The Kitsune is an aspect of an element, which means their abilities are tied to the elements. The elements are broken down into 13 species: Kaze (Wind), Chikyu (Earth), Kasai (Fire), Kawa (River), Tengoku (Heaven), Sanda (Thunder), Yama (Mountain), Kukan (Void), Seishin (Spirit), Jikan (Time), Mori (Forest), Umi (Ocean), and Ongaku (Music). The Kitsune’s have different strengths and weaknesses, based on it’s element. The element shows where their power comes from, and what affinities it has in the element. Example- A Fire Kitsune (Zenko Kasai) wouldn’t be affected by fire, and it would be an ease to use foxfire.
Example- A Water Kitsune (Zenko Umi) wouldn’t be good with fire, but would be a good healer, and would live near water.
Classification- Zenko (meaning "good foxes".)
About
A kitsune is a shapeshifter, and usually when it reaches the age of 100 years, it learn the ability to take on a human form. They have to be a fox for a hundred years before they can shapeshift from a fox to a human and back again. It is also said that a kitsune can duplicate other human beings, or shapeshift into the look-a-likes of different people. Kitsune can be either male or female, and usually take the form of young Japanese girls, beautiful women, and older men. Kitsune are believed to possess superior intelligence, long life, and magical powers. They’re a type of spiritual entity, the word kitsune is often translated as fox spirit. It doesn’t mean that kitsune are ghosts, or that they’re different from regular foxes. Because the word spirit is used to reflect a state of knowledge or enlightenment, all long-lived foxes gain supernatural abilities.
Stories
In some stories Kitsune have a hard time hiding their trails in 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. One folk story illustrating these imperfections in the kitsune's human shape concerns Koan, a historical person credited with wisdom and magical powers of divination. According to the story, he was staying at the home of one of his devotees when he scalded his foot entering a bath because the water had been drawn too hot. Then, in his pain, he ran out of the bathroom naked. When the people of the household saw him, they were astonished to see that Koan had fur covering much of his body, along with a fox's tail. Then Koan transformed in front of them, becoming an elderly fox and running away.