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八雲　藍 （やくも　らん） Ran Yakumo
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Species	Kitsune
Abilities	Black Magic, Shikigami Rituals
Age	Unknown (possibly older than 800 years)
Occupation	Yukari's shikigami
Location	Boundary of Gensokyo
Description (Touhou 7) Yellow eyes, short blonde hair, wears a pink two-tailed hat with many amulets. Has fox ears which are hidden under her hat, and nine fox tails. Wears a blue and white outfit similar to Yukari's in later series. (Touhou 10.5, alternative Yukari spell) Wears outfit similar to normal version, however her eyes, hair, and amulets on hat are green instead of yellow.
Relationships Chen (Shikigami) Yukari Yakumo (Master) Mamizou Futatsuiwa (Enemy)
Appearances Perfect Cherry Blossom (Extra Boss, Phantasm Midboss) Immaterial and Missing Power (Yukari's Spell Card attack) Imperishable Night (Yukari's Familiar, Ending No. 1,4) Shoot the Bullet (Stage 8-1, 8-3, 8-5, 8-7 Boss) Scarlet Weather Rhapsody (Yukari's Spell Card attack) Unthinkable Natural Law (Yukari's Spell Card Attack) Hopeless Masquerade (Background Character)
Titles Shikigami of the Youkai of Boundaries (TH07) Unusual Animal (TH9.5) The Scheming Nine-Tailed Fox (PMiSS)

During Perfect Cherry Blossom Ran Yakumo is busy preparing a banquet for her master Yukari, who was still asleep as usual, when Ran was suddenly interrupted by the heroine. Because she is actually a fox that became a youkai (Kitsune) and is a shikigami herself it's highly unusual that Ran has a shikigami of her own. Having nine tails, the highest number of tails a kitsune ever has, is a clear sign of Ran's power and experience. Since kitsunes are said in many stories to grow an extra tail every hundred years to a maximum of nine, it's thought that Ran may be 900 years old. Even though Ran looks similar to a human and has more than enough intelligence to speak she is still essentially an animal and is often regarded as such by other characters.