Naruto Uzumaki

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Naruto Uzumaki

Age	Part I: 12 Part II: 16
Gender	Male
Height	Part I: 4'9" (144.78 cm) Part II: 5'6" (166 cm)
Weight	Part I: 88 lbs (39.91 kg) Part II: 121 lbs (50.9 kg)
Affiliation(s)	Konohagakure
Rank	Genin
Team	Team 7

Naruto Uzumaki, as implied by his name, is the main protagonist of the Naruto anime and manga series. At the onset of the series, Naruto is revealed to be the container of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, which nearly destroyed his village twelve years prior to the onset of the current plot. Masashi Kishimoto, the creator of the Naruto series, was greatly inspired by Akira Toriyama (the creator of the Dragonball series). As such, Naruto's demeanor and appearance somewhat mirrors that of Goku, the main character of the Dragonball series. Nevertheless, Naruto has become a hit character in his own right in the anime and manga industry.

Appearance

Naruto has the physique of the average boy his age, though he is shorter than most of his peers. He has blond, spiky hair and blue eyes. One peculiar characteristic of Naruto's appearance is the whiskers on his cheeks, which is a result of him being the host of the demon fox. Naruto wears a orange and blue jacket with a red spiral symbol on the back which is rolled up at the sleeves, along with a black shirt underneath. Additionally, he wears orange pants which are rolled up and blue open-toed shoes common among ninjas. Naruto's outfit is often a factor that ties him to Dragonball's protagonist Goku, whose attire is also orange and blue in color.

Personality

Naruto in Part I debuts as a mischievous, rambunctious adolescent boy who often pulled pranks and got in trouble with his superiors. Though most of his classmates and other people often undermine his capabilities, Naruto remains steadfast and determined to become a successful ninja and rise to become Hokage. His ambitious goals, however, sometimes makes him very obstinate, thus leading to conflict with his own teammates and teachers, particularly Sasuke Uchiha, his former teammate and self-proclaimed rival. Naruto has also proven himself to be somewhat of a pervert, creating the Sexy Technique in which he transforms into a naked female version of himself, and the Harem Technique in which he uses the aforementioned technique in conjunction with the Shadow Replication Technique. In Part II, Naruto does become progressively more mature, though he still exhibits some childish tendencies, such as hastily arguing with his superiors. Though Naruto isn't a prodigy or extraordinarily talented like Sasuke and Neji, he has proven himself to be exceptionally clever, which has earned him the nickname as the "most unpredictable, knuckle-headed ninja." Moreover, despite being ignored and hated for the majority of his childhood, Naruto can be very compassionate, and because of his harsh upbringing he has been able to empathize with several antagonists, such as Gaara, throughout the series. However, his strong compassion for others often backfires, as he can easily become enraged should he witness anyone he cares about be mortally wounded--a personality trait which is exacerbated by the nine-tailed fox inside him.

Plot Synopsis

Naruto is the carrier of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox that was sealed within him by the Fourth Hokage when it attacked Konohagakure twelve years prior to the onset of the main plot. Naruto's parents supposedly died trying to help defend the village from the fox's onslaught shortly after he was born. However, since a law was enacted forbidding villagers from speaking of the aforementioned events, Naruto grew up not knowing a single detail about who his parents were. He was even unaware of the fox inside him up until around the time he became a ninja. An orphan living alone, Naruto would often pull pranks and vandalize monuments and statues in order to draw attention from those who shunned him. Though he trained to become a ninja at the academy, he would mostly goof off in class, inventing techniques like Sexy Technique (Sexy no jutsu) in which he transformed into a naked female version of himself.

Naruto's lifelong ambition is to become the greatest hokage (lit. "fire shadow"), the highest ranking ninja of Konoha, so that people will finally give him the respect he deserves. His motivation and determination to achieve his goal drives him to train extremely hard. However, this has also made him very stubborn--never taking no for an answer when requesting high ranking missions. Some of his traits, good and bad, even manage to rub off on other ninja, including antagonists such as Gaara of the Sand Village, and the grandson of the Third Hokage, Konohamaru.

He becomes accepted by several of his peers, ranging from his original teacher Iruka Umino and his team members Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi, to two of the three legendary Sannin. He steadily becomes more powerful as the series progresses, and even learns advanced techniques mastered only by high-level ninja such as Jiraiya of the Sannin and the late Fourth Hokage.