Junsei Takamine

Junsei Takamine
"Ropes are beginning to appear on my photo... I'm running out of time."
Japanese	高峰 準星 たかみね じゅんせい
Age	42
Occupation	Mystery novelist
Cause of Death	Victim of Kirie Himuro's Rope Curse
Date of Death	September 15, 1986
Encounter	Narukami Shrine
Games	Fatal Frame Fatal Frame III (mentioned)
Notes	Blue Tape Black Notebook
Japanese Voice Actor	Kiyoshi Kobayashi
English Voice Actor	Matt Lagan

Junsei Takamine was a best-selling novelist, although his career was in some trouble in 1986. To give it a boost, he planned to write a horror novel based on Japanese folklore. He researched the writings of an academic named Ryozo Munakata; his research led him to Himuro Mansion.

In September of that year, he traveled to Himuro Mansion accompanied by Koji Ogata, his editor, and Tomoe Hirasaka, his assistant. The group visited a local village and then spent the night at Himuro Mansion. Takamine nearly detected Kirie's presence as the group moved up the Rope Hallway. As Kirie's curse began to take effect, the group was trapped in the mansion.

Koji Ogata was the first to manifest the rope marks that presaged death. He was eventually killed after being separated from the group; Takamine and Tomoe discovered his remains. Due to this, the effects of the curse and her own psychic abilities, Tomoe lost her mind and began to see the ghosts of the mansion. Takamine then set about researching Himuro Mansion's curse; it is evident he learned Kirie's name from Tomoe. Tomoe was subsequently murdered before Takamine's eyes by Kirie in the Abyss, after which Kirie looked directly at him, indicating that he was next.

As the curse began to affect him, Takamine remembered Tomoe telling him of a Holy Mirror. Takamine then attempted to assemble the mirror by using the Buddha statues located in the Narukami Shrine. Before he could make any headway, his time ran out and Kirie executed him in a grotesque crucifixion before dashing his body upon the roof of the Shinto shrine.

In Fatal Frame III he is mentioned in a note of Kei Amakura's, who expressed concern at his being 'spirited away'. We also find out that Kei Amakura worked with Mafuyu Hinasaki under Junsei Takamine.

Misc Info

• While battling him, he has the ability to temporarily blind you.
• While battling him, his ability to fly faster makes it harder to locate him.
• Similar to Tomoe Hirasaka, players are unable to run away from Takamine. Attempting to do so will prompt him to teleport in front of you and cause considerable damage.
• Takamine was a smoker.
• In the game, it is stated that Tomoe admired Takamine so much she ignored her psychic alarm to work with him.

See Also

• For other members of the Novelist group, see Novelist Group.
• For more information on the curse, see Rope Curse.
• For information on other spirited aways, see Spirited Aways.
• For images related to Junsei Takamine, see Images of Junsei Takamine.