Kushina Uzumaki

Kushina Uzumaki is a major character in the Naruto anime/manga series, as well as an all-powerful kunoichi who is the wife of Minato Namikaze and the mother of Naruto Uzumaki. 
She is also the second Jinchuriki of Kurama, the Nine-Tailed Fox. In addition to this, she is also the mother-in-law of Hinata Hyūga, and the paternal grandmother of Boruto Uzumaki and Himawari Uzumaki.
She was voiced by the late in the Japanese version of the anime, and by in her first appearance, and onwards in the English version of the anime.
==Appearance==
Kushina is a beautiful woman in her early 20's. She has a slender figured and has fair colored skin with dark violet eyes. She also has dark red colored hair that reaches past her knees. In the anime, her hair is waist length. She even wears a small black hairclip where she keeps her hair up on the left side of her face. As a little girl, she was slightly chubby. She was seen briefly wearing a Konoha headband after graduating from the academy.
==Personality==
Kushina is described as being a tomboy by both Tsunade and Jiraiya and she even had a short temper. As first seen as a little girl, she was shy. However, she became more confident, and she had the tendency to lash out at people who would annoy her. Like her son, Naruto, she even has her own verbal tic dattebane which is a feminine version of Naruto's dattebayo. Despite her violent outbursts, Kushina has a soft and caring side of her, and she was very strong-willed which caused her to even risk her life to protect her son and wish the very best of his life.
==Background==
Kushina was born on July 10 in The Land of Whirlpools from an unnamed couple, and was a member of a clan that founded the land and was greatly renowned by ninjas from all over the world called the one and only Uzumaki Clan.
As a little girl, Kushina lived in the time of war where many nations feared her clan and were frequently targeted because of their powerful Sealing Jutsus and long lifespans.
During the wars, Kushina's home village was eventually destroyed killing half the clan members and leaving survivors to flee into other villages from around the world. Kushina's parents were presumed dead, but Kushina was eventually found by a group of Konoha Ninjas who took Kushina into the village where she was made a citizen. By the time she was 6 years old, she attended Konoha Ninja Academy where she met her future husband Minato for the first time. Kushina gathered up her courage by telling the class that she was going to be the first female Hokage, which resulted children teasing her and calling her tomato because of her long red hair.
As the years went by, Kushina had grown much stronger, and she started to brutally beat up the children and the boys who made fun of her and she was known as The Red Hot Habenero.
A few years later, The Cloud Ninja kidnapped Kushina because of her special chakra that they wanted for themselves. As they were crossing the border, Kushina secretly pulled out pieces of her hair to leave a trial so that the Konoha Ninja can find her. Minato was the only one who picked up the trial and rescued her. It was there that Kushina admired her hair because Minato noticed how beautiful it was, and that the red strands represent the Red Thread of Fate that led her to her soulmate and Kushina fell in love with Minato. From here on out, Kushina and Minato became lovers, and they were married. Years later, Jiraiya came and visited the couple during Kushina's pregnancy. Minato mentioned how he enjoyed Jiraiya's book Tales of a Gutsy Ninja and how he admired the hero in the book named Naruto and that he hopes to name their child after him. Kushina came in and lovingly agreed that Naruto is such a beautiful name. In turn, Kushina and Minato made Jiraiya Naruto's godfather.
=== The Nine-Tailed Fox Incident ===
It was revealed that Kushina was the second Jinchuuriki (Human Vessel) to the Nine-Tailed Fox named Kurama. In truth, Kushina was actually sent to Konoha to become the new vessel because the first jinchuuriki named Mito Uzumaki was a fellow clan member of Kushina and the wife of the First Hokage, and was dying of old age. So the village needed a new vessel with the same amount of Chakra sealing control like Mito, and Kushina was the perfect candidate for this job. Kushina was at first shocked by this and was afraid because of the loneliness that she would have to endure. One her death bed, Mito comfort Kushina and told her that they were sent here to become the vessel, and that if a Jinchuuriki fills the empty vessel with love, then that Jinchuuriki will live a happy life. In that end, Kushina was happy because the love she had for Minato filled her empty vessel, and she happily accepted her fate as being Kurama's Jinchuuriki.
Year's later, Kushina was around 10 months due to giving birth to Naruto, so the Third Hokage and his wife named Biwako made arrangements for her to give birth in secret under the guards of ANBU and using a special seal to aid her in childbirth so that the seal would not be broken with Biwako assisting the birth and Minato doing the sealing. While Kushina and Biwako were walking to the hideout, Kushina met up with her friend Mikoto Uchiha with her infant son Sasuke Uchiha with both of the women wishing their sons to be best friends.
Kushina came to the hideout and started to give birth to Naruto. Outside, Obito Uchiha (under the disguise of Tobi), finished off the ANBU and snuck into the hideout. Naruto was then born, much to the great joy of his parents. As Minato was trying to finish up sealing Kushina, Tobi killed Biwako and Taji (Kushina's nurse) and took Naruto hostage and threatened to kill him if he does not hand over Kushina. Minato tried to calm Tobi down, but Tobi put explosive tags under Naruto's wrappings and Minato removed the wrappings and saved Naruto, but Tobi kidnapped Kushina. Kushina was taken to a abandoned field outside the village where she was bounded to stones with sealings all over her body. Kushina demanded Tobi what he wanted. Tobi said that he was going to extract the Nine-Tails from her body. Once the Nine-Tails was extracted, Kushina survived thanks to her clan's long physical endurance, but was greatly weaken. Tobi took full control of Kurama and demanded him to finish Kushina off but was rescued by Minato and Tobi got away. Kushina told Minato that the man is going to Konoha and begged Minato to protect the village. Minato took Kushina back home so that she can look after Naruto as Minato left to protect the village.
