"Real" name: A. The leader of the Cloud Village and Killer Bee's older brother.

When he hears of Killer Bee's apparent demise at the hand of Akatsuki and Sasuke Uchiha, he calls a meeting of the Kages and sends Team Samui to the Leaf Village to inform them and request intel on Sasuke. While on the way to the meeting, Naruto talks to him and pleads for him to give mercy to Sasuke, but the Raikage ignores him. During the meeting he emphasizes that his village is the only one which has had no attachment to Akatsuki, but also causes a ruckus when he smashes part of the table and objects to Mifune nominating Danzo to lead the forces against Akatsuki. When Zetsu's white half interrupts with news that Sasuke is in the building, he promptly grabs him by the neck and strangles him until he loses consciousness. He then heads out with his bodyguards to confront Sasuke, and proceeds to knock Jugo unconscious and attack Sasuke even when it costs him his arm to do so, and would have killed them both if Gaara hadn't intervened.

Is currently serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces.

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• A Father to His Men
• Badass: Memetic status aside, he is the poster boy man of this trope for Naruto.
  • Badass Longrobe
  • Handicapped Badass: After losing his left arm.
• Battle Aura: While fighting he surrounds himself in a shroud of lightning for both offensive and defensive purposes.
• Big Good: Since he is the Supreme Commander of the Allied Shinobi Forces
• The Big Guy: Of the Five Kages
• Dark-Skinned Blonde: White in the manga, but tinted yellow in the Anime.
• Dynamic Entry: Inverted. See There Was A Door below.
• Handicapped Badass: He is forced to cut off his own arm to save himself. It hasn't slowed him down that much, despite the fact that it was his main hand.
• Implacable Man: Him cutting his own arm off didn't even faze him.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He became a jerk to his brother at some point in the past. Also towards people from other countries. However, he is an inspiring Father To His Men and cares deeply and even too much for his little brother. Even though Bee isn't actually related to him at all. He was also behind Hinata's kidnapping -while his father was probably behind Kushina's.
• Knight Templar Big Brother: Wants to destroy Akatsuki, and kill Sasuke in particular, after the attack on his brother, but calms down somewhat after learning the truth (instead becoming angry with Bee for sneaking out of the village).
• Large and in Charge: The leader of his village, and so far the largest person in the series.
  • Also the official leader of the allied ninja forces, although Gaara is currently the Kage taking charge on the field.
• Large Ham
• Leeroy Jenkins: Attacks Sasuke on sight, tries to hit Tobi and comically fails, and goes through windows rather than doors.
• Life or Limb Decision: Due to Sasuke's Amaterasu.
• Lightning Bruiser: A literal example. Despite his enormous size, he is incredibly fast, and can use lightning chakra to enhance his reflexes.
• Manly Tears: So manly that everyone else nearby must cry in unison.
• No Shirt, Long Jacket
• Overprotective Dad: Not per se, but the day he became Raikage, A decided Killer Bee wouldn't allowed to leave the village. Ever.
• Rated M for Manly
• Scary Black Man
• Shock and Awe
  • Lightning Can Do Anything: Not only it enhances his strength, toughness, speed and reaction to absurd levels, it also acts as a shield.
• Social Darwinist: He believes that a shinobi is defined by his strength and an absolute of the shinobi world that those without power will be crushed. Unusually, he said this as less of a "The Reason You Suck" Speech and more of a stern lecture.
• The Southpaw
• Spell My Name with an S: Because of language puns his named can be romanized as A/Ei/Ē. Keeping with the Theme Naming its A.
• Super Speed: The fastest shinobi alive, second only to the Fourth Hokage (and even then, only at range) until Naruto surpassed him.
• There Was A Door: He is seen smashing through both a window (his own office window, at that) and a wall that blocked the fastest route to his destination, and his secretary suggested this happens often.
• The Unfettered: He will do anything to achieve victory at all costs. When Naruto and Killer Bee escaped their confinement, and weren't persuaded to stay hidden during the 4th Ninja World War, he considered killing Naruto, to prevent Tobi capturing all the tailed beasts.
• Walking Shirtless Scene
• Wrestler in All of Us: Most of his attacks are based on and named after wrestling moves.

A high ranking Cloud-nin and the Raikage's bodyguard. He is appointed as general of the 1st Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces.

