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基本情報|Basic Information
Name: Minato Namikaze
Nickname: The Yellow Flash
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Clan: N/A
見える|Looks
Minato was a fairly tall, fair-skinned man who on more than one occasion has been compared with Naruto in terms of physical appearance; both have bright, blue eyes and spiky, blond hair. Minato also has jaw-length bangs framing either side of his face. According to Jiraiya, Minato is considered to be very handsome.
His normal attire consists of a standard Konoha-nin uniform with two bands each on both of his sleeves, a leaf green flak jacket, blue forehead protector, and blue sandals. In his flak jacket, Minato carries several scrolls, ninja tools, and weapons. Up each sleeve, Minato carries an FTG kunai for easy mobility and access. Minato on his lips has two summoning tattoos, one for Pufferfish, the other for Toads. After becoming Hokage, he started wearing a short-sleeved long white haori over his normal attire, decorated by orange flames-like motifs on the edges, with the kanji for "Fourth Hokage" (四代目火影, Yondaime Hokage) written vertically down the back, and closed on the front by a thin, orange rope.
During his time in the Academy, he wore a simple white suit of clothing with green trimmings and a hood. After becoming a full-fledged shinobi, he wore a tracksuit with three stripes on the sleeves, mesh under-armour, a pair of black pants and sandals.
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個人性|Personality
Jiraiya and Tsunade pointed out that Naruto physically bears great resemblance to Minato. Minato is calm, collected, and highly perceptive. During difficult events, he is still capable of maintaining his composure, assessing the situation, and devising appropriate plans of action. He does have a playful side, once making a highly convoluted name for a technique combination, before quickly disconsidering it. He also seems well aware of the terror his reputation inspired in his foes. He appears to be respectful of those around him; he didn't like freely speaking about others' pasts, and is said to be a very nice person. Minato also referred to Orochimaru as "Orochimaru-san", a polite way of addressing someone. He deeply cares for and loves his wife and child, becoming very nervous because of Kushina's pain during labour and even shedding tears of joy at his son's birth. Minato also deeply cares for the village and all the shinobi, saying that they all are a big family. He also enjoys reading, and takes a special liking to reading Jiraiya's work in particular.
Though not knowing each other for very long, the dynamics between Minato and the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju is very unique. Both men seem to have a great level of respect for one another, especially since they seem to operate the same in battle in terms of thinking. The fact that they are both users of the Flying Thunder God Technique also seems to factor into this as each has lauded the other's speed and quick-thinking. One quirk Minato possess is his tendency to create ridiculous names for techniques. For example, upon seeing Naruto and Sasuke's combination Rasenshuriken, Minato decided to name it Scorch Release: Halo Gale Jet Black Arrow Style Zero, a grandiose title which he himself thought didn't sound good. Later, when he announced he was going to use his Spiralling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Participate Formula, Tobirama stated if they weren't in the middle of a battle he would laugh at such a terrible name. When he later reiterated the name of Naruto and Sasuke's technique, Tobirama exasperatedly dismissed the name, telling Minato to not stop the attack.
Jiraiya said that Minato is a shrewd person, and is not a man who would do something without reason. He is extremely knowledgeable of the ninja world, concluding that only Madara Uchiha would have the power or the reason to have the Nine-Tails attack Konoha during his battle with the masked man. Minato is known for his indomitable spirit, drive, determination, and fierce ambition which was inherited by his son. His devotion to the village, and his love for his friends inspires all those around him, and, as a result, he has become well-liked by the villagers.
After becoming Hokage, Minato started to take more pride in himself, referring to himself as "ore", which is a prideful way of saying "I" or "me", instead of using "watashi", a more formal way of referring to one's self. Still, this did not make him haughty as he still addresses others with the appropriate honourifics.
