Ran Yakumo

Ran Yakumo, also known as Shikigami of the Youkai of Boundaries and The Scheming Nine-Tailed Fox, is a character from the Touhou Project series.
== Charactah Account ==
A kitsune, Yukari's beleaguered but loyal shikigami, looking after the house and her duties while her mistress sleeps. A grand youkai in her own right, she is wise and strong, old enough to possess a full set of nine tails and is powerful enough to have her own shikigami, Chen.
While being a shikigami, she has the privilege of strong youkai of being able to use shikigami. However, perhaps because she does not have the level of power that Yukari Yakumo has, or perhaps because the power of the youkai turned into a medium wasn't enough, different from herself, Chen has only the level of wisdom of a child. Also, although she's not able to turn against what Yukari says, this doesn't mean that Chen perfectly listens to what Ran says. Because of this, she sometimes has to lure Chen with catnip to make her listen.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Anime Tenchou x Touhou Project
=== Manga ===
* Touhou Bougetsushou: Cage in Lunatic Runagate
* Touhou Bougetsushou: Silent Sinner in Blue
* Touhou Chireikiden: Foul Detective Satori
* Touhou Sangetsusei: Eastern and Little Nature Deity
=== Video Games ===
* Touhou Bunkachou: Shoot the Bullet
* Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night
* Touhou Hisouten: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody
* Touhou Hisoutensoku: Chase the Enigma of the Gargantuan Guignol
* Touhou Shinkirou: Hopeless Masquerade
* Touhou Suimusou: Immaterial and Missing Power
* Touhou Youyoumu: Perfect Cherry Blossom
* Violet Detector: Secret Sealing Nightmare Diary
== Trivia ==
* The characters for Yakumo literally mean "eight clouds", and Ran "indigo". All of the Yakumo family are named after colors.
* Ran Yakumo is apparently not her real name (along with Sakuya Izayoi), according to Perfect Memento in Strict Sense, and is only a name given to her by Yukari. Her real name is unknown.
* One of her Spell Cards, "Princess Tenko," made her one of the most popular joke characters in the Touhoucommunity, second only to "Chuugoku" with the silliness of its sound. It might have something to do with a famous Japanese illusionist, considering how foxes are known for their tricks and illusions in folklore.
* Even though Ran is only a boss in two games and has never been a playable character, she's a fairly popular character and is often seen in fan comics partly because of her master Yukari, who is another popular character.
* Ran is supposed to be a 9-tailed fox (called a "Kyuubi") which, according to ancient Japanese folklore, would be at least 800 years old. Foxes start life with 1 tail and gain an extra tail once every hundred years. So at 100 years old they would have 2, and at 800 would have 9. At this point, assuming Ran follows traditional folklore, she will eventually start losing tails until she has 4 and will be considered a "Tenko" (heaven) type of fox and will then be one step away from divinity.
* Ran is very good at math, being able to solve complex equations in her head.
* Ran is the only stage mid-boss in any Touhou game that is immune to bombs.
* Ran is also the only Phantasm Mid-Boss.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Ran Yakumo at Touhou Wiki
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