Joe Kido

Jou Kido (城戸 丈), named Joe Kido in the dub, is a character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. He is in the sixth grade. He is partnered to Gomamon. In the Japanese anime, Jou has two older brothers, named Shin and Shuu. The two brothers "became" one brother named Jim in the English anime due to mistakes that were made in the dubbing process. Jou's father planed on the boys to each become a doctor, a tradition which had existed since the Edo period. Jou is the bearer of the Crest of Sincerity (Reliability in the dub), the respective color of the crest is grey, and element is water.

Prelude to Digimon Adventure
In 1995, when he was eight years old, he witnessed the Greymon/Parrotmon fight while speaking with one of his older brothers on the phone. As a result, he was chosen to protect the Digital World in the future, thus becoming a Chosen Child.

Digimon Adventure
Jou was very nervous and panicky at the beginning, but thanks to Gomamon, he has become a calmer person. He wanted to protect the others because, as the oldest, he felt responsible. He is always studying to get into a good junior high school because he wants to be a doctor, although Shin tells him that he can choose to be whatever he likes.

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

Between Digimon Adventure and Digimon 02
In May 2000, Jou arrived in the Digital World and gave up his Crest power to bring balance back to the Digital World. As a result, Gomamon lost the power to become Zudomon.

Digimon Adventure 02
All his studying payed off as he now attends a private junior high school. He is busy always studying for the high school entrance exams, but he helps the others out in the little spare time he has. One of his older brothers, Shuu, is revealed to be studying folklore under Professor Takenouchi, Sora's father.

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 because of Jou that the D-Terminals were all mixed up and new Armor forms were introduced to fight Pukumon.

Digimon 02: Revenge of Diaboromon
At the beginning of the movie, Jou was taking his high school entrance exam. Later on, he helped secure some bikes for Daisuke and Ken so they could get to the harbor, which was where their partners were.

Digimon 02: Series Finale Epilogue
By the year 2027, Jou becomes a doctor for Digimon. In a way his family's tradition continues and his young son may carry it out as well. His second oldest brother, Shuu, appears to be working with Koushirou and Sora's father to study the Digital World.

Trivia

 * Jou has two Japanese image songs, "Chigau Boku ga Iru" ("There's Another Me) and "Kaze ni Mukatte" ("Face the Wind") as well as a third one sung with Gomamon (Takeuchi Junko) called "Sora wo KUROORU" ("Crawl Across the Sky").