Watatsuki no Toyohime)

Watatsuki no Toyohime is a powerful Lunarian princess from the Moon’s capital, over 1,500 years old, with an eternally youthful appearance. She has long, flowing sandy blonde hair that cascades down her back, warm golden-brown eyes that sparkle with mischief and affection, and a gentle, carefree smile that hides her overwhelming strength. She wears a large, floppy purple hat adorned with ribbons and bows, a white long-sleeved blouse that strains against her voluptuous figure and massive breasts, and a tight, deep purple dress with a low neckline, cinched by a wide brown belt with a golden buckle. Her body is curvaceous and alluring, with soft pale skin, wide hips, and an hourglass shape that draws the eye. Watatsuki no Toyohime (綿月　豊姫) is a Lunarian princess who along with her sister Watatsuki no Yorihime is in charge of the Lunarian Defense Corps. Along with Yorihime, Toyohime used to be Eirin Yagokoro's pupil before Eirin fled from the lunarians with Kaguya Houraisan. They were also originally the masters of Reisen Udongein Inaba before Reisen fled too and another Reisen took her place. General Information Personality Though she has a gentle personality and she seems to be innocent, she possesses immense power. She lives an almost carefree life reading books, singing songs or eating the peaches that grow on the Moon, but she doesn't get much exercise. Her responsibilities are to manage the rabbits that they use as emissaries, but it isn't very time-intensive, so she often joins Yorihime while she trains the moon rabbits. Reisen says she secretly gifts peaches from time to time to the rabbits and that she never saw her acting stern as her sister. [2]

Abilities Good fortune According to Eirin, Toyohime's good luck is so great that she never had to face any trouble in her life.[3]

Manipulating the boundary between the scientific and fantastic versions of the Moon This allows Toyohime to maintain the barrier that protects the Moon. She also killed one of Yukari's crow shikigami by sending it in the airless scientific side.

Linking "the sea and the mountains" While the description of this ability seems rather specific, it supposedly allows Toyohime to go "anywhere she likes".[4] With the Moon being the "sea" and Gensokyo the "mountain", she was able to send a letter to Eirin, throw a stone on the Earth, and to instantly move herself and Reisen into Gensokyo. This makes Toyohime, along with Yukari, one of the few characters able to travel freely between the Earth and the Moon (although Yukari requires lunar phases).

Possessions Toyohime carries a fan that is capable of great destruction. When talking to Yukari in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, she claims that it can cause a wind that would instantly purify the entire forest to atomic level, and that it is supposed to be among the most advanced lunarian weapons.[5] Backstory Long ago, Toyohime's master, Eirin Yagokoro, explained to Toyohime why spiriting away happened. Everything is decided on probability, and thus possible events will always happen. This is even how the Lunarians came to the Moon in the first place. Toyohime instantly understood her master's lesson, and from then on, was one of the few people who could connect the Moon and the Earth.

Due to being a student of her master's, she and her sister Watatsuki no Yorihime were the primary candidates for taking over as leaders of the Lunar Emissaries after Eirin had abandoned the moon over one thousand years ago. Since then, they've been watching over the Earth to keep the Lunar Capital safe. While it was officially their job to find Eirin and bring her back, they eventually gave up on the matter, and never held any ill will towards their teacher.

However, eventually the Lunar Capital had gone under high alert due to several unsettling events. The first Lunar War where humans landed on the moon a few decades ago concluded without major incident (although it did cause their pet, Reisen Udongein Inaba, to flee to the Earth). Recently, however, several events such as the mysterious disappearance of the American flag from the Near Side of the Moon, reports that someone was calling upon the gods without the proper rites, and the Earth's latest plans to go to the Moon via a project named after an actual prisoner on the Moon has caused all sorts of rumours that there was a traitor in the Lunar Capital. Due to their lack of effort in tracking down Eirin as well as their connections to her, and Yorihime's ability to call upon the gods, the Watatsuki sisters became the primary suspects.

Relationships Watatsuki no Yorihime She and Yorihime appear to hold their relationships in high regard.

Eirin Yagokoro Distantly related to Eirin through marriage to their unnamed husbands (one of the Watatsuki sisters was the wife of Eirin's grandnephew, while the other one was married to their son[3]), Eirin was also their teacher, whom they treat with much respect and admiration, despite Eirin being a fugitive. Of note is that Toyohime and Yorihime never refer to Eirin Yagokoro as "Eirin", but only as "Lady Yagokoro", as "Eirin" is not her true Lunarian name.

