List of Naruto characters

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The major characters of the series during Part I
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Team Guy, Team 10, and Team 8 as they appear in Part II

This is a list of characters of the Naruto anime and manga series created by Masashi Kishimoto. The series takes place in a fictional universe where different countries vie for power through using ninja, who can utilize supernatural abilities in combat. The Naruto storyline is divided into two parts, simply named Part I and Part II, with the latter taking place two and a half years after the conclusion of Part I. The series' storyline follows a group of young ninja from the village of Konohagakure as they develop and progress as ninja in skill and character.

The titular character of the series is Naruto Uzumaki, an energetic ninja of Konohagakure who wishes to become Hokage, the leader of Konohagakure. During the early part of the series, he is assigned to Team 7, in which he meets Sasuke Uchiha, a taciturn and highly skilled "genius" of the Uchiha clan; Sakura Haruno, whom is infatuated with Sasuke yet has Naruto's affection; and Kakashi Hatake, the quiet and mysterious leader of the team. Over the course of the series, Naruto interacts with and befriends several of his fellow ninja in Konohagakure, and from other villages. He also encounters the series' antagonists, including Orochimaru, a former ninja of Konohagakure scheming to destroy his former home, and the elite ninja of the criminal organization Akatsuki.

While developing the series, Kishimoto initially created the three primary characters as a base for the designs of the other three-man teams in the series.[1] He also utilized characters in other shōnen manga as references in his design of the characters, a decision that was criticized by several anime and manga publications.[2][3] Despite this, the characters were praised for incorporating many of the better aspects of previous shōnen characters, although many publications lamented the perceived lack of growing out of such stereotypes.[4][5] The visual presentation of the characters was commented on by reviewers, with praise and criticism given to Kishimoto's work in the manga and the anime adaptation.[6][3]

Creation and conception

When originally creating the Naruto series, Masashi Kishimoto looked to other shōnen manga as influences for his work, although he attempted to make his characters as unique as possible.[2] Kishimoto cites Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball series as one of these influences, noting that Son Goku, the protagonist of Dragon Ball, was a key factor when creating Naruto Uzumaki, the titular character of the Naruto manga, due to their energetic and mischievous personalities.[7] To complement Naruto, Kishimoto worked on creating a rival that was a "cool genius," as he believed that this was "the archetypal rival character." After reviewing different manga for ideas, he ultimately developed Sasuke Uchiha. When making the primary heroine, Kishimoto has admitted that, "I don't have a definite image of what a heroine should be." Nevertheless, he created Sakura Haruno, emphasizing "her energy and flirtatious spirit" as her primary characteristics. These three characters would be the mold for the other three main teams that most of the major Naruto characters are situated in.[1]

The separation of the characters into different teams was intended to give each group a specific flavor. Kishimoto wished for each member to be "extreme," having a high amount of aptitude in one given attribute yet be talentless in another. This approach was used to make each team perform best when the team members worked with one another and overcame their differences. Having watched tokusatsu dramas as a child, Kishimoto wished for his teams to be different from the superhero teams in these dramas, dismissing the value of a team in which all the teammates were "strong to the point of perfection." Kishimoto notes that the different roles the characters assume is similar to many role-playing games, and that "each character stands out better that way."[8]

The insertion of villains into the story was largely to have them act as a counterpoint to the characters' moral values. Kishimoto has admitted that this focus on illustrating the difference in values is central to to his creation of villains to the point that, "I don't really think about them in combat." The villains' appearances were also emphasized in order to differentiate them from the characters, and make it easier for a reader to follow the story and identify the villains, even in heated battle scenes. Kishimoto notes that making the villains "flamboyant" with a "showy costume" is "one of my guiding principles," as well as making them "more memorable."[9]

When drawing the characters, Kishimoto follows a five-step process that he consistently follows: concept and rough sketch, drafting, inking, shading, and coloring. These steps are followed when he is drawing the actual manga and making the color illustrations that commonly adorn the cover of tankōbon, the cover of the Weekly Shōnen Jump, or other media, but the toolkit he utilizes occasionally changes.[10] For instance, he utilized an airbrush for one illustration for a Weekly Shōnen Jump cover, but decided not to use it for future drawings largely due to the cleanup required.[11]

Protagonists

Team 7

Team 7 is a group of ninja affiliated with the village of Konohagakure, and it is composed of the series' primary characters. Due to Sasuke Uchiha's departure from Konohagakure at the end of Part I, the team is disbanded. During Part II, the team is reformed with two new members, Sai, who occupies Sasuke's position, and Yamato, who acts as Kakashi's replacement when he is briefly incapacitated and later stays with the team when Kakashi returns.[12]

