Mito Uzumaki was born into an old clan of ninja that was renowned for its use of genjutsu. He was also believed to be the reincarnation of someone very important in the history of Japan. However, due to many accidents caused by his enemies, Mito grew up feeling like a failure. He wanted to redeem himself so he decided to join the village modeld after hearing about its need from some friends. Once there, he found out that it was actually Hashirama who needed saving because he had been captured by Madara. Mito agreed to help Hashirama because he felt that he deserved to live again since he had saved someone important to Japan before he died. During the battle with Hashirama, Mito used his body as a medium to create a giant rock that blocked the path of Madara's army.