Konoha

Biodata

Government and organizations

Konoha is led by the Hokage. The Land of Fire separates military and political authority; the village also has Hokage’s Assistants, Anbu forces and a hospital 31 73 87.

• Sarutobi Hiruzen — Third Hokage during Hyuga Kei’s service in Konoha 6.
• Tsunade — appointed Fifth Hokage during a crisis. She later regained control of Leaf Village Hospital and established an Anbu force directly under her command 64 73.
• Shimura Danzō — Hokage’s Assistant and leader of Root. After his death, Konoha denounced him as a traitor 57 65.
• Root — an organization with an underground base on Konoha’s outskirts. Its base contained a secret chamber where Sharingan were stored 57 58.

Locations

• Hokage’s Office — the site of village leadership meetings and negotiations, including the alliance talks with Sound Village 17 65.
• Uchiha District — the area where the Uchiha clan lived after being relocated to the village’s edge and placed under Anbu surveillance 4 130.
• Hyuga compound — the site of an attempted kidnapping of Hinata during peace talks with Kumogakure 10.
• Leaf Village Hospital — brought back under Tsunade’s control after she became Hokage 73.
• Memorial Stone and graves — memorial sites in the village. Hyuga Kei secretly visited his parents’ graves and the shared grave of Hizashi and his wife 43 167.
• Forest of Death — an examination site where a clash between competitors produced a sandstorm 51.

History

Early alliances and clan losses

At Konoha’s founding, it signed a friendship treaty with the Land of Whirlpools. The two remained allies for generations; the Uzumaki clan’s red whirlpool crest appears on Leaf jonin uniforms 42.

According to Hyuga Kei’s account to Sasuke, Obito used the Nine-Tails to devastate Konoha, killing the Fourth Hokage and his wife along with many ninja and civilians. The Uchiha were subsequently suspected, relocated and monitored; resentment grew until members of the clan began planning a coup. Kei also told Sasuke that Itachi exterminated the clan under an agreement with Konoha’s higher-ups that spared Sasuke 130 131.

Kakashi reported that Hyuga Kei had wiped out the Hyuga clan, after which Kei fled Konoha with Uchiha Izumi. News of the Hyuga and Uchiha clans’ destruction left the village vulnerable to foreign attack 17 18 19.

War and the Sound alliance

In Konoha Year 54, the village held peace talks with Kumogakure. During the talks, a Kumogakure ninja abducted Hinata from the Hyuga compound, but Kakashi’s team intercepted him and rescued her 10.

On April 23 of Konoha Year 58, Iwagakure and Sunagakure launched a surprise attack on Konoha. Danzō commanded the Iwagakure front, while Jiraiya faced Sunagakure; Kumogakure later entered the war on Konoha’s side against Iwagakure. The year-long Fourth Great Ninja War ended with peace talks and reparations 24 31.

Ahead of the Chunin Exams, Kei killed Danzō and had Kabuto forge a treaty to implicate him. During the ensuing crisis, Naruto fought Shukaku in a Tailed Beast Transformation, and Tsunade became Fifth Hokage 58 60 64.

Konoha and Sound Village subsequently signed an alliance: Sound ninja would serve as paid reinforcements, and Konoha agreed to pay Kei for his services and for Jiraiya’s ransom. Konoha later sent Sound Village aid that included funds, research equipment and ten Ninja Academy teachers 65 73.

When Iwagakure threatened the Land of Fire, Sound ninja fought alongside Konoha. After Iwagakure’s defeat and Kitsuchi’s capture, Tsunade and Ōnoki entered peace negotiations 74 80.

Later threats

The Federation supplied Konoha with intelligence on Obito’s base and Kamui, then publicly pressured the village to act. Tsunade assembled a force led by Kakashi; Naruto joined the mission, and the team confronted Obito in the Land of Grass 93.

As Akatsuki prepared to capture the remaining Tailed Beasts, Tsunade recalled Konoha’s ninja and sought aid from other villages. Sunagakure and Kirigakure agreed to help, while Iwagakure joined after receiving concessions. Tsunade evacuated Konoha’s civilians as Kei and the Six Paths Pain approached 166 167 169.

After the battle, Nagato used the Outer Path — Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive those who had died, at the cost of his own life. Kei then agreed to give the ninja world a chance to pursue peace 178 179.

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