Kurama

, more commonly known as the , was one of the nine tailed beasts. Centuries of being regarded as a mindless monster and sought after as a tool for war caused Kurama to hate humans.
== Background ==
== Personality ==
Kurama was characterised as a snarky and shrewd individual. It used when referring to itself, which is generally used by older men. Kurama expressed great pride in its power, believing itself to be the strongest of the tailed beasts due to its belief that their strength is determined by their number of tails, which earned Kurama nothing but disapproval from its brethren, especially Shukaku. Kurama held great respect to Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, as it was shown during the tailed beasts' youth that the fox shed tears after the Sage had imparted his final words to them. Kurama's manner of speech was often harsh, but deep down it had a supportive disposition, as the fox expressed concern about its allies,
Centuries of receiving humanity's negative treatment caused Kurama to develop intense hostility and distrust against them, even going as far as proclaiming itself to be the living embodiment of hatred. 
== Appearance ==
Kurama is a red-orange coloured kitsune with black fur around its red eyes that stretch up to its ears, and nine long swiping tails. It also had an upper-body structure of a human, complete with opposable thumbs on its clawed hands. During the last remaining days of Hagoromo, Kurama in its youth was much smaller in size, yet still towering over an adult, with leaner and softer while less-defined in shape with a rounder face, akin to a fox cub.
Over time, Kurama's size grew to roughly equaling the Hokage Rock. Its pupil alone was bigger than a tall human. 
== Abilities ==
Kurama was widely known as the strongest of the nine tailed beasts. Hashirama Senju, who could subdue the fox, viewed it as too powerful and dangerous to be left roaming free. 
=== Chakra and Physical Prowess ===
Kurama possessed vast and powerful chakra, the most of the nine tailed beasts alongside Gyūki, It could also accumulate a huge amount of chakra shortly after it has used up most of its own. When used by others, the chakra became dense enough to be seen as a visible shroud than can further protect the wearer. Using its chakra, Kurama could shroud itself within its Nine-Tails Chakra Mode to increase its power. 
Kurama had a great deal of brute force, reputedly able to raise tsunamis and flatten mountains with just a single swipe of a tail and smash Madara's senjutsu Susanoo with a tail, Kurama was deceptively quite fast.
=== Ninjutsu ===
As a tailed beast, Kurama could create a Tailed Beast Ball, and was able to fire it as a beam or rapid blast of spheres. Unlike most tailed beasts, Kurama could supercharge it, creating one many times its own size for much greater power, even on wisps of chakra. One of these was powerful enough to counter a collaborated Tailed Beast Ball from five tailed beasts. Kurama could unleash destructive roars, capable of destroying entire city blocks.
=== Intelligence ===
Kurama was very cunning and could formulate strategies in the midst of battle. Kurama had also shown remarkable leadership skills, it had enough knowledge of fūinjutsu. In addition, Kurama had an advanced understanding of nuclear physics, particularly the nuclear fusion that occurs within the Sun.
== Trivia ==
* Kurama was the first character shown in the series.
* literally means "nine lama". Kishimoto was mainly inspired to create Kurama based on the character with the same name from the manga series Yū Yū Hakusho.Second Artbook, pages 74-81 The name may also reference , the sacred mountain said to be the home of Sōjōbō, a tengu who taught the arts of swordsmanship to Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
** Furthermore, in the jōruri and kabuki play Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, Minamoto no Yoshitsune is accompanied by Genkurō, a kitsune disguising himself as Yoshitsune's retainer, Satō Tadanobu.
* are popular animal yōkai in Japanese folklore, and are very well-known to be cunning tricksters with shape-shifting abilities, to which on occasions, use to transform themselves into beautiful women in order to seduce men (possibly the inspiration for the Sexy Technique; Naruto even thought Kushina would be Kurama, when they first met). They are also said to be rivals to the tanuki, which created an old Japanese proverb: , which meant the two sly characters trying to outsmart one another. However, kitsune are known to keep their promises, a trait Naruto has with his nindō. Stories often depict kitsune growing additional tails as they age, which increases their magical power; once a kitsune reaches 1,000 years of age and grows their ninth and final tail, their fur turns gold and becomes a , making themselves equivalent to a kami.
* In the manga pilot, Kurama was actually Naruto's father, who attacked the village of Mt. Oinari and required nine shinobi to defeat him. Hiruzen was the only survivor and had taken pity on Naruto, who had taken human form, and allowed him to live in the village.
* Kurama's death was featured in Boruto episode 218, on the 19th anniversary of the debut of the Naruto anime, where Kurama debuted.
* Despite being a kitsune in appearance, Kurama has never once been called the Kyubi no Kitsune in the official translation, but is erroneously called that in the English anime and Viz translations.
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Category:Tailed Beasts