Kazuo Yashiki

Appearance:chin length unkempt black hair,fair skin, glasses,brown eyes,white collared shirt,black tie,brown trench coat,jeans,black shoes,5'11",40 years old Personality:supernaturally attuned,paranormal investigator,slight cynic,responsible,goes with the flow,calm in the face of anxiety,strong for other's sake,mature,sympathetic,tries to be a good role model,has a stutter when nervous.

The previous head of the Kujou family, he went missing during an incident traveling abroad where he was searching for answers about Mary. Upon his return home, he and Saya investigated supernatural phenomenon, and it was during this time that he obtained the Mark and lost all of his memories. He's a slightly otherworldly, thin, middle-aged man. The man once known as Masamune did not have as much spiritual power as his sister, Saya, but he was good with his hands. He wasn't known to be much of a people person either. Masamune Kujou is the eldest child of Murasame Kujou, and the older brother of Saya Kujou. Seven years prior to the events of Death Mark, his father passed away, and Masamune became head of the Kujou family and inheriting the Kujou Mansion. Two years later, while he and Saya were sorting the storage room, they came across a box that held a Western-style doll. In the process they broke the seal that held its malevolence in place. Masamune learned that his great-grandfather was the one that put the seal on the doll in the first place, but he died before he was able to leave a record about it. He also discovered that the Kujou family lent the doll to the Japanese military during World War II, where it was kept in an underground shelter for research; he learned of this secretive location from a homeless man. Determined to find more information on the doll, he traveled overseas. However, he got into an accident that resulted in a brief coma. When he awoke and contacted Saya, he learned that he'd been presumed dead and that she'd become the new family head. He continued his research abroad, with Saya assuming the duties of the Kujou Family. Determined to find more information on the doll, he traveled overseas. However, he got into an accident that resulted in a brief coma. When he awoke and contacted Saya, he learned that he'd been presumed dead and that she'd become the new family head. He continued his research abroad, with Saya assuming the duties of the Kujou Family. Upon his return home, he and Saya began investigating supernatural phenomena together. Unable to find any answers on how to reseal Mary, they decided to remove the nenjibutsu from inside her body and purify it at H Shrine during the summer rites. It was at this time they they were both cursed with a Mark; him by Mary, and Saya by Hanahiko. While he was able to deliver the nejibutsu to H Shrine, his memory loss rapidly progressed and he soon developed full amnesia. Masamune, now with no memory of his actual identity, finds himself back at Kujou Mansion at the start of the game. He begins to use the psuedonym "Kazuo Yashiki" and works alongside several different Mark Bearers throughout the course of the game in the hopes of defeating the spirit who cursed him and regaining his memory. After defeating Mary in the final chapter, Yashiki regains his memories and assumes his role as the family head once again. He successfully seals Mary once again. Yashiki continues to research ways to permanently seal Mary, since the current seal supposedly only lasts for a maximum of 50 years. At Mashita's request, he investigates the rumors surrounding a love hotel called Masquerade and confronts another spirit. Though he expresses reluctance at the idea of getting further involved in spirit hunting, it is implied he will eventually have to face similar cases in the future. Yakashi was responsible for helping high school student Moe Watanabe, elite elementary schooler Tsukasa Yoshida, Detective Satoru Mashida, delinquent baseball player Shou Nagashima, former TV reporter personality Christie Arimura, trouble elementary schooler Suzu Morimiya, shut in otaku Eita Nakamatsu, pop idol Ai Kashiwagi, elderly fortune teller Towako Yasuoka, pharmaceutical researcher Madoka Hiroo, Doctor Shuji Daimon, and eccentric homeless man Banshee Itou with their Death Marks, Marks left by spirits who won’t pass on and kill the bearer after causing memory loss.

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