Minato is also a very cautious individual as he set up at least two safe houses as well as scattered his Flying Thunder God Kunai over the outskirts of Konoha, presumably so he can intercept enemies that cross Konoha's borders. Inadvertently, this trait enabled him to escape from Obito's Kamui away from Konoha. Ultimately enabling him to subdue the latter and remove his control over Kurama without causing more chaos in Konoha.
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村の情報|Village Info
Village of Birth
Konohagakure
Village of Alliance
Iwagakure
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ランクチャクラ|Rank & Chakra Info
Ninja Rank
Kage
Specialty
Taijutsu
Kenjutsu
Nine Arts Dragon
Wind (1 Handseal)
Earth (Faster handseals)
Space/Time Ninjutsu
Elements
Wind: Mastered
Water: Mastered
Earth: Mastered
Fire: Mastered
Lightning: Mastered
Sulphur: Mastered
Ninjutsu
Ninjutsu: Mastered
Genjutsu: Mastered
Taijutsu: Mastered
Kenjutsu: Mastered
Toad Summons: Mastered
Toad Ninjutsu: Mastered
Pufferfish Summons: Mastered
Pufferfish Ninjutsu: Mastered
NB Tai: B ranks (In progress)
Medical Ninjutsu: Level 2 (In Progress)
CFS List:
Nine Arts Dragon: Mastered
Graceful Fist: Mastered
Impact Arts: Mastered
Devil's Fist: Mastered
Football Arts: Mastered
Oversoul: Mastered
Whip Arts: Mastered
Kage
Specialty
Taijutsu
Kenjutsu
Nine Arts Dragon
Wind (1 Handseal)
Earth (Faster handseals)
Space/Time Ninjutsu
Elements
Wind: Mastered
Water: Mastered
Earth: Mastered
Fire: Mastered
Lightning: Mastered
Sulphur: Mastered
Ninjutsu
Ninjutsu: Mastered
Genjutsu: Mastered
Taijutsu: Mastered
Kenjutsu: Mastered
Toad Summons: Mastered
Toad Ninjutsu: Mastered
Pufferfish Summons: Mastered
Pufferfish Ninjutsu: Mastered
NB Tai: B ranks (In progress)
Medical Ninjutsu: Level 2 (In Progress)
CFS List:
Nine Arts Dragon: Mastered
Graceful Fist: Mastered
Impact Arts: Mastered
Devil's Fist: Mastered
Football Arts: Mastered
Oversoul: Mastered
Whip Arts: Mastered
History
When Minato was in the Academy, his class-mate Kushina Uzumaki thought that he looked "unreliable" and even "girly". He dreamed of being acknowledged by the Konoha villagers by becoming the Hokage, which Kushina considered to be an impossible dream for someone like him. Years later, however, when Kushina was kidnapped by Kumogakure ninja, Minato was the only one to pick up on the fact that she was leaving behind strands of her red hair to mark their path. After rescuing her, Minato explained that he had always admired her hair. No longer seeing him as "unreliable", she fell in love with him.
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According to those who knew him personally, Minato was a very talented ninja prodigy — a rare genius that appeared only once in a generation. He graduated from the Academy at the age of ten, and was added to a genin team under the tutelage of Jiraiya, who took a special interest in Minato, and took him on as an apprentice, amongst other things teaching him the Summoning Technique. He even believed Minato might be the Child of the Prophecy, someone who would someday save the world.
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In time, Minato married Kushina. He also became a jōnin and was put in charge of a genin team of his own, consisting of Rin Nohara, Obito Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake. For their test to officially become genin, Minato tasked them with taking one of two bells from him in actual combat. Despite the team not having full loyalty towards each other, seeing them work together to snatch even one bell convinced Minato to pass his team. During the Third Shinobi World War, Minato led his team on a mission into Kusagakure to destroy the Kannabi Bridge. Because Kakashi had recently become a jōnin, Minato gave leadership of the mission to Kakashi while he went to help Konoha's forces on the front lines. After meeting up with the surviving and out-numbered Konoha ninja, Minato used his Flying Thunder God Technique to kill the opposing Iwagakure ninja, in the anime stated to be a thousand shinobi. He then returned to his team, just in time to save Kakashi and Rin from another group of Iwa forces, but was too late to save Obito. When Kakashi and Rin recovered from the ordeal, Minato helped them complete the mission.
