Wamuu displayed this ability through grafting the hands of multiple Nazi soldiers in a paper-doll fashion, sucking out all their innards through one of them. Only those who use Ripple are immune as the cells recognize the threat the energy poses to them.

Switching Winback (スイッチング・ウィンバック, Suitchingu Winbakku)

Debut: Chapter 101: The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 7 / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 22: A True Warrior

A psychological recovery method used by top athletes. When they are under pressure during a match, they can put away their shock, mistakes, and fear deep within their minds. Like flipping a switch, they are able to bring out their fighting spirit. However, they need a ritual in order to flip that switch. The stronger the shock they've received, the more special the ritual has to be. Wamuu gouges out his own eyes and uses his horn to "see" by the wind in order to regain his confidence and lose his psychological weaknesses.

WIND MODES

Wamuu possesses a variety of techniques known as Wind Modes (風の流法モード, Kaze no Mōdo), abilities achieved through the Pillar Men's ability to freely control and alter their bodies. Using these Modes, Wamuu is able to attack using razor sharp wind that blows out of his own body, capable of shredding a human being to pieces. Even highly-trained Ripple users like Joseph and Caesar can be severely wounded by Wamuu's attacks if they are caught off-guard.

Divine Sandstorm(神砂嵐, Kamizuna Arashi)

Debut: Chapter 69: Ultimate Warriors from Ancient Times, Part 5 / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 15: A Hero's Proof

Wamuu's signature technique. The Mode is initiated when Wamuu starts to spin his forearms rapidly from the elbow joint, spinning his right arm to the left and his left to the right. The vacuum created between both arms by their rapid centrifugal motion creates a massive wind storm, bearing enough destructive power to tear apart large pieces of rock and shred a human being into pieces.

Wind Suit

Debut: Chapter 88: Caesar: A Lonely Youth, Part 1 / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 20: Caesar: A Lonely Youth

Wamuu wraps his body in a whirlwind of steam released from his lungs, using make-shift tubes produced from his own body to release the air inside his lungs. The steam grants Wamuu the ability to reflect rays of sunlight off of his body, giving him much needed protection against the sun as well as invisibility to others. However, the Mode requires a lot of energy to maintain, and Wamuu is only able to sustain it for around ten seconds, forcing him to stay near sheltered areas to take cover.

Final Mode: Atmospheric Rift (最終流法ファイナルモード・渾楔颯, Fainaru Mōdo: Konketsusatsu)

Debut: Chapter 103: The Wind, the Chariot, and Wamuu, Part 9 / JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Episode 22: A True Warrior

A Mode typically used as a last resort. Wamuu uses the tubes for his wind suit to gather huge amounts of air and compresses it in his lungs. The air is then released through a slit on the horn of his head, causing it to become as sharp as a razor blade. The wind flails about much like a whip and is sharp enough to cut through stone. However, due to the scraping and heat led by the quick wind compression, the Mode slowly tears apart Wamuu's body until he collapses.

PERSONAL

Fighting Genius: Wamuu's signature characteristic, as he was described as a "Fighting Genius" by many characters in the series, including Caesar and Wamuu's own master, Kars. Perhaps his fighting genius was best demonstrated in his fight with Caesar, when, despite being cornered and injured, he managed to escape by using the force generated by Caesar's attack to push himself to safety.

• Akio Ootsuka (Anime/ASB/EoH/ASB R)

• Paul St. Peter (English Dub)

• Antoine Tomé (French Dub)

• Salvador Reyes (Latin American Spanish Dub)

• Carlos Sianes (European Spanish Dub)

• César Marchetti (Brazilian Portuguese Dub)

• Kosit Krittinan (Thai Dub)

• Peter Sura (German Dub)

• Matteo Brusamonti (Italian Dub)