Konohagakure
Konohagakure is a village that features in Naruto.
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History
Origin
Konohagakure (木ノ葉隠れの里, Konohagakure no Sato, English TV: "Village Hidden in the Leaves" or "Hidden Leaf Village", Literally meaning: Village Hidden by Tree Leaves) was a hidden village of shinobis situated in the Land of Fire in the Ninja World. Its origins were traced back to the Warring States Period when ninja were organised into small mercenary clans that knew nothing but battle. In that time, the two strongest ninja clans were the Senju and Uchiha who had fought another across their entire history. Looking to end the conflict, Hashirama Senju used his position as leader of his clan to broker a truce with the Uchiha by speaking to his childhood friend Madara Uchiha who had headed his people. The resultant peace led to the allies along with any affiliated clan forming the first shinobi village that was Konohagakure whose name was given by Madara himself. In time, other villages began to form as they followed Konoagakure's example leading to an end to the Warring States Period.
Naruto
In the midst of the tournament, the sand ninja and their hidden allies the sound ninja betrayed the shinobi of the hidden leaf where they enacted a large scale attack on Konohagakure.
Upon arriving in the village, the Lady Tsunade was inducted as Konogakure's new leader and she took the mantle of the Fifth Hokage.
After Sasuke Uchiha departed the village for Otagakure, the Hokage decided to assemble a makeshift ninja team with the purpose of recovering him and preventing him from becoming a host body for Orochimaru. The team was led by newly elevated Chunin Shikamaru Nara who took talented lower ranking ninja on the mission to intercept the Sound Four ninja who were escorting Sasuke back to their village. Unknown to the team, the Hokage contacted the Village Hidden in the Sands about a joint operation to thwart the scheme of Orochimaru with the two villages forming a temporary alliance.
During this time, Sunagakure and Konohagakure conducted joint training exercises in order to improve the former shinobi's talent pool of ninja.
Afterwards, the leaf came to learn that the sand village had been attacked by the Akatsuki who had abducted their Sazekage and jinchuiriki host. As a result, Konohagakure dispatched a team of ninja to help in the rescue mission.
The village later came to sight the activities of another group of Akatsuki with a shinobi team gathered to capture one of the two travelling pair. Headed by Asuma Sarutobi, they waited in ambush where they attacked Hidan and Kakuzu but despite their numbers they were unable to defeat the pair. The fight came to lead to the death of Asuma Sarutobi though his comrades managed came to escape when reinforcements arrived to counter the Akatsuki who departed after receiving orders from their superiors to withdraw from the scene. This allowed the leaf to take Asuma Sarutobi's body back to the village where he was mourned by his fellow shinobi.
Next Generations
During the Chunnin Exams, the contestants managed to reach the final round of the matches when they were interrupted by the arrival of members of the Ōtsutsuki Clan. These horned celestial beings had come in order to claim the chakra of the Nine-Tails from the Hokage leading to a battle with Naruto. Due to civilians being around, Naruto was unable to unleash his full power leading to his capture with the village attempting to deal with the aftermath of the devastation. In this time, Sasuke along with the other Kage as well as Boruto Uzumaki went forth to help find and rescue Naruto from the Otsutsuki Clan.
Overview
In appearance, Konohagakure was a shinobi village that was located in the Land of Fire. It was ranked by one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries and was headed by one of the Kage (影, literally meaning: Shadow) which in its case was the Hokage (火影, literally meaning: Fire Shadow). Konohagakure was located by Hokage Rock (火影岩, Hokage-iwa) that was a mountain overlooking the village that had all the faces of the Hokage carved onto the stone.
It was generally seen as the most powerful of the ninja villages.
Locations within the village included:
- Academy :
- Akagahara :
- Amaguriama :
- Fire Park :
- Forty-Fourth Training Ground :
- Hokage Rock :
- Hokage Residence :
- Information & Receiving Centre :
- Jōnin Standby Station :
Clans that called Konohagakure their home included:
- Aburame Clan : one of the four noble clans of Konohagakure. From birth, members of this clan were offered to several special breeds of insects as a nest where they resided under their host's skin. These insects then lived in symbiosis with their host from that point on and they used insects in battle.
- Akimichi Clan :
- Hatake Clan :
- Hōki Family :
- Hyūga Clan : one of the four noble clans of Konohagakure and held as the strongest clan in the village. All members were born with the Byakugan with this kekkei genkai allowing them to extended fields of vision and the ability to see through solid objects and even the chakra circulatory system among other things.
- Inuzuka Clan :
- Kohaku Clan :
- Kurama Clan : a clan of extremely skilled genjutsu users whose talent drew from a kekkei genkai that the clan possessed. However, once every few generations, a member of the clan was born with such enormous skill in genjutsu that their illusions causes the brain to make anything that happens to the victim within the genjutsu physically real, allowing the clan member to potentially kill their opponents with their ability.
- Lee Clan :
- Nara Clan :
- Onikuma Clan :
- Sarutobi Clan :
- Senju Clan :
- Shimura Clan :
- Uchiha Clan :
- Uzumaki Clan :
- Yamanaka Clan :
The Uchiha Clan came to be part of the police force that held the peace in the village. Their founding of the police led to them modifying their clan symbol to be used by the force. The Konoha Military Police Force (木ノ葉警務部隊, Konoha Keimu Butai, Literally meaning: Tree Leaf Military Police Force) were responsible for maintaining the law and peace with this being led to them being called the Leaf Police Force.
The village maintained their own Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai (暗殺戦術特殊部隊, Literally meaning: Special Assassination and Tactical Squad) that were a team of covert special operations ninja.
An elite sub-division of Anbu was the Root (根, Ne, English TV: Foundation) that were a black ops unit within the village.
In the past, the village produced three legendary ninjas who came to be awarded the title of the Sannin (伝説の三忍, Densetsu no Sannin, Literally meaning: Legendary Three Ninja).
It maintained a set of protocols that were to be employed if the village was ever attacked with the first being to eliminate enemy units. If this was not vialble, then all civilians were to be evacuated to the nearest shelter hidden throughout the village. Finally, all forces were to be used to eliminate the enemy with full force using the home field advantage.
Inhabitants
- Hashirama Senju :
- Madara Uchiha :
- Hiruzen Sarutobi :
- Tsunade :
- Jiraiya :
- Orochimaru :
- Itachi Uchiha :
- Kakashi Hatake :
- Might Guy :
- Neji Hyuga :
- Rock Lee :
- Might Guy :
- Asuma Sarutobi :
- Shikamaru Nara :
- Ino Yamanaka :
- Sasuke Uchicha :
- Sakura Haruno :
- Naruto Uzumaki :
- Hinata Hyuga :
- Boruto Uzukmaki :
- Sarada Uchiha :
Notes
- Konohagakure was created by Masashi Kishimoto where it featured in the setting of the Naruto universe.
In other media
Films
Video games
- In Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, Konohagakure appeared in the setting of the fighting video game.
Appearances
- Naruto:
- Boruto: Next Generations:
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