Tsunade

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Background and History

Tsunade was a disciple of the Third Hokage alongside Jiraiya and Orochimaru. A medical-nin with battlefield experience, she became highly regarded throughout the Shinobi World’s medical community and was the first to propose adding a medical-nin to a three-person ninja squad 74 92 105 106.

After the deaths of Nawaki and Dan, Tsunade spent years away from Konoha. When the Third Hokage sought a successor, Jiraiya recommended her and set out with Shinki and Naruto to find her 92 96 101.

Return to Konoha

Tsunade initially refused the Hokage position. After Jiraiya suggested Shinki might be stronger than her, she challenged him and agreed to return if she lost. Shinki defeated her in an arm-wrestling match using Sage Art and the Eight Gates 101 102.

Shinki offered to use Impure World Reincarnation to let her see Nawaki and Dan again, but Tsunade declined, choosing to cherish the present. She gave Shinki the First Hokage’s jeweled pendant and returned to Konoha, where she became the Fifth Hokage 103 105 107.

Fifth Hokage

Tsunade taught Shinki Medical Ninjutsu and commissioned him to research Cell Activation for Rock Lee’s treatment. She also assigned missions, defended Konoha’s interests in negotiations with Kumogakure, and backed Shinki when senior officials suspected him after Danzo’s death 105 107 108 128 143.

During the Allied Shinobi Forces’ preparations for war, Tsunade accepted an advisory role and secured funding from the Land of Fire’s Daimyo. She later fought Madara alongside the other Kage, suffered severe injuries, and was protected by a clone that emerged from a mark Shinki had placed on her palm 263 269 274 306 307.

Tsunade publicly named Shinki the Sixth Hokage during the war and later spoke at his succession ceremony. Afterward, she continued advising him and helped shoulder some of his work 310 360 423.

Appearance

Tsunade is a blonde woman who uses a sealing technique to maintain a much younger appearance 96 100 105.

• Hair: Worn in two pigtails when Naruto first describes her 100.
• Forehead mark: A diamond-shaped seal used to store chakra 105.
• Coat: Wore a coat bearing a large character for “gamble” on its back 96.
• Age-altered appearance: After overusing Creation Rebirth against Madara, she returned to the appearance of a woman in her fifties or sixties 306.

Personality

Tsunade is outspoken, quick-tempered, and proud of her strength. Shinki’s blunt question about Nawaki and Dan made her crush a restaurant table, and Jiraiya’s doubts about her strength prompted her to challenge Shinki 101.

Despite her reluctance to take office, she is protective of Konoha and its ninja. At her succession ceremony, she pledged to protect the village and cherish its people as family. She later rejected Kakashi’s proposal to sacrifice himself against Hiruko, saying the village should fight together rather than sacrifice one of its own 107 216.

Tsunade loves gambling despite her notorious losses. Her debts repeatedly trouble those around her: Naruto paid for a machine she wrecked, and Shinki later paid more than two hundred million after she lost at a Land of Earth casino 92 104 222.

Abilities & Skills

Medical Ninjutsu

Tsunade is an expert medical-nin and teacher whose standing extends across the Shinobi World 96 105 106.

• Taught Shinki techniques including the Chakra Scalpel, Mystical Palm Technique, and Strength of a Hundred Technique 107.
• Treated the Tsuchikage’s injuries after reaching the battlefield against Madara 304.
• Used a sample of Boro’s flesh to develop antibody injections for people infected during Kara’s invasion 457.

Chakra Storage and Regeneration

Tsunade stores chakra in the diamond-shaped seal on her forehead. She explained that she uses it to stimulate cell division and change her appearance 105.

• The Yin Seal requires precise chakra control and a foundation in Sealing Jutsu 105.
• Tsunade said she could use Creation Rebirth to counteract the bodily damage caused by the Heavenly Transfer Technique 301.
• Overuse of Creation Rebirth during the fight with Madara left her looking older 306.

Immense Strength

Tsunade inherited the Senju Clan’s immense strength. Jiraiya said she could knock down a city wall with a punch 102.

• Crushed a barbecue restaurant table with her palm and later smashed a hospital door with a punch 101 124.
• Lost an arm-wrestling match to Shinki while he used the Seventh Gate and Sage Art; she acknowledged she likely could not have won even at full strength under those circumstances 102.

Summoning: Katsuyu

Tsunade can summon Katsuyu, a split-off part of Katsuyu Sage from Shikkotsu Forest 305 307.

• After being gravely injured against Madara, Tsunade summoned Katsuyu and asked her to treat the other Kage first 307.
• Ino also gained the ability to summon Katsuyu after becoming Tsunade’s disciple and signing a contract with Shikkotsu Forest 305.

Items

• First Hokage’s pendant — A jeweled pendant Tsunade gave Shinki after deciding to let go of her wish to see Nawaki and Dan again 103.
• Shinki’s palm mark — A Space-Time Technique placed on her hand before the war; a Shinki clone emerged from it and blocked Madara’s attack 269 307.

Relationships

• Hashirama Senju — Her grandfather, the First Hokage. Tsunade said she inherited his will for peace and protection 102 304.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi — Her teacher and predecessor as Hokage. After his body was found, she ordered his funeral 92 107 173.
• Jiraiya — Fellow Sannin and former teammate who recommended her as Hokage. She mourned his reported death and tearfully embraced him when he returned 92 194 198.
• Orochimaru — Fellow disciple of the Third Hokage. Tsunade imprisoned and questioned him after Shinki captured him, and later suspected his involvement in their teacher’s death 92 165 173.
• Shizune — Her attendant and close aide, who accompanied her during her travels and continued working beside her in Konoha 101 104 173.
• Shinki — Her disciple and eventual successor. Tsunade taught him Medical Ninjutsu, trusted his strength, and defended him before Konoha’s senior officials 105 143 161 310.
• Ino Yamanaka — Her medical disciple, whom Tsunade encouraged to study surgery and who learned to summon Katsuyu 145 305.
• Nawaki and Dan — Two deceased people whose loss weighed heavily on Tsunade; she eventually declined Shinki’s offer to bring them back for a reunion 101 103.
• Wasabi Jirocho — A friend whose request led Tsunade to assign Team 7 an escort mission to the Land of Tea 104 111.