The power to have the traits and abilities of kitsune. Variation of Yokai and Vulpes Physiology.
Also Called
- Fox Demon/Spirit/Yōkai Mimicry/Physiology
- Huli Jing/Jiǔwěihú Physiology (Chinese Mythology)
- Hồ Ly Tinh/Cửu Vĩ Hồ/Cáo Chín Duôi Physiology (Vietnamese Mythology)
- Kitsune Mimicry
- Kumiho Mimicry/Physiology (Korean Mythology)
- Kyubi/Kyubi no Kitsune Mimicry/Physiology
- Nine Tailed Fox Mimicry/Physiology
- Yōko/Yoko Mimicry/Physiology
Capabilities
Users possess the traits, attributes, characteristics and/or abilities of kitsune (Japanese: fox), a fox-spirit, who usually gain their powers by living long and keep growing stronger as they age: the more tails a kitsune has (they may have as many as nine), the older, wiser, and more powerful it is. They achieve this either through full or partial transformation into kitsune, choosing to mimic certain aspects of kitsune, or simply already being a kitsune in the first place. They are often tricksters, with motives that vary from mischief to malevolence, but some act as faithful guardians, friends, lovers, and even wives.
Stories depict them as intelligent beings and as possessing magical abilities that increase with their age and wisdom. Their powers include illusions, shapeshifting (particularly to human form), possession, and especially the ability to use foxfire.
Applications
- Age Empowerment
- Claw Retraction
- Decelerated Aging/Semi-Immortality
- Dark or Light Side Aspect Manifestation
- Fox-Fire Manipulation
- Fox Magic
- Flight
- Glowing Eyes
- Illusion Manipulation
- Insanity Inducement
- Life-Force Absorption
- Possession
- Shapeshifting
- Sleep Paralysis Inducement
- Tail Manifestation
- Trickster
- Vulpes Physiology
Variations
- Blessing/Curse Manipulation
- Body Manipulation
- Buddhism Mastery
- Dream Manipulation
- Intelligence Infinitum as their age increases.
- Mystic Human Physiology: When in human form Kitsunes possess the abilities of a mystic human.
- Magic Mastery/Arcanescience: Possess uncanny intuition with magical phenomena and all their myriad forms, allowing them to perceive and understand magic like no other and learn and master virtually any spell and school of magic with outstanding ease.
- Magic/Magic Manipulation: Able to create, shape, and manipulate magic, a form of arcane power to achieve supernatural effects and mystic powers through use of mystical practices, examples of practices include rituals, spells, potions and all its mystical forces.
- Mystic Arts: Utilize the Mystic Arts, a specialized system of techniques based around magic power.
- Magical Energy Manipulation: Able to create, shape, and manipulate all other forms of magical energy.
- Mana Manipulation: Able to create, shape, and manipulate the energy behind magic itself.
- Magic/Magic Manipulation: Able to create, shape, and manipulate magic, a form of arcane power to achieve supernatural effects and mystic powers through use of mystical practices, examples of practices include rituals, spells, potions and all its mystical forces.
- Magic Mastery/Arcanescience: Possess uncanny intuition with magical phenomena and all their myriad forms, allowing them to perceive and understand magic like no other and learn and master virtually any spell and school of magic with outstanding ease.
- Monetary Manipulation
- Nature Magic/Manipulation
- Natural Arts
- Night/Lunar Empowerment
- Supernatural Shrine Maiden
- Onmyouji
- Spirit Physiology
- Succubus Physiology - Kitsunes are not demons per se, but in some stories they behave similarly to succubi; feeding on the vital energy or the spirit of human beings, generally through sexual contact.
- Taoist Priest
As a Kitsune grows older, they gain more tails as well as intelligence and magical power, and may even gain:
- Authority over yokai.
- Divinity
- Elemental Manipulation/Aura
- Energy Manipulation
- Immortality
- Intuitive Aptitude
- Nigh-Omniscience/Omniscience
- Space-Time Manipulation
- Submission
- Supernatural Condition
- The Magician
- Archmage Physiology: Ancient old kitsunes that lived longer than millions are extremely practitioners of magic that possesses the highest forms of magic.
