Kishibe Rohan is a professional manga artist and a Stand user from the town of Morioh. He is a genius who made his professional debut at the age of sixteen and is best known for creating the popular manga series Pink Dark Boy. Rohan lives by a strict philosophy that the most important element in manga is reality, and he pursues this authenticity with an almost fanatical devotion, often going to extreme lengths to observe and experience new phenomena for his work.

In terms of personality, Rohan is self-centered, eccentric, and possesses a strong sense of pride. He typically prefers solitude and dislikes socializing, often working without assistants because he cannot tolerate compromises in his art. However, his driving force is not malice but an overwhelming obsession with his craft; he will stop at nothing to find interesting material to transform into manga, even if it puts him in dangerous situations. Despite his cold and often abrasive demeanor, he is not purely selfish, as he is capable of acting rationally and cooperating with others when the situation demands it, separating his personal dislikes from practical decisions.

Within the narrative, Rohan initially appears as a rival or antagonist to Josuke Higashikata and Koichi Hirose, but he eventually becomes a key ally in the effort to track down the serial killer Yoshikage Kira. Following the events of that main story, Rohan becomes the central figure of the spin-off series Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, which follows him on various investigative adventures. In these stories, he functions as a navigator or observer, encountering a range of supernatural and terrifying events while conducting research, often without a definitive explanation for the phenomena he witnesses. His key relationships include a complicated and often antagonistic friendship with Josuke, stemming from their violent first encounter, and a close partnership with Koichi Hirose, whose life story initially fascinated Rohan so much that he used his abilities to read it for inspiration. His development is subtle, but over time he learns to rely on his own observational skills rather than solely using his supernatural power to steal experiences from others, although his obsessive nature remains a constant part of his character.

Rohan’s notable abilities stem from his Stand, Heaven's Door. This Stand is not well-suited for direct combat but possesses incredibly powerful and versatile abilities. Its primary function is to transform a person into a living book, with pages unfurling from their body. Rohan can then read these pages to access the individual's most detailed memories, thoughts, personal history, and even the secrets of their Stand. He can also physically remove pages to erase memories, which correspondingly removes body mass from the target. Most significantly, by writing commands directly into the pages, Rohan can alter a person's memories or implant hypnotic suggestions that the target must obey without question, even if the command is impossible or against their will. For instance, he can instruct a person to fly backward at a specific speed or grant them the temporary ability to speak a foreign language. The Stand was initially activated only when the target saw Rohan's drawings, but he later learns to manifest and apply its power more freely.