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• Apologises a Lot: A trait that saves his life against the Kin-Gin brothers.
• Authority Equals Ass Kicking
• BFS: His sword looks like a giant cleaver. It can be folded sideways and sheathed for transportation.
  • Spellblade: He is able to use the lightning element chakra flow on his sword to make a Vibroweapon.
• Beam Spam: Storm Release: Laser Circus.
• Brilliant, but Lazy: The easy going type to counter Shikamaru's lazy interpretation of this trope.
  • They get a patrolling mission together in Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 with Naruto. At the great displeasure of Naruto, Shikamaru and Darui ends up having a rest on the beach they were supposed to check while Naruto does the mission alone with clones. This was actually planned by Shikamaru, knowing that if he got lazy, Naruto would end up doing the job.
• Dark-Skinned Blonde: To be exact, an African like blonde.
• Frickin' Laser Beams: combining lightning with water.
• Heterosexual Life Partners: With C.
• Light 'em Up: The Storm Release is a quasi-example. It's supercharged Lighting using Water as a conductor with it's flowing nature, but serves just like laser beams.
• Making a Splash: One of the two ordinary elements he is able to use.
• Number Two: To the Raikage.
• Peek-A-Bangs
• Shock and Awe: One of the two ordinary elements he is able to use. He is apparently also capable of using BLACK lightning, passed down to him by the Third Raikage

Another high rank Cloud-nin and the Raikage's other bodyguard. He is assigned to the Sensor Division to help co-ordinate intelligence in the Fourth Shinobi World War

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• Bishōnen
• Blinded by the Light: Uses an illusion which functions as a constant high powered flash bang.
• Heterosexual Life Partners: With Darui.
• Master of Illusion
• The Medic: Is a medical ninja.
  • Healing Hands
• My Significance Sense Is Tingling: Another sensor type.
• One Letter Name: Follows the other theme naming scheme of the Cloud Village. Well if your spelling with S's
• Shock and Awe: Uses a lightning element genjutsu.

One of Killer Bee's students and the leader of their three-man cell. Currently serving in the First Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces, but got sealed away by Ginkaku.

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• Big Breasts, Big Deal: Type 3. She didn't even blink when Omoi called on it.
• Cool Sword
• Faux Action Girl: Despite being a respected kunoichi in the Cloud, she didn't do anything in the Fourth Ninja War and was defeated pretty quickly, though not as fast as her brother. Of course, she was fighting characters way above her level.
• Ice Queen: Her personality and name. Also "cool" is her favorite word and how she was trapped by the Kinkaku brothers
• Closer to Earth
• Meaningful Name: It means "cool" which so happens to be her favorite word.
• The Stoic: She makes Shino seem excited. She barely emotes in all her appearances and she was the only one to not react with the news of Killer Bee being captured by Akatsuki, or even his return.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: Taken to extreme levels with her brother Atsui.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue one to her brother's red.
• The Spock
• Team Mom
• Worf Effect: Against Ginkaku and Kinkaku. She was supposed to be the best student of Killer Bee and a deadly ninja but it took little time to bring her down and show how badass these two zombie criminals really are.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: As far as we know she and her brother are still in the gourd, and the gourd has been eaten by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. Furthermore, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox himself has stated that whatever goes in can never come out.

Another of Killer Bee's students, a somewhat hot-tempered kunoichi swordswoman. Currently serving in the 2nd Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces.

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• Action Girl
• A-Cup Angst Flat-chested and somewhat sensitive about it.
• Cool Sword
• Dark-Skinned Redhead
• Hot Blooded
• Karma Houdini: Nobody, including the fans, had said anything about her and Omoi beating down Naruto, especially when it was a a diplomatic convoy and Naruto was the Village Hero. Though they have some excuse.
• The McCoy
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Red Oni to Omoi's blue.
• Ryu and Ken: She and Omoi share a similar fighting style and fight well as a duo.
• Tender Tears
• Tsundere: Despite beating Naruto up at his request, Omoi suspects that she's inwardly worried about him.

Killer Bee's third student, who worries about many things. Currently serves in the Surprise Attack Division, and helped take down the resurrected Sasori and Deidera.

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• Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Comes up with highly pessimistic and improbable scenarios, like believing that a rock Karui threw could cause an avalanche that could destroy Konoha and after reaching Konoha, was convinced for a moment that it did. This was just after Pain's invasion, by the way.
  • Epileptic Trees: Has a penchant for looking for the Worst Case Scenario, in everything.
• Cool Sword
  • Spellblade: He is able to use the lightning element chakra flow on his sword to make a Vibroweapon.
• Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
• Dark-Skinned Blond
• The Kirk
• Manly Tears
• Meaningful Name: Means "heavy" in contrast to Karui, which is "light, or can mean "feelings", which indicates his thoughtful, often gloomy personality.
• Oral Fixation Fixation: A lollipop
• The One Guy: In an inversion of The Smurfette Principle, is a male on a team with two females.
• Perpetual Frowner
• Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue Oni to Karui's Red.
• Ryu and Ken: He and Karui share a similar fighting style and fight well as a duo. It's unclear if they are siblings.
• Worthy Opponent: Considered this by Ameyuri Ringo in the anime - she bequeaths her sword to him as thanks for giving her a good fight, just before being sealed.