Later, Kushina was summoned by Minato with Naruto. Kushina used her Chakra Chains to restrain Kurama. Kushina with strong determination told Minato that she is going to take Kurama down with her in death. She sadly thanked Minato for everything, and that she wished that she could see Naruto grow up and wished a future for their family of three. Minato decided to use the Reaper Death Seal Technique to seal half of Kurama in Naruto. Furious, Kushina did not wished a heavy burden on her son, and she demanded Minato as to why he is risking his own life for hers and Konoha's sake. Minato answered that deserting a village is just as horrible as deserting a child and that they are all a family of Shinobi. He even told her that he can never replace her, since Naruto needed most of his guidance from his mother. Minato declared that by sealing Kurama in Naruto and with Naruto mastering Kurama's powers as an adult, he will stop Tobi and save the world from total chaos. Kushina sadly agreed and Minato summoned the sealing alter and placed Naruto on it. Once Kurama (who was no longer controlled by Tobi) saw the alter, he tried to killed Naruto so that he would not be resealed, but Kushina and her husband standed in the way and they together took the hit with Kurama's claw piercing though them, severely wounding them in the process. In their last dying breaths, Minato had his Sealing Key sent to Jiraiya as Kushina sadly said goodbye to Naruto and wished the best of her son's future (Studying hard, listening to elders, making friends, making a goal a fruition, spending wisely, drinking occasionally, & marrying the right girl). Kushina then died with Minato as they together sealed Kurama in Naruto.
=== Naruto: Shippuden ===
Kushina made her first major appearance while Naruto was being trained under Killer Bee into extracting Kurama's Chakra. In confusion, Naruto mistaken Kushina as Kurama's human form because of her laughing, which caused Kushina to hit Naruto on the head as she used her tic word Dattebane, which caused Naruto to be surprised and confused at the same time. Kushina apologized to Naruto and explained to Naruto that she was always hot headed as a child and hoped that he didn't turn out as her. Just immediately, Naruto tearfully hugged Kushina and recognized her as his mother, much to Kushina's understanding happiness. Kushina then had Kurama stay out of their conversation by using her Chakra Chains to bind Kurama. During their conversation, Kushina explained to Naruto that Minato sealed her Chakra inside Naruto so that when the time comes, she would appear and help Naruto control Kurama's powers. Kushina then talked to Naruto on how she met and married Minato and that Naruto along his father, where the only two men who ever complemented on the loveliness of her hair and told her son she loved him. There, Naruto made a new nickname for himself The Orange Hokage (combining his father's Konoha's Yellow Flash and Kushina's Red Hot Habanero). With new convidence because of his mother's love for him and her help, Naruto was able to extract Kurama's powers and gained new powers from the Sage of Six Paths. Kushina congratulated Naruto and she was able to pass on, not before revealing the truth behind the Nine-Tailed Fox Incident to Naruto and how he became a Jinchuriki from the start. After finishing the whole story, Kushina told Naruto she was so sorry that her and Minato made Naruto a vessel. Naruto said that he forgives her and that he would never blame his parents for what they did. He described that he now knows what a parent's love is like and risking their lives to protect him, and that he is proud to be Kushina's son. Tearfully overjoyed with happiness, Kushina embraced Naruto as she dispersed into the light while thanking him and passed on peacefully.
==Trivia==
*She shares the second English voice actress with Anko Mitarashi and Kurotsuchi.
*Her second English voice actress, Laura Bailey, also voiced Maka Albarn in Soul Eater, Tohru Honda in Fruits Basket series, Lust in Fullmetal Alchemist/Brotherhood, Blaze the Cat in Sonic the Hedgehog series, Tier Harribel, Beastmon in Digimon Fusion, Anko Mitarashi and Kurotsuchi in Naruto, Dorothy Gale in LEGO Dimensions, Odette in The Swan Princess, Lucina Fire Emblem: Awakening, Serah Farron in Final Fantasy XIII, Chun-Li in Street Fighter franchise, Nadine Ross in Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Mary Jane Watson another Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy in Marvel's Spider-Man, Rayne in the BloodRayne series, Abigail "Fetch" Walker in "Infamous: Second Son" and "First Light", Supergirl in Injustice 2, Fiona in Tales from the Borderlands, Helena Harper in Resident Evil 6, Black Cat in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Sherry Birkin in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Lagoona Blue in Monster High, Trunks in Dragon Ball Z, Female Courier in Fallout: New Vegas, Serana in The Elder Scrolls V: Dawnguard, Emily in Glitter Force, Eltariel in Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Mystique in Lego Marvel Super Heroes, Miss Martian in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, Omochao in Sonic Adventure, Harley Quinn in Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Ashlynn Ella and Melody Piper in Ever After High, Marta Lualdi in Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, Lust in Fullmetal Alchemist, Sana Kurata in Kodocha, Spider-Woman in Spider-Man Unlimited, and Firestar in The Super Hero Squad Show.
*Since Kushina was good friends with Mikoto Uchiha, both of their children and grandchildren would later become friends after the two have posthumously died.
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