Naruto Uzumaki

Main article: Naruto Uzumaki

Naruto Uzumaki (うずまき　ナルト, Uzumaki Naruto) is the primary protagonist of the Naruto series. He was the first character created by Kishimoto during his initial conception of the series, and was designed with many traits from other shōnen characters, including Son Goku of the Dragon Ball series.[7] In the series, Naruto is a ninja affiliated with the village of Konohagakure, and has ambitions of becoming Hokage, or the leader of the village. Due to being the host for the nine-tailed demon fox, a malevolent creature that attacked Konohagakure, he is ostracized by the other villagers.[13] He compensates for this with his cheerful and boisterous personality, and over the course of the series, manages to befriend several other Konohagakure ninja, as well as ninja from other villages. He obtains an especially close relationship with Sasuke Uchiha, one of his fellow ninja in Team 7, and treats him as his brother.[14] In the original Japanese anime, Naruto is voiced by Junko Takeuchi,[15] and his English voice actor is Maile Flanagan.[16]

Sasuke Uchiha

Main article: Sasuke Uchiha

Sasuke Uchiha (うちは サスケ, Uchiha Sasuke) is one of the members of Team 7. He was created by Kishimoto to be a rival to Naruto, as well as a "cool genius," which Kishimoto believed was an integral part of an ideal rivalry.[1] He is one of the few remaining members of the Uchiha clan, his brother, Itachi Uchiha, having killed the rest of their family.[17] Due to this, Sasuke's sole desire is to kill his brother, and he develops a cold and withdrawn personality.[18] His interactions with his fellow teammates, especially Naruto Uzumaki, make him focus less on revenge, but an encounter with his brother, who leaves Sasuke beaten physically and mentally, causes Sasuke to leave the village to seek more power from the criminal Orochimaru.[19] His teammates' attempts to recover him from Orochimaru form a major component of the plot in Part II of the Naruto storyline. In the Japanese anime, Sasuke's seiyū is Noriaki Sugiyama,[20] and his English voice actor is Yuri Lowenthal.[21]

Sakura Haruno

Main article: Sakura Haruno

Sakura Haruno (春野　サクラ, Haruno Sakura) is the sole female member of Team 7. Kishimoto created her as the heroine of the series, although he has admitted that he has little perception of what an ideal heroine should be.[1] As a child, Sakura was taunted by other children for her particularly large forehead, a feature Kishimoto has tried to emphasize in Sakura's appearances,[22] but was comforted by Ino Yamanaka. As the two continued to grow, however, they became increasingly distant due to their shared affection for Sasuke Uchiha. During most of Part I, Sakura is infatuated with Sasuke, and spurns the advances of Naruto Uzumaki.[23] After Sasuke leaves the village, she resolves to become stronger by training with Tsunade.[24] In Part II, she displays highly developed skills from her training, and a more open disposition towards Naruto.[25][26] In the Japanese anime, her seiyū is Chie Nakamura,[27] and she is voiced by Kate Higgins in the English adaptation of the anime.[28]

Kakashi Hatake

Main article: Kakashi Hatake

Kakashi Hatake (はたけ　カカシ, Hatake Kakashi) is the leader of Team 7 and the sensei of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. Kishimoto originally had intended for Kakashi to be introduced earlier in the series, and created him as an easygoing person that would be able to keep the members of Team 7 in check.[8] Kakashi treats his leadership position with a detached manner, and is consistently late to meetings as a result.[29] In a gaiden on Kakashi's past, this is shown to be the result of an incident in which he witnessed the death of one of his teammates, Obito Uchiha, who gave Kakashi his Sharingan eye and imparted many of his habits, including his tardiness.[30] Due to Obito's Sharingan, Kakashi has amassed a reputation as a skilled and powerful ninja, earning the moniker "Copy Ninja Kakashi" (コピー忍者のカカシ, Kopī Ninja no Kakashi).[31] Although he mentors all three members of Team 7 early in the series, he particularly concentrates on training Sasuke as the series continues, teaching him his Chidori technique;[32] however, he is unable to prevent Sasuke from leaving the village to seek Orochimaru for greater power.[33] Kakashi is voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue in the Japanese anime,[34] and his English voice actor is Dave Wittenberg.[35]

Sai

Sai (サイ) is introduced during Part II of the series as a replacement for Sasuke Uchiha.[12] Having been a member of Root since he was a child, Sai has been trained to not possess or desire any type of emotion or camaraderie. After spending time with Naruto Uzumaki, however, he begins to crave bonds with other people, which has since become his primary role in the series.[36] Sai's attempts to form bonds involve giving pet names to others; however, he often says what he actually thinks of a person, resulting him choosing names such as "fatso" and "ugly." He eventually learns from his mistakes and attempts the opposite approach, as evidenced when he calls Ino Yamanaka "gorgeous."[37] When not making an attempt to bond with others, Sai spends his time painting and drawing, and has produced thousands of works.[38] His artistic talents extend to his choice of attacks in battles: anything he paints on a scroll that he carries with him comes to life; he most commonly utilizes various animals.[39] Sai is voiced by Satoshi Hino in the Naruto: Shippūden anime.[40]

