Keep in mind Lady Evergreen is also competing to breed a ton of tanuki at her estate, using magic to have ridiculously high fertility and fast gestation rates, and unlike the kitsunes, Evergreen is willing to both pitch and catch to have as many Tanuki pregnancies as possible simultaneously, so she doesn't even need really need the champ. At this rate, the future demographic of the region is going to be almost exclusively kitsunes and tanukis.
And the game doesn't count how many 'nukis I've added to Evergreen's army (would really like to have that number shown somewhere, if not at the nursery then at Evergreens estate) but she's definitely got several dozens from my champ alone. Here's hoping that doesn't mean I've given a future foe a serious advantage later down the line ;3