Kurama (Naruto)

Kurama, also known as Kyuubi, Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and Monster Fox, is a character from the Naruto series.
== Charactah Account ==
The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox is the most powerful of the tailed beasts, also considered the "King of the Tailed Beasts." Its power is such that it is regarded as an age-old natural disaster, as a single swipe of one of its nine tails is enough to raise tsunamis and flatten mountains. One of its special abilities is that it has access to close to unlimited sources of chakra.
The demon fox's attacks were seemingly random, the only apparent reason for its appearances being its attraction to places of human malice. It attacked Konohagakure twelve years before the start of the series. None of the ninja of the village were able to defeat it until the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, arrived to deal with it. Minato sacrificed his life to seal the fox into the body of his newborn son, Naruto Uzumaki, with the Dead Demon Consuming Seal. Rather than completely seal off the fox's great power, however, Minato only sealed away a portion of it, giving Naruto access to the rest for unknown reasons. Prior to performing the seal Minato gave a key to Jiraiya to either strengthen or weaken the seal should the need arise. The seal naturally becomes weaker as the years pass, and in the event that it is broken the demon fox will be released; however, the bond between Naruto and Kyuubi, and the bond between Jinchuuriki (host) and tailed beast in general, is of a such character that if the seal is broken, Naruto will die immediately thereafter. And if Naruto dies, and the seal is not broken, Kyuubi will die with him. Therefore Kyuubi uses some of its chakra to enhance Naruto's healing abilities and will sometimes "take over" (lend Naruto its chakra without him asking for it) in order to keep him alive.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
* Boruto: Naruto the Movie
* Naruto
* Naruto Shippuuden
* Naruto Shippuuden Movie 6: Road to Ninja
* Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
* The Last: Naruto the Movie
=== Light Novels ===
* Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood
=== Manga ===
* Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
* Naruto
* Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring
=== Video Games ===
* Naruto Shippuuden: Dragon Blade Chronicles
* Naruto Shippuuden: Kizuna Drive
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
== Trivia ==
* Kurama was the first character shown in the series.
* "Kurama" literally means "nine lama". Kishimoto was mainly inspired to create Kurama based on the character with the same name from the manga series Yuu Yuu Hakusho. The name may also reference Mount Kurama (Kurama-yama), the sacred mountain said to be the home of Soujoubou, a tengu who taught the arts of swordsmanship to Minamoto no Yoshitsune.
** Furthermore, in the jooruri and kabuki play Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, Minamoto no Yoshitsune is accompanied by Genkurou, a kitsune disguising himself as Yoshitsune's retainer, Satou Tadanobu.
* A kitsune (fox) is a popular animal yōkai in Japanese folklore, and is very well-known to be a cunning trickster with shape-shifting abilities, to which on occasions, use to transform itself into a beautiful woman 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: "A fox and a tanuki matching their cleverness" (kitsune to tanuki no bakashi ai), meaning as much as two sly characters trying to outsmart one another. However, kitsune are known to keep their promises, a trait Naruto has; his nindō is to "never go back on his word". Stories often depict that a kitsune can grow additional tails as it ages, which increases its magical power and abilities; once a kitsune reaches 1,000 years of age and grows its ninth and final tail, its fur turns gold and becomes a tenko (celestial fox), making it 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.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Kurama at Narutopedia
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