Japan could not get near him. His first try came after 60 seconds, and he completed a hat-trick in the 19th minute.
His return after four years away from the Test scene was the centre of the night, and England will hope he might turn out even better than that.
A cartwheeling plant of the ball for his fourth try summed up the exuberance. His five scores put him in the centre of the try-scoring line.
England used him out wide, looking for the attacking edge lost when Immanuel Feyi-Waboso limped out of the autumn campaign.
Jones, who coached England for seven years, had little to enjoy on his return to Twickenham. He sat stony-faced in the coaching box as his side were thrashed.
Junior tickets at 15 pounds helped give the ground a different atmosphere from usual, and England brought plenty of entertainment with them.
There was plenty elsewhere to lift England in the rout of Japan. A player told BBC 5 Live:"The team is really starting to play well.".
Another teenage apprentice had been taken on that 2022 tour of Australia alongside Joseph. Saturday belonged to the man who had waited four years to get back.