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- "All outsiders should leave quickly... before you become casualties."
- —Kyubi, Yo-kai Watch 2
Kyubi (Japanese: キュウビ Kyūbi) is a Rank S, Fire-attribute Yo-kai of the Mysterious tribe introduced in Yo-kai Watch.
From Yo-kai Watch: Ukiukipedia Kiwami to Yo-kai Watch: Ukiukipedia Gakuen Y, and in Yo-kai Watch 4, he's the part of the Mononoke tribe.
In Yo-kai Watch, Kyubi is one of the Yo-kai required to unlock Komashura, in Yo-kai Watch 2, he is required to unlock Poofessor, and in Yo-kai Watch 3 and Yo-kai Watch Busters 2, he is required to unlock Dandoodle.
Appearances
Video games
- Yo-kai Watch: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch 2: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch Blasters: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version: Cameo Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch 3: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Sangokushi: Kunitori Wars: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch World: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch 4: Playable Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch: Medal Wars: Playable Yo-kai
- Y School Heroes: Bustlin' School Life: Helper Yo-kai
Anime series
- Yo-kai Watch: Recurring Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch: The Movie: Supporting Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch the Movie: The Great Adventure of the Flying Whale & the Double World, Nyan!: Major Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch!: Recurring Yo-kai
- Y School Heroes: Cameo Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch♪: Recurring Yo-kai
Manga series
- Yo-kai Watch: Minor Yo-kai
- Yo-kai Watch: Wakuwaku Nyanderful Days: Major Yo-kai
Biology
Apperance
Kyubi is a fox Yo-kai with a rather tall height and is covered in thick, golden fur with white belly and paws. His chest is covered in a thicker patch of purple fur, surrounded by a yellow "trim" around his shoulders, with four wispy hairs sticking out. He has nine tails, each tipped purple, and sports long nails of the same color. His muzzle is long and pointed and on his face are markings resembling a kitsune theater mask. He has green eyes with yellow pupils.
He also has a human form. In this state he wears a sleeveless purple sweater vest, a white long sleeved button up shirt, black shorts, white knee-length socks and black boots. He has green eyes and grayish tousled hair with two strands standing up and nine strands in the back that resembles his nine tails.
Personality
Although he is the town's guardian, he is a somewhat unpleasant person, being arrogant, serious and cold, but not unjust. While he spoke condescendingly to the player and Whisper and openly mocked Komasan for his timidness, he reveals after the defeat of Massiface that he is in fact, working to aid the player and Whisper and hopes that they will be able to stop what is coming. And openly admits to this, having lured the player to the Construction Site to pit them against Massiface. In the second game his personality has softened somewhat, though he remains proud.
In the anime, he meets and attempts to charm Katie, but finds himself having great difficulty with it, much to his dismay as Katie doesn't seem to understand his advances. When shocked or annoyed, his shapeshift begins to fail; with his ears or tails showing, and in one case he reverted completely to his true form. By the end of his encounters with Katie, he finds that he's actually been charmed by her instead.
In the games, Venoct and Kyubi are treated like opposites. For example, in the second game, Kyubi is part of the Fleshy Souls while Venoct is part of the Bony Spirits. In the Oni update of the second game, Kyubi got a dark form called Darkyubi while Venoct got a light form called Illuminoct. The Crank-a-kai exclusive Yo-kai required to unlock Gilgaros that resembles Kyubi, Frostail, is a good, but still proud and arrogant, Yo-kai that brings good luck, while the Yo-kai that looks like Venoct, Shadow Venoct, is a dark, assassin Yo-kai.
In the manga it is shown that he likes to romance women as if it were a game, he also shows an explosive and selfish personality.
Profile
Yo-kai Watch
In the games, he is Springdale's resident guardian Yo-kai who protects the town and the humans who live there. He once had a shrine dedicated to him near Shopper's Row. When Shopper's Row was expanded in the succeeding decades, his shrine was taken down. Evidently he was not offended by this action, and continued to stay on as the town's guardian.
In the first game, Kyubi lures Nate/Katie to the Construction Site at night. At first, it seems as though Nate/Katie is about to face Kyubi himself, but instead another Yo-kai, Massiface, approaches Nate/Katie to fight them instead. After Massiface is defeated, it turns out that Kyubi was trying to get rid of the giant Boss Yo-kai, and decided to use the player as a way to take care of Massiface.
He later appeared when McKraken's goons started to flood into Uptown Springdale, taking care of a few of them to allow the player the window to create the seal for the Yo-kai Elevator.
Kyubi can be befriended by completing the quests after finishing the game which are Flower for the Shrine, An Offered Sword and Take Out Tengu!. After the quests are finished, The Legendary Kyubi can be activated which will be befriended after the quest.
Yo-kai Watch 2
In the second game he plays a minor role as one of the Fleshy Souls being Toadal Dude's second in command.
Kyubi can be befriended in the Fleshy Souls exclusive quest The Old Fox Shrine. After beating him once Kyubi can be fought daily on the school roof until befriended normally.
There is a second Kyubi in the sidequest exclusive to Psychic Specters, A Real Charmer. He appears at the base of Excellent Tower, which you can reach by taking the train or using Mirapo's Warp. This Kyubi is a student and still training to become fully-fledged, and as a result he's younger than Springdale's guardian. His subquest involves finding girls for him to charm, and then collect the Heart Orbs that are created by successfully charming them. This quest ultimately requires finding and talking to the majority of female NPCs in Springdale, and though Kyubi successfully charms most of them, three characters prove hilariously immune to him.
Yo-kai Watch 3
In the third game, he appears in Chapter 6 with Venoct to represent the Elite Yo-kai in the Yopple HQ tour.
