In the year 1890, promoter Steven Steel announces the upcoming Steel Ball Run, an unprecedented horse race across the American continent from San Diego to New York. Johnny Joestar, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, meets a mysterious man named Gyro Zeppeli as the latter signs up for the race. Finding hope in the power of Gyro's weapons, Johnny follows him into the race's hectic first stage. This content comes from JoJo's Bizarre Encyclopedia (https://jojowiki.com), and must be attributed to its authors if you are using it on another wiki or web page, as specified in the license.