At some point between being chosen as the Fourth Hokage and his inauguration, Minato clashed with A on what was seemingly their first meeting, Minato, Inuzuka, Akimichi, and a fourth member, confronted A and his team. There, Minato and A had a clash of speed with Minato almost severely injuring the future Raikage before B intercepted the attack. Upon receiving the signal that Konoha was retreating for the time being, Minato lingered to praise B's bravery and told A that he had a good family and followers surrounding him as he did, and also offered A the advice of making sure his brother knew who he was before he became neither human nor jinchūriki. Minato then declared that the next time they met, it would be to put the title of "Kage" on the line. Not one to allow his enemy to escape so easily, A attempted to attack Minato before he left. Believing that Minato would teleport to one of his special kunai, A was shocked to see the Konoha-nin appear behind his brother before realising that Minato had marked him earlier. Impressed by the fact that B had reacted fast enough to pull one of his swords on him, Minato praised B for his skills.[ Minato then escaped, presumably with the Flying Thunder God Technique, and would continue to clash with A on several occasions.
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At some point during his reign, Minato taught his Flying Thunder God Technique to the Hokage Guard Platoon to better aid them in their duties of serving the Hokage at any given time. In the anime, shortly after Minato's official reign began, he sent Kakashi on a mission to retrieve important documents to aid the delicate transition of peace between Konoha and Iwa. Knowing that Kakashi was still traumatized by the death of Rin by the young jōnin's own hand, Minato sent Might Guy and some Anbu as secret backup for Kakashi, which proved to be a wise decision as Kakashi soon collapsed from hyperventilation in battle. Visiting his former student in the hospital, feeling that his student needed a new direction as a ninja, Minato decided to promote Kakashi to the Anbu, working directly under Minato himself.
Later, when Kushina became pregnant, the two expecting parents were overjoyed. Kushina, however, became a nervous of their future child's well-being, to which Minato promised as a father he would definitely protect their child. Midway through the pregnancy, Jiraiya visited with his first book. Minato read it and liked the main character's determination — whom he believed to be just like Jiraiya — decided to name their son "Naruto" in the hopes that he would be just like the main character and, in turn, Jiraiya. Jiraiya warned them that it would make him Naruto's godfather, but they insisted that this was a good thing.
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Because Kushina was the jinchūriki of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, special arrangements had to be made for Naruto's birth. Since the seal keeping the Nine-Tails within her would weaken during childbirth, Naruto would be secretly delivered in a remote location outside Konoha. In the anime, as Kakashi continued his duties in Anbu admirably, Minato grew concerned when reports told him that Kakashi was growing colder in all his aspects. Deciding to help Kakashi regain his value of life, he went to Hiruzen for advice, who suggested that he assign Kakashi to protect Kushina during the pregnancy.
On the night Kushina's due date, Minato decided to give Kakashi the day off as gratitude for his good work. Soon after Naruto was born they were found by a masked man who had killed the Anbu stationed outside and infiltrated the cave. The masked ninja killed Biwako Sarutobi and Taji then took Naruto hostage, threatening to do the same to him. Minato was able to take Naruto back, but this gave his opponent the chance to escape with Kushina to break the seal. By the time Minato found a safe place to put Naruto and then teleported to Kushina, he spirited her to safety just as the freed Nine-Tails was about to kill her. With Kushina looking after Naruto, Minato heads to Konoha to defend it from the Nine-Tails.