Yamato

Yamato (ヤマト) is introduced during Part II of the series as a temporary replacement for Kakashi Hatake.[12] After Kakashi's return, he stays on the team in an additional leadership position. Though "Yamato" is a codename assigned to him for the purposes of joining Team 7, he prefers it as opposed to his real name, Tenzo (テンゾウ, Tenzō).[41] During his infancy, Yamato was abducted by Orochimaru and experimented upon in an attempt to replicate the First Hokage's unique abilities. Orochimaru was forced to flee Konohagakure before he could complete his testing, and thus never knew that Yamato had successfully obtained the First's Mokuton techniques.[42] When using Mokuton techniques, Yamato can form anything out of wood at will, and is not above using this ability for making creature comforts like two-story houses to "camp out" in.[38] Mokuton also allows Yamato to suppress a tailed beast's influence over its host. This is the primary reason he is assigned to Team 7, as he can stop Naruto Uzumaki if the nine-tailed demon fox within him gets out of control.[42] In the Naruto: Shippūden anime, Yamato's seiyū is Rikiya Koyama.[43]

Team 8

Team 8 is a group of Konohagakure ninja lead by Kurenai Yuhi. The members of Team 8 primarily concentrate on tracking, with each of the members' unique abilities primarily utilized in this role. During Part II, Team 8, minus Kurenai, joins Naruto Uzumaki and Team 7 in their search for Sasuke Uchiha.[44]

Kiba Inuzuka

Kiba Inuzuka (犬塚　キバ, Inuzuka Kiba) is a member of Team 8 characterized by a number of dog-like traits, including being very protective of his teammates and enjoying any food that he can chew on.[45] Most apparent of his connection to dogs is the constant presence of his ninja dog (忍犬, ninken), Akamaru. Kiba is fiercely loyal to Akamaru, being unwilling to abandon him and will readily put himself in harm's way for Akamaru's sake.[46] In exchange for Kiba's devotion, Akamaru fights with him in battle; he uses his heightened senses to Kiba's advantage, and helps to double team opponents with volleys of physical attacks. Since Akamaru is naturally better equipped for combat, Kiba usually modifies his abilities at the start of a battle, growing claws and traveling with his arms and legs to increase his speed.[47] He can also drastically increase his sense of smell, and by the second half of the series he can use it to track things down that actual dogs cannot.[48] Kiba's seiyū in the Japanese anime is Kōsuke Toriumi,[49] and his English voice actor is Kyle Hebert.[50]

Akamaru

Akamaru (赤丸) is Kiba Inuzuka's ninja dog (忍犬, ninken), best friend, and constant companion. At the start of the series, Kiba carries Akamaru around on his head or inside his jacket. By Part II of the Naruto storyline, Akamaru grows large enough for Kiba to ride atop his back, but since Kiba spends so much time with Akamaru, he fails to notice this drastic difference.[51] With his heightened sense of smell, hearing, and the ability to detect others' chakra levels, Akamaru acts as a valuable tool for Kiba in hostile situations.[52] To help Kiba keep track of opponents, Akamaru can urinate on them, giving them a strong odor that can easily be tracked. In battle, however, he relies on Kiba to provide the chakra for the combination jutsu they execute.[53] In the original Japanese anime, Akamaru is voiced by Junko Takeuchi, who is also the seiyū for Naruto Uzumaki,[15] and Kōsuke Toriumi, who voices Kiba, when Akamaru transforms into a human state.[49] In the English adaptation of the anime, he is voiced by Jamie Simone,[54] but when Akamaru transforms, he is voiced by Kyle Hebert, who additionally acts as Kiba's voice actor.[50]

Shino Aburame

Shino Aburame (油女　シノ, Aburame Shino) is one of the members of Team 8 and is fascinated with insects; he spends his free time capturing and studying insects and often uses them as analogies during conversation.[55] A deep connection with insects runs in Shino's family, as each person born in to the Aburame clan is infused with a special breed of insects known as destruction bugs during birth. In exchange for using Shino as a hive, the bugs do as he commands.[56] During a battle, Shino directs his bugs towards an opponent, boxing them in without their knowledge, and absorbing their chakra once they have been surrounded.[57] Shino's merciless tendencies in regards to opponents as well as his attachment to insects have caused other characters to label him as "creepy."[56] Nevertheless, Shino cares deeply for his teammates, acutely aware of their inner workings and always regretting when he is unable to help them.[58] In the Japanese anime, he is voiced by Shinji Kawada.[59] His first voice actor in the English anime was Sam Riegal, who voiced Shino in episodes twenty-three and twenty-four,[60] but in all following appearances, he has been voiced by Derek Stephen Prince.[61]

