Kyousuke Tamamo

Tamamo also known as Kysuke Tamamo Tamamo Kysuke in his human form is the most important of the yko in the manga series a powerful being who is both Nbs ally and ultimate rival. First arriving at Doumori Elementary as a bishonenous male teacher who wins the hearts and minds of his students and fellow staff his true intent was to seize the skull of Nbs student Hiroshi Tateno which is his perfect skull for transforming into a human. When Nb was forced to come to Hiroshis rescue the two got into an intense battle upon which the true form of the golden foxcreature was revealed and nearly defeated Nb. Due to Hiroshis courage however Tamamo was defeated though not for good. He returned soon after intrigued by Nb and how his powers was amplified when fighting for his students. He learns that it is the power of the human heart and not understanding it tries to know more by creating situations that force Nb to fight or via simple observation. Tamamo also abandoned his teachers disguise to work as a doctor in Doumori Hospital where his 400 years of knowledge accumulated to cause misery went into healing others which he thought would be a good way to learn more about humanity. Having existed and trained his spiritual powers for centuries Tamamo has become adept in many spiritual powers and abilities that he holds even without perfecting his quottransformation jutsuquot. He is a master of quotillusion jutsuquot able to manipulate anyone to see whatever he portrays as long as there is motion. even to the extent of creating clones of himself off the display of video game screens Offensively he uses a quotyko foxfire jutsuquot allowing him to create and control a powerful firebased attack which he can increase and power and intensity to burn his opponents. He can also handle certain other spiritual abilities like Nubes such as assisting in controlling spiritual energy and even the quotyoushin jutsuquot. When not using spiritual power his main weapon is a pawlike neck catcher which primary function is the extraction of suitable skulls for his quottransformation jutsuquot but can also be broken apart to surround himself and an opponent within a barrier for more powerful attacks. In the manga it was revealed that the skull he was currently using in the course of the series came from a dead mountain climber who was a welltodo college student. The encounter between Tamamo and the students fiancee marked one of the important turning points in his character development. At the start of the series Tamamo merely seems like a powerful ykai who manipulates and fights as a means for his own selfish desires. After fighting alongside Nb and class 53 and solving a number of youkai problems he grew fonder and fonder of the human race to the extent that he would use quotMegidoquot his most powerful firebased ability in order to destroy Zekki the younger brother of Nbs Oni no Te. Tamamo also found himself unable to take Hiroshis skull even when the opportunity presented himself later on having learned too much of the human heart. This is a problem for him as without a suitable skull his mental and physical faculties would eventually erode leaving him to die as only a shell of his former self. In the manga liner notes for Volume 2 the author stated that Tamamo was intended to be a direct descendant of the NineTailed Kitsune who was notorious as Tamamo no Mae. However the fox appeared later in the story and was less than fond of Tamamo thus leaving the name to be most likely an allusion perhaps out of respect. Source Wikipedia