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 and Digimon 02
At May 2000, Joe arrived the the Digital World and 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: Michi E No Armor Shinka
- Much of Joe'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 Jou that the D-Terminals were all mixed up & new Armored-forms were introduced to fight Pukumon.

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.

Digimon 02: Series Finale epilogue
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.