Kitsune

Kitsune is a cute and honest, pudgy little fox spirit with an acorn around his neck and amorous thoughts on his mind.

Kitsune developed a major crush on Shinobu after she saved him from getting beat up by a gang of punk dogs. Forever indebted to her, Kitsune comes to see Shinobu all of the time. Often he brings some magical forest items and takes everyone on fantastic adventures.

Shinobu loves to play with him but she never realizes how he feels about her. Like foxes of mythology Kitsune can polymorph. His transformation power allows him to make himself look like a short fox version of the other Urusei Yatsura characters. He doesn't seem to realize that his transformations aren't fooling anyone since he keeps trying to impersonate people. He's set apart from the rest of the cast in the fact that he's the only character in all of Urusei Yatsura who isn't obnoxious or dangerous.

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The Meaning Behind the Name - キツネ

Kitsune simply means "fox". Like calling your dog, "Dog."

Voices: Masako Sugaya While she may not have had many lines portraying Kitsune in the series, Masako Sugaya has famously portrayed Maki Aikawa in Aim for the Best!, Kenichi Mitsuba in Ninja Hattori-kun, Remi in Nobody's Boy Remi, Uran in Astro Boy, as well as Oshima in Urusei Yatsura and Yukinko in Ranma 1/2.

Rie Kugimiya In the 2022 version of Urusei Yatsura Kitsune is portrayed by Rie Kugimiya. Perhaps best known as Alphonse Elric in Fullmetal Alchemest, her other roles include Louise in The Familiar of Zero, Shana in Shakugan no Shana and Nagi Sanzenin in Hayate the Combat Butler as well as Goho in Inuyasha.

Emi Lo Emi Lo plays the lovable Kitsune in the 2022 series dub. Her previous roles include Anne in The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse, Lucy in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Akane Sawatari in Chainsaw Man, Yoko Okino Detective Conan, Lily Watson in Lupin the 3rd: Part VI, and Suma in Demon Slayer.