Noriaki Kakyoin (花京院 典明 Kakyōin Noriaki) is a primary ally featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders. He also appears as a posthumous secondary character in the spin-off manga Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak. Kakyoin is a Japanese student who was brainwashed by DIO during an earlier trip to Egypt and is sent to kill Jotaro Kujo. After being freed from DIO's influence, he decides to join Jotaro on his quest to Egypt to save Jotaro's mother.