Naruto Uzumaki

**Naruto Uzumaki** is the main protagonist of the *Naruto* series. He fought Kid Goku from Dragon Ball in the final episode of Season 1 of Mini Rumble.

## Description

When Naruto was born, his parents sealed away Kurama (the Nine-Tails Fox) inside of him to keep it from rampaging. Unfortunately, it made him an outcast around the citizens of Konoha and he used pranks and mischief as a way to get recognition. He eventually made a goal of becoming Hokage so people would finally respect him.

Once he became a Genin and a part of Team 7 however, Naruto began to realize how much being part of a team helped him from loneliness and soon grew into a more mature man and desire to help people as his Ninpo way.

He was instrumental in winning the 4th Shinobi War, and eventually in his adult life realized his dream and became the 7th Hokage of Konoha.

## Trivia

* Spiral patterns are a recurring theme in *Naruto*, especially in relation to the character of Naruto Uzumaki himself. The name "Naruto" is short for "narutomaki" (なると巻き), a kind of kamaboko with a pink spiral design in the middle that is used as a topping for ramen, which is Naruto's favourite food. His family name "Uzumaki" can mean "whirlpool" or "maelstrom." His full name is also a reference to the Naruto whirlpools (鳴門の渦潮, *Naruto no uzushio*), named after the city in the Tokushima Prefecture in Japan. In addition, Naruto's mother, Kushina Uzumaki, is a relative to the Uzumaki clan from Uzushiogakure in the Land of Whirlpools, who used the spiral pattern as both their clan and village symbol.
* According to the databook(s):
	+ Naruto's hobbies are pulling pranks and watering plants.
	+ Naruto wishes to fight Sasuke Uchiha, the Third Hokage, and members of Akatsuki.
	+ Naruto's favourite foods are Ichiraku ramen and red bean soup. His least favourite are fresh vegetables, which others, especially Kakashi (barring Hinata) have attempted to make him eat with little success in other material.
	+ Naruto has completed 16 official missions in total: 7 D-rank, 1 C-rank, 2 B-rank, 6 A-rank, 0 S-rank.
	+ Naruto's favourite phrase is "a large serving of miso ramen with roasted pork fillet" (味噌チャーシュー大盛り, *miso chāshū ōmori*).
* According to character trivia from *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations*:
	+ His attributes are: 120 in perception, 160 in dexterity, 170 in negotiations, 110 in strength, 90 in intelligence, and unknown in chakra.
	+ He was also given a skill rating in these particular areas:
		- Evasion: ★★★★★
		- Unarmed Hand-to-hand Fighting: ★★★★☆
		- Manners: ★★☆☆☆
* According to Hyō no Sho, while in the Academy, Naruto had an A in positivity, a B taijutsu, and an F in ninjutsu, genjutsu, cooperation, and classroom attitude.
* October 10, Naruto's birthday, was Health and Sports Day in Japan when his character was conceived. The holiday, however, was later moved to the second Monday of October in 1999.
* Naruto consistently ranked in the top two (taking first place twice) in the first five official *Shōnen Jump* character popularity polls. However, in the sixth character poll, he was ranked fourth. According to the third databook character poll, which adds up all the votes from the first six polls, Naruto took second place. In the most recent poll, Naruto regained his status and reached first.
	+ Naruto is one of four characters to have always stayed in the top ten of every character popularity poll.
* Naruto is the fourth known jinchūriki known to have survived the extraction of a tailed beast, along with Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, Kushina Uzumaki, and Obito Uchiha.
* Naruto's mother was nicknamed the "Red Hot-Blooded Habanero" while his father was famed as the "Yellow Flash." Naruto's appropriate self-styled title of "**Konoha's Orange Hokage**" refers to the fact that the colour orange is a mixture of red and yellow.
* When Naruto first became a genin, while using his Sexy Technique, his settei reveals that he is 160cm tall.
* Kishimoto's various concept art of Naruto for *The Last: Naruto the Movie* showed that his height had gone through various changes: first 170cm, then 173cm, and finally 180cm.
* Despite Naruto being a user of the Truth-Seeking Balls and gaining Hagoromo's power, both of which contain Yin-Yang Release, Yin Release is not listed as one of his natures in the fourth databook.
* Eiichiro Oda, author of *One Piece*, stated that his character Sanji's name was originally going to be Naruto, but changed it because the *Naruto* series was about to become serialised and wanted to avoid confusion.
	+ Naruto makes an undetailed background appearance on the cover page of the 766th chapter of *One Piece*, where the person behind Nami (who is wearing a changpao with the Konoha symbol) is implied to be Naruto. Also, both main characters are seen eating each others' respective favourite foods, as Naruto is eating meat, and Monkey D. Luffy is eating ramen. Additionally, this chapter was released on the same week as the release of the final two *Naruto* manga chapters.
	+ In the 700th chapter of the *Naruto* manga, the symbol of the Straw Hat Pirates appears on the forehead protector of Naruto's statue as part of Boruto's graffiti.
* While Naruto was initially the shortest of the Konoha 11, he ultimately becomes second tallest, after Shino.
* In the original manga pilot, Naruto was actually a demon fox and lived his life as a human boy and the Nine-Tailed Fox that attacked the village was his father.
* Although he was never raised by Minato, Naruto seemingly inherited his father's fighting style of almost never relying on hand seals, with the exception of his signature technique.
* In the anime, Naruto is a lightweight drinker.