Not really. There's also version that mentioned it's older and named because the chicken is marinaded in soy based sauce that colour is alike of Tatsuta river.
-It's called "kitsune soba" because it have fried tofu in it. -In japanese folklore, mythical japanese foxes, or "kitsune", love to eat fried tofu.
Dunno, Yuudachi could explain it more easily.
Nope.Foxes, like, love fried tofu.Bewitched By A Fox
an expression meaning "to be totally confused"Eh...? The Nipponese use foxes in their soba!?EHH!? The Nipponese foxes eat fried tofu!?That's, like, wrong. The kitsune part, like, refers to the fried tofu.Yay! It's, like, kitsune soba!They totally don't.