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The Ezo Red Fox is a subspecies of the red fox native to the Japanese island region of Hokkaido, the Russian island of Sakhalin, and the territorially disputed Southern Kuril Islands of Kunashiri and Etorofu. These foxes also exist in the Chiba and Saitama prefectures of Japan as an invasive species.

Ezo Red Foxes were first studied on Sakhalin island in 1924 by Kyukichi Kishida, who gave them their formal name in Japanese, Kita kitsune. This name translates literally to "North Fox”. The “Ezo” of the English name comes from an old name for Hokkaido.

In the Kemono Friends Nexon game, Ezo Red Fox debuted as a tremendously shy, fighting game passionate Friend. In her character quest, she is invited by Serval to play a game Mirai brought to the Japari bus but fails to notice a wave of attacking ceruleans while playing. Ashamed, she vows to defeat the next wave all by herself! Ezo Red Fox is also the subject of an event quest where she is voted the winner of a popularity contest but doesn’t attend the ceremony to be honored. Everyone then starts looking for her.

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