Temari (Naruto)

Temari is a female anime and manga character who features in Naruto.

Biography

Origin

Temari (Japanese: テマリ, Hepburn: Temari) was a female human born in the Ninja World as the eldest child of Karura and the Fourth Kazekage Rasa of Sunagakure. While it was customary for close relations to a Kage to be a Jinchūriki, neither she nor her younger brother Kankurō were compatible with the One-Tail, so Gaara was chosen instead.

Naruto

She and her brothers Kankurō along with Gaara came to Konohagakure for the Chunnin Exams. At first, she was shown to have an infatuation for Sasuke Uchiha by blushing and becoming mildly excited when she thought he had asked her name. When questioned by Sakura Haruno why they were in their village, Temari simply chastised her and called the leaf shinobi ignorant. During the preliminary matches of the Chūnin Exams, Temari was pitted against Tenten. Since the bulk of their fight went unseen in the manga, the anime adaptation explained the circumstances. Tenten began the match by throwing wave after wave of weapons at Temari, although Temari easily blew them away with her fan. After Tenten ran out of weapons, Temari used her fan to trap Tenten in a cyclone and propel her into the air. She finished off the match quickly, as the cyclone dispersed and Tenten fell to the ground. Temari made it a point to have Tenten land on her closed fan, knocking Tenten unconscious. Even after she was declared the winner of the match, she threw Tenten off of the fan in an attempt to have her land on many weapons on the ground. However, Rock Lee jumped in to save Tenten before she hit the ground. Lee attempted to attack Temari, although she easily stopped him with her fan. During the final rounds of the Chūnin Exams, Temari faced Shikamaru Nara. Knowing Shikamaru used shadows to trap his opponents, Temari made sure to stay out of his shadow's range. Despite this precaution on Temari's part, Shikamaru used various tactics to increase the distance his shadow could reach, all the while buying time for the sun to set and give him more shadows to work with. As Temari evaded his attacks and prepared to finish the match, she was caught by his shadow, Shikamaru, having navigated her to a position where he could easily trap her without her notice. Although Shikamaru appeared to be in a position where he could win the match, he tactically forfeited, saying he had used too much chakra and could no longer use his technique. When the Konoha Crush began, Temari was forced to help Gaara flee the village.

At the request of the Fifth Hokage, Temari and her brothers came to the aid of those sent out to retrieve Sasuke Uchiha. Temari arrived in time to help Shikamaru in his fight against Tayuya. She asked Shikamaru for information on Tayuya, although, after explaining Tayuya's abilities, Shikamaru suggested that they should retreat. Uninterested in Shikamaru's opinion, Temari used Summoning: Quick Beheading Dance to level the surrounding forest, resulting in a large tree to fall on Tayuya, killing her. She later accompanied Shikamaru back to Konoha. While waiting in Konoha's hospital, she criticised Shikamaru for his lack of emotional control, but showed compassion when his father scolded him, and later relief for his sake when he learned his companions would survive. Shikamaru then sees Temari and her brothers off. Before leaving, she tells him she will help him again if anything happens and then teases him about crying in front of her in the hospital.

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Temari was a beautiful woman with teal eyes and sandy blonde hair, which were gathered into four consecutive pigtails. It was said that she came to greatly resemble her mother.

She was a prudent, stoic and blunt individual who was rarely afraid to speak her mind.

The one person she was afraid of was her younger brother Gaara. When Gaara and Kankurō were fighting, she showed a light, happy, mood to make sure Gaara did not harm her or Kankurō. Despite this, during the short time between then and the Sasuke Retrieval Arc, she no longer expressed fear around him, having been one of the first to accept the new Gaara. Like Kankurō, her relationship with Gaara has greatly improved after he sought redemption after being reformed by Naruto. Temari is shown to be a loving sister who deeply cares for her siblings: when Gaara was captured by the Akatsuki, she hurried back to the village to save him; and when Kankurō was poisoned, she watched over him until he had recovered. In the anime, as revealed from her Infinite Tsukuyomi dream, Temari cares greatly for her siblings and her greatest desire is for them to trust and rely on her.

Powers and abilities

She was a keen analyst who was able to easily deduce an opponent's strategies and weaknesses soon after a battle began.

Born a human, Temari was capable of manipulating chakra allowing her to perform a number of jutsu and thus serve as a shinobi.

Being one of the Fourth Kazekage's children who underwent the gruelling training of Sunagakure.

Temari wielded a giant iron fan (鉄扇, tessen) in battle, which she used in tandem with her Wind Release nature manipulation to create severe torrents of wind. In addition to being used as a makeshift club or to block attacks, the fan can be used to glide upon for transportation or intimidation, and it seemed to be made of some sort of steel, since it is able to deflect kunai and shuriken when opened.

Among the techniques known to her included:

• Wind Release: Cast Net (風遁・掛け網­, Fūton: Kakeami) :
• Wind Release: Great Cast Net (風遁・大掛け網­, Fūton: Ōkakeami) :
• Wind Release: Wind Cutter Technique (風遁・風切りの術­, Fūton: Kazekiri no Jutsu) :

Notes

• Temari was created by Masashi Kishimoto where she featured in the setting of the Naruto universe.

Appearances

• Naruto:
• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations:

External Links

• Naruto Wiki Entry

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