Jinchūriki

Jinchūriki is a title that features in Naruto.

History

Jinchūrikis (Japanese: 人柱力, literally meaning: Power of Human Sacrifice) were humans in the Ninja World who were bonded to one of the Tailed-Beasts. Their origins were traced to a millennium ago when the world was being terrorised by a rampaging colossal monster called the Ten-Tails. In that time, a pair of siblings named Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Ōtsutsuki worked together to defeat the creature which was then sealed in the former who became the world's first Jinchūriki. With its power, Hagoromo came to perform a great many deeds and promoted peace during his life time leading to him being revered as the Sage of the Six Paths. At the end of his life, he feared that his death would release the Ten-Tails which would go on a rampage in the world again. To prevent that, he came to split its chakra thus creating nine living entities that became known as the Tailed-Beasts.

Although humanity would for centuries exploit the tailed beasts as sources of power, it would not be until after the establishment of the hidden villages that the practice of creating jinchūriki resumed. The new hidden villages, each with their own tailed beasts, started sealing the beasts into selected villagers. In Konohagakure, this was done to protect the village from its beast, the Nine-Tails whilst in Sunagakure the abilities that manifested in their jinchūriki were studied so that non-jinchūriki could replicate them; more often than not, though, the jinchūriki were meant to be nothing more than military potential, with little regard for the jinchūriki or even the tailed beast. The difficulties involved when learning to control a tailed beast and the history the tailed beast itself may have with a village often led to the jinchūriki being hated and ostracised by their fellow villagers, treated as no different than the beast they contained. In fact, some villages were said to be often glad to be rid of their jinchūriki. However, because a jinchūriki was so valuable an asset, it was not in the village's interest to let them be captured or turn into missing-nin. To strengthen the jinchūriki's bond with the village, it was often tradition for them to be related to their village's Kage. While many jinchūriki do indeed experience hardship in their early lives, either being mistreated by the majority of the village or dying in their failed attempts to control their tailed beasts, some are able to earn respect and recognition both within their village and in the wider world.

Following the creation of the Akatsuki, the secret group of rogue shinobi came to seek out and capture the Tailed-Beasts. Thus, they began to hunt down the Jinchūriki where they looked to forcibly extract the creatures from their hosts.

Kido Tsumiki and his aid Magire use DNA samples of Naruto taken after his battle with Sasuke from the Valley of the End to create a Tailed Beast Drug that grants the consumer a chakra cloak with tails that can range from one to nine tails. The tails are capable of being used as a shield for deflecting kunai, taijutsu, or ninjutsu and are able to manifest into Tailed Beast Chakra Arms. However, if the user is rendered unconscious, the cloak will disappear.

Overview

In appearance, Jinchūriki were humans whose main feature was that they came to serve as hosts to a Tailed-Beast and originally served as living prisons for the creatures made from chakra. Typically, the tailed beasts were sealed into them early in their lives - often shortly after birth - so that they can grow up acclimating to their beast. A special type of seal was used that differed from village to village. In order for a jinchūriki to be successful in the long term, it is important for the jinchūriki to have special compatibility or simply unique chakra that can improve their chances. If a jinchūriki has been one for a long time, their chakra will naturally adapt to their tailed beast for better compatibility.

There are several ways in which a tailed beast can be removed from its jinchūriki. If the jinchūriki loses control of the beast or if the seal is simply allowed to weaken enough, the beast will be released. For female jinchūriki, seals are at their weakest during childbirth, due to the nurturing of the child in the womb taking precedence over the reinforcement of the seal. As such, another ninja is required to keep the seal intact during childbirth and restore it to full power afterwards. Typically, the removal of a tailed beast will cause immediate death for a jinchūriki. A rare few were able to survive the extraction but were left severely weakened or were left in a critical state. If a jinchūriki is able to hold on to or receive some of their beast's chakra, that will also enable them to survive.

