Joe Kido

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

In the Japanese anime, Joe has two older brothers, named Shuu & Shin. The two brothers "became" one brother named Jim 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. He is the bearer of the Crest of Reliability (Faith in Japan).

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
Joe 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, Joe arrived the the Digital World & gave up his Crest-power to free the Soverigns. As a result, Gomamon lost the power to become Zudomon.

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

Digimon 02: Diaboromon's Counterattack
At the beginning of the movie, Joe 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.