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Minato Namikaze
(波風ミナト, Namikaze Minato)
Child of the Prophecy (予言の子, Yogen no Ko)
Saviour of this World (この世の救世主, Kono Yo no Kyūseishu)
Konoha's Yellow Flash (木ノ葉の黄色い閃光, Konoha no Kiiroi Senkō)
Minato Namikaze (波風ミナト, Namikaze Minato), renowned as Konoha's Yellow Flash (木ノ葉の黄色い閃光, Konoha no Kiiroi Senkō; English "Yellow Flash of the Leaf"), was a legendary shinobi who became the Fourth Hokage (四代目火影, Yondaime Hokage; Literally meaning "Fourth Fire Shadow") of Konohagakure.
Background
Minato as an Academy student.When Minato was in the Academy, his class-mate and future wife Kushina Uzumaki thought that he looked "unreliable" and even "girly". He dreamed of being acknowledged by the Konoha villagers by becoming the Hokage, which Kushina considered to be an impossible dream for someone like him.
Minato rescuing Kushina.
Years later, however, when Kushina was kidnapped by Kumogakure
ninja, Minato was the only one to pick up on the fact that she was
leaving behind strands of her red hair to mark their path. After
rescuing her, Minato explained that he had always admired her hair. No
longer seeing him as "unreliable", she fell in love with him.
According to those who knew him personally, Minato was a very talented ninja prodigy — a rare genius that appeared only once in a generation. He graduated from the Academy at the age of ten, and was added to a genin team under the tutelage of Jiraiya, who took a special interest in Minato, and took him on as an apprentice, amongst other things teaching him the Summoning Technique. He even believed Minato might be the Child of the Prophecy, someone who would someday save the world.
Konoha's Yellow Flash
Team Minato.In time, Minato was put in charge of a genin team of his own, consisting of Rin Nohara, Obito Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake. During the Third Shinobi World War, Minato led his team on a mission into Kusagakure to destroy the Kannabi Bridge. Because Kakashi had recently become a jōnin,
Minato gave leadership of the mission to Kakashi while he went to help
Konoha's forces on the front lines. After meeting up with the surviving
and out-numbered Konoha ninja, Minato used his Flying Thunder God Technique to kill the opposing Iwagakure
ninja. He then returned to his team, just in time to save Kakashi and
Rin from another group of Iwa forces, but was too late to save Obito.
When Kakashi and Rin recovered from the ordeal, Minato helped them
complete the mission.
Minato vs. A.
Before becoming Hokage, Minato clashed with A on several occasions. On what was seemingly their first meeting, Minato, an Inuzuka, Akimichi,
and a fourth member, confronted A and his team. There, Minato and A had
a clash of speed with Minato almost severely injuring the future
Raikage before B
intercepted the attack. Upon receiving the signal that Konoha was
retreating for the time being, Minato lingered to praise B's bravery and
told A that he had a good family and followers surrounding him as he
did, and also offered A the advice of making sure his brother knew who
he was before he became neither human nor jinchūriki. Minato then declared that the next time they met, it would be to put the title of "Kage" on the line.
Not one to allow his enemy to escape so easily, A attempted to attack
Minato before he left. Believing that Minato would teleport to one of
his special kunai, A was shocked to see the Konoha-nin appear behind his
brother before realising that Minato had marked him earlier. Impressed
by the fact that B had reacted fast enough to pull one of his swords on
him, Minato praised B for his skills.
Fourth Hokage
Minato and Kushina.Minato, not yet thirty years of age, was chosen to become the Fourth Hokage. At some point during his reign, Minato taught his signature technique to the Hokage Guard Platoon to better aid them in their duties of serving the Hokage at any given time. While Kushina was pregnant, he read Jiraiya's first book and liked the main character's determination — whom he believed to be just like Jiraiya — decided to name their son "Naruto"
in the hopes that he would be just like the main character and, in
turn, Jiraiya. Jiraiya warned them that it would make him Naruto's
godfather, but they insisted that this was a good thing.
Because Kushina was the jinchūriki of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox,
special arrangements had to be made for Naruto's birth. Since the seal
keeping the Nine-Tails within her would weaken during childbirth, Naruto
would be secretly delivered in a remote location outside Konoha. ANBU
would guard the area and Minato would maintain the seal while Kushina
went into labour. Soon after Naruto was born they were found by a masked ninja who had killed the ANBU stationed outside and infiltrated the cave. The masked ninja killed Biwako Sarutobi and Taji
then took Naruto hostage, threatening to do the same to him. Minato was
able to take Naruto back, but this gave his opponent the chance to
escape with Kushina to break the seal. By the time Minato found a safe
place to put Naruto and then teleported to Kushina, he spirited her to
safety just as the freed Nine-Tails was about to kill her. With Kushina
looking after Naruto, Minato heads to Konoha to defend it from the
Nine-Tails.
