Joe Kido

Joe Kido, known in Japan as J&#333; Kido (&#22478;&#25144; &#19976; Kido J&#333;) is a character in the anime and manga Digimon. He is the partnered to Gomamon.

He has two older brothers, Shuu & Shin. The two brothers "became" one brother in the English anime due to several mistakes. Joe's father plans on the boys carrying on the family tradition of being a doctor, which existed since the Edo period.

Prelude to Digimon Adventure
He witnessed the Greymon/Parrotmon fight.

Digimon Adventure
Joe is very nervous and a bit of a worrier, but he is a good guy. He wants to protect the others because, as the oldest, he feels responsible. He is always studying to try to get into a good junior high school because he wants to be a doctor. But thanks to Gomamon, Joe becomes a calmer person.

Digimon Adventure: Our WarGame
Jou was in the middle of his middle school entrance exam, thus is not available at the time.

Between Digimon Adventure & Digimon 02
At May 2000, Jou arrived the the Digital World & gave up his Crest-power to free the Soverigns. As a result, Gomamon lost the power become Zudomon.

Digimon 02
All his studying pays off as he now attends a private junior high school. He later is busy studying for high school entrance exams while helping the others out at his spare time.

Digimon 02: Michi E No Armor Shinka
Much of Jou's family history was revealed as well as how his father now accepts his son's choice to carry on their tradition or not. It was beacuse Jou that the D-Terminals were all mixed up & new Armored-forms wee introduced to fight Pukumon.

Digimon 02: Diaboromon's Counterattack
At the beginning of the movie, Jou was taking a test. Later on he helps secure some bikes for Daisuke Motomiya and Ken Ichijouji so they can get to the harbor which was where their partners were.

Digimon 02: Series Finale epilouge
By the year 2027, Joe becomes a doctor for Digimon. In a way his family's tradition continues and his son may carry it out as well.