Kira's Stand, Killer Queen, came as a result of his father, Yoshihiro Kira, giving him a Stand arrow that he himself received from Enyaand DIO. [2]His parents were already old when he was born, and his father died of cancer when he was 21. His mother passed away some time later peacefully. Would Hurt a Child: Kills Shigechi(a middle schooler) and even almost successfully kills his other host body's son(a grade schooler) twice... just because they somehow know that he's a murderer.

Chronic Villainy: By his own admission, killing is in his nature and therein conflicts with his plan to live a quiet life. Madness Mantra: At the height of his delirious Villainous Breakdown, he chants how he will detonate Killer Queen Bites the Dust even as he's mortally wounded and his hand is tied down by Koichi's Stand. Body Horror: What he does to his victims notwithstanding, he takes a horrific amount of damage in his fight with Josuke before he gets run down by an ambulance that crushes his skull and peels the flesh from his face. Then, when the hands of the dead in the ghost alley drag him away, they tear Killer Queen apart, which also breaks him up. In the anime adaptation, you can even see a split-second shot of his exposed skull as he disappears.

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Murder Is the Best Solution: Majorly averted, which is rather surprising for a serial killer with a power based around killing without leaving evidence. Kira is willing to go to surprisingly elaborate lengths to solve problems discreetly without killing anyone; this is because he really wants a peaceful life and vehemently dislikes the act of fighting, and is also smart enough to realize that excessive deaths will draw unwanted attention to him. It's only when he's enraged that he casually kills people (usually for insulting him)... and these murders indeed draw that attention his way. Psycho Pink: Killer Queen is often colored pale pink which adds to its unsettling appearance appropriate for a murderer's stand. Villains Act, Heroes React: Strongly inverted. As he says himself, he "just wants a quiet life", and that really shows; never does he make an attempt at stopping the heroes during their search for him unless his life or the discovery of his true nature are at immediate risk. The character of Yoshikage Kira was the focus of a collaborative photoshoot with the fashion magazine UOMO featuring Japanese model Dean Fujioka, who made an impression of the character.

You Are Already Dead: Once Bites the Dust has been triggered, it's already game over for the target no matter how they try to resist. Killer Queen has already entered the target's pupil to blow them up. The Hedonist: Kira's main motivation is to live a carefree life with no stress, all the while satiating his murderous tendencies and related fetish. He mainly fights the heroes of Part 4 because they threaten to destroy his playground of Morioh. Breakout Villain: Probably the second most iconic villain in the franchise after DIO. He even becomes the protagonist in the spin-off Dead Man's Questions.

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Dub Personality Change: Downplayed, but while Toshiyuki Morikawa gives Kira a sophisticated touch to his voice, D.C. Douglas plays up the everyman aspect of Kira, making him sound like any other ordinary person one would meet on the street. According to a Top 10 List published in JOJO A-GO!GO!, released in 2000, Kira is Araki's favorite antagonist and second favorite character overall. Villainous Cheekbones: Sports a noticeable pair, as himself and even as Kosaku. He's also one of the most unhinged villains in the series. Ignore the Fanservice: Does this whenever Shinobu tries to seduce him. It's not that Kira is indifferent to it, but it's because his means of expressing arousal is through violence, as he was literally seconds away from throttling Shinobu and only stops once he regains his senses. As a result, he tries to keep his distance away from Shinobu as he does not want to attract attention to himself. Hypocrite: Kira claims that he wants no more than a quiet life untroubled by enemies and that he despises direct confrontation. This all falls apart completely when you remember that he's a serial killer, and that he only wants this quiet life so that he can indulge his murderous urges whenever he wants without the worry of being caught. Josuke and Okuyasu tear his ideology apart during their final confrontation, pointing out that they're chasing him because he murdered their friend Shigechi and that he has nobody to blame but himself for ruining his own tranquility.