In Naruto
Part I
Naruto is an orphan who has a dangerous fox-like entity known as Kurama the Nine-Tailed Fox sealed within his body by his father, the Fourth HokageMinato Namikaze, the leader of Konoha's ninja force, at the cost of his own life and that of his wife, Kushina Uzumaki.[50] This possession led to Naruto being ridiculed frequently by the rest of Konoha; being associated with him was considered taboo.[50] As a youth, Naruto makes jokes and plays pranks to attract attention.[50] Desiring what he lacked in his early life, Naruto dreams of becoming a Hokage himself with the hope that it will bring him the villagers' recognition and respect.[54][55] In an attempt to become a ninja, Naruto is horrified to learn of his Jinchuriki nature, but finds acceptance from his teacher Iruka Umino, whom he views as a father. After learning the powerful Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu, an ability to create physical copies of the user, Naruto becomes a ninja.[50][56] He joins a ninja group under the leadership of Kakashi Hatakewhere he gains the friends he lacked during his childhood. These are his classmates who are also assigned to Team 7: Sasuke Uchiha, with whom he has had a rivalry since they first met at the ninja academy, and Sakura Haruno.[51][57]
While being examined to increase his ninja rank, Naruto meets the legendary ninja Jiraiya and learns how to summon toads to aid him in battle, and to control part of the Nine Tails's chakra energy.[58]The exams are interrupted by the invasion of Konohagakure by the criminal Orochimaru and the ninja of Sunagakure. Naruto defeats the sand village's One Tail Jinchuriki Gaara and convinces him there is a better way to live. Shortly afterward, Naruto discovers the Akatsuki, a criminal organization that seeks to extract the Nine-Tails from his body. Though Jiraiya drives them off during this first meeting, learning its member Itachi is both Sasuke's brother, and the man who killed their family, the Akatsuki still plan to kidnap Naruto.[59] While accompanying Jiraiya to find a new village leader, Naruto also learns the Rasengan, a sphere of chakra for offensive purposes.[55][60] When Sasuke leaves the village to join Orochimaru's forces to obtain the power to kill Itachi, Naruto becomes part of a rescue team to retrieve him.[57] Naruto and Sasuke ultimately have a one-on-one battle, though neither can bring himself to finish off the other.[61] The two go their separate ways, but Naruto does not give up on Sasuke, leaving Konoha with Jiraiya to prepare himself for his next encounter with Sasuke and the Akatsuki.[62]
Part II
After his two and a half years of training, Naruto returns to Konoha and begins to deal more actively with the Akatsuki threat by saving Gaara from their clutches.[63] To fight them, Naruto trains with Kakashi to infuse the Rasengan with his own wind-element chakra, creating the Rasen-Shuriken attack that proves instrumental in the downfall of the Akatsuki member Kakuzu.[64][65] Despite being targeted by the Akatsuki, Naruto dedicates himself to finding and retrieving Sasuke; he eventually disposes of Orochimaru and starts acting on his vengeance-driven whims.[66] Over time, though resisting the urge to use the creature's power, the Nine Tails's influence over him expands to the point where he begins to lose his rationality as more chakra manifests in the form of tails to the point the Tailed Beast can take control of his body. This ultimately causes him to go on a rampage, destroying everything in his path.[44]
After learning that Jiraiya has been killed by the Akatsuki leader, Pain, Naruto prepares for a future encounter by learning toad-style Senjutsu, a power-enhancing ability involving the gathering of natural energy.[67] When they finally face off, Naruto defeats Pain and convinces him to quit Akatsuki.[68]At that time, Naruto learns that the Fourth Hokage was his father who sealed the Fox so that Naruto could use it to defeat the Akatsuki founder Tobiwho was behind the Fox's attack on Konohagakure.[69]
When Naruto discovers Sasuke's plan to attack the Leaf Village, he decides to confront him in a battle which could end both their lives should Naruto be unable to save him.[70] He prepares himself for the upcoming fight by becoming a student under the Jinchiriki of Gyuki the Eight Tails, Killer Bee, to take full control of Kurama's powers. He succeeds with help from his late mother, Kushina Uzumaki, who placed a chakra imprint of herself within the seal.[71][72] When Naruto learns that all his comrades are battling Tobi's army to protect him, he takes Killer Bee to join him in the battle, eventually cooperating with Kurama.[73][74] As he fights, he becomes unconscious after Kurama is extracted from his body.[75] When he is in a coma, Naruto meets Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the Sage of the Six Paths, who grants him enhanced Senjutsu that allows him to heal most of his fatal injuries he received in battle in order to face Madara, as well as making the powers of all nine tailed beasts at his disposal.[76][77] After he and Sasuke fight Madara, they have to defeat Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the creator of the Ten Tails, to prevent her from killing everyone, including themselves, on the battlefield.[78] Though Naruto manages to seal Kaguya with Sasuke's help, he ends up having to fight him when he reveals his true reason for being an assistant.[79] When their battle is over, they both end up losing an arm. As Sasuke admits defeat, he is reconciled with Naruto.[80] He receives a new arm created from Hashirama's cells later.[81] Years later, Naruto is married to Hinata Hyuga with whom he has had two children - Boruto and Himawari. He becomes the Seventh Hokage (七代目火影Nanadaime Hokage) after Kakashi's retirement.[82]
In other media
As the series' title character, Naruto appears in every movie in the series. He typically appears as the lead character on a mission with comrades from Konohagakure. Naruto: Shippūden the Moviemarks the first appearance of Naruto in his Part II form.[83][84] In Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, an alternate version of the character named Menma appears as the main antagonist of the film.
