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| “ | I am... just so gloriously handsome! Check out this face of mine. It wouldn't be a stretch to say I compare with the chiseled features of Michelangelo's David. That's how beautiful I am. | „ |
| ~ Yuya Fungami |
Yuya Fungami is a minor antagonist in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable. Yuya Fungami is a Stand User who wields the Stand known as Highway Star.
He was voiced by Kisho Taniyama in Japanese and Philip Reich in English.
Biography[]
As a motorcycle racer, Yuya got drunk and crashed his bike, landing him with severe injuries. Upon being taken to the hospital, he was shot with the Bow and Arrow by Yoshihiro Kira and given the Highway Star Stand.
He first sets up an illusionary house in a highway tunnel with Highway Star and lures Rohan Kishibe inside. Highway Star then springs out of the "wardrobe" chasing Rohan out of the tunnel and begins to suck out his body's nutrients, bringing him to near death. Josuke is then lured into the "room" finding Rohan nearing the point of becoming a withered husk. Highway Star attempts to use the manga artist as bait to lure Josuke in, promising to spare Rohan if he cries out for Josuke. Rohan tries to warn Josuke away but Josuke comes into the room anyway. Rohan uses Heaven's Door to write "was blasted away" into Josuke's soul book, sending Josuke flying out of the room and ordering him to find and stop Highway Star's user.
Josuke finds the wreck of Rohan's motorcycle and repairs it with Crazy Diamond, fleeing from Highway Star, which begins to chase him through the city. Believing he's put enough distance between them, Josuke stops to call Koichi but Highway Star instantly catches up the moment he stops. Josuke almost gets stopped by a red light and nearly hits a woman walking her baby across the crosswalk, but he uses Crazy Diamond to smash the motorcycle, allowing him and the pieces of wreckage to fly over the woman and her baby, then puts the motorcycle back together on the other side without losing speed. Josuke swipes a cell phone and finally calls Koichi, telling him to look up Highway Star's user for him.
Yuya's Stand chases Josuke to the harbor but Crazy Diamond breaks some concrete for a shield. Highway Star continues to chase Josuke through a drainage pipe but is lured into and trapped inside a parked car, only briefly.
When Josuke reaches the hospital, Koichi is already there and tells him to go to room 525. Josuke arrives at room 525 to find Yuya with his three girlfriends. However, just as Josuke closes in, Highway Star finally catches him and begins to drain his nutrients. Yuya gloats about his triumph, and reveals that he's developed a keen sense of smell since becoming a stand user. He says that he can smell the odor of adrenaline and rage and asks which of his fangirls is angry. Josuke reveals that the anger is coming from him, with Josuke having survived Highway Star sucking out his body's nutrients by drinking from Yuya's IV bag.
Yuya tries to save himself by challenging Josuke's honor and telling him it wouldn't be right to attack an injured man. Josuke agrees that he wouldn't feel right beating up on some dude in a hospital bed, so he heals all of Yuya's injuries, then beats the crap out of him, putting him right back into the hospital bed again. Afterward, Josuke makes Yuya swear that he won't use Highway Star to attack anyone ever again, lest he receive another beating from Crazy Diamond.
Much later, Josuke enlists Yuya's help in saving Koichi from Terunosuke Miyamoto, healing his injuries in exchange for his help. Yuya shows a more noble side of himself here. Though he initially refuses to fight directly, he ends up chasing after Terunosuke to save Josuke and Koichi, after admitting that if any of his fangirls were captured he would risk everything to save them just like Josuke risked his life to save Koichi.
Yuya appears again at the end of the Yoshikage Kira crisis, and bids Reimi farewell along with the others.
Powers and Abilities[]
Highway Star
| “ | Highway Star may not be strong, but its pursuit is relentless. | „ |
| ~ Yuuya Fungami |
Yuya's stand, Highway Star, is a hunter which chases down victims by their smell. It starts its hunt by creating a room with a small amount of furniture in it and a door, and luring curious people inside. Once a victim steps inside, Highway Star acquires their scent and will chase them down relentlessly.
Highway Star can separate its body into pieces in order to squeeze through small spaces and move faster in pursuit of prey. The stand has a top speed of 60 kilometers per hour. As long as the target can move faster than 60 km/h (whether by their own power or with a vehicle) they remain safe, however Highway Star can teleport to catch up with them should they slow down, so they must remain constantly moving to stay safe.
Once Highway Star catches its target, it latches onto them, burrows into their body, and begins draining their nutrients until they become a lifeless husk. These nutrients are then brought back to Yuya, allowing him to quickly regenerate from any injuries he may have.
As a long range stand, Highway Star is not physically powerful, having only average speed and power, and abysmal precision. That said, the nature of its power means fighting it directly is out of the question. Even if the victim lands a solid punch, Highway Star will take no damage and simply latch onto their fist and begin draining nutrients from it.
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Trivia[]
- In the English dub, Yuya's stand name is Highway Go-Go.