- Transcendent Mage Physiology: Ancients old Kitsune that lived longer than millions are practitioners of magic who has ascended to or always had a godly state and have nearly limitless magical power and can almost effortlessly gain access to power hardly touched by any other mystic.
- Magic Deity: Ancient old kitsunes are able to use the powers and traits of a magic deity.
- Aether Manipulation/Arts: (Users can focus the fifth element into all forms of the "Arcane Craft")
- Arcanescience: Know everything about magic, the occult, the supernatural and everything related to it. As such, they know everything within magic, and the deep secrets that lie within, and around it.
- Magic Lordship/Transcendent Magic/Divine Magic/Omni-Magic: Ancients old Kitsune that lived longer than millions of years are capable of harnessing and achieving transcendental levels of mystical abilities, allowing them to essentially change reality however they see fit. Usually, they use these capabilities to grant wishes, in return to be worshipped as nature deities according to their mythology.
- Magic Deity: Ancient old kitsunes are able to use the powers and traits of a magic deity.
Types of Kitsune
Kitsune are divided into two categories based on their aligned nature: zenko (good foxes) and yako/nogitsune (wild foxes). Zenko foxes are also divided into four categories based on fur color: kinko (gold foxes), ginko (silver foxes), kuroko (black foxes), and byakko (white foxes). They are also divided into three social ranks based on their powers and abilities: tenko (heavenly foxes), kūko (sky foxes), and kiko (spirit foxes). There are also myobu (celestial/divine foxes) foxes that are given the rank of guardians over shrines.
General
- Chiko Physiology (also known as nogitsune)
- Transcendent Kitsune Physiology
Other Sources
In the Teen Wolf franchise, there are 13 types of kitsune (fox spirit), each with their own unique set of powers.
Canon
- Sanda, or Thunder
- Tengoku, or Heaven/Celestial
- Umi, or Ocean
- Chikyu, or Earth
- Kukan, or Void, also known as Nogitsune
Non-Canon
- Kasai, or Fire
- Kaze, or Wind
- Mori, or Forest
- Yama, or Mountain
- Ongaku, or Music
- Kawa, or River
- Jikan, or Time
- Seishin, or Spirit
Associations
- Disaster Manipulation
- Environment Manipulation
- Nurarihyon Physiology
- Succubus Physiology
- Transcendent Physiology
- Trickster
- Yokai Physiology
Limitations
- May keep some trait that reveals their true form when shapeshifting; tail, shadow/reflection, and facial features being the most common.
- Carelessness and/or drunkenness may reveal true form.
- Kitsune have a fear or a hatred of dogs.
- Dogs can detect kitsune.
- Until they gain their ninth tail, kitsune are essentially physical foxes.
- Kitsune can be consumed by negative emotions easily to the point that it can lead to death.
- Priests, monks, and others of faith may be able to see through a kitsune's illusions, and may be able to dissolve them.
Known Users
See Also: Kitsune.