In The Last: Naruto the Movie, which takes place after the events of the series, Naruto faces Toneri Otsutsuki; at the movie's climax, Naruto and Hinata enter a relationship that eventually leads to their marriage.[85] Kishimoto, the film's chief story supervisor, admitted that he was embarrassed writing romance scenes in the series.[86] In Boruto: Naruto the Movie, which takes place after the series epilogue, Naruto's Hokage status strains his relationship with his son Boruto as his duties often kept him from his family. Naruto disqualifies his son during the final phase of Chunin Exams for cheating. Naruto is abducted by Momoshiki and Kinshiki and then saved by his son Boruto, Sasuke, and the Kage, before helping his son to destroy Momoshiki. Naruto and Boruto reconcile. There is also a spin-off where Naruto and his allies go to defeat a new Akatsuki organization.[87] A manga centered around Boruto, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, has Naruto as a recurring character adapting the Boruto film though the series starts in a distant future where Naruto is said to be dead by an enemy of Boruto.[88] An anime set before Boruto became a ninja has Naruto often making appearances with his new family.[89]
Naruto also appears in the epilogue light novels of the series. In the first one, despite still not having obtained his prosthetic arm, goes on a mission with his friend Sai to capture a dangerous ninja named Garyō.[90] In the second one, he allies with Sunagakure ninja Temari's team to find the missing Shikamaru Nara who made a promise to him work together once Naruto became the Hokage.[91] He makes a brief appearance in Sakura Hiden where he and Hinata try to aid Sakura from a group of enemies.[92] In Sasuke Hiden, he sends a message to Sasuke, which convinces him to return to Konohagakure.[93] In the final one, Konoha Hiden, Naruto marries Hinata after asking his former mentor, Iruka Umino, to the place of his father for the wedding.[94]
Naruto also appears in all four OVAs produced for the series: helping his friend Konohamaru Sarutobifind a four-leaf clover in the first,[95] escorting a ninja to his village and fighting the criminal who stole the village's "Hero's Water" in the second,[96]participating in a tournament in the third, and working with Team 7 in the fourth.[97][98] He appears as a supporting character in the spin-off manga titled Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals where his fellow Konohagakure ninja Rock Lee is the main character.[99]
Naruto is a playable character in the Naruto video games. In several titles, it is possible to access a special version of him enhanced with the power from the Nine-Tailed Fox. In several games from the Ultimate Ninja series he is playable with his own versions of Rock Lee and Might Guy's techniques while wearing their costumes.[100] Naruto Shippūden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX marks the first appearance of Naruto in his Part II form in a video game.[101] For the series' 10th anniversary, Masashi Kishimoto drew an illustration of Naruto as Hokage.[102] This portrayal of Naruto later appears as a secret character in the game Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2.[103] He appears in several crossover video games that feature Naruto fighting against characters from other manga; these games include: Battle Stadium D.O.N, Jump Super Stars, and Jump Ultimate Stars.[104][105][106] A Naruto avatar made a guest appearance in the MMORPG Second Life for a Jump Festa promotion titled Jumpland@Second Life.[107] In Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z Naruto's costume appears as an alternate costume for Goku.[108] Outside Naruto, the character also appeared in the first popularity poll from the manga My Hero Academia by Kōhei Horikoshi.[109] When the Naruto manga ended, Eiichiro Oda drew a cover of a One Piece manga chapter where Naruto is seen eating the One Piececharacters.[110]
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