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Kitsune are one of those inherently magical races. Have you considered some kind of spellcaster? Maybe a Magus. As a Magus you would have access to vanish and alter self, both good things for a Kitsune (though disguise self does not seem to be on the magus list, sadly).
Sounds like you know what you want, so my advice would be to just build it and post it here for feedback.
My thoughts are that you won't have enough feats to pull everything that you've mentioned together. The penalty to str means you are looking at dervish dance or sinking a good bit of your 25 points into str? If you go ninja, then a big ki pool with vanishing trick should handle combat and you get all of the stealthy-bits. There is a good ninja guide in the Advice sections of the boards that will help you there.
Rather than the feats for the spells you want, you could just go bard and get them at first level. Take the dervish archetype that gives you dervish dance and flavor it to fit your story. This also gives you more enchantment spells to take advantage of your racial dc boost.
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Avoid anything Rogue/Ninja.
The "Ninja" flavor comes from actual flavoring, not a class name.
Archaeologist Bard will work wonders for your concept.
The archetype comes with Rogue Talents, Spellcasting, Skills, Combat ability, and the Kitsune Favored class bonus will allow you to lie your way out of anything.
Throw a Mask of Stony Demeanor(500gp) and lie about your pet Tarrasque.
Fate's Favored trait will boost you into awesomeness.
Nab the Weapon Finesse feat, and an Agile Shortsword(Ninjatō) for all the dex based Ninja-like fighting style you could want.
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By the way, you can use a Rogue Talent gained by the Archaeologist Bard, to nab a Ninja Trick.
Also, you don't have to depend on unreliable damage, like Sneak Attack.
I would also avoid excessive multiclassing, as it hurts your BAB, and Spell progression, along with denying you higher level abilities, you would otherwise gain from any class you have levels in.
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First, I would ask what is available to you.
What books are available?
Are you using retraining rules?
Are you allowed drawbacks?
What does the rest of your group consist of?
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I do not have a group. I'm in the process of building my own world based off of the Pathfinder system that I can eventually use to run games. I'm also going to be writing a novel based off of this character and his "test run" through my world in order to fine tune the details. I've given up joining a game as I've literally spent a month straight looking for one to join and found nothing so I doubt I'll ever get to use this character somebody else's campaign.
I intend to have a monk, a kitsune ranger, and a cleric also in the test run party, though I'm not sure what else to add yet. My campaign is a low magic world and those with magical abilities is an extreme rarity. Obviously I'm lacking both a tank and a magic user. I'm open to any suggestions towards them as well.
I am in two games. Shoot me a PM of where you are, and I may be able to help you find a game.
I'm in reynoldsburg ohioAh. Lynnwood, Washington here.
There are online games too.
I have to second this. Online games are a pretty good alternative to in person games. You lose something by not being in the same room, but you can also gain something by making use of some features of VTTs that can make the game run smoother.