Hinata Hyuga

Hinata Hyuga (日向　ヒナタ, Hyūga Hinata) is a member of Team 8 who suffers from a lack of self-confidence throughout the series. She is always reluctant to speak her mind or to do something that might antagonize another character, causing her difficulties whenever she is on a mission.[62] This results in her effective expulsion from her clan; although she is the eldest daughter of the Hyuga clan's leader and the heiress to the clan, Hinata's inability to stand up for herself caused her father to disown her at a young age, leaving her in the care of her teacher, Kurenai Yuhi.[63] Series creator Masashi Kishimoto had not originally intended to have Hinata be a ninja, but intended for her to be a regular member of the Hyuga clan.[64] Midway through the Chunin Exam arc, Hinata begins training to become stronger, both to overcome her own weaknesses and to prove her worth to her father. Her efforts begin to prove successful towards the end of Part I, as her father takes a greater interest in her training.[65]

Though Hinata's training has in large part been to prove herself, she also trains to try and win the attention of series protagonist Naruto Uzumaki. Inspired by Naruto's confidence and determination, Hinata becomes infatuated with Naruto, to the extent that she immediately blushes or faints upon seeing him; however, as the series progresses, she goes out of her way to help him.[62][66] While Hinata has yet to openly admit her feelings for him, most characters (except for Naruto, who only considers her blushing "weird") are aware of her feelings.[67] In the anime, Hinata's attempts to impress Naruto result in her creation of a new ability capable of instantly blocking or attacking anything in her extended field of vision through slicing it with extremely fine chakra blades.[68] Her seiyū in the Japanese anime is Nana Mizuki,[69] and her English voice actor is Stephanie Sheh.[70]

Kurenai Yuhi

Kurenai Yuhi (夕日　紅, Yūhi Kurenai) is the leader of Team 8. Of all her students, Kurenai is closest with Hinata, acting as a surrogate parent in the absence of Hinata's father, and helping Hinata overcome her weaknesses.[63] Whenever Kurenai appears in the series, she is almost always accompanied by Asuma Sarutobi. Because of this, many of the other characters assume the two to be a couple, though they both deny this, and try to change the subject whenever it is brought up.[71] During Part II of the series, Kurenai is revealed to be pregnant with Asuma's child, making their relationship clear.[72] In battle she specializes in genjutsu, and is shown to be particularly skilled with illusions involving plants.[73] In the Japanese anime, her seiyū is Rumi Ochiai.[74] In the English adaptation of the anime, she was voiced by Saffron Henderson in episode three, and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn in all subsequent appearances.[75][76]

Team 10

Team 10 is a group of Konohagakure ninja led by Asuma Sarutobi. The fathers of Choji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, and Ino Yamanaka were also on a team together, and both generations refer to their team using the moniker "Ino-Shika-Cho."[77] During Part II, Asuma is slain in an encounter with members of Akatsuki, and Kakashi Hatake briefly assumes leadership of the team to hunt down those responsible for Asuma's death.[78]

Choji Akimichi

Choji Akimichi (秋道　チョウジ, Akimichi Chōji) is a member of Team 10 typified by his deep love for food, to the extent that he continually has some sort of snack with him during his appearances in the series. Though his habit of always eating gives him a relatively large appearance, Choji insists that he is not fat, instead using explanations like being "big-boned." If someone refers to him as fat, Choji instantly becomes hostile, and his resolve to battle grows stronger.[79] Shikamaru Nara has never found an issue with Choji's weight, instead choosing to look upon Choji's inner strength. Because of this, Choji regards him as his best friend, stating on one occasion that he would willingly give his life to defend Shikamaru.[80] In battle, Choji can increase the size of his entire body or specific parts of his body to improve the amount of damage his strikes deal upon impact.[81] His seiyū in the Japanese anime is Kentaro Ito,[82] and his English voice actor is Robbie Rist.[83]

Shikamaru Nara

Main article: Shikamaru Nara

Shikamaru Nara (奈良　シカマル, Nara Shikamaru) is one of the members of Team 10. Kishimoto has noted that he "likes" Shikamaru due to his easygoing nature despite being a genius, and contrasted him against Sasuke Uchiha's intelligent but abrasive personality.[7] Shikamaru's intelligence is such that Asuma Sarutobi, Team 10's leader, has never been able to defeat Shikamaru at games such as shogi or go, and he can devise complex strategies even in the heat of battle. Despite his intelligence, his laziness and unwillingness to work frequently prevent him from applying his intelligence.[84] Shikamaru is longtime friends with Choji Akimichi, his fellow Team 10 member, as he chose to look upon Choji as a person rather than only considering his large girth.[80] In battle, Shikamaru can manipulate his shadow, and by extending it into another person's shadow, can force the target to mimic his movements. In the Japanese anime, Shikamaru is voiced by Showtaro Morikubo,[85] although Nobutoshi Canna acted as a stand-in for Morikubo in episode 141.[86] His English voice actor is Tom Gibis.[87]

