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Yukako Yamagishi Joins JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven Game's Roster

This year's combined 22nd and 23rd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will announce more playable characters on Monday for Bandai Namco Entertainment's upcoming JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven PS3/PS4 fighting game.

The new characters include:

• Yukako Yamagishi from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable
• Kōichi Hirose from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Romi Park)
• J.P. Polnareff from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Fuminori Komatsu)
• Hol Horse from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Hidenobu Kiuchi)

The magazine did not reveal the voice actress for Yukako.

Previously revealed characters include:

• Jonathan Joestar from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Kazuyuki Okitsu)
• Will A. Zeppeli from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Yoku Shioya)
• Robert E.O. Speedwagon from Part I: Phantom Blood (voiced by Youji Ueda)
• Joseph Joestar from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Tomokazu Sugita)
• Caesar Zeppeli from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Takuya Satō)
• Rudol von Stroheim from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Atsushi Imaruoka)
• Cars from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue)
• ACDC from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Keiji Fujiwara)
• Wham from Part II: Battle Tendency (voiced by Akio Ohtsuka)
• Jotaro Kujo from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Daisuke Ono)
• Noriaki Kakyoin from Part III: Stardust Crusaders (voiced by Daisuke Hirakawa)
• Josuke Higashikata from Part IV: Diamond is Unbreakable (voiced by Wataru Hatano)
• Diego Brando from Part VII: Steel Ball Run (voiced by Takehito Koyasu)

Bandai Namco Entertainment has not yet revealed a release date for the game.

Hiroshi Matsuyama returns as director at CyberConnect2, Kenei Nakasha is designing the game, and Chikayo Fukuda is composing the music.

The JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle PS3 fighting game arrived in Japan in 2013 and later arrived in the United States in April 2014. CyberConnect2 developed the game for Namco Bandai Games, with Hiroshi Matsuyama directing. The fighting game featured characters from all eight parts of Hirohiko Araki's JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series.