Ichimaru Teppei

**Ichimaru Teppei** (*Kanji*: **市丸*,*** *鉄平*; *English*: **Urban Circle**, **N/A**) is a Genin of Amegakure and a member of the Ichimaru Clan.

He is also the brother of Ichimaru Otome and a cousin of Ichimaru Asōgi, Ichimaru Kaki, and Ichimaru Uemon.

## ***Profile***

### *Background*

As a 12-year-old, Teppei became a genin of Amegakure and joined a team composed of 2 other genin and a jonin.

Unfortunately, after a year of accepting and completing missions with his partners and sensei, a 13-year-old Teppei found himself in battle against an Uchiha with a Mangekyō Sharingan and witnessed his partners and sensei's painful and quick death at the hands of the Uchiha. Subsequently, because of his fear of death and will to survive, Teppei abandoned his mission and ran away from the Uchiha!

After he made it back to Amegakure and reported both his abandonment of his mission and the massacre of his team, Teppei became infamous for cowardice and weakness. Consequently, Teppei was blacklisted as incompetent and untrustworthy and so Teppei was not accepted in any team that he was assigned to or applied for. As such, Teppei gave up on partnership and start to accept and complete missions by himself.

Eventually, after 4 years of being a loner and a pariah, a 17-year-old Teppei would be assigned to a team composed of his cousins and younger sister.

## ***Abilities and Equipment***

### *Genjutsu*

Teppei is adept at Genjutsu; more specifically, Teppei is adept at auditory genjutsu which uses a combination of Chakra Flow and Wind Release.

By combining Chakra Flow and Wind Release, Teppei can encase each of a number of his shuriken within a harmless yet noisy gale. Subsequently, if his target hears any of the gales around the shuriken, Teppei will be able to subject his target to his genjutsu.

Teppei's genjutsu manipulates a target's cognition and perception in a minimal but subtle manner, as it does naught but diminish the target's ability to evade Teppei's shuriken by sabotaging both the target's calculations of the shuriken's movements and the target's prediction of the shuriken's trajectory. Notably, by doing so, Teppei's genjutsu is able to augment Teppei's efficacy while avoiding the target's notice.

Also of note, by combing his genjutsu with his shurikenjutsu, Teppei is able to maximize his accuracy and minimize his target's evasion. In addition, because of how difficult it is to distinguish between Teppei's genjutsu and Teppei's shurikenjutsu, Teppei is able to prevent his target from noticing or even suspecting his genjutsu's usage and thereby prevent his target from terminating his genjutsu. As, under normal circumstances, a target is unable to determine if Teppei is deceiving them with a genjutsu or shurikenjutsu.

### *Hand Sealing*

Teppei is adept at forming hand seals at high speeds and with either 1 or 2 hands. As such, Teppei is able to cast jutsu with haste and while 1 of his hands is unavailable.

In addition, by forming a different hand seal with each of his hands and thereby forming 2 hand seals at a time, Teppei is able to halve the amount of time that it takes him to form the hand seals of a jutsu. And by forming a different series of hand seals with each of his hands, Teppei is able to cast 2 jutsu at a time!

### *Ninjutsu*

Teppei is adept at Ninjutsu; more specifically, Teppei is adept at ninjutsu which uses a combination of Chakra Flow and Wind Release.

By combining Chakra Flow and Wind Release, Teppei can encase a shuriken within a vacuum. Subsequently, by accumulating air within the vacuum around the shuriken by means of the vacuum's suction and then compressing that air onto the shuriken's surface, Teppei can alter the composition a pocket of air around the shuriken and its vacuum.

Most notably, Teppei can deprive of pocket of air of its oxygen in order to suffocate those within the pocket of air. Teppei can also accumulate and condense the gas within a pocket of air into an unstable and thereby volatile nitro compound and then use a shuriken-ignited spark to detonate the nitro compound into a large and powerful explosion!

### *Scroll*

Teppei is equipped with a scroll.

By means of the Enclosing Technique and the Unsealing Technique, Teppei is able to deposit shuriken into his scroll and withdraw shuriken from his scroll. Notably, by performing a combination of either 1-handed or 2-handed hand seals, Teppei is able to conjure shuriken from his scroll into both or either of his hands without opening or even touching the scroll!

### Shurikenjutsu

Teppei is equipped and skilled with shuriken.

Teppei exhibits the accuracy and precision to consistently and perfectly hit both a target within his blind spot and a target that is on the move. In addition, Teppei is able to conceal a shuriken by throwing a shuriken over the shuriken, and Teppei is able to alter his shuriken's movements with wire strings and thereby manipulate the curvature and direction of his shuriken's trajectory. Teppei can also throw shuriken equipped with wire strings and then use the shuriken's movements to lasso and tie a target with the wire strings. And Teppei can set a trap for a target to approach and be caught within by just throwing shuriken equipped with wire strings.

#### **Fuma Shuriken**

Teppei is equipped and skilled with a curve-edged yet non-collapsible Fūma Shuriken.

Teppei is able to fight with his Fūma Shuriken at melee and range alike. At melee, Teppei is able to hold his Fūma Shuriken by an ergonomic handle located within the Fūma Shuriken's hollow and thereby wield his Fūma Shuriken in the manner of a bladed shield. While at range, Teppei is able to throw his Fūma Shuriken with as much accuracy and haste as he is able to throw his regular shuriken.

In addition, by means of a combination of Chakra Flow and Wind Release, Teppei can encase his Fūma Shuriken within a powerful and razor-sharp gale and thereby both augment his Fūma Shuriken's sharpness and control his Fūma Shuriken's trajectory. Teppei can also encase his Fūma Shuriken within a blunt yet powerful gale in order to augment his Fūma Shuriken's coverage and durability and thereby improve his Fūma Shuriken's usage as a shield!