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Minato arrived in the early stages of the Nine-Tails' attack. After protecting the village from the beast's Tailed Beast Ball by erecting a barrier and sending the attack elsewhere, Minato tried to reach the Third Hokage to inform him of what had happened, but was stopped by the masked man, who tried to warp him away. However, Minato flew to another one of his kunai, and was quickly followed by his opponent. Analysing his opponent, Minato came to assume that the man standing before him was Madara Uchiha, which he discarded by saying that Madara was dead. When the two began fighting, Minato realised that the battle would be decided by speed, and by carefully timing his Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato was able to strike the masked man with a Rasengan and apply the Flying Thunder God Technique seal on his back as well. This allowed him to teleport directly to the masked ninja and uses a Contract Seal to sever the ninja's hold on the Nine-Tails before he could escape.
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When Minato returned to the ruined village, he summoned Gamabunta to hold down the Nine-Tails long enough to teleport it away from the village to Naruto and Kushina's location. Kushina then restrained it with her chakra chains and erected a barrier so that the beast could not escape. Despite knowing that the trauma of resealing the Nine-Tails in her weakened body would kill her, she volunteered to do it so the Nine-Tails would die with her. Minato however disagreed, and instead decided that he would use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal on the Nine-Tails to seal the beast into Naruto. Kushina objected since this would mean Minato's death and leave Naruto orphaned. Minato insisted it was for the best since allowing the Nine-Tails to resurrect itself, without a jinchūriki to contain it, would inevitably cause harm to Konoha and the Fire Country. Also, Minato was convinced that Naruto was the "Child of the Prophecy" Jiraiya had once told him about and would need the Nine-Tails' power to someday defeat the masked man. Knowing that the Nine-Tails' chakra was too immense to seal inside an infant, Minato used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal weaken the demon by removing the Yin chakra, sealing the half inside Minato himself.
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他人|Other
Abilities:
According to Jiraiya, Minato is one of the most gifted shinobi who ever lived. His abilities are so far advanced that even the Fourth Raikage thought that no one would be able to surpass him. At a young age, he was able to single-handedly rescue Kushina Uzumaki from three Kumogakure ninja. During the Third Shinobi World War, flee-on-sight orders were given to enemy shinobi should they ever see him appear on the battlefield. In the anime, he alone defeated a thousand Iwa shinobi in one battle, later prompting Ōnoki to immediately consider accepting a peace treaty from Konohagakure. Minato was also capable of counteracting the Nine-Tails' attacks to the point that Tobi found it necessary to intervene and stop Minato directly due to the short amount of time he could keep Kurama summoned. Tobi was later forced to retreat due to being severely injured by Minato, but not before commending Minato's skills, stating he was worthy of his title of "Fourth Hokage". Minato's fighting style often excludes time consuming hand seals that give enemies an opening so he often relies on two techniques: the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Rasengan. Minato has very large reserves and strong levels of chakra, being able to perform high-level summonings. Likewise, his chakra control is very refined, most often seen from his proficiency of the Rasengan. Minato can transfer chakra and adapt it to another person's own chakra, as he placed some of Kushina's and his own chakra within Naruto to help him in the future to deal with Kurama. Minato also displayed the ability to form hand seals using a single hand.
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Physical Prowess:
Hailed as the fastest known shinobi in history, Minato's trademark attributes are his immense speed and near instantaneous reflexes. His renown is such that the speed of other fast shinobi are often being compared to his own, such as A or Naruto in his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, with the former admitting that even with his Lightning Release Armour enhancing his already immense speed and reflexes was still outmatched by Minato. He was able to react fast enough to catch an infant Naruto mid-fall to prevent him from being stabbed by Tobi and teleport away before the attached explosive tags went off. He could also respond to Tobi's Kamui technique quickly enough to escape it. Combined with his great proficiency in the Body Flicker Technique, he can easily react and reach in time an ally to save them from enemy attacks. He can likewise well-outstrip Tobirama Senju's, the fastest shinobi of his era, own usage of the technique. In the anime, when Minato went to save Kushina from abduction, he managed to swiftly defeat three Kumogakure shinobi in closed-ranged combat, all of them almost twice his size. When fighting, he mainly employed the use of his unique kunai, wielding them proficiently and taking advantage of their particular form, which made them even more suitable for close range combat than standard kunai. Using this type of kunai, he was able to nearly sever one of the Eight-Tails' tentacles when B moved to save his brother from Minato's counter-attack despite having nearly no leverage, showing that he possessed a great deal of strength.
