Yoshirou

吉朗

Little one, are you afraid of me or of Soujoubou?
— Youshirou

Overview
A messenger of Inari Ookami whose service is dedicated to delivering messages to Kitsune families. He's seen much of Japan's history. He met his wife just after Japan gained a written language. They settled, had a family, and led a quiet life until the Dutch and Portuguese arrived in the 1500s. These foreigners enjoyed hunting and had no respect for nature or yokai. Yoshirou's wife didn't survive a raid on their den by a Dutch hunting party. After ensuring they were punished, he dedicated himself to raising his son, refusing to marry again. He ascended to being a messenger when he turned 1100.

Goals

Serve Inari

Help Kitsune kind survive

Assist Soujoubou in recruiting

Personality

Virtues

Kind and patient (for not all those he visits understand who he is or that he has no control over the messages he carries)

Brave

Loyal

Practical, almost to a fault

Vices

Has little trust in foreigners, and is one of the very few messengers with blood on his conscience

When his patience finally runs out, his actions are severe

Dallying around pretty females, now that his wife has been gone several centuries. Though, he refuses to settle down.

Does not take criticism well

Quirks

Despite his age, loves to play chase and other fox games like a young kit. It's the one exception to his pragmatism.

Often speaks quietly, because he feels that nets him more attention than being loud

Views

Likes

Fatty tuna

Reading ancient literature

Noh plays

Dislikes

Tobacco

The human concept of kitsune tsuki - too many humans have paid dearly for being accused of fox possession, but were not actually being controlled. Kitsune are much more subtle in their puppeteering than humans give them credit for.

Disguising himself as a human

Religion

Shinto

Milestones

Education

Schooled in Ancient Chinese and Japanese alongside humans in the Heian Era.

Kith and Kin

Mother

Izumi

Father

Kinoshita

Wife

Sakura (deceased)

Son

How do you say my name?

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Description

A 9-tailed white, semi-translucent fox with particularly lustrous fur

Two red stripes mark each side of his face

Age

Born 248 BC

Birthday

December 4 (date translated from old calendars - might be off a bit) (Sagittarius)

Meyers Briggs

ESFJ

Talents

Speaking and reading various Chinese dialects

Reciting waka

Talented calligrapher. His one vanity is that he felt he had to stop entering contests against humans because he could beat them too easily. Now he enters contests that only allow yokai.

Children