Killer Bee

Killer Bee, also known as B, Killer B and Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki, is a character from the Naruto series.
== Charactah Account ==
Host of the Eight-Tails and brother of the Raikage. A dark-skinned, light-haired muscular man with a penchant for rapping.
Sasuke's Team Hawk, sent to capture his Tailed Beast, engaged him in battle, but he easily kicks their asses and artistically pincushions Sasuke. He then transformed into his full Ox form, but Sasuke subdued it with Amaterasu — or so it seemed. Turns out Bee pulled a fast one on him and escaped unharmed. He then goes off to take a vacation. When the Raikage (his brother) learned of his disappearance, he summoned the other Kage to a summit in order to discuss how to deal with the Akatsuki. They eventually reunite, and Bee was sent to an island turtle with Naruto in order to teach him how to draw more power from the Nine-Tails (and also to secretly keep them safe from Kabuto and Tobi, who want to capture their Tailed Beasts.) They soon learn of the Shinobi World War and manage to escape from the island and join the fight.
Bee's skills were a great asset during the war: managing to fend off the combined might of a resurrected Itachi and Nagato, aiding Naruto in fighting the controlled jinchūriki and fighting the terror of the Ten-Tails. Later B becomes the only jinchūriki besides Naruto and Kushina to survive the direct extraction of a tailed beast but later gains Gyūki back when the tailed beast finds that he misses B's company.
Two years later, Bee aids the rest of the shinobi around the world in fending off gigantic meteors, even operating the Lighting Village's giant laser gun. It is due to Bee's hesitation in vaporizing the moon that Naruto and company survive long enough to write "Mission Accomplished", thus inadvertently saving their lives. He later attends Naruto's wedding.
Years later, an older Bee notes how boring it is to be by himself in his village and wishes to see Naruto.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
* Boruto: Naruto the Movie
* Naruto Shippuuden
* Naruto Shippuuden Movie 5: Blood Prison
* Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
* The Last: Naruto the Movie
=== Manga ===
* Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
* Naruto
* Rock Lee and His Ninja Pals
=== Video Games ===
* Naruto Mobile
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! Special
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
* Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker
* Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Tribes
* Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Voltage
* Naruto: Shinobi Collection
* Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippuu Ranbu
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Online
== Trivia ==
* His name is a reference to the famed rap group, the Wu-Tang Clan, often referred to as the "Killer Bees".
* Bī is the Japanese pronunciation of the letter "B" (as well as the Japanese pronunciation of "Bee"). This parallels the names of other Kumogakure shinobi such as F and J for example.
* During a fierce battle with Taka, B quoted Muhammad Ali's famous line, "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee".
* Killer B makes various references to bees. This is a pun on the number of tails his tailed beast has. Eight in Japanese is hachi, a homophone to the Japanese word for bee, hachi.
* Though not confirmed, Killer B was given the name of Kira Hachi by fans. It comes from the word "Kiraabī" incorrectly translated into Japanese (Hachi is the Japanese word for "bee", as well as "Eight". Kira is a loanword of the English "killer"). Kira Hachi, can be translated to "Killer Eight", following the homophone of bee.
* B's nickname may be a reference to The Killer Bees, a professional wrestling team in the World Wrestling Federation. Additionally, the Lightning Release: Double Lariat resembles the "Cross Bomber" move used by the Hell's Missionaries tag-team in Kinnikuman, a wrestling manga.
* B has used or has possession of two of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist blades so far. He used Zabuza Momochi's Kubikiribouchou in his fight with Taka and he has taken possession of Kisame Hoshigaki's Samehada. However in the School Trip Arc of the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations anime it is revealed that Samehada was eventually returned to Kirigakure and is no longer in Killer Bee's possession.
* In chapter 542, when A and B face off against several Iwagakure shinobi while on a mission, B is first depicted with longer hair and looks a bit older. However, in subsequent panels his hair is once again short and spiky and looks much younger. Oddly, this was not corrected in the tankoubon.
* In a 2012 Shounen Jump interview, Masashi Kishimoto stated that Chouji Akimichi and B were currently his favourite characters in the Naruto series.
* Studio Pierrot's Settei sheets of Killer B show that he was 112 cm at age 5, and 122 cm at age 7. As an adult Studio Pierrot has him at 192.7 cm.
* His birth date corresponds to Taurus, the bull in the western zodiac, further referencing his connection with Gyuuki.
* Following Naruto losing Kurama via the Baryon Mode, Killer B is now the only living Jinchuuriki in existence.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Killer B at Narutopedia
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