01Basic information

Japanese Name
八木山 夜露↗
Romanized Name
Yagiyama Yotsuyu↗
Stand
I Am a Rock↗
Age
28 (Self-proclaimed)↗
Birthday
~1982-1983↗
Gender
Male↗↗
Nationality
Japanese↗
Occupation
Architect↗
Species
Rock Human↗
Affiliation
Locacaca Organization↗
Manga Debut
JJL Chapter 25 (Eyes only) | JJL Chapter 26 (1st full debut)↗
Game Debut
Eyes of Heaven (NPC)↗

02Appearance

Yagiyama is a Rock Human of slim build and average to above-average height. He claims to be 28 years old. He has shoulder-length, straight black hair with short bangs. His eyes are black with small triangular highlights.↗

He wears a headpiece of leaves and a collar with a pin bearing the letter H. His arms, stomach, and legs are clad in a dark, leathery material studded with small metallic spikes. Over this, he wears a crop top and a pair of floral-printed bloomers. Attached to his belt is a small pouch.↗

03Personality

Yotsuyu Yagiyama is an ambitious and ruthless Rock Human.↗

Yotsuyu states that above all he desires social status and at one point even declares his intention to steal Norisuke Higashikata IV 's fortune.↗↗↗

He is quite aggressive and calculating, as he repeatedly takes underhanded measures to fulfill his goals. As Josuke states, Yotsuyu is the type of person who will attack innocent people in order to show he is serious about his threats. For instance, during his first appearance, Yotsuyu waterboards Yasuho Hirose to force her to bring out her Stand, later taking her hostage to use her as bait and draw Josuke out into the open. He also demonstrates manipulative prowess when exploiting Tsurugi's fear of his family's disease in order to coerce him into assisting in trapping Josuke.↗↗↗↗↗

04Abilities

Stand

When Yotsuyu touches someone, the victim begins to naturally attract specific objects toward them. Additionally, Yotsuyu is able to attract rocks to himself to cause damage to people or objects close to him.↗

Rock Physiology

While similar to a human's, Yotsuyu's body can change into a rock-like form. Because of this, he does not need to sleep or rest. He can mimic rocks to the point that he becomes indistinguishable from them. Norisuke theorizes that Yotsuyu's physiology requires him to have at least a small amount of skin respiration; in the absence of such, his body structure will begin to break down as a result of being less structurally stable than an ordinary human's.↗

Eye Fluid Membrane

Yotsuyu is able to produce a transparent and flexible membrane from his eyes, which he uses to waterboard Yasuho. It is unclear whether this is a trait that all Rock Humans possess, or whether I Am a Rock enables this ability.↗

05Story

SPOILERS

Background

Yotsuyu was born a nameless Rock Human. Although his youth is undisclosed, he managed to steal the identity of a young man named " Yotsuyu Yagiyama " and become an architect. He is said to have been one of Jobin Higashikata 's friends in college. Yotsuyu was hired to build the Higashikata Residence for Norisuke in 2010, as well as the Higashikata Fruit Parlor 's parlor and the renovated Morioh Stadium. At the same time, he worked as Tamaki Damo 's underling in the Locacaca Organization.↗↗↗

At some point before the events of JoJolion, Yotsuyu informed Aisho Dainenjiyama of his girlfriend's betrayal, and it is implied that the two were at least acquainted with each another beforehand.↗

On August 19, 2011, Yotsuyu, alongside Tamaki Damo, confronted Josefumi Kujo and Yoshikage Kira, who had stolen a Locacaca branch from the organization. After both escaped, Yotsuyu was ordered by Tamaki to conduct a search in order to corner the thieves. After witnessing the A. Phex Brothers ' defeat by Josefumi, Yotsuyu was driven away by the approaching earthquake and tsunami.↗↗↗

Battle with the Higashikatas

Learning about the duo's survival in an amnesiac man dubbed "Josuke", Yotsuyu decides to eliminate the latter. He meets Tsurugi Higashikata and, by feeding the Locacaca to a dog, succeeds in tricking the young boy into helping him lure Josuke out into the open.↗

