Hatake Kakashi
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 (ordered Kakashi Hatake in the English anime) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto. Contents
BackgroundKakashi is a Konohagakure Jōnin and the current leader of Team 7, which originally consisted of Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, and Haruno Sakura. He is known as Copy Ninja Kakashi (コピー忍者のカカシ, "Kopī Ninja no Kakashi") or Sharingan Kakashi (写輪眼のカカシ, Sharingan no Kakashi), among other varitaions on the theme.These varied aliases refer to the Sharingan in his left eye and his use of it in battle, which has allowed him to copy more than a thousand jutsu (techniques). Kakashi's Sharingan eye is not his own; it originally belonged to his former teammate, Uchiha Obito. Because it is a transplanted eye, his Sharingan eye is always active. While this would not be a problem for an Uchiha, his non-Uchiha blood causes it to use much more chakra than it should. Because of this, he covers it with his forehead protector and only reveals it for the toughest of battles. Kakashi is considered a genius shinobi; he graduated the Ninja Academy at age 5 and achieved the rank of Chūnin at age 6, and became a Jōnin at 13. Kakashi was also a ANBU squad captain at one point. In many ways he also resembles his student Sasuke, who has been compared to Kakashi both by Might Guy and Kakashi himself, not just for their Sharingan, but for the fact that they share extraordinary natural talents. Kakashi has an ongoing, albeit slightly one-sided, rivalry with Might Guy; Guy constantly proclaims that Kakashi is his rival and challenges him on occasion, but Kakashi simply acts indifferent to the matter, annoying Guy to no end. Kakashi's current record stands at 49 wins and 50 losses, though the contests that make up this figure are so varied that it is not much of a statement. The contests have included 100-meter dashes, sumo-wrestling, ramen-eating contests, and even Rock, Paper, Scissors. Nevertheless, Guy is proud of his record. Guy serves as a perfect antithesis for Kakashi in personality, appearance, and technique. Unlike Kakashi, Guy has had to work hard to achieve success as a ninja and mainly uses taijutsu, which is the natural counter to the Sharingan. Kakashi, on the other hand, uses mainly ninjutsu and other techniques he copies with his Sharingan. Yakushi Kabuto, Orochimaru's spy, lieutenant, and medical ninja, is also something of a rival to Kakashi. The two have a roughly equal skill level, though their single short battle does little to confirm this. Kabuto manages to elude Kakashi in several confrontations. Initially, Kabuot posed as an undistinguished Konoha Genin, but his demonstrated Jōnin-level skills and abilities during various battles in the series. Kakashi's personal life appears to be as much of a mystery as the face behind the mask he has worn for most of his ninja career. He has no living family, or at least none he cares to acknowledge. He's confirmed at several points that everyone he loves is already dead. He is immediately recognizable as the son of (or mistaken for) the "White Fang of Konoha", Hatake Sakumo. Whether the mask he wears is because of this resemblance or for some other reason is unknown. Though his face has never been seen, the special chapter "At the Ichiraku Ramen" implies that he is in fact quite handsome. The chapter details Team 7's attempts to see what's under the mask, only to fail horribly. They persuade Kakashi to eat ramen with them at the Ichiraku Ramen Bar, knowing that he would have to take off his mask. As Kakashi is about to start eating with Team 7 carefully watching him, Yamanaka Ino suddenly interrupts with a loud shriek of "Sasuke!", and proceeds to jump on him. Distracted by Ino, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura's attention is broken, allowing Kakashi to eat unnoticed. Only the ramen chef and his daughter, Ayame, get to see his face, and their expressions suggest that Kakashi must have be good-looking. Though he reportedly has many hobbies, the one pastime most seen in the series is his reading of "Icha Icha Paradise" (イチャイチャパラダイス, "Icha Icha Paradaisu", literally "Make-out Paradise" or "Come Come Paradise"), which is an adult and probably pornographic novel authored by Jiraiya. It is a runaway bestseller in the Naruto world. He reads this book when testing Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. In the first Naruto movie, the new daimyo of the Snow country, Fujikaze Yukie, tells Team 7 that she can be both the Snow Country's monarch and an actress. The fact that she's holding an "Icha Icha Paradise" script while saying this probably means she'll be playing in an "Icha Icha Paradise" movie. Later on in the series, Kakashi is