Kyubi キュウビ, Kyūbi |
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Kyubi (Japanese: キュウビ Kyūbi) is one of the recurring Yo-kai in Yo-kai Watch. He first appears in Kyubi: Operation Heartbreak.
Biography[]
Kyubi shares the same appearance as he does in the games.
In his human form 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.
In the anime, Kyubi is significantly different than his game counterpart. He is never described as the town's guardian and has no links to Mr. Barton. He is self centred and vain and strives to make women fall in love with him no matter what. Despite his cool demeanour, he can get scared of rollercoasters and haunted houses, as seen in Kyubi: Operation Amusement Park. When shocked or annoyed in human form, parts of his fox attributes show through such as his ears or tail.
History[]
Yo-kai Watch[]
Season 1 (EP001-EP076)[]
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 and Dandoodle in Cool Yo-kai Showdown!
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.
Season 2 (EP077-EP150)[]
In Yo-kai Grand Prix!, Kyubi teams up with Venoct and Snottle in the Yo-kar Grand Prix. And he fought with Blizzaria. He won the fight but they lost lost the race because of Cuttincheez.
Kyubi is summoned in EP129 where he is one of the Yo-kai to impress Zest-a-Minute with Blazion and Dandoodle.
He summoned in Yo-kai El Gutso to attack El Gutso with Venoct, Robonyan F, Shogunyan, Lie-in Heart, Snartle and Lord Enma.
Kyubi appears in EP144 to help Hailey to be the Goat man to help Phonius. But Hailey realizes that Mochismo is a better choice than Kyubi.
Season 3 (EP151-EP216)[]

Kyubi and Venoct in Busters Treasure Arc #18: River Descent Race in the Raft Ruins!
Kyubi appears in Hinamatsuri Big Battle! Blizzaria VS Camellia as one of the enemies for Camellia to defeat. He is easily swayed by her charms.
He appears alongside Venoct in I Tried Doing a Yo-Tube View Count Battle!.
Kyubi and Venoct reappear in Busters Treasure Arc #18: River Descent Race in the Raft Ruins!.

Kyubi using his Soultimate in M01
M01[]
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 using Inferno, despite burning him in the process, he later revealed to be using his Soultimate move again, Inferno, against a Monstrous Dame Dedtime (also known as Dame Demona, and there was a million of them) but the attack was ineffective.
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Yo-kai Watch♪[]
Kyubi appears in Kyubi's Heart Stealing Operation♪.
He reappears in MN086 alongside the Fleshy Souls.
Relationships[]
Katie Forester[]
Kyubi attempts to win Katie over in Kyubi: Operation Heartbreak however his advances are completely ignored by Katie whether that's because she's simply not interested or just oblivious is unknown. By the end of the segment, he has fallen for Katie instead of the other way around as he intended.
Venoct[]

Kyubi and Venoct from Gerappo Dance Train
Kyubi and Venoct seem to be friends since EP092 and are often paired together. In I Tried Doing a Yo-Tube View Count Battle!, the two are seen on Yo-Tube together. It seems they are going to fight but are merely playing checkers together. In Busters Treasure Arc #18: River Descent Race in the Raft Ruins! they pair up as a treasure hunting team 'Orokyu' and challenge the Blasters T team.
Dandoodle[]
Kyubi and Dandoodle have a rivalry as both are handsome and popular Yo-kai. They compete against each other in Cool Yo-kai Showdown! to show Nate which technique to woo women is better.
Trivia[]
- Making his first appearance in EP018, Kyubi has his medal registered in the Yo-kai Medallium despite not meeting Nate formally until EP031.
- Kyubi makes a cameo in M05 as a background Yo-kai.
- Kyubi's Heart Stealing Operation♪ is the first episode since Kyubi: Operation Amusement Park where Kyubi's human form is shown. This is a a 251 episode gap (excluding Shadowside and Y School Heroes).