>>50675634It is also more than obvious that Delphox (in addition to being a wizard-witch) is inspired by the kitsune, more specifically by fox witches (kitsune-mochi), women possessed by a fox (Kitsunetuki) or the miko incarnation of the goddess Inari .
Zoroark is a malicious prankster type (Yako) his Hisuan version is ironically based on the benevolent version of him (Zenko) white foxes with red markings.
Ninetales is based on a 9-tailed fox (kyūbi no kitsune) and more specifically in its last stage a celestial fox (Tenko)