Yotsuyu Yagiyama later appears within the secret room below the Higashikata estate as Yasuho Hirose sleeps. He produces a transparent membrane from his eyes to suffocate her in an attempt to draw out Paisley Park and examine it. Once Paisley Park manifests, he uses his Stand to trap it in place and analyze its ability. Yotsuyu reveals that he is an architect scouting out interesting properties such as the secret room, and states his intention to eliminate Josuke.↗

Later, Yotsuyu assaults Josuke and Norisuke as they attempt to gain access to the basement by touching Josuke's foot and activating his Stand. Large flower pots begin accelerating towards him as the architect watches from the entrance, surprised Josuke would return to the location just to die again. When the two manage to avoid the flower pot shards, Yotsuyu activates his Stand a second time, this time summoning chestnuts toward the duo.↗

"I Am a Rock"

When Josuke and Norisuke escape inside the cellar, Yotsuyu resorts to kidnapping Yasuho from inside the basement cellar and dragging her through a hidden fault in the roof caused by the earthquake. Josuke and Norisuke follow him by using the latter's King Nothing to track Yasuho's scent. Yotsuyu sets her down among rocks close to the shoreline and hides, intending to catch the two by surprise by blending into his surroundings.↗

Josuke's response is to encase Yotsuyu in a large soap bubble, intending to carry him off and drop him into the sea. However, Yotsuyu is able to attract several nearby rocks towards himself in order to pop the bubble and escape, thinking he has foiled Josuke's plan. Josuke then reveals that he was merely positioning Yotsuyu closer to the shore, allowing him to use his soap bubbles to push the architect into the sea.↗

06Plot details

SPOILERS

Personality

Yagiyama woke up Aisho to save him from being killed when his house was demolished, and was sympathetic and supportive of the more naive Aisho after he found out his girlfriend had betrayed him.↗↗

Profile details

Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Deceased (Part 8)↗

Date of Death: 2011↗

Cause of Death: Suffocated from lack of skin respiration↗

Yotsuyu is revealed to be a Rock Human with a stolen name, belonging to a Locacaca Organization.↗

07Sources & attribution

Source text: JoJoWiki and its contributors. This entry has been reorganized and condensed for readability under CC BY-SA 4.0. Archived records reflect their capture dates. Referenced manga, anime, and artwork retain their respective copyrights.
Source bibliography (15)
  1. Yotsuyu claims to have murdered Josefumi between two rocks, and that he would've stayed dead if not for Kira. However this is retconned later when it is shown that he had no direct hand in their deaths. Open ↗
  2. JoJolion Chapter 26: Tsurugi Higashikata's Goal, and the Architect Open ↗
  3. JOJO magazine 2023 WINTER: JoJo by Generations Open ↗
  4. JJL Volume 7 description and summary Open ↗
  5. Learn a Lot of English with JoJo's Bizarre Adventure! Open ↗
  6. JoJolion Chapter 30: King Nothing, p.11 Open ↗
  7. JoJolion Chapter 26: Tsurugi Higashikata's Goal, and the Architect, p.40 Open ↗
  8. JoJolion Chapter 39: Doobie Wah, Part 1 Open ↗
  9. JoJolion Chapter 32: "I Am a Rock", Part 2, p.7 Open ↗
  10. JoJolion Chapter 26: Tsurugi Higashikata's Goal, and the Architect, p.31 Open ↗
  11. JoJolion Chapter 30: King Nothing, p.19 Open ↗
  12. JoJolion Chapter 30: King Nothing, p.14 Open ↗
  13. JoJolion Chapter 42: Doobie Wah, Part 4, p.17 Open ↗
  14. JoJolion Chapter 110: Higashikata Fruit Parlor Open ↗
  15. JoJolion Chapter 32: "I Am a Rock", Part 2 Open ↗

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