Ino Yamanaka

Ino Yamanaka (山中　いの, Yamanaka Ino) is the only female member of Team 10. She has known Sakura Haruno since they were children, befriending and helping her to develop her own identity.[88] When they discovered that they both liked the same boy, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura ended their friendship so they could properly compete for his affection.[89] The two eventually make amends and rekindle their friendship, but they still maintain a competitive attitude towards each other.[90] In the anime, when Sakura begins to excel in healing techniques, Ino becomes her surrogate apprentice, hoping to be more useful to her friends and teammates as an able medical ninja.[91] In terms of combat abilities, Ino specializes in mind-altering techniques. To use these techniques, Ino transfers her consciousness to her target's mind, gaining control over their body, which she can then use to attack their allies uninhibited.[92] In the Japanese anime, she is voiced by Ryōka Yuzuki,[93] and her English voice actor is Colleen O'Shaughnessey.[94]

Asuma Sarutobi

Asuma Sarutobi (猿飛　アスマ, Sarutobi Asuma) is the leader of Team 10 and the son of the Third Hokage. He had a falling out with his father when he was younger, and briefly left Konohagakure in protest. The two had not completely reconciled by the time of the Third's death.[95] Asuma is usually seen smoking a cigarette, but will temporarily drop the habit when something is bothering him, such as when his father died.[96] Among all his students, Asuma shares a particularly close relationship with Shikamaru Nara, and the two frequently play shogi or go together; however, Asuma has never been able to win any of these matches due to Shikamaru's intelligence.[84]

Asuma frequently appears alongside Kurenai Yuhi, leading many characters to assume the two are a couple. Both deny this, and they promptly try to change the subject whenever it is brought up.[71] During Part II of the series, however, Kurenai is revealed to be pregnant with Asuma's child.[72] In battle, Asuma wields unique brass knuckles equipped with blades that can be infused with his chakra.[97] When infused with his wind-based chakra, Asuma can extend the blades to sword-like length and easily pierce through rock.[98] After Asuma is killed by Hidan, a member of the criminal organization Akatsuki,[99] these brass knuckles fall into Shikamaru's possession, and he uses them to defeat Hidan and avenge Asuma.[100] Asuma's seiyū in the Japanese anime is Jūrōta Kosugi,[101] and he is voiced by Doug Erholtz in the English adaptation of the anime.[102]

Team Guy

Team Guy is a group of Konohagakure ninja led by Might Guy. The members of Team Guy primarily concentrate on taijutsu and weapons due to Guy's influence, and are a year older than the members of the other Konohagakure teams due to Guy waiting a year before they could take the test to advance in ninja rank and become chunin. In Part II, the Team Guy joins Team 7 in attempting to save Gaara from the criminal organization Akatsuki.[103]

Rock Lee

Rock Lee (ロック・リー, Rokku Rī) is a member of Team Guy and the favorite student of team leader Might Guy. As such, Guy spends much of his free time training with Lee, resulting in Lee adopting several of Guy's habits, including his unwillingness to give up and an unyielding optimism that he can complete a given task.[104] When first introduced during the Chunin Exam arc, Lee tries to put this optimism to use in completing two goals: to defeat a "genius" such as Neji Hyuga[105] and to make Sakura Haruno his girlfriend.[106] While Lee puts a great deal of effort into each goal throughout the arc, his later appearances see little to no attempts to make either a reality. Independent of Guy's influence, Lee speaks very politely to other characters. In the Japanese anime and manga, he always utilizes honorifics such as "san and "kun"; in the English adaptations, he never uses contractions. He also refuses to hold a grudge or treat an opponent unfairly, always making it a point to show them great respect.[107]

Because of a defect that leaves him unable to control his chakra output, Lee is unable to perform many basic ninja techniques. Though this handicap would ordinarily mean giving up life as a ninja, Lee's dream is to become a respected ninja by using only taijutsu, or physical attacks.[104] To help Lee achieve this goal, Guy has done all in his power to train Lee, giving him arduous training regiments to increase his strength and speed. As such, Lee constantly wears ankle weights that when removed, cause his already impressive speed to drastically increase.[108] Guy has also taught him a number of powerful, even forbidden techniques; because some of these techniques, such as the ability to open the eight chakra gates, can pose a severe risk to Lee's body, he is only permitted to use them to protect something or someone dear to him.[109] He is voiced by Yoichi Masukawa in the original Japanese anime,[110] and his English voice actor is Brian Donovan.[111]

