Naruto

Biodata

Power Progression

Background

Naruto grew up alone in Konoha, where villagers shunned him because the Nine-Tails was sealed inside him. He befriended Shinki, another orphan, and the two eventually lived together while attending the Ninja Academy 1 17 166.

Orochimaru later revealed that Naruto was the son of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. During training to control the Nine-Tails, Naruto met the Chakra his mother, Kushina, had left in his seal. She told him about his parents and the Nine-Tails’ attack before saying goodbye 165 278 279 280.

Appearance

Naruto is blond and has blue eyes and whisker-like facial marks associated with the Nine-Tails’ influence 1 73 275.

Personality

Naruto is cheerful, mischievous, and outspoken. As a student, he proposed drawing on the Kage Rock, and after becoming a ninja he complained about being assigned routine farm work instead of combat missions 3 27.

His ambition to become Hokage drives him to train, even when he falls behind Shinki. At the Waterfall of Truth, he acknowledged both his resentment toward the villagers who had shunned him and his jealousy of Shinki, while affirming that he was happy for his friend 22 79 276.

Naruto is quick to defend others: he confronted Jiraiya for peeping at women and challenged Neji over his treatment of Hinata. He can also be impulsive, as when Shinki had to stop him from attacking a boy in the Land of Tea 72 83 111.

Abilities & Skills

Shadow Clone Technique

Naruto uses Shadow Clones for combat, deception, and training assistance 72 83.

• Created dozens of clones against Haku and later more than a thousand during a mountain search 38 130.
• Used a clone as a decoy to land a decisive attack on Neji 83 84.
• Uses clones to help form Rasengan and Rasenshuriken, compensating for his imprecise Chakra control 72 131.

Rasengan and Rasenshuriken

Shinki taught Naruto to form the Rasengan with clones and later trained him in its Wind Release variant 72 91 131.

• His early Rasenshuriken devastated a hillside and killed several armored attackers, but injured his hand because he could only release it at close range 131.
• Later variants included Sage Art: Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken, Lava Release: Great Ball Rasenshuriken, and Multiple Release: Rasenshuriken 325 345 397.

Sage Mode and Six Paths Power

Naruto studied Senjutsu under Jiraiya and Sage Fukasaku at Mount Myōboku. He later received power from Hagoromo, the Sage of Six Paths 78 343.

• Used Sage Mode against the Nine-Tails, though the mode wore off during their fight 278.
• Empowered Sasuke’s Susanoo with Sage Chakra during the battle against Obito 333.
• Used Six Paths Yang Power to keep Might Guy alive after Guy opened the Gate of Death 359.

Nine-Tails Chakra

Naruto is the Jinchūriki of one half of the Nine-Tails’ Chakra. He learned to draw on some of it through training and later used a golden Chakra cloak 130 278 314.

• After learning about his parents and childhood, he lost control to the Nine-Tails’ Chakra; Shinki stopped the resulting rampage 165 166.
• On Turtle Island, Naruto fought the Nine-Tails for control of its power. Kushina’s Chakra chains restrained the beast when Naruto began to lose 278.
• During the war, Naruto could temporarily borrow power from the Chakra of the nine Tailed Beasts left inside him after a struggle with Obito 345.

Relationships

• Shinki — Naruto’s childhood friend, housemate, teammate, and frequent teacher. Naruto sometimes envied his strength but remained devoted to him; Shinki later chose Naruto to succeed him as Hokage 1 17 276 483.
• Sasuke Uchiha — His Team 7 teammate and early rival. Naruto vowed to bring Sasuke back after his disappearance, and they later combined their powers against Obito 23 148 333.
• Hinata Hyuga — Naruto defended her against Neji’s bullying, later dated her, and married her. He promised to recover her sister Hanabi’s stolen eyes 83 363 413 487.
• Minato Namikaze — Naruto’s father and the Fourth Hokage. Naruto learned his identity from Orochimaru and later met him after his reincarnation 165 314.
• Kushina — Naruto’s mother and the Nine-Tails’ previous Jinchūriki. Her preserved Chakra allowed her to reunite with Naruto and tell him about his parents 278 280.
• Boruto — Naruto and Hinata’s son. As a child, Boruto defaced his father’s Hokage monument to get his attention 486 487.
• Iruka — Naruto’s Academy teacher, who cared for him in his daily life and presented him with his forehead protector upon graduation 22.
• Jiraiya — Naruto’s teacher, whom he called “Pervy Sage.” Jiraiya took him to Mount Myōboku for Senjutsu training; news of Jiraiya’s death prompted Naruto to head for Amegakure 74 78 195.
• Nine-Tails — The Tailed Beast sealed inside Naruto. Their relationship progressed from a struggle for control toward a measure of trust 278 322.

Story Role

Academy and Team 7

Initially one of the Academy’s weakest students, Naruto improved under Shinki’s training and graduated with him. Iruka assigned them to Team 7 alongside Sasuke, and the team passed Kakashi’s test 8 17 22 23 26.

On the Land of Waves mission, Naruto trained in Chakra control, helped with Tazuna’s bridge, and fought Zabuza and Haku. In the Chunin Ninja Exams, he defeated Kiba in the preliminaries and Neji in the finals 34 36 38 68 83 84.

Missions and the Nine-Tails

Naruto traveled with Jiraiya and Shinki to find Tsunade, then joined Sasuke and Shinki on an escort mission to the Land of Tea. After three years of training, he joined an S-rank mission to rescue Gaara from Akatsuki 96 111 149.

Orochimaru’s revelation about Naruto’s parentage triggered a Nine-Tails rampage. Shinki transported him away from Konoha and forced the fox to withdraw its Chakra 165 166.

Turtle Island and the War

On Turtle Island, Naruto confronted the resentment within himself, then entered his seal to challenge the Nine-Tails. There he met Kushina and learned about his parents’ sacrifice 275 276 278 280.

Naruto later fought alongside the Allied Shinobi Forces against Obito and Madara. Hagoromo revealed that Naruto carried the reincarnated Chakra of his son Asura and entrusted him with Six Paths Power 329 342 343 345.

Hokage and Later Life

After the war, Shinki selected Naruto as his successor, though Naruto continued studying and training for the office. Shinki eventually handed him responsibility for Konoha and arranged for the succession ceremony to take place before Naruto’s wedding 360 368 483.

During Shinki’s thirteen-year absence, Naruto overthrew the Daimyo’s government. When Shinki returned, Naruto explained how Konoha and the Land of Fire had changed and introduced him to the next generation 487.