seen reading the second volume of the "Icha Icha" series, "Icha Icha Violence" (イチャイチャバイオレンス, "Icha Icha Baiorensu", literally "Make-out Violence"). In episode 101, Kakashi sees an advertisement for a movie under that same title and immediately goes to reserve a ticket without a second thought. The picture shows a woman kicking a man. Naruto gives Kakashi the third installment of the "Icha Icha" series, "Icha Icha Tactics" (イチャイチャタクティクス, "Icha Icha Takutikusu", literally "Make-out Tactics"), which has yet to be released in the Naruto world. Kakashi also frequently visits Konoha's memorial site, where the dead heroic ninja are remembered. In particular, he visits for Obito's sake. HistoryHatake Sakumo, Kakashi's father, was a genius ninja whose skills have been compared to that of the Legendary Sannin. He was known as the "White Fang of Konoha" (木ノ葉の白い牙, "Konoha no Shiroi Kiba"). During a mission, he abandoned the objective in favor of saving his comrades, which cost the village dearly. He was blamed and disgraced for the failure, even by those he had saved, and eventually he committed suicide. According to the manga, Kakashi bore witness to this event approximately five years before the events of the Kakashi Gaiden arc, making him around 7 or 8 years old at the time. After his father's suicide, Kakashi began to adhere strictly to the rules of the shinobi – in particular the rule dictating that the success of the mission must come before the well-being of one's teammates. He became arrogant, humorless, and by-the-book.
 Kakashi achieved Jōnin status at 13 years of age, mainly because of an ongoing war that required ninja more quickly than normal. There was no elaborate ceremony, though the other members of his team (save for Obito) gave him gifts to mark the occasion. Instead, since Konohagakure was embroiled in the Third Great Ninja War, his reward was to lead his team on a sabotage mission to blow up a bridge in order to prevent enemy forces from Iwagakure from entering the Land of Grass, where the enemy could easily mount an attack on Konohagakure. Kakashi lost his left eye mid-mission while protecting Obito, and the scar on his face is a result of that injury. At one point, Rin was captured by enemy shinobi who intended to extract information from her. Obito wanted to save Rin, since he liked her, even though Kakashi said they had to focus on the mission. This situation was exactly like the one Kakashi's father faced. Kakashi believed that they had to follow the mission, but Obito convinced him that his father did the right thing, thus convincing Kakashi to do the same. During their resuce attempt, Obito managed to activate his Sharigan, only to be crushed by rocks shortly thereafter. Kakashi would have been crushed, but Obito pushed him out of the way. Shortly before he died, Obito has Rin (a medical ninja) implant his Sharingan eye in Kakashi's empty eye socket as a gift, thus creating Copy Ninja Kakashi. Obito's death changes Kakashi, and Kakashi adopts many of Obito's traits, even his chronic lateness. This is revealed to stem from long periods of reflection at the Konoha memorial stone. Kakashi also picks up Obito's concept of teamwork after his death, which is most clearly seen in the way he tests newly-graduated students hoping to become a squad under him. He uses the bell test to test his students, which requires the three students to gets the two bells he keeps on his person. Only those who get a bell get to pass. Obviously, this would be difficult even with teamwork, and at least one ninja would fail regardless. However, the rule is only a ruse. The point of the test is to foster teamwork and teach the sudents that some rules need to be broken on occasion. Team 7 is the only team to have realized this and passed the test. Kakashi adopts a quote from Obito emphasizing teamwork, which goes as follows: 忍者の世界でルールや掟を破る奴はクズ呼ばわりされる… AbilityKakashi tends to focus mainly on ninjutsu, using his Sharingan to copy the techniques of others and then turn them on their source. He does use genjutsu (a natural part of the Sharingan) and taijutsu, however, usually after his opponent has used up some of their chakra. Kakashi seems to know a great deal of water-based jutsu, which can be attributed to the dispoportinae number of mist-nin he has faced, such as Zabuza and Hoshigaki Kisame.Kakashi's Sharingan eye gives him a significant advantage in battle, as he can copy enemy techniques and use them as his own. In addition, he can even copy a jutsu that an opponent hasn't used through the Sharingan's hypnotic and suggestive abilities. Kakashi's use of the Sharingan is nearly as good as Uchiha Itachi's, though the aforementioned handicaps brought about by the nature of his eye make him weaker in comparsion.