Minato defeats Tobi.Minato arrived in the early stages of the Nine-Tails' attack. After protecting the village from the beast's Tailed Beast Ball by erecting a barrier and sending the attack elsewhere, Minato tried to reach the Third Hokage to inform him of what had happened, but was stopped by the masked man, who tried to warp him away.
However, Minato flew to another of his kunai, and was quickly followed
by his opponent. Analysing his opponent, Minato came to assume that the
man standing before him was Madara Uchiha,
which he discarded by saying that Madara was dead. When the two began
fighting, Minato realised that the battle would be decided by speed, and
by carefully timing his Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato was able
to strike the masked man with a Rasengan
and apply the Flying Thunder God Technique formula on his back as well.
This allowed him to teleport directly to the masked ninja and uses a Contract Seal to sever the ninja's hold on the Nine-Tails before he could escape.
Minato using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.When Minato returned to the ruined village, he summoned Gamabunta to hold down
the Nine-Tails long enough to teleport it away from the village to
Naruto and Kushina's location. Kushina then restrained it with her chakra chains and erected a barrier
so that the beast could not escape. Despite knowing that the trauma of
resealing the Nine-Tails in her weakened body would kill her, she
volunteered to do it so the Nine-Tails would die with her. Minato
however disagreed, and instead decided that he would use the Dead Demon Consuming Seal
on the Nine-Tails to weaken it and then seal the rest into Naruto.
Kushina objected since this would mean Minato's death and leave Naruto
orphaned. Minato insisted it was for the best since allowing the
Nine-Tails to resurrect itself, without a jinchūriki to contain it,
would inevitably cause harm to Konoha and the Fire Country. Also, Minato
was convinced that Naruto was the "Child of the Prophecy" Jiraiya had
once told him about and would need the Nine-Tails' power to someday
defeat the masked man. After Minato used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal
to seal away the beast's Yin chakra, the Nine-Tails realised their
intentions and tried to kill Naruto, but Minato and Kushina used their
bodies to shield him.
Minato and Kushina protecting Naruto from the Nine-Tails.While Kushina gave her final words to Naruto, Minato summoned Gerotora,
gave him the key to the seal he would use on Naruto, and sent him to
Jiraiya. After Kushina told Naruto how much his parents loved him he
seconds everything she says and then sealed the Nine-Tails and the rest
of their chakra into Naruto so that they would be able to see him again
when he was older, ending their lives.
Since the Third Hokage had come to help, Minato used his last moments
to request that Konoha think of Naruto as a hero, and not the container
of the monster that caused so much death and destruction.
Before he died, he sealed the rest of their remaining chakra into
Naruto so that they could someday see him again too, specifically if
ever the seal was about to break so that they could restore it, or help
him control Nine-Tails' power. Ultimately, Minato's reign as the Hokage
was rather short, as Tsunade noted that he "died too early".
Personality
Jiraiya and Tsunade pointed out that, while Naruto physically bears great resemblance to Minato, his personality is almost identical to his mother.
While Naruto is boisterous and relatively thick, Minato was calm,
collected, and highly perceptive. He also seemed well aware of the
terror his reputation inspired in his foes. He appeared to be respectful
of those around him; he didn't like freely speaking about others'
pasts, and was said to be a very nice person. He deeply cared for and
loved his wife and child, becoming very nervous because of Kushina's
pain during labour and even shedding tears of joy at his son's birth. He
also enjoyed reading, and took a special liking to reading Jiraiya's
work in particular.
Jiraiya said that Minato was a shrewd
person, and was not a man who would do something without reason. He was
very knowledgeable of the ninja world, concluding that only Madara Uchiha would have the power or the reason to have the Nine-Tails attack Konoha during his battle with the masked man.
Minato was known for his unbeatable determination and unbelievable
drive, which he passed on to his son. In his youth, Minato also had a
desire to be acknowledged by everyone in the village and to become a
great Hokage, again, a trait passed onto his son. His devotion to the
village and his love for his friends inspired all those around him, and,
as a result, he became well-liked by the villagers. Minato was
nevertheless understanding that Naruto must feel hurt by the fact that
his own father had sealed a monster inside him.
