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Fuyuhi Himino
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Japanese name 氷見野 冬陽
Romaji name Himino Fuyuhi
Age Unknown
Hair color Black
Eye color Black
Occupation Unknown
Status Deceased
Family Unknown
Appearances Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
Voice actor (JPN) Imai Asaka
Voice actor (ENG) Katie Beudert
It was because of Haruka that I decided to go through with it. I didn't want her to do it alone. She'd be too scared...

—Fuyuhi Himino


Fuyuhi Himino (氷見野 冬陽, Himino Fuyuhi) is a female character in Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water who eventually becomes a hostile ghost.

Background[]

Prior to the events of the game, Fuyuhi was incredibly close to Haruka Momose as they had attended school together since kindergarten, and had shared in their life and experiences. Fuyuhi had also stayed at Haruka's house while renovations were taking place and often sang the Song of Memories together.

Some time before the events of the game, Fuyuhi, along with Haruka and three classmates, Natsuho, Tsuyuno, and Chiaki, attempted a group suicide by drowning, however, Haruka and Fuyuhi both survived the attempt, and walked away with the pain of survivor's guilt.

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Fuyuhi at Kurosawa Antiques.

Following the incident, she and Haruka become regulars to the Kurosawa Antiques, but Haruka goes missing one day at Mt. Hikami. Finding it concerning and suspicious, Fuyuhi gives the Hisoka Kurosawa a request to search for Haruka. As Hisoka doesn't respond and goes missing herself, Fuyuhi pays a personal visit to the shop and decides to go out on her own search when Yuri Kozukata reports Hisoka's disappearance.

After trekking through both the Shrine of Dolls and Unfathomable Forest, Fuyuhi is found near a pond by Yuri, who immediately volunteers to search for Haruka herself with Yuri urging Fuyuhi to return back to the shop. During the returning trip , Yuri is distracted by Hisoka's Charm and the visions associated with it. Fuyuhi wanders off once more.

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Fuyuhi raising a tanto blade to her neck.

Before going missing the second time, Fuyuhi had explained that she "sensed" Haruka near the shrine. Unbeknownst to the pair at the time, Haruka was trapped within the Womb Cave beneath them. While looking around the riverbank, Fuyuhi notices a tantō blade and picks it up. Unfortunately, she catches a glimpse of a ghost cutting her throat with the same blade, and her body begins moving on its own to repeat of the spirit's actions.

Despite her resistance, a brief appearance of Haruka breaks Fuyuhi's concentration, allowing the blade to run through her throat and kill herself. This act allows her spirit to be tainted by the Black Water and subsequently becomes vengeful. By the time Yuri catches up to Fuyuhi, her spirit begins singing the Song of Memories before slitting her own throat in front of Yuri who is not aware that she had already died beforehand. Fuyuhi intends to attack her from behind but is pushed back by Yuri with her camera obscura.

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Fuyuhi as a ghost.

After her initial defeat, Fuyuhi's spirit would continue haunting the path she had taken prior to her death. After being left unsupervised, she is able to lure Haruka back into the mountain before spiriting her away with the act witnessed by Yuri through the CCTV camera after its occurrence. The corrupted spirits of Mount Hikami would attempt to lure the remaining survivors once more with Fuyuhi attempting to lure Yuri but is seemingly stopped by Ren Hojo. When Ren unknowingly passes out, Fuyuhi takes the opportunity to successfully lure Yuri to the Mount Hikami and towards Lake of the Departed

During Miu and Miku's time of witnessing the sunset in Lake of the Departed, Fuyuhi and Haruka are among the shadowy figures watching the sunset, indicating that they were finally able to reunite. When Yuri is finally able to appease Ose Kurosawa and lift the curse, Fuyuhi among the other spirits are finally able to move on.

Battle[]

When Fuyuhi is fought, she will have two forms: a "normal" form, using her appearance before she killed herself, and a "bloody" form, where her neck has already been cut.

Fuyuhi typically first appears and engages with her bloody form. When bloody, Fuyuhi still has the basic charge shared with several other ghosts and will simply lunge forward. An indication that she will attack is if she bucks backward before suddenly stepping forward. Another tactic she may try is to hold her knife forward before teleporting a few times and finally charging towards the player. Unlike most ghosts, the bloody form's head cannot be zoomed into, instead, the player can only focus on her left hand, which is holding her blade. In her bloody form, Fuyuhi's movements are also more erratic, and she will stagger and stumble more often than in her normal form.

If she takes enough damage she will revert back to her "normal" form.

In her normal form, Fuyuhi fights very closely like a normal ghost; having a basic charge to grab the player. The prime exception, however, is that she may occasionally try to slit her own throat to revert back to her bloody form. Allowing her to do so causes blood to splatter on the viewfinder before her bloody form returns. In most scenarios, her head can be focused on while her other targetable spots are her wrists. When she is going to try and enter her bloody form, however, this changes to her left wrist, abdomen and ankles, and it is recommended to stop her with a Shutter Chance before she can transform. Due to the positioning of her target spots when she attempts to transform, it is best to use portrait shots against Fuyuhi.

Fuyuhi's mandatory encounters are at Second Drop, where she acts as the stage's final opponent and attacks Yuri at the Unfathomable Forest's pond, at Eight Drop where she will attempt to attack Yuri in her room. She also has one optional encounter in Final Drop, where she and Haruka can be battled near Haruka's box in the Womb Cave should Yuri choose to visit the area.

Quotes[]

"Haruka."

"I have to tell you...a secret!"

Etymology[]

  • The name Fuyuhi means "winter" (冬) (fuyu) and "light, sun, male" (陽) (hi).
    • The five girls' names have a seasonal theme, to which Fuyuhi's name correlates to winter.
  • Fuyuhi's surname Himino means "ice, hail" (氷) (hi), "see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible" (見) (mi) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).

Trivia[]

  • Fuyuhi "sensing" Haruka at the Shrine of Dolls would forebode the events in Fourth Drop, where Yuri actually has to travel underneath the shrine to rescue Haruka.
  • If Yuri takes a photo of Fuyuhi while she's following her, Fuyuhi flinches like a hostile ghost. Indicating that she's no longer alive at that moment
  • In a 2023 Poll, Fuyuhi was voted as the tenth scariest enemy in the series.

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