Neji Hyuga

Neji Hyuga (日向　ネジ, Hyūga Neji) is a member of Team Guy and a child prodigy of the Hyuga clan. Despite his natural talent, Neji's membership in one of the clan's lower houses leaves him ineligible to learn the clan's most secret techniques.[112] At the start of the series Neji openly hates the main house because of this, readily attacking its members verbally or physically when given the chance. At this point in the series Neji is plagued by fatalistic philosophy: that one's destiny is inescapable and that a weak person will always be weak.[63] After being defeated in battle by Naruto Uzumaki, a character that has time and again proven his "destiny" wrong by getting stronger, Neji has a change of heart.[113] He abandons the idea of a predetermined fate, and resolves to get strong enough to never lose a battle.[114] He also tries to remedy the estranged relations between himself and the members of the main house, resulting in his training with the leader of the main house at the end of Part I.[65]

Neji displays his title as a prodigy of the Hyuga throughout the series; when first introduced he is highly proficient with the Gentle Fist style of combat, with which he can directly attack an opponent's internal systems.[115] Though never having been trained in the form, Neji has been able to replicate it and its most powerful attacks through simple observation.[112] As the series progresses Neji refines these abilities into more powerful counterparts, either to increase their potency or to fix an inherent flaw.[114] One such example is his Byakugan, an eye technique that by default grants the owner a near-360-degree field of vision within a fifty meter radius.[116] Though extremely useful as it is, Neji constantly trains to overcome a small blindspot and to increase the Byakugan's range of sight.[114] In the Japanese anime, his seiyū is Kōichi Tōchika,[117] and when he is featured as a child, he is voiced by Keiko Nemoto.[118] His voice in the English anime is provided by Steve Staley,[119] and Wendee Lee provides his child voice.[120]

Tenten

Tenten (テンテン) is the only female member of Team Guy, and longs to prove that female ninja can be just as skilled as male ninja. Of all the Naruto protagonists, Tenten receives the least amount of screen time, such that her only fight in Part I is almost entirely skipped; the battle's start and her eventual defeat are the only portions shown.[90] Despite her lack of appearances, series creator Masashi Kishimoto favors her design more than those of any of the other female characters he has created.[121] In battle, Tenten specializes in weaponry, ranging from projectiles to close-combat weapons and even explosives by the second part of the series.[122] During a fight, she can overwhelm opponents by summoning hundreds of weapons and bombarding them with pinpoint accuracy. Tenten uses this expertise to help Neji Hyuga train his defensive techniques, and she holds him in high regard since he can always block her attacks.[123] Her Japanese seiyū is Yukari Tamura,[124] and her English voice actor is Danielle Judovits.[125]

Might Guy

"Maito Gai" redirects here. For the Japanese actor nicknamed "Maito Gai", see Akira Kobayashi.

Might Guy (マイト・ガイ, Maito Gai) is the leader of Team Guy, though he dedicates most of his time to only one of his students, Rock Lee. Because of Guy's dedication to him, Lee has modeled himself in his master's image, mimicking Guy's distinctive green jumpsuit and shiny bowl haircut (having already had Guy's characteristic thick eyebrows).[105] Lee has also adopted Guy's "nice guy pose", a thumbs up, wink, and smile (complete with teeth so white they give the proverbial "ping"), used to act as their highest form of a promise. Guy lives by his own "My Rules" philosophy, which involves setting tough self-imposed penalties for failure in the belief that the punishment will make him stronger.[126] Series creator Masashi Kishimoto likens Guy's passionate personality to that of a gym teacher he had in junior high school, though the teacher was not a model for Guy's character. Kishimoto goes on to say that he probably wouldn't get along with Guy, as Guy is too intense for him.[127]

In battle, Guy specializes in physical attacks, which he constantly tries to teach to Lee.[109] Unlike Lee, who is unable to use any other form of technique, Guy focuses on physical skills as a matter of preference, even going out of his way to avoid using basic ninja techniques.[128] When not teaching Lee a new ability, Guy is usually found in competition with his self-proclaimed rival, Kakashi Hatake. Throughout the series Kakashi has never displayed a particular interest in their rivalry, which does nothing but motivate Guy to defeat Kakashi and his "coolness".[129] Since Guy is the only one to put any effort into this rivalry, he has developed an effective counter against Sharingan users like Kakashi: by focusing on their feet, Guy can both predict their movements and negate the hypnotic abilities of the Sharingan that require eye contact.[130] In the Japanese anime, he is voiced by Masashi Ebara,[131] and his English voice actor is Skip Stellrecht.[132]

Sand Siblings

File:SandSiblingsRetrievalArc.jpg
Kankuro, Gaara, and Temari as they appear in Part I during the Sasuke Retrieval arc

The Sand Siblings are ninja from the village of Sunagakure, and the children of the Fourth Kazekage, the leader of the village.[133] They come to Konohagakure under the supervision of Baki to participate in the yearly ninja exams, and serve as antagonists in the subsequent invasion of Konohagakure. Due to their interactions with Naruto Uzumaki, they return as allies of Konohagakure, aiding him in his attempts to retrieve Sasuke Uchiha from Orochimaru's ninja. Kishimoto changed their costumes for their return due to the difficulty in drawing their original attire, as well as to symbolize their new friendship with Konohagakure.[134]

