Kazuo Yashiki

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## Kazuo Yashiki

### Aliases

Protagonist (主人公)Masamune Kujou (九条正宗, *Kujō Masamune*)

## Biographical information

### Status

Alive (Good End)Presumed dead (Normal End)

### Relatives

Murasame Kujou (father) †Saya Kujou (younger sister) †

## Physical description

### Mark Location

Top of right wrist

**Kazuo Yashiki** (八敷一男, *Yashiki Kazuo*, default name) is the protagonist of *Death Mark*. An amnesiac who has been marked prior to the start of the game, he lost all of his memories, including the knowledge of his own identity. He arrives at the Kujou Mansion and discovers the doll, Mary, sitting on a couch, and the corpse of Saya Kujou; at this discovery, he starts his quest to be freed of his Mark.

## Biography

> "*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. 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.*"
> ― Death Mark Art Collection
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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.

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.

### *Death Mark*

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. In the Normal End, he is unable to successfully reseal Mary and is likely killed. In the Good End, he successfully seals her once again.

In the DLC Chapter, several months have passed since Mary was resealed. 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. Regardless of whether or not players purify or destroy this spirit, Yashiki survives. 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.

### *NG*

Yashiki is mentioned in multiple D-Cards, usually in the context of his supernatural investigations. Ban and Rosé also mention him to Akira, with the latter stating that he and Mashita are on an overseas business trip.

He appears to confront a berserk Akira Kijima in *NG*'s Bad End.

## Initial Concept

> "*He's remained mostly the same since the initial concept stage. He's a slightly otherworldly, thin, middle-aged man. Some early concept art went a slightly different direction with him, making him have a more sickly, cursed look.*"
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## Gallery

### Concept Art

Artbook pageThe main character doing Saya's hairConcept sketchesConcept designsFinal concept designClose up portraitFull bodyShibito Magire concept artShibito Magire concept artShibito Magire concept artShibito Magire concept artShibito Magire concept art
### Official Art

High School Gossip 2The Mark 1The Mark 2The Mark 3The Mark 4EscapeAwakened Bees
### Miscellaneous

ChibiPS4 iconManga appearanceLINE sticker
### Blue End / Aoki Shuen

Promotional ArtChibi Blue End YashikiChapter 1 ProfileChapter 2 ProfileChapter 3 ProfileChapter 4 Profile
## Trivia

* His original name, Masamune, came from the swordsmith and his swords of the same name that are widely recognized as Japan's greatest.
* He prides himself in making a good cup of coffee, but not much else.
* Due to the adventure game style of *Death Mark*'s gameplay, one of the running gags through the chapters is that he collects useless items and garbage, claiming not knowing what he could use them for but believing they are there for a purpose. Many partners will poke fun at the player for adding strange items to their inventory.
* At the start of the game, Moe Watanabe will ask the main character who he is in relation to Saya Kujou, to which there are three options. If he responds with "a relative", she will remark he must be her older brother, and that he has similar eyes. This turns out to be exactly the case.
* His voice actor, Ryo Nezuka, also provides the voice for Shuuji Daimon.
* In the ending credits of the English release, Kazuo is credited as being voiced by Akibo Shieh, the founder of Aksys Games. It is unknown if this is an error.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Death Mark Art Collection*, p.07
2. ↑ *Death Mark Art Collection*, p.10