Kyubi is befriended as a reward for completing the quest The Tall Tail of the Fox Curse! at the Detective Agency, available after completing Chapter 10 and upgrading the Yo-kai Watch to Rank S.
Alternatively he can be freed from the Crank-a-kai with a Legend Coin.
Yo-kai Watch 4
Upon completing the Detective Agency Request No. 12, Kyubi will be waiting near Springdale Elementary at nighttime. After talking to him, he will give you his Keystone. When befriended he already has one full heart for Katie and one empty heart.
Yo-kai Watch Blasters
In his mission in Chapter 11, he can be rarely befriended after clearing said mission.
He is required for the The Three Hunketeers Yo-kai Circle.
Yo-kai Watch Busters 2
Kyubi, along with Venoct, appears as a daily battle on the beach of the Blasters Base camp upon clearing Chapter 10.
He is required for the Elda’s Ark and Team OroKyu Yo-kai Circles.
Yo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble
Kyubi was obtainable through the Crank-a-kai with 3000 Y-Money, a One-Star Coin, Yellow Coin, and Great Yellow Coin.
Y School Heroes: Bustlin' School Life
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Held items
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Spin-off games
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Other games
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Quotes
- Being traded (Yo-kai Watch 2): "Hehe...I'll [sic] be your friend...if [sic] you can handle it."
- Freed from the Crank-a-kai (Yo-kai Watch Wibble Wobble): "Free at last... And it was you who released me? Then I am at your service."
- Freed from the Crank-a-kai (Blasters): "I'm finally out. Was it you? I guess I must do as you say."
- Blasters House:
- "Aren't we moving out yet? It's fine, I can just relax for a while."
- "Can you not talk to me right now, please? I'm grooming my tails."
- "Comfort isn't a bad thing. And oden is the best thing."
- Blasters T camp: "Are you still here? Well, I could do with a rest."
In the anime
- Main article: Kyubi (anime)
In Kyubi: Operation Heartbreak, Kyubi arrives in the human world on a mission to collect the hearts of humans. At this point, Kyubi has already charmed 999 women and only needs one more to become a senior Kyubi. Then, he spots Katie and decides to make her the next target. Over the course of his attempts, however, he ends up falling for Katie.
In Kyubi: Operation Amusement Park, he once again fails to attract Katie.
In The New Yo-kai Watch, Kyubi was seen in Yo-kai-lifornia where he was among the Yo-kai waiting in line for the release of the new Yo-kai Watch Zero.
Nate, Whisper, and Jibanyan formally meet Kyubi in Westward Yo!, where Directator forcibly involves him in his film interpretation of "Journey to the West." Kyubi gives Nate his Yo-kai Medal as part of his introduction.
Kyubi appears in Cool Yo-kai Showdown! alongside Dandoodle after Nate expresses a desire to be popular with girls like a model. After the two popular Yo-kai argue over what characteristics would get Nate noticed by girls, they have a competition in teaching Nate how to gain a girl's affections.
Kyubi is summoned in Yo-kai Watch: The Movie during the final battle, along with the others Yo-kai, fighting against Dame Dedtime and her Wicked servants. He even saved Manjimutt from one of the Wicked, despite burning him in the process. He later uses his Soultimate move, Inferno, against Dame Demona but the attack was ineffective.
In Yo-kai Grand Prix!, Kyubi teams up with Venoct and Snottle in the Yo-kar Grand Prix.
Kyubi is summoned in EP129 where he is one of the Yo-kai that impresses Zest-a-Minute.
Kyubi appears in EP144 to help Hailey by pretending to be the Goat man to help Phonius.
In the manga
- Main article: Kyubi (manga)
Etymology
"Kyubi" (Japanese: 九尾 Kyūbi) translates as "nine tails."
Origin
Kyubi is based on a kyūbi-no-kitsune (Japanese: 九尾の狐) or nine-tailed kitsune (supernaturally-endowed fox). As they grow more powerful with the passing of years, kitsune grow a new tail with each century of age: once they grow their ninth and last tail, their fur will turn white or golden, and their power will reach its maximum. Kyūbi-no-kitsune is gifted with immense wisdom, powerful magic abilities, and can even see and hear everything in the world. They're especially proficient in weaving illusions, and wielding spirit flames called kitsune-bi ("fox fire"). Like tanuki, all kitsune can also shape-shift, though they prefer to take on the appearance of beautiful men and women.
Gallery
See Kyubi/Gallery.
Trivia
- Making his first appearance in EP018, Kyubi has his medal registered in the Yo-kai Medallium despite not meeting Nate formally until EP031.
- In Yo-kai Watch 3, Kyubi has a unique ability in the Yo-kai Vacuum Cleaner, where he has an "increased chance of collecting the medals of female Yo-kai."
- In Japanese mythology, tofu is said to be kyubi-no-kitsune's favourite food. This is referenced in the game with the Golden Tofu key item being required to unlock his battle. However, since tofu is not available as a food item in the game, Kyubi's actual favorite food is seafood, oden, or tempura depending on the game.
In other languages
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 Japanese
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キュウビ Kyūbi (Kanji: 九尾) | Nine tails (九尾) (九=kyuu= nine, 尾=bi= tails) |
 Spanish
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Kyubi | Same as the Japanese name. |
 French
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Kyubi | Same as the Japanese name. |
 Italian
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Kyubi | Same as the Japanese name. |
 German
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Kyubi | Same as the Japanese name. |
 Dutch
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Kyubi | Same as the Japanese name. |
 Korean
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구미 Gumi | Comes from the korean being called 구미호 (Gumiho) which means nine-tailed-fox. |
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 Chinese (Cantonese)*
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狐狸精 Huli jing | Same as the Japanese name. (+uses the same kanjis) |
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九尾 | |
 Portuguese (Brazilian)
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Kyubi | Same as the Japanese name |