Giorno is a half-Japanese teenager living in Italy. The year is 2001, and he has joined the powerful gang Passione, and his dream is to restore virtue to the corrupt Italian mafia. He used to operate as a petty scammer and thief at the Naples airport. His Stand, Gold Experience, has the ability to create and manipulate life, which Giorno most often uses to produce plants and small animals. Both can be used for a variety of purposes, ranging from disguise to tracking origins.