Minato Namikaze

Minato Namikaze, also known as Fourth Hokage, Konoha's Yellow Flash, Child of the Prophecy and Saviour of this World, is a character from the Naruto series.
== Charactah Account ==
The Fourth Hokage, Minato was Kakashi's teacher, Naruto's father, the hero of the Third Shinobi World War (so feared by the Hidden Rock Village that their entire army was given "flee-on-sight" orders should they encounter him) and vanquisher of the Nine-Tailed Fox. Minato was considered to be the fastest shinobi to have ever lived, and was dubbed the "Yellow Flash of the Leaf". Notably, he was a master of the Flying Thunder God technique, which is a space-time jutsu that allowed him to teleport to any location that he marks with his special seal. He also developed the Rasengan, a spiraling ball of kinetic energy that took him three years to develop and is so devastating that it's able to defeat even S-class foes with a single strike. He later taught it to Jiraiya and Kakashi, the former of whom would eventually teach it to Naruto.
The Fourth died as a side effect of sealing the Nine-Tails into Naruto. The price for the seal was to imprison his own soul along with the Nine-Tails'. The seal has a failsafe; upon reaching 8 tails, Minato appears in Naruto's mind to prevent the total destruction of the seal. When Orochimaru split open the Shinigami Death God's belly, it released his soul from its 16-year confinement and allowed Orochimaru to put it in an Edo Tensei body.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Naruto
* Naruto Shippuuden
* Naruto Shippuuden Movie 4: The Lost Tower
* Naruto Shippuuden Movie 6: Road to Ninja
* Naruto: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival
=== Manga ===
* Naruto
* Rock Lee and His Ninja Pals
=== Video Games ===
* Naruto Mobile
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! Special
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Destiny 2
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Destiny 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja 4
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja 5
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3
* 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 3
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Online
== Trivia ==
* The name "Minato" means "harbour", while his family name "Namikaze" means "waves and wind".
* Minato ranked ninth in the sixth character popularity poll and seventh in the seventh poll.
* Minato's silhouette can be faintly seen in the background of the Naruto Shippuuden third opening standing behind Naruto and Sora and under the Nine-Tails, in reference to its attack on Konoha that binds all four characters.
* In Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival!, Minato suddenly appears in the hallway of the stadium when Naruto is running to the toilets. All of these appearances in this special were only for the comical effect.
* In Naruto Shippuuden the Movie: The Lost Tower, Minato's chakra appears to be a light green colour, as opposed to the normal blue.
* Studio Pierrot's Settei sheets of Minato show that he was 147 cm when he saved Kushina from Kumogakure.
* According to the databook(s):
** Minato's hobby was reading; Jiraiya's novels were his favourite.
** Minato wished to fight Jiraiya.
** Minato's favourite food was Kushina's homemade cooking.
** Minato completed 847 official missions in total: 122 D-rank, 147 C-rank, 216 B-rank, 323 A-rank, 39 S-rank.
** Minato's favourite phrase was "The fire's shadow illuminates the village" (Hi no kage wa sato o terasu).
* In the cover of chapter 178, the colour on Minato's cloak were inverted.
* Minato is ambidextrous. He has been shown wielding his kunai as well as the Rasengan proficiently with each hand. This is also shown when he summons using his left hand, indicating that he signed the contract with his left hand.
* Prior to his battle with Pain, Jiraiya mentioned Minato sealed Kurama within Naruto partially with the intent of having Naruto master a certain technique. Although it was never elaborated what technique it was, it is possible he was referring to the Tailed Beast Ball as only a jinchuuriki has access to that technique, not including the Tailed Beasts themselves, and he did base his Rasengan off the Tailed Beast Ball.
* Prior to sealing half of Kurama within an infant Naruto, Minato mentioned to himself that he needed to put up a barrier to both contain and restrain Kurama. It is unknown whether this barrier would have held long enough for Minato to complete the sealing as he was also concerned about his remaining chakra reserves.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Minato Namikaze at Narutopedia
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