Can a kitsune have 10 tails?

Kitsune are rated in power by the number of tails they have. Very young kitsune have one tail; the most powerful mortal kitsune have nine tails (Japanese: 九尾, kyūbi). In lore, the Goddess of Kitsune, Inari, is usually depicted as being the only ten-tailed kitsune.
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Can a kitsune get 10 tails?

Kitsune have as many as nine tails. Generally, a greater number of tails indicates an older and more powerful Kitsune; in fact, some folktales say that a fox will only grow additional tails after it has lived 100 years.
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Can a kitsune have 12 tails?

Kitsune can have as many as nine tails.
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How many tails does a 100 year old kitsune have?

So the kitsune is either 100 or 200 years old at the time of getting two tails.
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What are the 13 types of kitsune?

There are thirteen types of Kitsune in Japanese mythology.
  • Tengoku (Heaven, Celestial, Light, Prime)
  • Kukan (Void or Dark)
  • Kaze (Wind)
  • Seishin (Spirit)
  • Kasai (Fire)
  • Chikyu (Earth)
  • Kawa (River)
  • Umi (Ocean, Sea)
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What is a 9 tailed fox called?

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. A kumiho or gumiho (Korean: 구미호; Hanja: 九尾狐, literally "nine-tailed fox") is a creature that appears in the folktales and legends of Korea. Korean kumiho shares many similarities to the Chinese huli jing and the Japanese kitsune.
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What is a dark kitsune?

A Nogitsune is a Dark Kitsune, one of type Void. They draw their power from strife, chaos, tragedy and pain; they feed off of pain. Nogitsune are particularly prideful, they have a dark sense of humor and are dangerous when they have been offended.
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Do Kitsunes gain tails as they age?

As a Kitsune grows older, they gain more tails as well as intelligence and magical power, and may even gain: Authority over yokai.
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How do Kitsunes gain tails?

Another tale says that a kitsune gains all nine tails when they reach nine-hundred years old. When a kitsune becomes a nine-tail fox, their fur becomes often silver, white, or gold. This isn't a strong and fast rule, but it's what is seen most often. Kitsune myth also states that kitsune do not ask for extra tails.
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Can kitsune hide their tails?

In some stories, kitsune have difficulty hiding their tails when they take human form; looking for the tail, perhaps when the fox gets drunk or careless, is a common method of discerning the creature's true nature.
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Is tails from Sonic a kitsune?

Concept and creation

The character was inspired by a kitsune, a creature from Japanese folklore that could over time grow multiple tails. The character was also meant to hold a "deep admiration for Sonic".
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Is an Inari fox real?

Are There Any Real-Life Inari Foxes? While the red-bib-wearing, shrine-guarding Inari foxes of legend exist only as stone representations, they were based on the very real foxes of Japan.
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Is Yae Miko a kitsune?

Yae Miko has been confirmed in Genshin Impact's past quests and lore released so far to be a Kitsune. And seeing her power and her position as familiar of Ei, it's likely she's the most powerful version, a Kyubi.
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Are 9 tailed foxes real?

Nine- tailed foxes are said to be ordinary foxes that lived 50 to 100 years, and as their age grew, so did their number of tails.
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What type of kitsune is Kira's mom?

Noshiko Yukimura, Kira's mother, is a Celestial kitsune, close to 900 years old and serves as Kira's mentor. An immortal Void Kitsune, an extremely powerful thousand-year-old dark spirit, is a primary antagonist of Season 3 which possesses Stiles Stilinski.
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What is the most powerful type of kitsune?

The oldest two Kitsune on the series are the Nogitsune, a 1,000-year-old Void Kitsune ("The Divine Move"), and Noshiko Yukimura, a 900-year-old Celestial Kitsune. ("The Fox and the Wolf") As a Kitsune advances in age, they will also grow in general power as well, making the eldest the most powerful in the species.
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Can a kitsune fly?

Powers. Flight: Kitsune are able to fly through the air easily. Enhanced bite: Kitsune, due to their fox-like muzzle, have an immensely powerful bite about 1,560 psi.
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What kills a kitsune?

Heart destruction - A Kitsune can only be killed by being stabbed in the heart with a knife or dagger.
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Can kitsune shapeshift into other animals?

They can also shapeshift into their true appearance, a large fox creature. Ability to turn into anything found in nature. Absolute Strength: Kitsune are stronger than humans.
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Do Kitsune eat brains?

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Kitsunes seem to be very rare and uncommon. They feed on the pituitary gland, a part of the brain- without it, they will die. In 1998, Dean and John hunted one while leaving Sam alone where he encountered the daughter of the kitsune they were hunting.
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Can human become Kitsune?

Most Kitsune must reach one hundred years of age before they can take the form of a human, but those who have children with humans will produce Kitsune who are already born with a human form.
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What are Kira's powers?

Kira, being a Thunder Kitsune, wields Thunder FoxFire. She is naturally immune to electricity, she can absorb, dispell and manipulate this form of energy in whatever manner she likes. In Galvanize, Kira unintentionally absorbed the megawatts of the electricity upon being electrocuted by serial killer William Barrow.
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What is the name of the 10 tails?

Obito as the Ten-Tails' jinchuriki. Despite outclassing every ninja who faces him, Obito is backed into a corner by the combined efforts of Naruto along with the Second and Fourth Hokages.
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What is a fire kitsune?

Kitsunebi (Japanese: 狐火 or きつねび, meaning "fox fire") or fox-fire, is named for the magical kitsune who are said to create it. It originates from kitsune and only appears when they are nearby. This phenomenon is similar to how the Tengu have their own ethereal fire known as Tengubi. Advertisement.
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