One-Tail

Biodata

History

Sasuke's injury to Gaara during the Chūnin Exam finals causes Shukaku's chakra to escape and begins Gaara's transformation. During the invasion of Konoha, Gaara fully transforms; Naruto and Gamabunta defeat Shukaku, and Gaara ends the transformation. Neji then takes Gaara away and reinforces Shukaku's seal 71 73 74.

Neji later destroys Gaara's original seal to replace it. He releases Shukaku over the deep ocean, where the beast has no sand to manipulate, then exhausts and wounds him in battle. Haku freezes Shukaku, and Karin seals him back into Gaara with an Eight Trigrams Seal. Its two layers suppress Shukaku while allowing Gaara to release some of his chakra for combat 97 98.

Gaara's control improves until he can manifest Shukaku without entering a false-sleep state. They fight together against Fourth Kazekage Rasa, then help Neji's group capture the Three-Tails, Isobu. Shukaku repeatedly overwhelms Isobu on a frozen lake, though Neji has Gaara withdraw him before the final sealing 113 138 139.

Shukaku later fights for Gaara during Sunagakure's war with Iwagakure. Han's Five-Tails overpowers his sand body in one encounter; in a later battle, Shukaku and Gaara face both the Four-Tails and Five-Tails 192 193 199.

Appearance

Shukaku takes the form of an enormous tanuki 97.

• Yellow body with purple markings 97 113.
• Approximately fifty metres tall when released 97 111.

Personality

Shukaku is loud, arrogant, and quick to anger. After Neji strikes his face, he fires dozens of Drilling Air Bullets in retaliation, spending substantial chakra without hitting him. He also taunts Isobu during their fight. Despite his earlier struggle with Gaara, he later cooperates with his jinchūriki in battle 97 113 138 139.

Abilities & Skills

Sand Manipulation

• Forms a sand body and uses sand for large-scale attacks and defense 97 111 113.
• Depends on available sand: Neji chooses the deep ocean for their fight, while Rasa's Gold Dust can take control of sand Shukaku is using 97 113.

Wind Release

• Fires Giant Drilling Air Bullets; individual shots consume hundreds or thousands of units of his chakra 97.
• Overpowers Isobu's Water Bullets after Haku freezes the lake and removes Isobu's access to liquid water 138.

Tailed Beast Chakra

• Can supply chakra to Gaara through a partial opening of the outer layer of the Eight Trigrams Seal without escaping its inner layer 98 141.
• His chakra carries negative emotions that Gaara must resist while using it 98.
• Can form a Tailed Beast Ball 97.

Relationships

• Gaara — His jinchūriki. Their relationship changes from Gaara being vulnerable to Shukaku's influence to the two fighting in coordination 71 98 113.
• Neji Hyūga — Defeats and reseals Shukaku, then directs Gaara and Shukaku during the capture of Isobu 97 139.
• Isobu — The Three-Tails; Shukaku taunts and battles him during Neji's capture operation 138 139.
• Rasa — Gaara's father and the Fourth Kazekage. His Gold Dust counters Shukaku's sand during their battle 113.