A jinchūriki has access to their tailed beast's massive chakra reserves. Most jinchūriki learn how to access this chakra on their own and take it by force, but they can also form a symbiosis with their tailed beast and take only what chakra is offered to them. A tailed beast may even give chakra to its jinchūriki without them knowing it, either to try and exert control over the jinchūriki, or simply to protect the jinchūriki and, by extension, itself. If a jinchūriki shares a good relationship with their tailed beast, they can have the beast in question to help them cancel a genjutsu for them. A common exhibited by them was that they all possessed extraordinary powers due to their immense chakra reserves. Most jinchūriki learn how to access this chakra on their own and take it by force, but they can also form a symbiosis with their tailed beast and take only what chakra is offered to them. A tailed beast may even give chakra to its jinchūriki without them knowing it, either to try and exert control over the jinchūriki, or simply to protect the jinchūriki and, by extension, itself. If a jinchūriki shares a good relationship with their tailed beast, they can have the beast in question to help them cancel a genjutsu for them. In addition to the chakra reserves, jinchūriki gain abilities unique to the respective beast. As the jinchūriki transform themselves into the likeness of their tailed beasts, it further increases the power of their abilities. If they are able to survive their beast's removal, they will still have access to those abilities.

The jinchūriki have the potential to control their tailed beasts' power, but require intense training and sheer willpower in order to properly wield it. According to Gerotora, whenever the jinchūriki draws out a certain amount of the tailed beasts' chakra, the beasts' very own psyche will fuse along with it, which usually involves an inner struggle between them as the jinchūriki goes deeper into their tailed beasts' forms. If a jinchūriki were to completely give into its influence, the seal will break and the tailed beast will be released. For the jinchūriki to have complete control, they must find something to fill in the void of loneliness within their hearts to give them strength. Jinchūriki that have tamed their tailed beast can summon it outside of their bodies while retaining enough of their tailed beast's chakra to avoid suffering the effects of death or critical condition that comes with a tailed beast extraction to fight on their behalf. Afterwards, the tailed beast has to either be resealed or is de-summoned back into the jinchūriki.

Because of the difficulties involved when learning to control a tailed beast and the history the tailed beast itself may have with a village, jinchūriki are often hated and ostracised by their fellow villagers, treated as no different than the beast they contain. Some reports indicated that villages were often glad to be rid of their jinchūriki. However, because a jinchūriki is so valuable an asset, it is not in the village's interest to let them be captured or turn into missing-nin. To strengthen the jinchūriki's bond with the village, it is tradition for them to be related to their village's Kage.

Members

• Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki : the Sage of the Six Paths was the world's first Jinchūriki when he ended the terror of the Ten-Tails long ago by sealing it within himself. From its essence, he came to divide the creature into multiple chakra Tailed-Beasts who later came to be sealed in host bodies thus creating the other Jinchūriki.
• Rōshi :
• Han :
• Utakata :
• Fū :
• Yagura Karatachi :
• Yugito Nii :
• Naruto Uzumaki : blonde haired Konohagakure born male shinobi who was host to the Nine-Tails.
• Gaara :
• Killer B :

Notes

• The Jinchūriki was created by Masashi Kishimoto where it featured in the setting of the Naruto universe.
• The fictional term jinchūriki (人柱力, literally meaning: Power of Human Sacrifice) bears strong resemblance to the real Japanese word for supernatural or magical power, jintsūriki (神通力, literally meaning: God-Reaching Power).

In other media

Television

• In Naruto, the Jinchūriki appeared in the setting of the anime television series adaptation. During the Three-Tails' Appearance arc in the anime, Yūkimaru displayed the ability to synchronise with the Three-Tails, allowing him to summon and later control it through unknown means.

Novels

• In Sakura Hiden: Thoughts of Love, Riding Upon a Spring Breeze, Jinchūriki were referenced in the light novel in the Naruto Hiden series that was written by Tomohito Ōsaki and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto.

Appearances

• Naruto:
• Boruto: Naruto Next Generations:

External Links

• Naruto Wiki Entry

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