Konohagakure

**Konohagakure** (木ノ葉隠れの里, *Konohagakure no Sato*, *English TV:* "Village Hidden in the Leaves" or "Hidden Leaf Village", *literally meaning:* Village Hidden by Tree Leaves) is the hidden village of the Land of Fire. As the village of one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries, Konohagakure has a Kage as its leader known as the Hokage, of which there have been seven in its history. Konoha resides deep within a forest at the base of a mountain known as the Hokage Rock, which has the faces all those who have taken the office of Hokage engraved on it. It is surrounded on all sides by enormous walls.

## Kage of the Village

**First Hokage** - Senju Takeshi

**Second Hokage** - Senju Hanako

**Third Hokage** – Akagi Naofumi

## Background and History

### *History*

**Konohagakure** was founded by the Senju clan, specifically the clan head, Takeshi Senju. Many clans fought over land and it caused many casualties along the way. Due to the amount of bloodshed, the clan’s relations became strained and any alliances that existed were broken. To prevent this war of land, the Senju decided to settle this by offering for any clan who was willing to accept that they all combine land and mix the clans together. Of course, the Senju would be ruling over the land, however they gave freedom to the others in order to keep peace between them and the rest.

Although some major clans did not approve of this, those who were already on good terms or relatively unbothered by the Senju did agree and they would plan out with the clans who did not agree where their land would be and what needed to change in order for everything to come together. Although it took many months to get the village all set up, the clans were working well and word of the village and it’s open gates moved through the air. Many civilians or minor clans would enter the village and build it up greater.

Unfortunately, Takeshi would end up passing and his daughter, Hanako, would in turn accept the role of Hokage. Despite convincing any other clans in the area who were not allied or joined with the village to enter, she would end up sinking the economy into debt. It would eventually come back out of that debt, however the damage was done and Konoha was in deep trouble money wise.

Hanako, by the village elders desires, was removed from her place and was in need to be replaced. Naofumi, being very welcoming to others and having good relationships with clans as well as being friends with the Raikage was a perfect candidate. She was sure to work on the economy and start up new projects as her clear intentions to better the orphanage, and relations with other villages was leading her towards more power. And in that stride for more power, the elders wanted to obtain her push forward.

### Tailed Beast War

Word would spread through the villages that Cloud and Mist villages were out to capture the tailed beasts and destroy them. Konoha, having the Nine-tailed beast was not happy to hear this news and began to gather and protect their village as well as their jinchuuriki. Unfortunately, it was not enough as during the dead of night, Cloud and Mist forced their way through Konoha’s shinobi forces and took Kurama. Although Konoha was still standing, they had now lost Kurama and needed to recover. Thankfully, Hanako who was Hokage at the time, was able to drive back Cloud and ultimately caused Mist to abandon Cloud on their hunt for the tailed beasts.

Cloud then attacked Stone, and despite Stone doing their best, their jinchuuriki was captured. In their defeat, Leaf conversed with Stone and both villages decided to attack Cloud and some of it’s shinobi at the border of the Land of Rain. Although they ultimately were not able to fully destroy the Cloud’s shinobi, they were able to take down multiple people.

In the end, Stone, Leaf, and now Sand pushed through after Mist sacrificed themselves to take the brunt force of Cloud. They surrendered, and the fight ended. The Treaty of Boiling water brought the villages to some sort of peace.

### Post War

The Treaty of Boiling Water brought peace for the most part, however the damage caused to Konoha did not die out. The economy was wrecked and the people were divided on what to do. Hanako had struggled to pull Leaf back together, but would seal Kurama into Izahara Amega (アメガイザハラ *Amega Izahara)* . During that time, the elders would work to try and push Hanako towards the betterment of the village, but the war had distracted her. In the end, she was brought away from the job of Hokage and the position was given to Naofumi.

Under the leadership of Konoha, Naofumi would begin to try and fix the economy of Konoha as well as improve relations with other villages. The Cloud village’s new Raikage and the Leaf’s new Hokage had already been friends prior to both of their promotions. This caused a better relationship, and hopefully a start to a good friendship.

## Nearby Locations

Forest

Bunker

Lake

## Clans/Families

Uchiha Clan

Hyuga Clan

Nara Clan

Sarutobi Clan

Senju Clan