Yomotsuki Family

The Yomotsuki Family appears in the game Fatal Frame IV. It is closely involved in the events that take place on Rougetsu Island.

Souan Yomotsuki
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   ancestor (direct relation unknown)
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Souetsu Yomotsuki
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   two generations (unnamed)
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Sougen Yomotsuki
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   ancestor (direct relation unknown)
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Souya Yomotsuki --- Sayaka Minazuki                                    
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            Ruka Minazuki (GS)

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• SA - Spirited Away
• GS - Getsuyuu Syndrome
• B - Blooming

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Fatal Frame IV

Souan Yomotsuki (四方月 宗庵)

Souan was the first of the Yomotsuki family to craft masks for the Kiraigou. On the strength of his work, this later became the family tradition.

Souetsu Yomotsuki (四方月 宗悦)

Souetsu was a mask-maker of the seventh generation. In his attempts to create the true Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, he caused the Kiraigou to fail and the Day Without Suffering to take place. After the disaster, Souetsu went missing, and the circumstances of his death remained a mystery.

Sougen Yomotsuki (四方月 宗玄)

Two generations after Souetsu, Sougen revived the Yomotsuki mask-making tradition.

Souya Yomotsuki (四方月 宗也)

Souya was the head of the Yomotsuki family until 1972, and a master mask-craftsman. He worked with Shigeto Haibara to reconstruct the lost Kiraigou, and became obsessed with the Mask of the Lunar Eclipse created by Souetsu. Because of his obsession, his relationship with his wife and daughter deteriorated. He put masks on Ruka, causing her to develop Getsuyuu Syndrome, and used her as a Kanade in the Kiraigou, which caused her to lose all her memories. He was killed by Sakuya Haibara on the second Day Without Suffering.

Sayaka Minazuki (水無月 小夜歌)

Sayaka was a Tsukimori Shrine Maiden, and the last to remember the traditions associated with the Tsukimori clan. She married Souya and had a daughter, and the family lived happily for quite some time, until Souya's obsession changed him. Sayaka eventually left the island, and she and Ruka went by Sayaka's maiden name, Minazuki. Her experiences weakened her, however, and she died, telling Ruka nothing about her father or the island where she had been born.

Ruka Minazuki (水無月 流歌)

Ruka is the main protagonist in Fatal Frame IV. After Sayaka took her away from the island, she remembered nothing about her childhood except fragments of a melody. Against her mother's warnings, she returned to Rougetsu Island, hoping to learn the truth about what happened to her, and find out more about her father. She learned about the traditions of both the Yomotsuki craftsmen and Tsukimori maidens, reconstructed the broken Mask of the Lunar Eclipse that so obsessed her father, and played the Tsukimori Song to soothe Sakuya Haibara's spirit long enough to use the mask on her, completing the Kiraigou and lifting the curse.

Takahisa Kouzuki (上月 隆久)

Takahisa was not a member of the Yomotsuki family, but was Souya's apprentice, and lived with the family in the Yomotsuki House.