Naruto's bio

Naruto is always energetic, and is a prankster at heart. Although he might not be the most skilled ninja when it comes to any of the jutsu disciplines, his resourcefulness and cleverness had surprised many opponents in combat. Naruto always keeps his promises, that's his nindo, or ninja way.
Naruto is the son of the late 4th Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and a kunoichi from the former Whirlpool country, Kushina Uzumaki. Naruto's physical appearence resembles his father the most, while his personality and jutsu style are almost identical to his mother's.
In order to stop the rampaging nine-tailed demon fox, Kyuubi, from destroying Konoha, the 4th Hokage sealed Kyuubi inside his own infant son, Naruto. However, Minato died from the process, leaving Naruto an orphan (it is presumed his mother passed away previously). Even though the 3rd Hokage forbid the adults from speaking about the demon sealed inside Naruto, most still feared and avoided him. Even so, Naruto wouldn't let anyone stop him from his goal, to eventually become Konoha's Hokage.
Naruto took his first step towar this goal when he graduated from the ninja academy to become a Genin level ninja. His mentor and closest person to a family was Iruka Umino, who despite having his own parents killed by Kyuubi, did not bear any grudge against Naruto. Becuase of the Kyuubi's chakra off balancing his own, Naruto had a hard time prefoming even basic jutsu's, and was often picked on by other kids. Iruka was always there to encourage him and often treated him to ramen at Ichiraku's to reward him for achieving certain goals.
After graduating, Naruto gained new friends in the form of his new sensei and teammates, Kakashi Hatake, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha. Although it was rough at first, Naruto eventually made strong bonds with Sasuke and Sakura, and was willing to do eveything he could to protect them. Naruto had a crush on Sakura, but she repeatedly had made it clear to him that she was only interested in Sasuke. It would not be until Shippuden, or part 2, did Sakura's feelings for Naruto begin to surface. Naruto's determination to become Hokage even affected Tsunade, who would become the 5th Hokage. Becuase Naruto's spirit resembled so much of her little brother, Nawaki, and her lover, Dan (both killed in the ninja wars), Tsunade decided to pass on her amulet from the 1st Hokage to Naruto. The amulet will be crucial later in the series because it contains a special chakra crystal which allowed the 1st Hokage to tame tailed beasts. close