Kitsunetsuki

> Your mind is my playground. Your fear is my toy.
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> Kitsunetsuki, Delta Host: World of Combat

**Kitsunetsuki** is a female super under the Delta Alpha branch. She uses a kitsune physiology core and is an A-ranked damager. She is a member of the Eternity Squad.

## Biography

### Appearance

Kitsunetsuki is a tall, slender unicorn mare from Neighon. When powered up, she has a dark magenta-grey coat and a short black mane pulled into a ponytail. She wears a shiny red kimono with black designs and golden accents on it, as well as a kitsune mask. She also wears back hoof caps to protect her hooves while attacking. Her power markings are hidden under her mask.

### Personality

Kitsunetsuki is highly mischievous and cunning, described as being foxlike by her team. She enjoys tricking people and embarrassing them, but only in good fun. When she is not transformed, she tends to be much more mature and composed, taking on somewhat of a responsible big sister role within her team. Kitsunetsuki is often the one to point out when the team is being unreasonable or overzealous, as well as being the one to watch after Nyanmao.

### Powers & Abilities

Kitsunetsuki's core gives her access to a very wide variety of abilities, including fox-fire manipulation, immortality, shapeshifting, possession, enhanced physical prowess and flight, amongst many others. She takes a disruptive damager approach, providing a massive distraction to enemies while attacking them by utilizing her illusory abilities. While she is highly powerful and strategic, she can occasionally become overwhelmed by her kitsune form and act irresponsibly, preventing her from reaching S-rank.

## Media Portrayals

### Television

Kitsunetsuki appears as a main character in the Nyanmao! television series, where she is portrayed by Kasunde Hoshi.

### Video Games

#### Delta Host: World of Combat

Kitsunetsuki appears as a playable character in Delta Host: World of Combat, in which she is an unlockable midweight damager. She is represented by the Zen Garden stage.

* Attacks
* Specials

Kitsunetsuki performs a sharp spin, striking her opponent with her tails.
 *Side* | **KANDE NAGERU**
Kitsunetsuki grabs her opponent in her mouth and tosses them aside.
 *Up* | **MAHI SA SERU**
Kitsunetsuki jabs upwards in a paralyzing strike, causing her enemy to instantly drop to the ground.
 *Down* | **HITOKUCHI**
Kitsunetsuki bites her opponent, chomping downwards on them.
Kitsunetsuki slams downward with her tail, spiking her opponent into the ground.

Kitsunetsuki fans rapidly with her tails, blowing her opponent away and damaging them on contact.
 *Side* | **HASHIRU NO KITSUNE**
Kitsunetsuki turns into a kitsune, bursting into flame and dashing in the direction she is facing. She deals damage to any foes she touches while in this state.
 *Up* | **TOUBOE**
Kitsunetsuki lets out a powerful howl, damaging any foes above her who are caught in the soundwaves.
 *Down* | **FUKUSEI**
Kitsunetsuki creates an illusory duplicate of herself to serve as a decoy. This decoy disappears after taking five hits.
Kitsunetsuki releases a blast of fire towards the ground, burning any foes below her.

#### Delta Blaze

Kitsunetsuki also appears in Delta Blaze as a character the player can encounter behind Butterfly Island Falls. She has a 30% chance of appearing on any given day and can be found meditating silently. If the player approaches her, she will ask what they need. Responding that they don't need anything will cause Kitsunetsuki to dismiss the player, while challenging her to a game will prompt her to begin a round of hide and seek. Kitsunetsuki will then take on her fox form and disguise herself with her surroundings. The player must find her three times to earn her autograph.

### Books

Kitsunetsuki appears in all versions of the Delta Host Beginner's Herodex, with her most recent entry stating the following:

> *Though the Eternity Squad’s Kitsunetsuki may seem mischievous, her graceful and cunning nature makes her a force to be reckoned with. With the powerful abilities of a kitsune, Kitsunetsuki is known to trap enemies in powerful illusions before unleashing her predator instinct in a flurry of attacks. Her bite is worse than her bark! Enemies should be wary of her agility and heightened senses - there’s nowhere to hide from Kitsunetsuki.*
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## Merchandise

As a member of Delta Host Alpha, Kitsunetsuki has considerably more merch than members of Deltas Beta through Theta. Her unique birthday item is a kimono featuring unique birthday art. In all scented merch, her assigned scent is bergamot. Her specific event items and partners are as follows:

* Red Jasper (Gemstone Event)
* Spider Lily (Flower Event)
* Purple Blur (Tag Team Event)
* Apple (Fruit Event)
* Bassoon (Symphonic Event)
* Konpeito (Candy Event)
* Focusfire (Coreswap Event)
* Red-Crowned Crane (Bird Flight Event)
* Ballerina (Nightmare Night Event)
* Kyubimon (Digimon Event)
* Ninetails (Pokémon Event)
* Sakura (Kit-Kat Event)
* White Strawberry (Fanta Event)
* Cherry Dark Chocolate (Just Chilling Event)
* Owl (Kigurumi Event)

Kitsunetsuki also has several unique merch items, including a sakura bonsai, a hanafuda set, a shogi board, a lantern, a glass windchime, a box kite, a Children's Day windsock, chopsticks, a ramen bowl and a bento set.

### Cards

* Kitsunetsuki (Suit RHHA)
* Kitsunetsuki (Kitsune HHA)
* Kitsunetsuki (Fox Fire FHFA)

## Trivia

* Before casting Kasunde Hoshi in the role of Kitsunetsuki, several other actors were considered, including Akiko Maeki, Noboru Nakaoji and Toriko Omata.

## Gallery

Kitsunetsuki in uniformKitsunetsuki out of uniform