Kitsune Physiology

Also Called

• Huli Jing Physiology (Chinese Mythology)
• Kitsune Mimicry
• Yōko/Yoko Mimicry/Physiology

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can transform into an 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 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 fox-fire.

Applications

• Age Empowerment
• Claw Retraction
• Decelerated Aging/Semi-Immortality
• Fox-Fire Manipulation
• Flight
• Illusion Manipulation
• Insanity Inducement
• Life-Force Absorption
• Possession
• Shapeshifting
  • Gender Transformation
  • Human Disguise
  • Size Manipulation
• Tail Manifestation
  • Multiple Tails
  • Prehensile Tail
• Vulpes Physiology
  • Enhanced Bite
  • Enhanced Durability
  • Enhanced Endurance
  • Enhanced Senses
    • Enhanced Hearing
    • Enhanced Smell
    • Night Vision
  • Enhanced Speed
  • Enhanced Stamina
  • Enhanced Strength
  • Environmental Adaptation
  • Predator Instinct
  • Temperature Regulation

Variations

• Blessing Inducement/Curse Inducement
• Body Manipulation
  • Body Supremacy
  • Hair Manipulation
  • Nail Manipulation
• Dream Manipulation
• Intelligence Infinitum as their age increases.
• Lunar Manipulation
• Monetary Manipulation
• Nature Manipulation
• Night Empowerment/Lunar Empowerment
• Plant Manipulation
• Spirit Physiology
• Supernatural Shrine Maiden Physiology
• Tantric Manipulation/Love Manipulation/Lust Manipulation

As kitsune grow older, they gain more tails as well as intelligence and magical power, and may even gain:

• Authority over Yokai.
• Divinity
• Elemental Manipulation/Elemental Aura
• Energy Manipulation
• Immortality
• Nigh Omniscience/Omniscience
• Space-Time Manipulation
• Submission
• Supernatural Condition
  • Supernatural Beauty
  • Supernatural Charisma

Associations

• Disaster Manipulation
• Environment Manipulation
• Nurarihyon Physiology
• Shinto Deity Physiology
• Succubus 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.

Gallery

Kurama (Naruto), the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, can cause tsunamis and flatten mountains simply by swinging one of his tails.

Ran Yakumo (Touhou) is a nine-tailed kitsune.

Renamon (Digimon Tamers) mimics the traits of a kitsune in her standard and evolved forms.

Being a type of demonic kitsune himself, Yoko Kurama (Yu Yu Hakusho) specializes in plant manipulation.

Shippo (Inuyasha) is a young kitsune.

Kira Yukimura (Teen Wolf) manipulating Fox Fire after being attacked.

Yoko (Tactics)

Kuzunoha (Japanese Mythology)

Kuyō (Rosario + Vampire)

Kuyō (Rosario + Vampire) in his true form.

Kudagitsune (XXXHolic)

Noshiko Yukimura (Teen Wolf) a nine tailed kitsune.

The Nogitsune (Teen Wolf)

Amy Pond (Supernatural)

Kitsune (World of Darkness games)

Fox Spirit (Valkyrie Crusade) is a nine-tailed kitsune.

Little Fox (Valkyrie Crusade)

Foxie (Valkyrie Crusade)

Caster or Tamamo-no-Mae (Fate/Extra) is a kitsune.

Nila and Moki (Lost Nightmare)

Xiaomu (Namco × Capcom)

Kaden (Fire Emblem Fates)

Selkie (Fire Emblem Fates)

Kyubi (Yo-kai Watch)

Vixann Blackphox (Extinctioners)

Vulpix (Pokémon)

Ninetales (Pokémon)

Kitsune (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/IDW) is a shapeshifting witch...

...who can become her namesake.

Dolores (Stitch!)

Ahri the Nine-Tailed Fox (League of Legends)

Yasaka (Highschool DxD) a nine tailed fox youkai.

Da Ji (SMITE) The Nine-Tailed Fox

Ils Nineta (Monster Musume)

Liqueur (Dragon Ball Super), Universe 8's God of Destruction, has several traits of a kitsune...

...up to growing nine tails at full power.

Tamamao no Mae (Japanese Mythology) the legendary nine tailed kitsune and one of three great evil Yokais of Japan.

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