Kakashi Hatake

**Kakashi Hatake** is a protagonist from the Naruto series. He fought Taskmaster from Marvel Comics in episode 10 of Mini Rumble.

## Description

As a youth, Kakashi Hatake was cold and efficient with little use for team members after his father brought shame to his family for rescuing a comrade. His high success rate marked him as a great potential Ninja, and he looked down on those who were not. But his views on comradery would change after his teammate Obito Uchiha sacrificed his life and gave Kakashi his Sharingan eye so Kakashi and Rin Nohara could escape from the enemies at hand.

Kakashi's life continued to be full of tragedy as he was forced to kill Rin shortly after Obito's sacrifice and watched his mentor, Minato Namikaze, give his life to protect the village. He eventually begins performing undercover missions for the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who eventually assigns Kakashi to serve as an instructor for the Ninja Academy. Hiruzen puts Kakashi in charge of Team 7, which consists of Sakura Haruno, Sasuke Uchiha, and Minato's son, Naruto Uzumaki.

## Trivia

* The name "Kakashi" means "scarecrow" (案山子) and his family name "Hatake" means "farmland/field" (畑), so his name means "scarecrow in the farmland" (畑案山子).
* Kakashi placed in the top three of all the Naruto Character Popularity Polls.
* In the *Live Spectacle Naruto*, the role of Kakashi was played by Yūki Kimisawa.
* Studio Pierrot's Settei sheets of Kakashi show that he was: 124 cm when joining the Academy, 140 cm in *Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Lost Tower*, 148 cm during Kakashi Gaiden, and 168 cm during the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack.
* According to the databook(s):
	+ Kakashi's hobby is reading (*Icha Icha* series).
	+ Kakashi wishes to fight Minato Namikaze.
	+ Kakashi's favourite foods are salt-broiled saury and eggplant-mixed miso soup, while his least favourites are anything fried (especially tempura) or sweet.
	+ Kakashi has completed 1,141 official missions in total: 197 D-rank, 190 C-rank, 414 B-rank, 298 A-rank, 42 S-rank.
	+ Kakashi's favourite word is "Team-work" (チームワーク, *Chīmuwāku*).
* Kakashi's nickname "**…of the Sharingan**" (写輪眼の…, *Sharingan no…*) is also held by Itachi and Sasuke Uchiha.
* According to *Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Lost Tower*, at age 10, Kakashi's stats was shown to be: Ninjutsu: 3, Taijutsu: 3, Genjutsu: 2, Intelligence: 4, Strength: 1.5, Speed: 3.5, Stamina: 2, Hand Seals: 3.5, which is totaled to 22.5. It also showed that he completed 140 missions at that time: 48 D-rank, 21 C-rank, 63 B-rank, 8 A-rank, and 0 S-rank.
* According to *Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth Full Power Ninja Chronicles*, the reason why Kakashi wears a mask is to hide the blood coming out of his nose whenever he reads his *Icha Icha* book. This is typically a running gag, where certain perverted characters like Jiraiya (when seeing beautiful women naked or in lingerie) and Sakura (upon seeing naked men) suffer a nosebleed and fall unconscious, reminiscent of an "old wives' tale".
* Kakashi has at least two Extreme: Shinobi Picture Scrolls cards, one of which is limited edition and the other which is also rare

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* Kakashi is the second Naruto character to appear, after Sasuke, and with the next one being Naruto.