Kumade Toriichi

Kumade Toriichi ( 酉市クマデ , Toriichi Kumade ) was a tokubetsu jōnin of Konohagakure .

## Background [ ]

Not much is known about Kumade's life. The anime revealed that he entered the Academy at the same time as Kakashi Hatake and others. During a mission to Kirigakure , Kumade clashed with Zabuza Momochi . He was killed by the latter with a combination of the Hiding in Mist Technique and Silent Killing .

## Appearance [ ]

Kumade had a short, spiky grey hair. He wore the standard attire of the Konoha-nin complete with a forehead protector and flak jacket along with black gloves with metal plates on the backhand. He also wore a mask that covered the lower half of his face making him look a lot like Kakashi .

## Trivia [ ]

- "Kumade" ( 熊手 ) can mean "rake/bamboo rake" and "fork". "Toriichi" is written with the kanji "酉", which can be read as "west", and "市", which means "city".
- In the manga, Zabuza used a tantō to kill Kumade. In the anime, he used a kunai .

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