Akimichi Chōji
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 Akimichi Chōji (ordered Choji Akimichi in the English anime) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto.
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Naruto Part 1BackgroundAkimichi Chōji is a member of the Akimichi clan, one of the four noble clans in Konohagakure. As one of the 'Rookie Nine', Chōji became a Genin in the same year as Uzumaki Naruto. Together with Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino, he was assigned to Sarutobi Asuma's Team 10. Chōji, Shikamaru and Ino call themselves the "Ino-Shika-Chō Trio", just like their fathers before them. As an Akimichi, Chōji has learned the clan's secret jutsu, "Baika no Jutsu (The Art of Expansion, literally "Multi Size Technique")", and many related jutsu. He is easily motivated by the prospect of food and becomes highly agitated when somebody calls him fat; However, he does not hide his love for food, enjoying Korean barbeque and wearing on his shirt the kanji for "food." His nigh-constant hunger is also a constant annoyance for his teammates, as sating himself often comes before other necessities such as stealth and teamwork. The members of the Akimichi clans look upon themselves as caterpillars that do nothing but eat and eat and eat, possibly why Chōji means butterfly and not pig, like Ino. Chōji did become what was the dream of many in the Akimichi; he became the caterpillar who evolved into a butterfly as shown in his battle against Jirōbō. Chōji and ShikamaruChōji has a longstanding friendship with Nara Shikamaru. The two have complete trust in each other and Shikamaru is probably the only one who can see Chōji's true strength. Chōji also has unconditional faith in Shikamaru and, if necessary, would give his life for him.During the Sasuke Retrieval Arc it is revealed that Chōji, when he was younger, was often put down for not being good at a game called "Ninja", which appears to be a cross between tag and hide and seek. His peers were always berating him; telling him that any team that he is on is bound to lose. One day they simply refuse to let him play at all. However, Shikamaru sticks up for him saying that the teams would be uneven. This gives Chōji a little hope, although in the end they still refuse to let him play. As he's walking away, however, he notices a butterfly stuck in a spider's web and frees it. Shikamaru sees this and ends up ditching the game. A few minutes later, Chōji and his father are seen talking on the roof of a building, the former still upset over the way he was treated by the other children. His father tells him that one day he will meet someone that he can get along with and that eventually they will be the best of friends. Right after that, Shikamaru walks up the stairs and Chōji recognizes him as the one who had defended him earlier. He asks Shikamaru why he isn't playing the game, to which he responds that it was too troublesome. He then tells Chōji that he likes to come up there to watch the clouds, and that Chōji happens to be sitting in his spot. Chōji moves over to give him room and Shikamaru proceeds to lie down and he introduces himself to Chōji, and vice versa. Shikamaru tells him that he should be lazy and watch the clouds with him. This delights Chōji and he eagerly asks Shikamaru if he wants to eat some snacks that he has brought. Shikamaru says that it sounds great and Chōji is overjoyed that someone is being so nice to him. Shikamaru was the first person to ever look past Chōji's athletic deficiencies and see that he was a good-hearted person and because of that he and Chōji become best friends. In the anime he has mentioned that he trains on his own. Sasuke Retrieval Arc
 Chōji was one of the genin Shikamaru chose for the mission to return Uchiha Sasuke. This mission, however, was complicated by, and ultimately failed because of, the Sound Four. Chōji took on the powerful Jirōbō by himself and was only able to defeat him thanks to the Akimichi clan's special Sanshoku no Ganyaku (三色の丸薬, "Three colored pills"). The pills, colored green (spinach), yellow (curry), and red (pepper), give the user increasingly large boosts of chakra at the cost of health. The red pill alone is said to be fatal to the consumer; Chōji consumed all three. After consuming the red pill, Chōji's appearance changes due to the hundred-fold increase in his chakra. His facial features, along with his body shape, hair, and voice, change dramatically: he even becomes quite thin. He also sprouts a pair of butterfly shaped wings made of pure chakra. His power becomes so great that when he punched the prone Jirōbō, the ground underneath him produced a huge crater. In the field, he was kept alive for a short while by the friendship of his teammates, who had faith that he would defeat Jirōbō and had etched directions onto tree trunks so that he could catch up. If it weren't for the legendary medical skills of Tsunade, and the Nara family's Medical Manual, however, he would have died. Naruto II Arc
 Chōji makes his Naruto II debut in Chapter 283; he now wears a red top with armor on his torso, arms, and upper legs similar to his father. On the front of his chest armor is the obligatory kanji for "food". Like most of the rookie nine, he has reached the Chūnin rank. It also seems that he now has improved skills, including the ability to enlarge various body parts without much concentration. This is as compared to the past where he needs more concentration to bring about a change in his body size. He was also able to react immediately to an attack from Sai, and was able to keep Naruto and Shikamaru safe from the attack. After they returned from the Grass Country, Team 7 (Naruto, Sai, and Sakura) went out to eat to introduce Sai to Team Asuma. Thinking about giving more nicknames out, Sai nearly calls Chōji "fatass". Luckily, Naruto managed to stop him. Trivia
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