Appearance
Minato as the Fourth Hokage.Minato was a fairly tall, fair-skinned man who
on more than one
occasion has been compared with Naruto in terms of physical appearance;
both have bright blue-eyes and spiky blond hair. Unlike Naruto, Minato
had jaw-length bangs framing either side of his face. According to
Jiraiya, Minato was considered to be very handsome. His normal attire
consisted of a standard Konoha-nin uniform with two bands each on both
of his sleeves, a flak jacket and a forehead protector and sandals. After becoming Hokage,
he started wearing a short-sleeved long white coat over his normal
attire, decorated by flames-like motifs on the edges, with the kanji for
"Fourth Hokage" (四代目火影, Yondaime Hokage) written vertically down
the back, and closed on the front by a thin orange rope. In his youth,
he wore a tracksuit with three stripes on the sleeves, mesh under-shirt
and dark pants.
Abilities
Minato during the Third Shinobi World War.According to Jiraiya, Minato was one of the most gifted shinobi who ever lived[25] and was also believed to be one of the strongest shinobi that ever existed. His abilities were so far advanced that even the Fourth Raikage thought that no one would be able to surpass him.[12]Anko Mitarashi, in discussion with the Third Hokage about Orochimaru's immense strength and his threat to the village, stated that she wished the Fourth had been alive to face him.[30] At a young age, he was able to single-handedly rescue Kushina from three Kumogakure ninja.[31] During the Third Shinobi World War, flee-on-sight orders were given to enemy shinobi should they ever see him appear on the battlefield.[32] Minato was also capable of counteracting the Nine-Tails' attacks to the point that Tobi
found it necessary to intervene and stop Minato directly. Tobi was
later forced to retreat due to being severely injured by Minato. He even
complimented Minato and stated he was worthy of his title of "Fourth
Hokage".[33] Like Tobirama Senju, Minato could detect the presence of people within an area by simply placing his finger on the ground.
Minato's fighting style often excluded time consuming hand seals that
give enemies an opening so he often relies on his two original
techniques: the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Rasengan.
Taijutsu
Minato saving Kakashi.One of Minato's trademark attributes was his immense speed and
instantaneous reflexes, able to react fast enough to catch an infant
Naruto mid-fall to prevent him from being stabbed by Tobi. He could also respond to Tobi's Kamui technique quickly enough to escape it.
He is often referred to throughout the series as the fastest shinobi
who ever lived, with the speed of the currently fastest living shinobi
often being compared to his own, such as A or Naruto in his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, with the former admitting that even with his Lightning Release Armour enhancing his already immense speed and reflexes was still outmatched by Minato. Even when assisted by his brother, A was unable to lay a hand on Minato. When fighting, he mainly employed the use of his unique kunai,
wielding them proficiently and taking advantage of their particular
form, which made them even more suitable for close range combat than
standard kunai. Using this type of kunai, he was able to nearly sever one of the Eight-Tails' tentacles when B
moved to save his brother from Minato's counter-attack despite having
nearly no leverage, showing that he possessed a great deal of strength.
Ninjutsu
Rasengan
Minato demonstrating the dynamic creation of a Rasengan.Minato spent three years creating the Rasengan by observing the Tailed Beast Ball. It is the highest level of shape transformation
and it does not require hand signs to be performed. Instead, using a
concentration of spinning chakra in the form of a sphere in the user's
palm, immense damage is inflicted to its target upon contact. As its
creator, Minato had great mastery over the Rasengan, able to form it
with one hand and his standard version — at one point — being larger
than the Rasengan used by other characters (roughly the size of the Big Ball Rasengan).
The lack of elaborate preparations needed for the Rasengan gave Minato
an advantage over other technique users in battle. For example, in his
fight with Tobi, he is able to form a Rasengan right after throwing his
marked kunai at him, allowing Minato to land a devastating blow
immediately after performing the Flying Thunder God Technique.
He had intended to combine the Rasengan with his own nature transformation, but the task was too difficult to complete before his untimely death.
Space–Time Ninjutsu
Minato's special kunai.Minato was famous for his unique space–time technique, the Flying Thunder God Technique,
which essentially allowed him to teleport to any location with
untraceable movements Minato had through the use of special seals. By
throwing kunai that had the seal
attached to them behind enemy lines, Minato could wipe out an entire
platoon in the blink of an eye. Minato could teleport to his special
kunai even as it travelled through the air.
He was also capable of applying the seal to solid surfaces with his
bare hand, allowing him to tag opponents and give himself an easy way to
track and reach them. He also incorporated this seal formula into
Kushina's seal so he could always come to her aid, at any time. For defensive use, Minato was capable of implementing space–time barriers to counter large attacks such as a Tailed Beast Ball, sending the blast to a distant area away from the village.
He was even able to teleport things as large as the Nine-Tails itself,
albeit at the cost of a large portion of his chakra due to the beast's
immense size.
