How many tails does a 100 year old kitsune have?

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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How often do kitsune get their tails?

Kitsune are presumably born(?), come into existence(?), with one tail. After one-hundred years, they start getting more, one every 100 years. So this can mean either at 100 they get another tail, or it takes another 100 years to get their second tail.
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Can a kitsune have 12 tails?

Kitsune can have as many as nine tails.
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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 Kitsunes have 3 tails?

Three-tails - Sanbi. A three tailed Kitsune, before Yonbi and are considered in their path of mastering the element they choose in learning. And are still gaining there maturity. Four-tails - Yonbi.
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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 old are Kitsunes 9 tails?

After reaching 1,000 years of age and gaining its ninth tail, a kitsune turns a white or golden color, becoming a tenko (天狐, 'heavenly/celestial fox'), the most powerful form of the kitsune, and then ascends to the heavens.
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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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Can kitsune lose tails?

("Insatiable") It is unknown if a Kitsune can regain their tails after they have been lost, stolen, or broken in this manner; it is possible that once their power is used, the tail is lost forever.
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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 on East Asia and legends of Korea. Korean kumiho shares many similarities to the Chinese huli jing and the Japanese kitsune.
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How do Kitsunes 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. Enhanced durability: Kitsune are able to sustain numerous blows of internal or external assaults.
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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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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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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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How tall is a kitsune?

Size: Kitsune are about the same size as humans, ranging from 5 to 6 feet tall.
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What is the 10 tails name?

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. Obito then unleashes the Ten-Tails, which undergoes one more metamorphosis, this time becoming the God-Tree.
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What is the 7 tails name?

Chōmei (重明, Chōmei), more commonly known as the Seven-Tails (七尾, Nanabi, Shichibi), is one of the nine tailed beasts.
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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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Is kitsune real animal?

Foxes, or kitsune, are found all across Japan, and are identical to wild foxes found elsewhere in the world, apart from their incredible magical powers. Their cute faces and small size make them particularly loved by most people. Kitsune yokai, however, often have many tails.
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Is kitsune Japanese or Chinese?

Kitsune (狐, Kitsune) is the Japanese word for fox. Foxes are a common subject of Japanese folklore; in English, kitsune refers to them in this context. Stories depict them as intelligent beings and as possessing magical abilities that increase with their age and wisdom.
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What are the 13 types of kitsune and their powers?

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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Is Yae dating Ei?

During the 2.5 Version stream, Ei's VA gleefully commented how she can't wait for Yae Miko to appear in the game, causing Aether and Miko's VA wonder if this was Raiden Shogun's words. In the official Chinese version of the same stream, Raiden's VA said "Yae is my girlfriend." ("八重是我的女朋友.").
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Is Yae Miko a 9 tailed fox?

Yae's alternate form is that of a nine-tailed fox, with purple eyes and red markings running across her body. She has a long, fox-like tail in this form.
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