User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 2/@comment-24098614-20140611082954/@comment-24098614-20140611092409

The lifespan question for the Youkai is a tough answer but it seems so because I remember that in Japanese Mythology the Nine Tailed Fox or Kitsune is considered sort like a deity to Japanese in fact the Patron God of foxes in Japan is called Inari.