Fūinjutsu
The key to the Nine-Tails' seal.Minato was very knowledgeable in fūinjutsu, partially due to Kushina teaching him some of the Uzumaki clan's unique sealing techniques. He knew the full capabilities of the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and was aware that he could not completely seal all of the Nine-Tails' chakra within the death god. Minato could also remove an opponent's ability to use the Summoning Technique. The greatest example of his prowess with fūinjutsu is the seal used on Naruto, placing two Four Symbols Seal to create the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style, which would allow small amounts of the Nine-Tails' chakra to leak out and naturally mix with Naruto's own.
Minato also sealed some of Kushina's and his own chakra within Naruto
so that they could see him when he was older, and assist him in dealing
with the beast.
Summoning Technique
Minato summons Gamabunta to stop Kurama.In his youth, Jiraiya taught Minato how to use the Summoning Technique to summon toads. He was able to summon Gamabunta,
showing considerably large reserves of chakra in doing so, and was one
of the few people that Gamabunta would willingly cooperate with without
hesitation. He could use the Summoning: Food Cart Destroyer Technique for a devastating surprise attack that could even pin powerful large targets like the Nine-Tails down.
Intelligence
Minato was shown to be very intuitive and clever from a young age. Of
the many ninja sent out to save Kushina from her Kumogakure kidnappers,
Minato was the only one to notice the trail of hair she was leaving.[
After seeing a technique once, he could correctly deduce the basic
mechanics behind it, such as the strengths and weaknesses of Kakashi's Chidori.
During difficult events, he was still capable of maintaining his
composure, assessing the situation, and devising appropriate plans of
action. During his skirmish against Tobi, he was able to determine that his opponent didn't want to drag on their fight as he could not keep Kurama
summoned for very long, as well as quickly ascertain a method of
counter-attacking. Using this information, he was able to take advantage
of Tobi's haste to not only wound him, but also remove his control over the beast as well.
Invasion of Pain Arc
Minato placing his trust in Naruto.It was not until the Invasion of Pain
that he made an actual appearance in the story. When Naruto started to
give into the temptation of power from the Nine-Tails and was about to
release the beast, the imprint of Minato stopped him. Minato voiced his
dislike of seeing the Nine-Tails again, but pointed out that its actions
had allowed him to see his son once more. Naruto eventually picked up
on what Minato was saying, and was overjoyed to finally find out who his
father was. Minato tried to talk with Naruto, but the Nine-Tails kept
interrupting the conversation, angered at the presence of the Fourth
Hokage, so Minato transported them to another space that was quieter.
Naruto was outraged at the idea that Minato would seal the Nine-Tails
into his own son, which Minato apologised for. Naruto punched him in
anger but quickly got over it, claiming that as the Fourth's son, he
could handle it.
Because he had a limited amount of time to talk to Naruto, Minato
briefly caught up with him, at the same time indicating that he knew
that Pain
had killed Jiraiya and was aware of Konoha's destruction as he saw it
through Naruto. He expressed his suspicions that Pain was actually being
manipulated by someone else due to his childhood psychological traumas,
and that it was "the masked man of the Akatsuki"
who really wished Konoha's destruction. He went onto suggest that, as
long as the current ninja system exists, people like Pain, who were
ruined by war, will continue to exist. He restored the seal on Naruto's
stomach and voiced his confidence in him that he would find a way to
stop the vicious cycle of death and destruction before disappearing to
the afterlife.
Chikara Arc
Minato restores Naruto's seal again.In the anime, Minato restored Naruto's seal once more when the latter almost lost control after his clone absorbed his Nine-Tails chakra. Once again, Minato voiced his confidence in his son, and his ability to overcome this adversity.
Legacy
The Third Hokage did his best to look out for Naruto but very few
were able to detach their hatred of the Nine-Tails from that of Naruto
despite Minato's final wish that his son be seen as a hero. The Third
forbade anyone from speaking of the Nine-Tails, hoping that the younger
generation would not blindly hate Naruto as the rest of the villagers
did. He gave Naruto his mother's surname so that his relation to Minato would be kept a secret from Minato's enemies,
and otherwise did his best to give Naruto a comfortable life despite
the boy having no parents and being ostracised by the rest of the
village. Naruto would never be told his parents' identities, and neither
would most of Konoha.
With Minato's death, the Third was forced
to resume his position
as Hokage, a role he filled until his death, never being able to find a
replacement of Minato's calibre. Minato himself became regarded as the
village's hero, and, indeed, one of the greatest ninja Konoha had ever
produced, so much so that villagers would regret his death when tragedy
struck the village years later.