In Part II, Kakashi has developed his own variant of the Mangekyō Sharingan, which acts differently than Itachi's. With it, he can manipulate space-time, even to a focus, and utilize it to conduct long range attacks. In the jutsu's premiere, he managed to destroy Deidara's right arm. Later on, when Deidara's clone attempted to blow himself and everyone around him up, he used the Mangekyō Sharingan to send it to another dimension. The Mangekyō Sharingan tires Kakashi considerably, and he can only use it up to three times a day. Kakashi has his own personal pack of Ninken ("ninja dogs"), which he calls into battle with Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique). The dogs were apparently trained by Kakashi, and the smallest one, Pakkun, can even speak. He uses these dogs for tracking purposes. They can also be used for attack, as seen during his battle with Momochi Zabuza, in which he uses to hold Zabuza still by having the dogs follow Zabuza through the ground by tracking the scent of Kakashi's blood on his sword. Kakashi's Sharingan eye has allowed him to copy many jutsu, but his only original jutsu is the Raikiri (Lightning Blade), a ball of lightning-based chakra held in the hand that can kill in a single hit. Its true name is Chidori (meaning, "a thousand birds"), because of the high-pitched chirping sound made by the electrified chakra. It is believed that Kakashi cut through a lightning bolt with this jutsu, thus the former name. The former is also more powerful and requires better chakra control, making the two names separate, yet still similar, techniques. This jutsu is used while running at high speed, which causes it to burrow through anything in its path, making it an effective assassination technique. This technique has a somewhat fatal flaw, however. Because of the speed at which it must be done, the user is open to a counterattack by the enemy. The Sharingan removes this weakness with its incredible perception, allowing the user to perceive and dodge any counterattacks. Kakashi developed this technique before gaining the Sharingan, and thus experienced its weakness first-hand. He was only allowed to use it again after he recieved the Sharingan.Developing Chidori before acquiring his Sharingan eye, he is nearly impaled by an enemy countermeasure, and is injured. As a result, the Fourth Hokage forbade Kakashi from using Chidori again. Kakashi resumed using it after receiving the Sharingan eye. Kakashi also has another famous (or infamous, depending on who's been on the recieveing end) jutsu called Konohagakure Hiden: Taijutsu no Ōgi: Sennen Goroshi (Hidden Leaf Secret: Taijutsu Supreme Technique: A Thousand Years of Death). Despite the verbose title, this is simply an extremely sharp poke to the rectal region of an opponent with the index and middle fingers of both hands (see kancho), launching him into midair with humiliating pain. This is first demonstrated by Kakashi on Naruto during the Survival Training Exam. Naruto discovers the true purpose of the jutsu and uses it in a modified form during his fight with Gaara. Part ITeam 7The initial results of the Survival Training Exam for Team 7 were unpromising. Sakura's tunnel vision focus on Sasuke, Naruto's impulsive insistence on being a one man show and Sasuke's arrogant superiority and loner attitude resulted in a huge lack of teamwork, which led them to fail the Survival Training Exam. During lunchtime, Naruto was not to be given any food from either Sasuke or Sakura since he tried to eat it by himself during the test. But by breaking that rule, they were the first to pass the test, since the true purpose was to test their teamwork and commitment to each other; not to follow rules that would jeopardize the lives of their comrades.The team improved their skills under Kakashi's training, which included the tree-walking exercise seen in the anime and manga. This exercise, which involves the use of chakra to walk up trees with feet alone, greatly improved the chakra control abilities of the team as they prepared for a final battle in the Land of Waves against Momochi Zabuza and his student, Haku. Kakashi's controversial decision to permit Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura to take the Chūnin exam surprised many, who believed that Kakashi should have given the team another year to prepare. Yet, through this decision, the team begins to truly realize their potential to be ninja. By the end of the second stage, the three exhibit signs of extensive growth from their extreme ordeals. Kakashi, during the tree-walking exercise, is the first one to recognize Naruto's potential to surpass Sasuke and even himself in Chakra capacity. Initially considered to be weak and untalented, Naruto's growth as a ninja early in the series is attributed to Kakashi's training and influence. Naruto, in his fight against Inuzuka Kiba, quotes Kakashi's earlier admonition to him: "Use your techniques carefully, after giving some thought to what you're doing! Or it'll be used to the other person's advantage, stupid!" Through the Survival Training Exam, Kakashi recognizes Sakura's faculty with Genjutsu. However, despite the training that Kakashi has given to Naruto and Sakura, the one he has spent the most time in training with is Sasuke. After the second stage of the Chūnin exam until Sasuke's defection to Orochimaru, Kakashi takes an active role in training Sasuke, teaching him Chidori (One Thousand Birds) and how to use his Sharingan, as well as attempting to seal the effects of Sasuke's Cursed Seal. Kakashi, like Sasuke, has lost many important people in his life including Obito, who's name is engraved in the memorial stone. Sasuke's Sharingan ability and natural talent, combined by a need for supervision due to the cursed seal and Orochimaru, lead Kakashi to train Sasuke for the third portion of the Chūnin exam, much to Naruto's disappointment, believing that Kakashi is playing favorites with Sasuke. Kakashi's intention was for Sasuke to learn to use the Chidori to focus on protecting the important friends he has made in the present, rather than seeking vengeance for the loss of his family. With Akatsuki seeking to capture Naruto, Jiraiya appropriates responsibility for Naruto and his training from Kakashi, while they agree that Sasuke should develop his Sharingan under Kakashi's guidance. Following his recovery after a confrontation with Uchiha Itachi, Kakashi awakes to find that much has changed. Sasuke's frustration at his inability to kill Itachi and his growing envy of Naruto's recent growth and success leads him to demand a fight against Naruto in order to prove his superiority. The fight quickly gets out of hand and Kakashi is forced to intervene to protect Sakura from accidental harm. Despite Kakashi's admonishment about Chidori and his need to end his quest for revenge, Sasuke's frustration and his need for revenge against Itachi lead him to leave the village and seek Orochimaru and his offer of power. Knowing that Naruto and Sasuke have the potential to kill each other, Kakashi attempts to intervene but arrives too late, finding Naruto seriously injured and Sasuke gone, having succeeded in his defection to Orochimaru. This is the first time that being late has severely cost him, though it is worth noting that Kakashi was away on a mission when Sasuke left and immediately pursued Naruto and Sasuke when he heard from Tsunade that Sasuke had left. With Kakashi now called on by the village to take more A and S level missions due to the current manpower shortage, Sasuke's defection to Orochimaru, Naruto's three year apprenticeship to Jiraiya, and Sakura's medical apprenticeship to Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage, it seems that Team 7 is currently defunct. Naruto II
 Yet, after two and a half years, Naruto and Jiraiya return to the village earlier than expected because of the impatience of Akatsuki at capturing Naruto for his Kyūbi no Yōko (Nine-Tails Fox Demon). Kakashi forms a team with Naruto and Sakura again. However, the relationship between the three is no longer master and students, but equal teammates. Kakashi decides to test Naruto and Sakura's skills with another bell exercise, identical to the one they underwent with Sasuke when they first met Kakashi. The exercise reveals that Naruto and Sakura's skills and abilities had improved over the years, though he is still able to keep the bells from them. However, Naruto and Sakura manage to finally retrieve the two bells by preying upon Kakashi's addiction to the "Icha Icha" ("Make-out") series of books written by Jiraiya, by trying to spoil the ending of the latest volume, Make-out Tactics, which Naruto gave to Kakashi. Rescue Gaara Arc
