Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-25228549-20140821104935/@comment-1018594-20140822233945

When you think about it, the tailed beasts are genderless; they're always referred to as "it" and they've had both men and women as jinchuriki.

I'm surprised that wasn't changed in the anime; in the Dragon Ball manga, Cell was referred to as "it" until the anime made him a definite male.