Because Minato was never able to tell anyone what happened during the
Nine-Tails' attack, villagers came to their own conclusions and the Uchiha
were suspected of the act. Jiraiya recognised that Minato would not
have sealed the Nine-Tails into his own son unless he had a good reason
and that Minato intended Naruto to gain control of the Nine-Tails, but
could never conclude why. Although Naruto had no idea about his relation
with Minato most
of his life, he appeared to greatly admire the Fourth Hokage,
considering him a hero who gave his life for the village, showing anger
when Tsunade spoke ill of him and becoming overjoyed whenever Jiraiya or
Kakashi mentioned his resemblance to Minato.
Before Naruto left Konoha to begin his training with Jiraiya, he looked
at the Fourth Hokage's carved head and asked him to look after
him.After learning the truth about his relation to Minato and despite
the
shock that his own father made him a jinchūriki, Naruto was proud to be
the Fourth Hokage's son.
Years after his death, Killer B was surprised when he learned Minato
created a technique similar to the Tailed Beast Ball: the Rasengan.
Movies
Naruto Shippūden 4: The Lost Tower
Twenty years in the past, Minato was assigned a secret mission alongside Shibi Aburame and Chōza Akimichi to intervene in the crisis in Rōran, where a Sunagakure missing-nin from the future called Mukade
is building a Puppet Army using the power of the Ryūmyaku, an ancient
chakra flow deep underground the city, and plans to change the future to
his favour, conquering the Five Great Shinobi Countries. Minato asks the Third Hokage's permission to bring his student, Kakashi Hatake, and the Hokage agrees.
Minato as depicted in the movie.When they arrive in Rōran, Minato and his Team save Naruto
from Mukade's puppets. Realising that the boy is also from the future,
Minato tells Naruto to leave the city until they finish their mission,
trying to keep him in the dark so the future won't be changed. However,
Naruto ends up saving the Queen of Rōran, Sāra
and attacks Minato, thinking they are the ones after her life. As a
result, Minato decides to tell Naruto the truth about their mission and
that Mukade arrived six years before Naruto, changed his name into
Anrokuzan and has become the Minister of Rōran. Naruto recognises
Minato's face and tells him he looks just like the Fourth Hokage. While
Shibi claims that it is impossible, because their Hokage is still the
Third, Minato asks Naruto to stop talking about the future. Sāra doesn't
believe in them and runs off to prove Anrokuzan's innocence. Minato
tells Naruto to protect Sāra while they look for Mukade and gives Naruto
one of his Flying Thunder God Kunai.
When Naruto and Sāra try to fight Anrokuzan on the city's
underground, Minato and his Team reappear and help Naruto while Sāra
saves the men Mukade kidnapped to build his Puppet Army and takes them
and their families to the Garden of Ryūmyaku, where they'll be safe.
Mukade fuses with his puppets, becoming a giant puppet monster
using the Ryūmyaku's power. To stop Mukade from regenerating, Sāra must
stop the flow of the Ryūmyaku in the Source of the Ryūmyaku while Naruto and Minato fight off Mukade. Naruto attacks Mukade with the Rasengan,
shocking Minato, but is unable to defeat Mukade. Out of chakra and
exhausted, Naruto is saved by Minato who tells him to attack Mukade's
weak point with the Rasengan once Sāra stops the Ryūmyaku's flow. Naruto
answers that he's out of chakra but Minato tells him he'll lend him
his. Naruto tells him that it is impossible, because the Rasengan is a
technique that the Fourth Hokage completed and that only he and Jiraiya
can use, to which Minato replies that is why he can do it, having not
only realised that he would be the Fourth Hokage but also that Naruto
was his child. Since they have similar chakra, their Rasengans resonate
and fuse together, creating the Supreme Ultimate Rasengan and defeating Mukade.
Naruto and Minato's Supreme Ultimate Rasengan.After Minato seals off the Ryūmyaku completely, Naruto and Yamato
begin to glow because the time flow has come back to normal and they
must return to their own time. So the future won't be changed, Minato
decides to erase everybody's memories. However, Naruto tells Minato that
he has to talk to him, but Minato refuses, telling Naruto that they'll
meet again. Naruto persists and tells Minato that if they don't talk
now, he'll never have the chance. As Minato prepares to send them back
to the future, Naruto begins to ask if he could possibly be his father.
Minato interrupts him and tells him that if he ever had a son, he wished
he would be brought up a ninja just like Naruto, to which Naruto smiles
and sheds tears of joy, before being sent back to the future. Minato
used a technique to wipe everyone's memory so it wouldn't affect the future.
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