 Upon hearing that Gaara had been kidnapped by Akatsuki, the team of Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi are sent to the village of the Sand for assistance. When they arrive, Chiyo attacks Kakashi, believing him to be the White Fang of Konoha. She soon realizes her mistake and laughs it off. After Sakura heals Kankurō from his poisoning in the hands of Sasori, Chiyo joins the three Leaf Ninjas in tracking down Gaara. However, they are confronted by Uchiha Itachi, who engages Naruto and Kakashi in combat. However, it turns out that this manifestation of Itachi was nothing more than a body substitution jutsu. Finally arriving at the place where Gaara was being held (and meeting Team Guy there also), they break into the cave to find Deidara and Sasori standing over Gaara's limp body. Deidara creates a clay bird with his hands and takes Gaara's body, and Kakashi and Naruto chase, leaving Chiyo and Sakura to deal with Sasori. Whilst chasing Deidara, Kakashi uses his new Mangekyō Sharingan and uses it to tear off Deidara's remaining arm. Naruto advances to finish him off, but when Naruto realizes his Rasengan hits nothing more than a Deidara bunshin, he starts to lose composure and grow chakra tails. Kakashi then uses a seal that Jiraiya gave him to quickly return Naruto to normal, thus stopping Naruto's transformation at only two tails. As Deidara tries one last attack with his explosive clay, Kakashi once again utilizes Mangekyō Sharingan to send the clay explosion to another dimension. Kakashi then collapses from exhaustion from overusing his Sharingan. This leads to him not being able to accompany Naruto and Sakura on their next mission, and Yamato temporarily replaced him as the leader of the new Team 7. Preparing Naruto ArcYamato has informed Kakashi of all that has occurred during the Grass Country mission. When Naruto, Sakura, and Sai visits him at the hospital, he informs them of a new training technique he created that will help them improve their strength and be able to compete with Sasuke. Specifically it was designed for Naruto. After this training, Kakashi says that Naruto's strength might surpass his own. This training involves creating his own ultimate jutsu, one that can even surpass Rasengan (or even Hiraishin). He also stated that due to this, Naruto wouldn't be super powerful within a few days like some protagonist from a novel (this likely refers to Shonen manga in general, parodying it in that the main characters frequently gain enormous amounts of power easily and in a short period of time). Kakashi is also about to discuss an important matter with Asuma. Before he can finish Ino and the rest of her group come in and interrupt during the conversation so they weren't able to go on but Kakashi says they will continue later.Later, when Kakashi leaves the hospital, he finally begins to explain to Naruto how he will train him to complete a new more powerful jutsu. It involves two techniques. The first technique involves 'altering the nature' of one's chakra. The second technique involves 'altering the shape' of one's chakra. He explains that the Rasengan is an example of altering the shape of chakra, and that his Chidori is an example of 'altering the nature' of chakra (in this case creating an electric current). In order for Naruto to create his new jutsu he must learn the technique of altering his chakra's nature. Kakashi explains to Naruto that the method to speed up his training involves the use of shadow clones. Kakashi explains that because they are actual clones, Naruto will remember everything the clones do once they disperse. Kakashi then helps Naruto discover the element Naruto's chakra is based on through a special kind of paper that reacts to chakra. When Naruto channels his chakra into the paper it splits, indicating that he has an affinity for wind. With that, they begin training to manipulate that element. Trivia
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