Gaara

Main article: Gaara

Gaara (我愛羅) is the youngest of the three siblings. He was created by Kishimoto as a foil to Naruto Uzumaki, with a similar background yet a highly divergent personality.[9] When Gaara was born, his father intended to make him a military weapon for Sunagakure by sealing the One-Tailed Shukaku inside him.[135] Similar to Naruto, Gaara was tormented by his fellow villagers for being the host of a tailed beast.[136] After one of his few remaining relatives tried to kill him, Gaara developed a sadistic and withdrawn personality, killing others to affirm the value of his existence.[137] His battle with Naruto during the Invasion of Konoha arc changes this mentality; as a result, he becomes more willing to aid others as the purpose for his existence, and he assumes his deceased father's position as Sunagakure's Kazekage during Part II.[138] Gaara's seiyū in the Japanese anime is Akira Ishida,[139] and his English voice actor is Liam O'Brien.[140]

Kankuro

Kankuro (カンクロウ, Kankurō) is the second oldest of the three siblings. For the first half of the series he is frequently at odds with his younger brother, Gaara, though he tends to hold his tongue for fear of being killed.[141] In Part II, once Gaara begins to reveal his dreams and motivations to Kankuro, Kankuro becomes very protective of Gaara; he lashes out at anyone who speaks poorly of Gaara and readily risks his life to save Gaara when he is kidnapped.[142] Kankuro is a talented puppeteer, and has thus far been shown to have three puppets in his arsenal: Karasu (烏, lit. Crow), Kuroari (黒蟻, lit. Black Ant), and Sanshōuo (山椒魚, lit. Salamander). Karasu is used for offensive purposes, Kuroari traps opponents in its body to make them easier targets, and Sanshōuo protects Kankuro and his allies from enemy attacks.[143] The puppets are all destroyed by their original creator, Sasori, in Part II,[144] and it has yet to be seen whether Kankuro has repaired them. In the Japanese anime, he is voiced by Yasuyuki Kase,[145] and his English voice actor is Michael Lindsay.[146]

Temari

Temari (テマリ) is the oldest of the three siblings. Unlike her more combat-loving brothers, Temari values peace, as she questions Sunagakure's justifications for going to war with Konohagakure.[147] This trait carries over to Part II, in which she begins acting as a liaison between Sunagakure and Konohagakure to help the two villages work together. Like her brothers, Temari does not appear in the series very often, and when she does appear she is commonly in the company of Shikamaru Nara. When they make their Part II debut together, Naruto Uzumaki asks if they are on a date, though both Shikamaru and Temari state that this is not the case.[148] In battle Temari wields a giant iron fan that can create powerful gusts of wind capable of leveling the surrounding landscape. As she is skilled at deducing an opponent's strategies and weaknesses soon after a battle begins, she typically uses her winds to remove parts of the battlefield that might be advantageous to them.[149] Temari's seiyū in the Japanese anime is Romi Paku,[150] and her English voice actor is Tara Platt.[151]

Other

Jiraiya

Main article: Jiraiya (Naruto)

Jiraiya (自来也) is a Konohagakure ninja and one of Naruto's teachers. Kishimoto has commented that out of all the master-pupil relationships he has created in the Naruto series, the bond between Naruto and Jiraiya is his favorite, noting that it makes drawing them "worthwhile."[152] As a child, Jiraiya was under the tutelage of the Third Hokage, along with his teammates, Tsunade and Orochimaru.[153] Jiraiya is known throughout the Naruto world as the "Toad Sage" (蝦蟇仙人, Gama Sennin) due to his toad-related jutsu. Although still affiliated with Konohagakure, he spends much of his time traveling. Jiraiya's personality is openly lecherous, and he proudly describes himself as a "super pervert," authoring a series of best-selling adult romance novels. During Part I, he takes Naruto as his student,[154] and returns him to Konohagakure in Part II,[155] as he begins to keep tabs on the movements of the criminal organization Akatsuki. In the Japanese anime, Jiraiya is voiced by Hōchū Ōtsuka,[156] and his English voice actor is David Lodge.[157]

Tsunade

Main article: Tsunade (Naruto)

Tsunade (綱手) is a ninja affiliated with Konohagakure and a former teammate of Jiraiya and Orochimaru. As the granddaughter of the First Hokage, she received her grandfather's necklace as a child; however, the loved ones she gave her necklace to as a gift died, leading to her leaving Konohagakure. She is known throughout the Naruto world as the "The Legendary Sucker" (伝説のカモ, Densetsu no Kamo) due to her poor and compulsive gambling, as well as for her superhuman strength and skill in medical techniques. During Part I, Jiraiya searches for her so she assume the position of Hokage, but she refuses until Naruto Uzumaki inspires her due to his dedication to becoming Hokage. At the conclusion of Part I, she takes Sakura Haruno as an apprentice, and during Part II, continues to lead the village as the Fifth Hokage in combating Akatsuki. In the Japanese anime, Tsunade is voiced by Masako Katsuki[158] and her English voice actor is Debi Mae West.[159]

