Naruto Uzumaki

Naruto Uzumaki (うずまきナルト, Uzumaki Naruto) is a shinobi of Konohagakure's Uzumaki clan. He became the jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails on the day of his birth — a fate that caused him to be shunned by most of Konoha throughout his childhood. After joining Team Kakashi, Naruto worked hard to gain the village's acknowledgement all the while chasing his dream to become Hokage. In the following years, through many hardships and ordeals, he became a capable ninja, regarded as a hero both by the villagers, and soon after, the rest of the world, becoming known as the Hero of the Hidden Leaf. He soon proved to be one of the main factors in winning the Fourth Shinobi World War, leading him to achieve his dream and become the village's Seventh Hokage (七代目火影, Nanadaime Hokage, literally meaning: Seventh Fire Shadow).

## Powers and Abilities

Originally, Naruto was a rather inept ninja, failing to graduate from the Academy three times. Through sheer determination and training however, his skills rapidly improved to defeat strong genin like Neji Hyūga, Gaara, and Kabuto Yakushi, earning acknowledgement from all the Sannin for his potential.[53] Under various tutelage, Naruto was able to defeat various members of Akatsuki, ultimately earning praise from Konohagakure as a Hokage-material hero.[54] Naruto's personally defeated various reincarnated Kage[55] and jinchūriki during the Fourth Shinobi World War,[56] with many believing he was the central key to winning the battle.[57][58][59] By adulthood, his prowess made him the Seventh Hokage, regarded as the strongest shinobi in history[60] and having command of overwhelming jutsu.[61] With the combined might of Sasuke, noted as his only rival as a shinobi,[39] they are said to be able to destroy a continent.[62] Together, they overpowered Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki who absorbed Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki, and pushed Jigen's body to its limit. Overall, he could compete against if not defeat world-threatening opponents, such as Madara Uchiha, Kaguya, Toneri Ōtsutsuki, and while fighting at his absolute peak overwhelm Isshiki Ōtsutsuki.

### Chakra and Physical Prowess

As an Uzumaki and a reincarnation of Asura Ōtsutsuki,[63] Naruto has massive reserves of strong chakra, at least four times greater than Kakashi's, and described by Karin as "bright and warm."[64][65] His initial poor control of it was offset by his sheer reserves,[66] which were large enough to endure three and a half days of constant battle against several powerful opponents. Only by the end of his battle against Sasuke did he show exhaustion, and even then could still fight to a standstill and eventual victory.[67] Naruto's control improved greatly over time; able to transfer his chakra to others,[68], and perform one-handed hand seals.[69] Naruto's powerful life-force grants him an extreme longevity, healing power, stamina, and vitality;[70] this allowed him to survive the extraction of a tailed beast, though he required aid from Sakura to stay alive.[71] Naruto also learned how to counter genjutsu from Jiraiya, but is limited.[72] In adulthood, Naruto's chakra is powerful enough to intimidate Kawaki into submission[73] and destroy high-level barriers simply by releasing a burst of it.[74] He could repel Shikamaru's Shadow Imitation Technique, a feat that no one else could do.[62] His chakra, when he combined it with his son's Vanishing Rasengan, turned it into a gigantic Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan able to kill the empowered Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki who tried to use a copy of the technique to defeat his.[75] His chakra reserves were also so vast that he was able to overload Delta's chakra-absorbing eye with a continuous Rasengan-assault and still primed to defeat her.

While naturally a short-range fighter, Naruto originally was inept at taijutsu, requiring unpredictable attacks to surprise combat experts like Kiba Inuzuka and Neji.[77][78] He often utilised shadow clones in large if not massive numbers to simply overwhelm his foes.[79] Although these tactics resumed later, Naruto becomes much more adept at taijutsu due to Jiraiya's training.[80] After Fukasaku's tutelage, he could fend off a pair of expert kenjutsu users.[81][82][83] Two years after the war, Naruto's taijutsu prowess could best dozens of opponents without shadow clones or enhancements.[21] As Hokage, his taijutsu could pressure Momoshiki after he had absorbed Kinshiki.[75] Naruto could even hold off Delta despite her extreme body modifications, ultimately controlling the pace of the battle to tire her out and gradually overwhelm her[84] to win despite being in the defensive.[76] His speed had also increased to the point where he could effortlessly catch up with Kawaki after he tried to escape.[73] Likewise, in the anime, he is proven very resilient, able to take a point-blank blast from Kawaki's modifications unfazed.

### Body Modifications

After losing his right arm during his final battle with Sasuke, Tsunade cultured an artificial prosthesis for him using the cells of Hashirama Senju. As his body and the prosthesis arms are only connected through his chakra itself he can easily remove and replace them.[86] After Momoshiki's defeat, Naruto took inspiration from his chakra absorption technique and had Katasuke Tōno and the Scientific Ninja Weapons Team modified the arm further with mechanical features. With it, Naruto is able to neutralise and even absorb enemy techniques, though they have yet to replicate Momoshiki's ability to discharge them as a counterattack.