Kisame Hoshigaki

Kisame Hoshigaki, also known as Monster of the Hidden Mist and The Tailless Tailed Beast, is a character from the Naruto series.
== Charactah Account ==
Kisame Hoshigaki is a missing-nin from Kirigakure and is partnered with Itachi Uchiha. He gets along considerably better with Itachi than most Akatsuki members do with their own partners, immediately doing as Itachi asks of him and always looking out for Itachi's well-being. His former country, the Land of Water, now seeks him out for plotting to overthrow its government and being involved in numerous assassinations. When he was still loyal to Kirigakure, he was one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, a group of ninja that wield particularly large weapons in battle. Kisame's weapon is called Samehada, a scale-covered sword that shaves off skin instead of cutting and is capable of absorbing untold amounts of chakra. Samehada only allows Kisame to wield it; if anyone else tries to pick it up, spikes protrude from its handle and it returns to Kisame's side. Like other characters who have trained to be one of the Seven Swordsmen, Kisame enjoys mutilating his opponents, as seen when he suggests cutting off Naruto Uzumaki's legs to make him easier to carry.
Kisame has a distinctive shark-like appearance, complete with pale blue skin, small white eyes, gill-like facial structures, and sharp triangular teeth. Even his name, Kisame, means "demon shark". His shark-like qualities carry over to the type of techniques he uses in battle, as he often shapes bodies of water into the forms of sharks that proceed to attack opponents. If there is no water source where he happens to be fighting, Kisame can use Water Release: Exploding Water Shockwave to create a lake's worth of water to be used for attacks. Kisame is also noted to have a particularly large reserve of chakra; even when he fights at 30% power in one instance his chakra supply is compared to that of a Nine-Tailed Demon Fox-enhanced Naruto Uzumaki.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Naruto
* Naruto Shippuuden
* Naruto Shippuuden Movie 6: Road to Ninja
* Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
* Naruto: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival
=== Manga ===
* Naruto
* Rock Lee and His Ninja Pals
=== Video Games ===
* Naruto Mobile
* Naruto Shippuuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX 2
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! Special
* Naruto Shippuuden: Kizuna Drive	15 July 2010
* Naruto Shippuuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Council 4
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Destiny 2
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Destiny 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Shinobi Rumble
* 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: Clash of Ninja Revolution
* Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2
* Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! 4
* Naruto: Ninja Council 3
* Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2
* Naruto: Shinobi Collection
* Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippuu Ranbu
* Naruto: The Broken Bond
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Online
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
* Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2
== Trivia ==
* The name "Kisame" literally means "demon shark", while his family name "Hoshigaki" means "dried persimmon"; like all members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, his surname is derived from a type of produce.
* Kisame's birth date, March 18, makes his Western astrological sign Pisces.
* Kishimoto first intended to make Akatsuki's members monsters with almost no human traits. Zetsu, Kisame and Kakuzu (and, to a lesser extent, Deidara and Sasori) are prime examples of this. Kisame, in particular, resembles a Samebito (Shark Man), a Japanese mythological creature.
* It is shown in an anime special that Kisame is insecure of his blue skin. This is portrayed when Deidaracommented on how handsome his partner was, and how that must make him popular with women. Kisame sulked, and replied with, "After all, I'm strangely coloured".
* Studio Pierrot has since he was introduced in Part 1, drawn Kisame at 198 cm as shown with his Part 1 and Shippūden Settei.
* According to the databook(s):
** Kisame's hobby was taking care of his sword, Samehada.
** Kisame wished to fight anyone.
** Kisame's favourite foods were shrimp and crab, while his least favourite, predictably, was shark fin soup.
** Kisame had completed 332 official missions in total: 3 D-rank, 68 C-rank, 154 B-rank, 78 A-rank, 29 S-rank.
** Kisame's favourite phrase was "The weak are meat, the strong eat" (Jakuniku Kyoushoku); this is a Japanese idiom for survival of the fittest.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kisame at Hoshigaki at Narutopedia
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