A (Naruto)

A is a male anime and manga character who features in Naruto.

Biography

A (Japanese: エー, Ē, Viz: Ei, English TV: Ay) was a male human born in the village of Kumogakure in the Ninja World where he was the son of the Third Raikage who also went by the name of A. At some point in the past, due to A not having a blood sibling who could be his tag-partner, try-outs consisting of young children were gathered in order to determine one, in keeping with a long-standing Kumogakure tradition of the Raikage having a tag-team partner. After many attempts, they found only one child who was able to successfully match A's power and use the Lightning Release: Double Lariat on a training dummy. As a result, that child was given the name "B", and A stated that they would be brothers from that day on. He and B would eventually be teamed together on a mission with A's cousin, the jinchūriki of the Eight-Tails. While on the mission, he told A that Killer B would need something to fill the void that would be created if he was chosen as the beast's next jinchūriki. Some time later A's cousin Blue B lost control of the beast and it went on a rampage. A was made part of a special team tasked with subduing the rampaging Eight-Tails. After A and the Third Raikage arrived to deal with the matter, A was instructed to restrain the beast as his father prepared to use the Kohaku no Jōhei. As the team attempted to bind the Eight-Tails, the beast impaled Furui with its horn, leading A to cutting it off. With enough preparation, the Third sealed the beast away temporarily. After B became the beast's jinchūriki, A, remembering what his cousin had said to him, tried his best to fill that apparent void.

At some point during the Third Shinobi World War, A would clash with Minato Namikaze for the first time. Before Minato retreated he recognised Killer B as the jinchūriki of the Eight-Tails and told A that next time they met it would be to put the title of 'Kage' on the line and also offered A the advice of making sure his brother knew who he was before becoming neither human nor jinchūriki. They would clash many more times after that. A was once even told by Jiraiya that he believed Minato was the 'Child of Prophecy'. When A's father died during the third war, he inherited the title of Raikage. Afterwards, out of fear of losing him, he forbade B's continued training in the Lightning Release: Lariat and ordered him to complete his training in the Tailed Beast Ball at the Valley of Clouds and Lightning and restricted him to the confines of the village. At some point, he forbade B from fully transforming into his tailed beast due to its extreme power. Two years after Tsunade returned to her village to become the Fifth Hokage, she sent A an invitation to join an impromptu Chūnin Exams hosted by Konohagakure and Sunagakure. He immediately rejected the offer, believing it to be a joint effort by the two villages to attack Kumogakure. A instead sent a response saying the village was too busy to prepare and had C and Darui make sure B wouldn't sneak off to this event.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, A was a dark-skinned man with a large muscular build, white hair combed back, a small moustache and goatee. His face had pronounced cheekbones and tear troughs under his eyes, and a prominent crease across his forehead. He has pointed canines and his top lip also has a darker hue than the bottom one; traits he inherited from his father. During his fight with Sasuke, he amputated his left forearm after it was burned by Amaterasu.

When confronting his older brother during the Fourth Shinobi World War, B points out the flaw in A's viewpoint: his over-protection of B prevents him from acknowledging and believing in B's own strength. When B and Naruto prove their worth by surpassing A in strength and speed respectively, A realises they are truly essential in ending war and lets them pass. A benefits greatly from serving in the Allied Shinobi Forces as well. He was initially distrustful of other villages for their connections to Akatsuki, but now accepts them as comrades, expressing care when they start to over-exert themselves or when they save him on the battlefield. A and Tsunade have somewhat of a rivalry and he is often critical of her, but he concedes her as a valuable comrade and shows concern for her during their battle against Madara. A is also capable of forgiveness although rarely. Despite his hatred towards Sasuke for his attempt to kidnap Killer B and his desire to kill him in retaliation, as well as the loss of his left hand from their battle, A recognises Sasuke's remorse for his crimes and decides to forgive him.

Powers and abilities

As a shinobi, he came to learn to harness his chakra and could use it to perform a number of jutsu.

Greatly belying his large built, A is naturally quite fast and efficient in his movements, able to intercept an opponent before they realise he has approached them.

Among the techniques known to him included:

• Body Flicker Technique (瞬身の術­, Shunshin no Jutsu) :
• Guillotine Drop (義雷沈怒雷斧­, Girochin Doroppu) :
• Iron Claw (アイアンクロー­, Aian Kurō) :
• Liger Bomb (雷我爆弾­, Raigā Bomu) :

A was a citizen of Kumogakure (雲隠れの里, Kumogakure no Sato, English TV: Hidden Cloud Village, literally meaning: Village Hidden by Clouds) that was located within the Land of Lightning. As a shinobi, he trained to be a warrior for the hidden village where his skill led to him getting a partner in B where they formed the A–B Combo (エービーコンビ, Ē Bī Konbi). Eventually, he came to rise to the position of Raikage (雷影, literally meaning: Lightning Shadow) making him the leader of the village.

Notes

• Killer B was created by Masashi Kishimoto where he featured in the setting of the Naruto universe.
• Masashi Kishimoto noted that he drew A as a muscle-bound character to convey just how powerful he is. Predominantly as a taijutsu user, Kishimoto had him use pro-wrestling moves adding a champion's belt to the character to enhance this effect.

In other media

Television

• In Naruto: Shippuden, A appeared in the setting of the anime television series adaptation where he was voiced by Japanese actor Hideaki Tezuka and by English actor Beau Billingslea.

Appearances

• Naruto:

External Links

• Naruto Wiki Entry

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