The previous Raikage, father of the Fourth and considered one of the mightiest Ninjas to had ever lived. Died during the Third War by stopping an army of 10,000 Ninjas for three days, allowing his subordinates to escape safely. Known only in flashbacks of A and Killer Bee's childhood. Revived with Edo Tensei and fighting the second front in the 4 Ninja War along with Nidaime Tsuchikage, Yondaime Kazekage and Nidaime Mizukage. Faced most of the Fourth Division and was destroying them, until Naruto showed up and has a moment of opportunity that causes the Raikage to impale himself.

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• Authority Equals Asskicking: It Runs in the Family.
• Badass: Stated to be one the few people that have actually fought a Tailed beast head-on without the use of seals and won. Several times. It took an army of 10,000 ninjas to kill him. It took three days.
  • He No Sells a RASENSHURIKEN!!!
  • Badass Beard
  • Badass Longhair
• Black Eyes of Evil: Subverted
• Conservation of Ninjutsu: The 10,000 Ninjas The Shinobi Alliance did not fare any better.
• Dying Moment of Awesome: He halted 10,000 ninjas for three days.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: Against 10,000 Shinobi.
    • Last Stand
    • You Shall Not Pass: And 10,000 ninjas didn't.
• Exotic Eye Designs: Black sclera.
• Fangs Are Evil: Subverted
• Finger Poke of Doom: A more serious example. The Jigo Kuzuki Yonhon Nukite (Four Fingered Hell-Bringer Hand) concentrate his entire might in the tips of his fingers, making a penetrating attack that is hundreds of times stronger than Raikiri. It took the force of one finger to penetrate a squadron forged giant Doton wall, reinforced with Lava and kill dozens of Shinobis, to give you an idea.
  • Inverted in that the move gets more powerful the fewer fingers he employs for his technique. Using one finger is basically his strongest move.
• Gonk: He looks like the cross between a Neanderthal and Gorilla Grodd.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Naruto defeated him by redirecting his attack with a Sage Rasengan to his shoulder.
• I Cannot Self-Terminate: Like the rest of the Kages, he is enraged that Kabuto brought him back to life and is doing his best to help the army to bring him down for good.
• Implacable Man: He gets hit by Naruto's Rasenshuriken Kyūbi Chakura Mōdo, the single deadliest Wind technique ever created, that cuts objects at their cellular level in the form of a concentrated mile-wide storm. Made of microscopic energy blades. In his normal state. And he just shrugs it off!
• The Juggernaut: He is this for the Kages, who are all to a fault One-Man Army. It was stated that nothing could slow him in a fight. A rumor that the Allied Shinobi Forces is learning the hard way. He is the only resurrected warrior who hand't need to use regeneration so far.
  • No Sell
• Large and in Charge
• Legacy Character: He was the one who gave lighting release armour to A, Black Lighting to Darui and Hachibi to Killer Bee.
• Lightning Bruiser: A literal one like his son, A.
• Made of Diamond
• Nigh Invulnerability: His toughness was legendary, capable of recieving over hundreds of jutsus head-on without even a scratch. It took a direct attack from the second strongest Bijuu to leave an scar in his body... and the beast lost one of his horns as payment forever.
  • Actually, Turns out that it was self inflicted wound. Yes, not even Hachibi was able to damage him.
• No Sell: Three so far to the Shinobi army. Shrugging off a Rasenshuriken, ripping the Cloth Binding Technique, and pulverizing an earth wall along with dozens of soldiers.
• Old Shame: His lighting bolt scar, given by Hachibi.
  • The reason of this is it was self inflicted. He gave it to himself when the felt to the ground exhausted in his charged hand... somehow still activated.
• One-Man Army: At difference of the rest in the Narutoverse, he won this distinction by stopping an actual army. Made of 10,000 Super Soldiers. For three days.
• Shock and Awe
• Scars Are Forever: In form of a lighting bolt, appropriate enough.
• Takes One To Kill One: In a weird twist, he technically defeated himself. Being extremely durable, it either takes 10,000 ninja keeping this man at bay for three days...or his strongest attack to actually kill him. Makes you wonder why the title God of Shinobi isn't bestowed on this guy too.
• Unnamed Parent: By proxy.
• Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him?: Averted and used straight. Naruto defeated him because he didn't want to hurt him/kill him so as to capturing him... and when Kabuto decided to mutilate him, he decided to control directly the Third.
• Why Won't You Die?: Three days.