Antagonists

Main article: List of Naruto villains

Orochimaru

Main article: Orochimaru (Naruto)

Orochimaru (大蛇丸) is one of the primary antagonists of the Naruto series. To emphasize his role as a villain, Kishimoto worked towards making him appear "pasty and sickly," part of his theme of distinguishing villains from the protagonists.[160] In the series, Orochimaru is a former ninja of Konohagakure and a student of the Third Hokage.[161] During his time in the village, he distinguished himself as one of the village's most powerful ninja along with his teammates, Jiraiya and Tsunade.[153] His desire to obtain immortality led to him to conduct experiments on other Konohagakure ninja, and after fleeing the village, he joined the criminal organization Akatsuki.[162] After leaving Akatsuki due to an incident with Itachi Uchiha, he founded his own ninja village, Otogakure, in the hope of destroying his former home.[163] His immortality technique involves transferring his consciousness between different host bodies, and his desire for a new host, particularly Sasuke Uchiha, is one of his driving motivations throughout the series.[164] Due to his different host bodies and the disguises he assumes, a panoply of voice actors are utilized for Orochimaru; however, his most common seiyū in the Japanese anime is Kujira,[165] and the corresponding English voice actor is Steven Jay Blum.[166]

Akatsuki

Main article: Akatsuki (Naruto)

Akatsuki (暁, lit. Dawn or Daybreak) is an organization of criminal ninja that serve as the series' primary antagonists. Akatsuki's goal, as defined by its leader, Pain, is world domination, which they plan to accomplish by capturing the tailed beasts.[167] The members of Akatsuki are ninja who have abandoned their villages, and are considered by their former homes to be S-class criminals, the most powerful and wanted ninja in the Naruto universe. At any given time, Akatsuki is composed of ten members, who operate in two-man cells and share similar clothing, most notably a long, dark cloak bearing red clouds and a chin-high collar. Aside from an attempt by two Akatsuki members, Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, to capture the Nine-tailed demon fox in Naruto Uzumaki, Akatsuki is not prominently featured in Part I.[168] In Part II, they take on a much more active role, capturing Gaara and extracting the one-tailed beast, Shukaku, from his body, as well as working towards capturing the remaining tailed beasts.[169]

Other characters

Main article: List of minor Naruto characters

Merchandise

The characters in the Naruto series have had several types of merchandise based on their likeness. Apparel such as clothes,[170][171] backpacks,[172] and another accessories, have been released, as well as full costumes used for cosplay.[173] Other merchandise includes action figures,[174] plush dolls of characters' Part I and Part II appearances,[175][176], key chains,[177], and other collectibles, including figurines, many of which are limited edition with a small number produced.[178][179] Many of the characters are also featured on posters, wallpapers,[180] and trading cards that are part of the Naruto Collectible Card Game.[181]

Reception

The characters of Naruto have received praise and criticism from several publications for anime, manga, and other media. Active Anime lauded the characters for not being "simple cardboard cut-out characters" due to their "fleshed out personalities" and "underlying dramatic motivations," and praised the "deeply moving emotional trials" they undergo over the course of the series.[182] Anime Boredom agreed with this assessment, extolling the characters as "well rounded" and "imaginative," and celebrated how the characters allowed the series to successfully incorporate comedy, action, and drama together in a "convincing" manner.[183] T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews digressed, dismissing the characters as echoes of stereotypical shōnen characters, and noted that several of the characters were not likeable.[3] While a second review from T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews mediated this view, as they commented that Naruto combined the finer values of his shōnen predecessors, they lamented that the characters' personalities tended to fall between Naruto's "charisma and coolness" and Sasuke's "blandness," and noted that it was difficult to think about the characters on "any deep or meaningful level."[4] AnimeOnDVD asserted that the series lacked the "tremendous depth in it’s [sic] characters" or "the most flushed out backgrounds" seen in other shōnen series, and believed the primary focus of the series was on the fighting.[5]

The visual appearances of the characters in the anime and manga have also received notice from reviewers. Anime News Network praised the characters' "distinctive clothing, hair, faces and personalities" that made it easy to identify them, as well as Kishimoto's "clear eye for geography, movement and the human form" and "impeccable visual timing."[6] T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews considered Kishimoto "an average artist at best" and derided the poor transition of his artistic style into animation.[3] Despite this, the second review from T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews admitted that when the animators were at their best, they produced "artistic renderings that leave little to be desired on the part of fans of the manga," but concluded that the animation was "a mixed bag."[4]

See also

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