Hiruzen Sarutobi
Hiruzen Sarutobi is a male anime and manga character who features in Naruto.
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Biography
Hiruzen Sarutobi (Japanese: 猿飛 ヒルゼン, Hepburn: Sarutobi Hiruzen) was a male human ninja born as the son of Sasuke Sarutobi (猿飛サスケ, Sarutobi Sasuke) where the clan lived in the village of Konohagakure in the Ninja World. The Sarutobi clan were among the first clans that came to settle in the newly created hidden leaf village. After the establishment of the village, he came to be among the first generation of shinobi born of the hidden leaf. In his youth, he was noted to had struck a friendship with Danzō Shimura. During this time, he was placed alongside Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane under the tutelage of Tobirama Senju. Hiruzen's talent as a shinobi later led to him being marked for further training by the village's leader the First Hokage Hashirama Senju. Unknown to Sarutobi, this success caused a sense of envy and jealously in his friend Danzō Shimura thus creating a one-sided rivalry where he sought to surpass Hiruzen. Later on, his team leader Tobirama Senju came to succeed his brother and became the Second Hokage of the hidden leaf.
Later on, he came to note that Naruto was in danger of failing his Academy graduation exam once again. This led to him fearing for the young Uzumaki's future and decided to place Iruka Umino as the boy's instructor. He reasoned that Iruka and Naruto shared a common experience in the fact that the pair had lost their parents. Thus, he advised Umino to be compassionate to Uzumaki where they could bond over the similar loss they experienced in their lives.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Such was his talent that he came to be regarded as the God of Shinobi (忍の神, Shinobi no Kami, English TV: The Supreme Shinobi). His sheer knowledge of ninjutsu techniques led to him also being referred to as the Professor (プロフェッサー, Purofessā). After being appointed leader of the village, he came to be given the title of Third Hokage (三代目火影, Sandaime Hokage, literally meaning: Third Fire Shadow).
He was a firm believer in the philosophy of the Will of Fire (火の意志, Hi no Ishi) that held all the people of Konoha as a family and that duty of the Hokage was protecting their well-being.
He was noted to had later married a medical-nin by the name of Biwako Sarutobi (猿飛ビワコ, Sarutobi Biwako). The couple were noted to have had a son named Asuma Sarutobi (猿飛アスマ, Sarutobi Asuma) who came to be a skilled jonin.
From another child, he came to be a grandfather with his son being named Konohamaru Sarutobi (猿飛木ノ葉丸, Sarutobi Konohamaru).
It was said that he and Danzō were the opposite of one another as Sarutobi operated out in the light whilst Shimura kept in the shadows.
Powers and abilities
From a young age, Hiruzen was marked as a natural prodigy in the ninja arts leading to his moniker as the God of Shinobi.
Among the techniques known to him included:
- Summoning Technique (口寄せの術, Kuchiyose no Jutsu) : He came to make a contract with the Monkey King: Enma (猿猴王・猿魔, Enkōō: Enma) who became his personal summons.
- Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall (土遁・土流壁, Doton: Doryūheki) :
- Shadow Clone Technique (影分身の術, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu) :
- Dead Demon Consuming Seal (屍鬼封尽, Shiki Fūjin) :
Notes
- Hiruzen Sarutobi was created by Masashi Kishimoto where he featured in the setting of Naruto.
In other media
Television
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Appearances
- Naruto:
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