Who is she?

Originating in Chinese myths dating back centuries before being introduced to Korean mythology  the Korean kumiho shares many similarities to the Chinese hulijing and the Japanese kitsune. All explain fox spirits as being the result of great longevity or the accumulation of energy, with kumiho said to be foxes who have lived for a thousand years, and give them the power of shape-shifting, usually appearing in the guise of a woman. However, while huli jing and kitsune are often depicted with ambiguous moral compasses, possibly good or bad, the kumiho is almost always treated as a malignant figure who feasts on human flesh. 

The nine tailed fox

Mythologies and dramas

Some tales say that if a kumiho abstains from killing and eating humans for a thousand days, it can become human. Others, like the drama Kumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child, say that a kumiho can become human if the man who sees her true nature keeps it a secret for ten years.

In the drama The Thousandth Man, it is said that if a kumiho eats the total amount of 1000 men's livers in a period of 1000 years, it can become human, otherwise it will be dissolved into bubbles.

 

My Girlfriend is a Gumiho is also one of the well-known K drama about Gumiho.

Well gumiho is also not about woman , but also a man . Another K drama called Gu Family Book . The story is basically about a man , Choi Kang-Chi is legendary gumiho that is half human and half animal. He struggles to live his life as a human and also falls in love.

Games and comic

Nowadays, gumiho also appears in different media such as games ,comic books and much more. As I mentioned before, the most well-known gumiho is Ahri from League of Legends. There's also some other games where gumiho also appears in such as Elsword ,  Lost Saga and Crusadar Quest.

( Asura- Elsword)

( Gumiho - Lost Saga) 

( Nine tailed fox :Yeowoodong - Crusader Quest ) 

Gumiho also appeared in comic books such as  The Fox Sister , Naruto Shippuden and much more. 

(The Fox Sisters)

( Nine Tailed Beast in Naruto Shippuden) 

League of Legends : Ahri

When people though about gumiho , some people will though about the character from the movies and dramas. But one of the most well-known gumiho is the character named Ahri,  the champion from one of the most popular online games called League of Legends.

Ahri is played as a mage or an assassin in the game. She is mostly used in the mid lane and top lane.

( Ahri's skin- Popstar Ahri ) 

(Ahri - Champion Spotlight )

Ahri is also appeared in League of Legends' Cinematic Trailer in 2014. 

(League of Legends Cinematic Trailer －A New Dawn) 

(Gif: Scene from A New Dawn ) 

Chinese nine tailed fox : Hulijing ( Legend of Nine Tails Fox（青丘狐传说）- Teaser)

Japanese Nine-tailed fox : Kyūbi no Kitsune

Japanese folklorist Kiyoshi Nozaki argues that the Japanese regarded kitsune positively as early as the 4th century A.D.; the only things imported from China were the kitsune's negative attributes. He states that, according to a 16th-century book of records called the Nihon Ryakki, foxes and human beings lived close together in ancient Japan, and he contends that indigenous legends about the creatures arose as a result. Inari scholar Karen Smyers notes that the idea of the fox as seductress and the connection of the fox myths to Buddhism were introduced into Japanese folklore through similar Chinese stories, but she maintains that some fox stories contain elements unique to Japan.

( Nihon Ryakki) 

In Japanese mythology， Kitsune can be also a male or a female. 

(Anime : kamisama hajimemashita)

(Anime: Tokyo Ravens )

(Anime : tsubasa hanekawa)