Tsubaki (Naruto)

Tsubaki is a minor character in . She only appeared in the Tracking Mizuki Arc. She is a Kunoichi from the Hidden Leaf Village and former significant other of the Missing-nin Mizuki. 
She is voiced by Yuki Nagashima in the Japanese version, and voiced by Wendee Lee in the English version, who also voiced Neji Hyūga as a child, Yoruichi Shihōin in Bleach, Lisa Lisa from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop, and Shura Kirigakure and Rin Okumuraas a child in Blue Exorcist, and Lyndis from Fire Emblem: Heroes, 
==Appearance==
Tsubaki is a young woman with a lithe, slender yet athletic build, fair skin and has dark soulful eyes, long black hair which she wears braided down to her lower back with jaw-length curtain bangs, framing either side of her face as well as spiked fringe bangs along her brow. 
As a Kunoichi, Tsubaki wears a navy blue high-neck shirt with short flowy sleeves under her standard green Konoha flak jacket and tight dark grey compression shorts. She also wears bandages around her calves and around her right thigh holding her Kunai storage pouch. While off-duty at her residence, she wore a simple zip-up red dress with a white, off-the-shoulder blouse.
==Personality==
Tsubaki has a very warm and caring nature. She loved Mizuki very much, but hated the person he had become after his desperate involvement with Orochimaru. Because of her love for Mizuki, she forced herself to believe that he can still come to his senses and denied information from the village emissaries despite knowing full well of Mizuki's schemes, much to her heartache and shame. Even when Mizuki turned increasingly abusive towards her, she continued to plea for him to surrender and repent. After Mizuki is defeated, Tsubaki finally gave up on him, accepting that the once kind and gentle man she fell for was long gone in his madness. Relieved, Tsubaki desires that she wishes to start over once she is finished with her responsibilities for her part in Mizuki's crimes, looking for redemption as a start.
==Background==
Tsubaki was the fiancée of Mizuki. She was well aware of him having met up with Orochimaru, and that he intended to steal the Scroll of Seals as a present to Orochimaru. However, Tsubaki understood the severity of the crime and the potential consequences Mizuki would reap upon himself, especially the intention behind it; she withheld this knowledge from the village, hoping that her fiancé would come to his senses. When Mizuki was defeated by Naruto Uzumaki and sentenced to Konoha Strict Correctional Facility, Tsubaki lamented that Mizuki had to be involved with Orochimaru.
During their relationship, Mizuki told biased views about how Naruto was an evil individual harboring the Nine Tailed Fox to Tsubaki. But after seeing Naruto prove Mizuki wrong in risking his life to defend Konoha from Orochimaru, she then understood that everything her deranged suitor told her was nothing but prejudiced lies.
===Mizuki Tracking Mission Arc===
When Mizuki escaped from the Konoha Strict Correctional Facility, he brought along with him the Legendary Stupid Brothers to Tsubaki's house on the outskirts of the village. She provided them a change of clothes and food supply, and Mizuki at first acted congenially with her. But when Mizuki revealed his intention to continue his dark path towards Orochimaru, and even tried to take Tsubaki with him, she broke down in tears, desperately pleaded for him to stop getting involved with someone so dangerous. Tsubaki cries about witnessing the attack on the village that was orchestrated by Orochimaru along with his Sand village allies. How the catastrophe took the lives of many as well as the Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage. After she argued with Mizuki about having a grudge against someone, a boy who had put his life on the line during Orochimaru's attack, she tried to dissuade her former lover from going ahead with his insane plan, hugging him from behind, begging for the man she once knew to come back. Mizuki looked upon his old flame tenderly... only to turn malicious and knock her unconscious, revealing he no longer reciprocated her feelings. After Mizuki leaves with Fujinn and Raijinn, Tsubaki is left seemingly conscious from Mizuki's betrayal, barely moaning his name aloud in emotional pain.
Later, Tsubaki followed Naruto Uzumaki and Iruka Umino and revealed to them that she withheld her knowledge of Mizuki's attempt to steal the Scroll of Seals and his connection with Orochimaru, as she had hoped he would come to his senses. She offered to help them to amend her mistakes by stopping Mizuki. After Mizuki was defeated, she mentioned to Iruka that she might have to face consequences for her involvement with Mizuki, but is prepared to start over.
==Powers and abilities==
While her Jutsu abilities are unknown, being officially ranked as at least a Chūnin, Tsubaki has demonstrated very capable physical prowess such as running at the same speed as Naruto and Iruka as well as flitting through trees and trails. Given how she nursed Iruka's wounds, Tsubaki may have experience as a Medical-nin.
==Gallery==
===Naruto TCG===
===Gallery===
File:Tsubaki at home.png|Tsubaki's house
File:Tsubaki tending to her garden..png|As she's gardening, Tsubaki is shadowed from above.
File:Tsubaki turns her head to face her intruders.png|Tsubaki turns to face Mizuki and his cohorts
File:Tsubaki and Mizuki.png|Tsubaki with Mizuki
File:Tsubaki smiles a little.png|Tsubaki smiles a little
File:Tsubaki worries.png|Showing concern about Mizuki's arrival.
File:Tsubaki frowns.png|Tsubaki frowns
File:Tsubaki pleading to Mizuki.png|Breaking down in tears, Tsubaki pleads to Mizuki not to leave her.
File:Tsubaki furious over Mizuki's bias.png|Tsubaki showing her disgust for Mizuki's lies about Naruto.
File:Tsubaki begs Mizuki not to follow Orochimaru.png|In a last attempt, Tsubaki begs her old flame not to see Orochimaru
File:Mizuki forcibly grabs Tsubaki.png|Mizuki forcibly grabs Tsubaki by the arm
File:Tsubaki is forced to listen to Mizuki's plan.png|Mizuki begins telling Tsubaki his plan
File:Closeup of Tsubaki's tears.png|A tearful Tsubaki is made to listen to her lover's ranting.
File:Tsubaki still intears.png|Tsubaki still in tears
File:Tsubaki embracing Mizuki from behind.png|As a last resort, Tsubaki hugs Mizuki from behind.
File:Tsubaki begs Mizuki one last time.png|Tsubaki begs Mizuki one last time
File:Mizuki puts his arms on Tsubaki.png|Mizuki puts his hands on Tsubaki
File:Closeup of a hopeful Tsubaki.png|A closeup of Tsubaki's hopeful expression
File:Mizuki knocks Tsubaki unconscious.gif|Mizuki knocks Tsubaki unconscious, much to her shock.
File:Tsubaki lies motionless in her home.png|Tsubaki is left motionless and alone in her house 
File:Tsubaki barely conscious .png|Barely conscious, "Mizuki..." is all Tsubaki could moan.
File:Tsubaki appears from afar.png|Naruto and Pakkun are tailed by Tsubaki in the distance.
File:Tsubaki looking determined.png|Tsubaki looking determined
==Trivia==
*Despite being a Leaf Kunoichi, Tsubaki doesn't seem to wear a headband on her person.
*"Tsubaki" (椿) is the name of the Japanese camellia.
*She can be seen as a parallel to Sakura, as they both pleaded for their love interest to remain with them, only to be rejected as the men defect from the village to follow Orochimaru for the promise of more power.
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