Question: are all the hokages related?
Answer: 16 Every Hokage Is Related (Kind of) Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, insisted that this wouldn't be the case. However, it did end up happening Every Hokage has been, in some way, connected. Hashirama chose his brother, Tobirama, as his successor. ... Minato was the protege of one of Hiruzen's favorite students.