Kakashi Hatake
Kakashi Hatake is a male anime and manga character who features in Naruto.
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Biography
Origin
Kakashi Hatake (Japanese: はたけ カカシ, Hepburn: Hatake Kakashi) was a male human born as the son of Sakumo Hatake where he grew up in Konohagakure in the Ninja World.
Naruto
On the mission, he learnt from the bridge builder that the businessman Gatō had been targeted him as he wanted to prevent Tazuna from completing his work. This bridge being created would have led to a drop in Gatō's profits by connecting the Land of Waves to the mainland. As a result, he came to hire a band of rogue ninja from Kirigakure to eliminate him with Kakashi looking to protect his charge. It was then that he learnt that their foe was none other than the rogue ninja Zabuza Momochi.
Following the fight, he collapsed and was taken to the nearby village of their charge where he recovered from his injuries. He then recalled the events of Zabuza's seeming demise and concluded that the Hidden Mist ninja was actually still alive. Kakashi determined this from the fact that the weapons used by the tracker ninja were actually not lethal and that normally such shinobi destroyed their quarry's body rather than take it away. These facts led to him determining that the tracker ninja was actually Zabuza's ally and had moved in to save him from being killed in their fight.
He then attended a meeting called by the Hokage alongside the other squad captains to discuss whether their respective students were ready to take part in the Chūnin Exams. Kakashi stated that his students were ready to attend the exam despite the objections of Iruka Umino.
Taking Sasuke to an isolated spot, he looked to train the Uchiha personally and increase his speed to the point that he could master the chidori technique. This was because he felt that Sasuke was like him and thus able to master the ability. During their training, they were approached by Gaara though the sand ninja did not attack as he was keen for his eventual match against Sasuke. The length of training took sometime leading to the pair being late for Sasuke's match which nearly left him disqualified.
He remained in the hospital until Tsunade was brought to the village to be the new Hokage. Once there, she used her medical ninja techniques to repair the damage to Kakashi's body thus restoring him to full power.
Two years later, Naruto returned to the village after completing his training under master Jiraiya. Upon meeting the Fourth Hokage, Lady Tsunade wanted a demonstration to see his progress where she decided that Naruto and Sakura were to fight as a team against their former sensei Kakashi. This was part of a test where the objective was for them to get the bells on his body where they showed considerable skill compared to the last time they had undergone this trial against him. Ultimately, they were able to succeed in their task and he came to note the considerable progress the pair had made under their respective mentors in the last two years. Tsunade then decided to form a new squad called Team Kakashi that would consist of Hatake, Naruto and Sakura where the three would operate as peers.
The exhausted Kakashi was then taken back to the hidden leaf village by Might Guy where he was taken to the medical ward for recovery.
Next Generations
After the Osutsuki attack on the village, the chunnin guards came under attack seemingly from Mitsuki. This led to the former Hokage Kakashi and Tsunade meeting in a closed meeting with Naruto along with the village elders. It was there that Uzumaki revealed that Mitsuki was the son of Orochimaru with this being a closely guarded secret. Tsunade was furious at Naruto hiding this information but Kakashi believed that their duty as former Hokage was not to question Uzumaki's decisions but rather to advise him.
Overview
Personality and attributes
His talent for copying techniques led to him being known as Copy Ninja Kakashi (コピー忍者のカカシ, Kopī Ninja no Kakashi). Due to possessing a Sharingan, he came to be known as Kakashi of the Sharingan (写輪眼のカカシ, Sharingan no Kakashi, Literally meaning: Kakashi of the Copy Wheel Eye). The fearsome reputation he developed led to him being known as Cold-Blooded Kakashi (冷血カカシ, Reiketsu Kakashi) with some calling him the Friend-Killer Kakashi (仲間殺しのカカシ, Nakamagoroshi no Kakashi).
In battle, he tended to rely on his Body Replacement Technique and clone techniques in order to keep himself out of harm's way whilst he observed his foes and their abilities.
Might Guy came to be a friend of Kakashi who considered themselves rivals with them attempting to one up the other.
Powers and abilities
A natural prodigy, he demonstrated a high level of skill from a young age. Despite this, he had stated that he did not have the large reserves of chakra like Naruto and had to build it up for use in certain jutsu.
At his prime, he was a wielder of Dōjutsu when he received the Sharingan from Obito Uchiha during the Third Shinobi War which replaced his lost left eye. With it, he was able to heighten the visual information he was able to see and accurately analyse any jutsu performed before him. Its true strength though lay in it allowing him reproduce another jutsu so long as his own physical skills were able to permit reproducing the feat. In addition, it allowed Kakashi to perform a wide range of genjutsu on another person. Initially, overuse of his power came to exhaust him after extended usage of his abilities. He later came to evolve it into the Mangekyō Sharingan that was even more powerful. It afforded him greater abilities but this initially required large sums of chakra for its use. The experience was known to drain him greatly and leave him exhausted as a result.
Among his techniques included:
- Body Replacement Technique (変わり身の術, Kawarimi no Jutsu) : the substitution jutsu involved switching his body with an inanimate object such as a wooden log. Thus, any lethal attack against him saw him performing the body replacement that switched him with the inanimate object which bore the brunt of the damage.
- Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique (土遁・心中斬首の術, Doton: Shinjū Zanshu no Jutsu) : an earth-style technique whereby he lurked underground in order to grab a target and drag them into the earth leaving only their head exposed to the surface. The move trapped its victims leaving them unable to move in this state making them vulnerable to any further attack or interrogation.
- Chidori (Lightning Release: Chidori (雷遁・千鳥, Raiton: Chidori, Lightning Release: One Thousand Birds) : a technique developed by Kakashi after he failed in attempting to master the Rasengan. It was said to be his only jutsu which he did not steal from another person. The Chidori involved gathering a large amount of chakra as lightning around the finger tips that made the sound of birds chirping and became visible to others. It was noted to be the ultimate technique that could be used in an assassination and was capable of almost piercing anything.
- Lightning Cutter (雷切, Raikiri) : a Chidori developed by Kakashi and named after he used it to cut lightning.
- Lightning Release: Purple Electricity (雷遁・紫電, Raiton: Shiden) : a new technique developed by Kakashi after the loss of his Sharingan that left him unable to use his Lightning Cutter technique safely.
- Summoning Technique (寄せの術, Kuchiyose no Jutsu) :
- Kamui (神威, Kamui) : a space-time jutsu tied to the Mangekyō Sharingan where by concentrating and using a supply of chakra he could create a portal within line of sight into another dimension. At first, he could only create a small tear that could threaten to pull a person into it and could any object trapped within it. In one case, he used it to dampen the effects of an explosion that threatened to kill himself and his cohorts.
Notes
- Kakashi Hatake was created by Masashi Kishimoto where he featured in the setting of Naruto.
In other media
Television
Video games
- In Jump Force, Kakashi Hatake appeared as a playable character in the setting of the fighting video game where he was voiced by actor Kazuhiko Inoue.
Appearances
- Naruto:
- Boruto: Naruto Next Generations:
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