Kitsune

Kitsune Concept artwork of a Kitsune from Fates. Hoshidan. A shape-shifter with a long life span. They have high Spd and Res.

Unit type(s) Beast Weapon(s) Beaststone Skill(s) Evenhanded, Beastbane

The Kitsune (Japanese: 妖狐 Youko) is a basic, Hoshido-aligned class which was introduced in Fire Emblem Fates. It is a non-human shapeshifting class which uses beaststones to take the form of a mystical fox in battle.

Kitsune promote to the Nine-Tails class, and their Nohrian counterpart is the Wolfskin. Enemy kitsune, along with their promoted form and their Nohrian counterparts, are among the few playable classes whose generic enemy members are not capturable.

Stats

Base stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Fates	16	5	1	6	8	4	1	4	5	--	E

Maximum stats

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Movement	Constitution	Weapon level
Fates	40	20	18	23	24	24	18	23	7	--	B

Class growth rates

Game	HP	Strength	Magic	Skill	Speed	Luck	Defense	Resistance	Charm	Constitution*	Movement*	Weapon level
Fates	10/70%	10/45%	0%	15/55%	20/55%	10/30%	0/45%	20/50%	--	--	--	--

See class growth rate for more details on the mechanics of class growths in each game.

Class skills

Game	Skill	Learning conditions
Fates	Evenhanded	Learned from Level 1 and up.
Fates	Beastbane	Learned from Level 10 and up.

Class change

Fates

Base class	Promotion method	Advanced class
Kitsune	Using a Master Seal after reaching Level 10.	Nine-Tails

Playable Kitsune

Playable Characters
Name	Game
Kaden	Fates
Selkie	Fates
Playable Kitsune units in the Fire Emblem series.

Flavor text

Game	Text (English)	Text (Japanese)
Fates	Hoshidan. A shape-shifter with a long life span. They have high Spd and Res.	白夜の兵種。人を化かすという長寿の狐。 速さと魔防に優れている。

Trivia

• Kitsune tails are available as accessories in My Castle.

Etymology and other languages

Names, etymology and in other regions
Language	Name	Definition, etymology, and notes
English	Kitsune	Kitsune (狐) is the Japanese word for "fox". In Japanese mythology, kitsune are believed to possess great intelligence, long life, and magical abilities.
Japanese	妖狐	Officially romanized as Youko. Literally means "bewitching fox", and is a term used in Japanese to refer specifically to the mythological yokai as opposed to a normal fox.
Spanish	Kitsune	--
French	Kitsune	--
German	Kitsune	--
Italian	Kitsune	--
Portuguese	Kitsune	Mentioned in Heroes.
Korean	여우족	Fox tribe
Traditional Chinese	妖狐	Spirit fox; uses the same characters as the Japanese name. Mentioned in Heroes.

Gallery

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  The generic Kitsune portrait in Fates.

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  Concept artwork of a Kitsune from Fates.

See also

• Taguel
• Wolfskin

This article is part of Project Classes, a project focused in writing articles for every class present in the Fire Emblem series.

Races and animals of the Fire Emblem series

Major species Beorc • Branded • Dragon (Manakete • Divine Dragon • Earth Dragon • Fell Dragon • Fire Dragon • First Dragon • Ice Dragon • War Dragon • Wyvern) • Emblem • God • Human • Kitsune • Laguz (Black Dragon • Cat • Hawk • Heron • Lion • Raven • Red Dragon • Tiger • White Dragon • Wolf) • Mirage • Morph • Nabatean • Taguel • Wolfskin • Zunanma Animals/Other Corrupted • Illusion • Griffin • Horse • Kinshi • Monster • Pegasus • Phantom • Risen