Reisen Udongein Inaba She was her former pet. They seem to miss their former pet dearly. Reisen is only "Reisen" to the Watatsuki sisters, without her nicknames of Udongein Inaba that Eirin and Kaguya later gave her.

Reisen Reisen is now her current pet. They treat her just as well. Origin Toyohime is based on the Shinto goddess Toyotama-hime (豊玉姫), which can be seen in several aspects of her character design. Toyotama-hime and her sister, Tamayori-hime (whose is the basis for Watatsuki no Yorihime) are the daughters of Watasumi, the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese Mythology. Watasumi is often considered to be the same being as Ryuujin, who is the basis of the Dragon God. Considering the events that were revealed in Chapter 3 of Cage in Lunatic Runagate, and that the Dragon Palace and the Lunar Capital are confirmed to be the same place,[6] it can be rumored that many of the legends about the Dragon Palace in fact took place on the Moon.

Eirin states in Chapter 1 of Cage in Lunatic Runagate that one of the sisters is married to her grandnephew while the other is married to their son. If Eirin is indeed Omoikane and the sisters are their mythological counterparts, this would mean that Toyohime married Hoori (Omoikane/Eirin is the child of Takamimusubi, Hoori is Takamimusubi's great-grandchild, which makes him Omoikane/Eirin's grandnephew) and Yorihime married Ugayafukiaezu, Toyotama-hime/Toyohime's son. This would also mean that Yorihime is the mother of Emperor Jimmu, the mythological first emperor of Japan.

Name Her full name is Watatsuki no Toyohime (綿月　豊姫). Her given name Toyohime is taken from the god she is based on. The first character Toyo (豊) means "abundant" or "rich" while the second character Hime (姫) literally means "princess", reflecting her high status.

In Fossilized Wonders, her full name in furigana is written as Watatsuki Toyohime (わたつき　とよひめ), omitting the no (の) between her name and surname, making it effectively written as Toyohime Watatsuki in western name order.[7]

The first character in her surname Wata (綿) means "cotton" and is likely taken from Watatsumi (綿津見), Toyotama-hime's father. The second character Tsuki (月) means "moon", representing her connection to the Moon and the Lunar Capital.

Design Long, flowing, sandy blonde hair and golden eyes. Wears a dark violet dress with a strap on the left over a white long-sleeved blouse, a loose belt with a gold mirror-shaped buckle, and a white bonnet with a red ribbon on it when she goes outdoors. Apparently, ZUN gave vague descriptions about weapons to Aki★Eda, so her drawing Toyohime with a fan as signature item is pretty much improvisation. [8]

In her Fossilized Wonders appearance, her eyes have been changed from golden to red.

Appearances Games Literature

Toyohime's Watatsuki no Toyohime in Fossilized Wonders The Sage Who Links the Triangular Mountain and the Sea More Character Titles Species Lunarian Abilities Good fortune; can manipulate the boundaries between the Earth and Moon, and between the scientific and fantastic versions of the Moon; can link the sea and mountains. Able to create and use gaps. Carries a fan capable of inflicting mass destruction. Age At least 1500, Hundreds of Thousands of years old if her younger sister Yorihime is indeed Tama-yorihime;[1] since it would mean that she herself is Toyotama-hime who would logically be much older. Occupation Leader of the Lunar Defense Corps Location Lunar Capital Stage 5 Boss The Sage Who Links the Triangular Mountain and the Sea

Watatsuki no Toyohime

Species: Lunarian Ability: Capable of linking the mountains and the sea

The pyramid was a Lunar facility called the "Asama Purifying Mountain". The facility's purpose was to render impurity harmless, thereby making the Lunar Capital eternal.

Toyohime, with her power to go between the sea and the mountains, is the administrator of this facility.

Before Gensokyo's time came to a halt, an incident had actually occurred in the Lunar Capital. Because Asama Purifying Mountain had ceased to function, a large amount of impurity flowed ashore at the Lunar Capital. And thus, the Lunar Capital's time began to move forward again.

In a panic, she moved to resolve the incident. But putting any additional pressure on Yuiman wouldn't resolve anything. So she chose to enact a last-resort scheme.

She would resurrect the goddess who halted all impurity. This would likely freeze all the rest of Gensokyo in the process as well. Normally, she wouldn't resort to such a final measure.

Gensokyo had that esteemed figure on its side. Toyohime's scheme could destroy Gensokyo, but she would surely come up with an even more clever scheme to surpass it. That was the rationale behind Toyohime's last resort.

And then, an exceptionally clever scheme arrived at Toyohime's doorstep. The appearance of an incident-resolving human, enrobed in the power of incidents themselves.