Naruto Uzumaki

## Shonen Hero

* Wind Release
* Lightning Release
* Earth Release
* Water Release
* Fire Release
* Lava Release
* Magnet Release
* Boil Release
* Yin Release
* Yang Release
* Yin–Yang Release

Fuinjutsu
Senjutsu
Six Paths Senjutsu
Taijutsu

**Naruto Uzumaki** is the titular main protagonist of *Naruto* franchise and the overarching protagonist of the *Boruto* series.

He is voiced by Junko Takeuchi in the Japanese version of the anime and Maile Flanagan in the English version.

## What Makes Him a Shonen Hero?

* **Heroic/Honorable**: Naruto has saved countless lives from malicious threats like Madara Uchiha and Kagura Otsutsuki and has been shown to have a high sense of honor, refusing to kill his enemies unless there is no other choice.
* **Courageous/Reckless**: Naruto rarely shows fear when it comes to facing a threat, going as far as to willingly risk his life to save his friends, comrades and even strangers.
* **Pursues a Big-End Goal**: Naruto wants to become Hokage in order to gain respect and positive acknowledgement from the people of the village after suffering from years of isolation since childhood.
* **Energetic**: As a preteen, Naruto was granted his moniker, *The Number One Hyperactive Knucklehead Ninja*, for this very reason.
* **Stubborn**: Naruto rarely listens to orders given to him by his superiors and goes out of his way to save Sasuke from going down the path of vengeance despite being warned multiple times by multiple people that it wouldn't work out no matter how hard he tries.
* **Unintelligent**: During his years at the Ninja Academy, Naruto was rather book-dumb, struggled in class and rarely paid attention. This leads to the point where he graduates at the bottom of his class.
	+ Though he is rather street-smart, Naruto is also impulsive, charging into situations without thinking things through.
	+ While he eventually becomes a wiser person as an adult, he stills makes his share of impulsive decisions, acting on his personal feelings rather than using logic.
* **Hard-Working**: Even during his days at the Ninja Academy, Naruto is a rather diligent person who refuses to take shortcuts in life, going as far as to mastering the Rasengan, an A-ranked Justu, in a week with lots of effort.
* **Optimistic**: Despite suffering years of social isolation during his childhood, Naruto never becomes bitter towards anyone and instead maintains an positive outlook on life.
* **Believes in the Power of Friendship**: Naruto deeply values the friends he made throughout his journey and is capable of turning his enemies into his allies such as Gaara and Obito Uchiha despite the humongous threats they posed on his loved ones.
* **Spiky Hair**: Naruto has yellow spiky hair. While he had his hair cut as an adult, he still keeps it spiky.
* **Oblivious to Love**: For the majority of the series, Naruto was highly unaware of Hinata's crush on him due to years of social isolation from the villagers, lack of knowledge of the concept of romantic love and his own infatuation with Sakura, who views Naruto as an immature nuisance and is in love with Sasuke. It isn't until *The Last: Naruto the Movie* that Naruto realizes he has feelings for Hinata, eventually marrying her and having two children, Boruto and Himawari.
* **Short-Tempered**: Though not on the same level as Sakura, Naruto can be quick to anger from time to time, whether he is provoked or when someone hurts those he cares about.
* **Big Eater**: Naruto is known for his obsession with ramen and is shown to eat lots of it on many occasions.
* **Has Rivals/Mentors**: Naruto has Sasuke Uchiha as his main rival and he is mainly guided by Kakashi Hatake and Jiraiya.
* **Possesses Plot Armor**: Naruto once has Kurama extracted from his body. As a jinchuriki, Naruto would die once his Tailed Beast is extracted from him. It takes Sakura giving him CPR to bring him back to life.
* **Has Idols**: Naruto looks up to the Hokage and wants to surpass them.
* **Mischievous**: Naruto used to put graffiti on the Hokage faces during his academy days. Though he eventually stops pulling public pranks even before becoming Hokage, he still has his moments of playful mischief, specifically when bickering and competing with his son Boruto.
* **Rebellious**: Naruto prefers to live by his own ninja way rather than conform to social standards.
* **Tragic Past**: Naruto lost his parents shortly after his birth when they were killed by Kurama the Nine-Tail Fox before sealing the demon fox inside of him. As a result, Naruto was isolated from the villagers in the Hidden Leaf and the trauma of the isolation is what fueled his motivation to yearn for respect and to do this, he aims to be Hokage.

## External Links

* Naruto Uzumaki on the Heroes Wiki
* Naruto Uzumaki on the *Naruto* Wiki
* Naruto Uzumaki on the *Boruto* Wiki
* Naruto Uzumaki on the Pure Good Wiki
* Naruto Uzumaki on the The Ultimate Good Wiki
* Naruto Uzumaki on the Love Exalted Wiki

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