Choji Akimichi

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

Biography

Origin

Choji Akimichi (Japanese: 秋道チョウジ, Hepburn: Akimichi Chōji) was a male member of the Akimichi Clan (秋道一族, Akimichi Ichizoku) of Konohagakure where he was the son of Chōza Akimichi (秋道チョウザ, Akimichi Chōza). He was slated to be the Sixteenth Head of the Akimichi (秋道16代目当主, Akimichi Jūrokudaime Tōshu) where he was trained to be new successor to the family. As a child, he was often put down for not being very good in the game of 'Ninja' that resembled hide and seek that employed the use of card board shuriken to tag a person. In that time, a school mate named Shinta often berated Choji and often claimed that any team with Akimichi was sure to lose. Eventually, this culminated in them refusing to play with him at all. However, Shikamaru Nara decided to stick up for Choji and even claimed that the teams would be uneven if Akimichi was not allowed to join them. This gave Choji some hope though the other children still refused to let him play with them.

Naruto

He and his classmates later came to take part in the Chūnin Exams where they took part in the written test. Ino came to help her teammates by cheating off Sakura's test answers using her Mind Body Switch Technique and then passing it along to her teammates. Ultimately, the written exam as simply a test to see if a ninja overcame pressure and intensity. This saw him and his comrades take part in a test at the Forty-Fourth Training Ground (第44演習場, Daiyonjūyon Enshūjō, English TV: Training Ground 44) where within the woods they were to recover companion scrolls from rival teams. Whilst there, he along with Shikamaru and Ino came to spy Sakura being targeted by a team of Oto genin who threatened to kill her. Team 10 came to fear for their own safety if they intervened with Choji suggesting that they run from the scene. However, Zaku Abumi came to call Choji 'fatso' resulting in him going berserk and attacking the sound ninja leading to hostilities erupting between the two sides. Choji was ultimately defeated by the enemy but the fight delayed the sound ninja long enough for Sasuke Uchiha to awaken where he used the Cursed Seal of Heaven to force the enemy to retreat.

Shippuden

Next Generations

Overview

Personality and attributes

Choji was shown to be a very kind, polite, and caring person. These characteristics were said to be his greatest strength by both his father Chōza and his former teacher Asuma Sarutobi while his greatest weakness was his lack of self-confidence.

Despite his relatively portly appearance, Choji insisted he was not fat and instead using explanations like being 'big-boned'. It was shown that he took great offence if someone referred to him as fat causing him to become hostile and increase his resolve to battle. This was regardless if it was a ally or foe who made the comment with his friends often trying to stop others from saying those words.

Choji had a love for food with his favorite being Korean barbecue, general snacks and sweets, and basically anything that was edible. He openly displays this love of food by wearing the kanji for "eat" on his outfit at first and was commonly seen eating from a bag of chips. His nigh-constant hunger was a constant annoyance for his teammates, as sating himself often comes before other necessities such as stealth and teamwork. Because of this, his teammates often use food against him, such as offering him food as a reward for accomplishing a task or simply using his favorite foods as a form of blackmail. In some instances Choji has difficulty restraining himself, as seen when Asuma takes him to a buffet where he proceeds to eat so much that he hurts his stomach, forcing him to go to the hospital. Nevertheless, Choji's taste for food can be an asset at times such as on missions requiring a taster or a person to take part in a food eating contest.

As a child, Choji was often put down for not being good at a game called "Ninja", a cross between tag and hide and seek, in which one team seeks to avoid the other team, which is armed with cardboard shurikens. His peers would berate him, telling him that any team he was on would lose and as such they would not allow him to play with them. One day, Shikamaru Nara stuck up for him by pointing out that the teams would be uneven if Choji didn't play, though the the other children continued to keep Choji from joining them. Choji sat with his father, who told him that despite not being popular, he would one day find a good friend whom he could stand beside forever. Shikamaru, having decided to enjoy his pastime of watching the clouds instead of playing on uneven teams, arrived to ask to join Choji and his father. Choji agreed and offered Shikamaru some of his snacks, which he gladly accepted. Because of Shikamaru's willingness to look past Choji's athletic deficiencies and recognize his true strength, Choji came to view Shikamaru as his best friend. The two have since developed complete trust in one another, with Choji willing to give up his life to defend Shikamaru, and considering the act of insulting him unacceptable.

By adulthood, he came to marry Karui Akimichi (秋道カルイ, Akimichi Karui) who had been a kunoichi from Kumogakure with the couple having a daughter they named Chōchō Akimichi (秋道チョウチョウ, Akimichi Chōchō).

Powers and abilities

Choji Akimichi was a male human with the ability to manipulate chakra allowing him to perform a variety of jutsu. As an Akimichi, he was able to convert the calories he consumed into chakra with this being the reason for his husky appearance and frequent eating habits. With the stored chakra, he could perform a number of trademark techniques of his clan that involved the Multi-Size Technique.

Such was his great durability and speed that he was able to survive being hit by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's chakra blasts and even save Shikamaru from being stomped by the statue.

He knew several fighting techniques that included:

• Partial Multi-Size Technique (部分倍化の術­ Bubun Baika no Jutsu) :
• Multi-Size Technique (倍化の術­ Baika no Jutsu) :
• Super Multi-Size Technique (超倍化の術­ Chō Baika no Jutsu) :
• Human Bullet Tank (肉弾戦車­ Nikudan Sensha) :
• Spiked Human Bullet Tank (肉弾針戦車­ Nikudan Hari Sensha) :

A special ability of his clan was the power to enter into Butterfly Mode (蝶モード­ Chō Mōdo) that was a heightened transformation. This mode was entered into by converting the calories of their body into chakra. The chakra as it became visible was then shaped into two large butterfly wings that could be compressed into smaller wings.

He alongside Shikamaru Nara and Ino Yamanaka came to be known as the Ino–Shika–Chō Trio (いの しか ちょうトリオ, Ino–Shika–Chō Torio). This team was actually something previously formed by their fathers who had worked together as a unit. Through exceptional team work, they were able to use their powers to complement each other and use it to defeat an enemy.

Notes

• Choji Akimichi was created by Masashi Kishimoto where he featured in the setting of Naruto.

In other media

Television

Films

Video games

Appearances

• Naruto:
• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations:

External Links

• Naruto Wiki Entry
• Comicvine Entry

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