Mythology
- Daji/Tamamo-no-Mae (Chinese/Japanese Mythology)
- Fox Spirits (Chinese/Japanese/Korean Mythology)
- Kuzunoha (Japanese Mythology)
Video Games
- Suzuran (Arknights)
- Yumiko ("Brawlhalla")
- Ara Haan/Eun (Elsword Online)
- Kitsune (Feral)
- Kaden (Fire Emblem Fates)
- Selkie (Fire Emblem Fates)
- Ahri (League of Legends)
- Kitsune (Megami Tensei series)
- Kuda (Megami Tensei series)
- Xiaomu (Namco × Capcom)
- Vulpix/Ninetales (Pokémon)
- Zorua/Zoroark (Pokémon)
- Poline (Rhythm Tengoku)
- Tram (Rhythm Tengoku)
- Da Ji (SMITE)
- Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Nine-Tailed Foxes (Summoners War)
- Ran Yakumo (Touhou Project)
- Tsukasa Kudamaki (Touhou Project)
- Foxie (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Fox Spirit (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Little Fox (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Oinari (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Pipe Fox (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Kitsune/Laughing Strangers (World of Darkness series)
Anime/Manga/Aeni/Manhwa
- Dakki (Buster Keel)
- Kumiho Cookie (Cookie Run)
- Kyubimon (Digimon)
- Renamon (Digimon)
- Youkomon (Digimon)
- Liqueur (Dragon Ball Super)
- Homura Kogetsu (Edens Zero); via Overdrive
- Tamamo-no-Mae (Fate/Extra)
- Fox Spirits (Fox Spirit Matchmaker)
- Tushan Susu
- Kohakuren (God Catching Alchemy Meister)
- Uya (God Catching Alchemy Meister)
- Heewon/Gumiho (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Kunou (Highschool DxD)
- Yasaka (Highschool DxD)
- Hellmaru (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Higokumaru (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Dakki (Houshin Engi)
- Sakura (Hyper Police)
- Yoko (Inukami!)
- Miketsukami Soushi (Inu x boku)
- Shippou (InuYasha)
- Yako (Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun)
- Chizuru Minamoto (Kanokon)
- Princess (Kekkashi)
- Kitsune (Kemono Jihen)
- Homuramaru Nowaki/Nobimaru
- Kon
- Yoko Inari
- Kitsune Girls (Kitsune Spirit/The Mountain Climber and the Sealed Evil Fox)
- Izuna (Maga-Tsuki)
- Cubit Foxtar (Megaman Zero 3)
- Ils Nineta (Monster Musume)
- Koto (Nagasarete Airantou)
- Kurama the Nine-Tails (Naruto)
- Kitsune (Neko Musume Michikusa Nikki)
- Kokkuri-san
- Tamae
- Demon Lord Nine-Tails (Okami)
- Moji Shimeta (Okitsune-sama de Chu)
- Catarina Devon (One Piece)
- Yun (Only Sense Online); temporarily
- Kuyou (Rosario + Vampire)
- Senri (Super Dreadnought Girl 4946)
- Yoko (Tactics)
- Kitsunes (The Helpful Fox Senko-san)
- Snowflake (Tiger Coming In)
- Kuugen (Wagaya no Oinari)
- Kudagitsune (XXXHolic)
- Frostail (Yo-kai Watch)
- Kon-tan/Krystal Fox (Yo-kai Watch)
- Kyubi (Yo-kai Watch)
- Tamamo (Yo-Kai Watch Forever Friends)
- Ryuusuke Kyuubi/Ninetail (Yo-Kai Watch Gakuen Y)
- Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Animated Films
- Kitsune (Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation)
- Xin Ning (White Snake)
Cartoons
- Alya Césaire/Rena Rouge (Miraculous Ladybug)
- Yossi (Telemonster)
- Dolores (Stitch!)
Live Action TV
- Kitsune (Lost Girl)
- Amanda
- Inari
- Kasey
- Lola
- Kitsune (Grimm)
- Kitsune (Supernatural)
- Fox Spirits (Soul Snatcher)
- Bai Shishan
- Kitsune (Teen Wolf)
- Kira Yukimura
- The Nogitsune
- Noshiko Yukimura
- Gumiho (My Roommate Is a Gumiho)
- Shin Woo-yeo
- Yang Hye-sun
Web Original
- Shiragami Fubuki (hololive)
- SCP-953 - Polymorphic Humanoid (SCP Foundation)
Music
- Mystery (Mystery Skulls)
Web Comics
- Nila and Moki (Lost Nightmare)
Comics
- Vixann Blackphox (Extinctioners)
- Kitsune (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/IDW)
Literature
- Kitsune (Thea Stilton: The Secret of the Snow)
- Min Kim ("Thousand Worlds duology")
- Misao (The Vampire Diaries)
- Shinichi (The Vampire Diaries)
TCG
- Majespecter Crow - Yata (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Nine-Tailed Fox (Yu-Gi-Oh!)