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Rasengan:
Minato spent three years creating the Rasengan by observing the Tailed Beast Ball. It is the highest level of shape transformation and it does not require hand signs to be performed. Instead, using precise control of one's chakra to concentrate and spin it, forming a sphere in the user's palm. It is able to inflict immense damage to its target upon contact. The lack of elaborate preparations needed for the Rasengan gave Minato an advantage over other technique users in battle. During his fight with Tobi, he is able to form a Rasengan right after throwing his marked kunai, without aid from a clone, allowing Minato to land a devastating blow immediately after performing the Flying Thunder God Technique. As its creator, Minato has great mastery over the Rasengan, able to form it in either hand and even make it larger than any other user's Rasengan (roughly the size of the Big Ball Rasengan).
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Intelligence:
Minato is shown to be very intuitive and clever from a young age. Of the many ninja sent out to save Kushina from her Kumogakure kidnappers, Minato was the only one to notice the trail of hair she was leaving. After seeing a technique once, he can correctly deduce the basic mechanics behind it, such as the strengths and weaknesses of Kakashi's Chidori. During his skirmish against the masked man, he was able to determine that his opponent didn't want to drag on their fight as he could not keep Kurama summoned for very long, as well as quickly ascertain a method of counter-attacking. Using this information, he was able to take advantage of Tobi's haste to not only wound him, but also remove his control over the beast as well. Minato is also shown to be very clever in marking his enemies with his Flying Thunder God formula shortly after striking a successful blow on them so they wouldn't know they were marked until he jumped to their location. Minato has also seemed to somehow make this into a subconscious habit as he slashed and marked Killer B while at the same time being in shock at discovering his status as a jinchūriki.
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Summoning:
In his youth, Jiraiya taught Minato how to use the Summoning Technique to summon toads. He is able to summon Gamabunta, showing considerably proficiency in this technique as he is one of the few people that Gamabunta will willingly cooperate without hesitation. He can also use the Summoning: Food Cart Destroyer Technique for a devastating surprise attack that could even pin powerful and large targets like the Nine-Tails down. In addition to the toads, Minato has also signed the Pufferfish contract.
Space/Time Ninjutsu:
Minato is famous for his use of the Flying Thunder God Technique, even gaining praise from Tobirama Senju, the creator of this technique, for his superior usage of it. It is a space–time technique applied through the use of special seals, which essentially allowed him to teleport to any location with untraceable movements. With the Flying Thunder God Technique and his reflexes, he can even dodge and counter attack the likes of A despite A's extremely fast speed, being only one of two people to avoid his maximum Lightning Straight. By throwing kunai that had the seal attached to them behind enemy lines, Minato can wipe out an entire platoon in the blink of an eye. Because Minato would mark his kunai beforehand, he can use them as a medium for his space-time ninjutsu, allowing him to remotely activate said techniques from any distance. Likewise, Minato can teleport to his kunai even as it travels through the air, allowing him to both attack and defend simultaneously, and through this method, outmanoeuvre Obito's intangibility. Minato is also capable of simultaneously transporting multiple people to different markings, without accompanying them. For defensive use, Minato is capable of implementing space–time barriers to counter large attacks such as a Tailed Beast Ball, sending the blast to a distant area away from the village. He is even able to teleport things as large as the Nine-Tails itself, albeit at the cost of a large portion of his chakra due to the beast's immense size. By working in conjunction with another Flying Thunder God user, he can instantly swap places with said person and any enemy they bring along, in order to allow attacks to connect with the target.
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戦い|Battles
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