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[[WMG:[[center: [- ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Naruto}} Main Character Index]]'''\\
[[Characters/NarutoNarutoUzumaki Naruto Uzumaki]] | [[Characters/NarutoSasukeUchiha Sasuke Uchiha]] | '''Other Team 7 Members''' | [[Characters/NarutoTeamEightMembers Team 8]] ([[Characters/NarutoHinataHyuga Hinata Hyuga]]) | [[Characters/NarutoTeamTenMembers Team 10]] | [[Characters/NarutoTeamGuyMembers Team Guy]] | [[Characters/NarutoTheLegendarySannin The Legendary Sannin]] | [[Characters/NarutoHokages Hokages]] | [[Characters/NarutoTheUchihaClan The Uchiha Clan]] | [[Characters/NarutoOtherLeafVillageMembers Other Leaf Village Members]] | [[Characters/NarutoHiddenSandVillage Hidden Sand Village]] ([[Characters/NarutoGaara Gaara]]) | [[Characters/NarutoHiddenMistVillage Hidden Mist Village]] | [[Characters/NarutoHiddenCloudVillage Hidden Cloud Village]] | [[Characters/NarutoHiddenStoneVillage Hidden Stone Village]] | [[Characters/NarutoHiddenSoundVillage Hidden Sound Village]] ([[Characters/NarutoOrochimaru Orochimaru]]) | [[Characters/NarutoAkatsuki Akatsuki]] ([[Characters/NarutoItachiUchiha Itachi Uchiha]], [[Characters/NarutoObitoUchiha Tobi]], [[Characters/NarutoNagato Pain/Nagato]]) | [[Characters/NarutoMadaraUchiha Madara Uchiha]] | [[Characters/NarutoOtherCharacters Other Characters]] | [[Characters/NarutoTaka Hebi/Taka]] | [[Characters/NarutoTailedBeasts Tailed Beasts and Their Hosts]] | [[Characters/NarutoOtsutsukiClan Otsutsuki Clan]] | [[Characters/NarutoAnimeOnly Anime-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/NarutoMoviesOnly Movie-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/NarutoNovelsOnly Novel-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/NarutoGameOnly Game-Only Characters]]\\
''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' '''[[Characters/{{Boruto}} Main Character Index]]'''\\
[[Characters/BorutoTeam7 Team 7]] ([[Characters/BorutoBorutoUzumaki Boruto Uzumaki]], [[Characters/BorutoSaradaUchiha Sarada Uchiha]]) | [[Characters/BorutoTeam10 Team 10]] | [[Characters/BorutoOtherTeams Other Teams]] | [[Characters/BorutoOtherLeafVillageMembers Other Leaf Village Members]] | [[Characters/BorutoOtherVillagesShinobi Other Villages' Shinobi]] | [[Characters/BorutoNeoAkatsuki Neo Akatsuki]] | [[Characters/BorutoOtsutsukiClan Otsutsuki Clan]] | [[Characters/BorutoKara Kara]] | [[Characters/BorutoOtherVillains Other Villains]] | [[Characters/BorutoOtherCharacters Other Characters]]]]-]]]

''Here be spoilers. Any thing that has not been aired on the free version[[note]]one week after the paid version[[/note]] of [[http://www.crunchyroll.com/library/Naruto_Shippuden Crunchyroll]] should be spoiler-tagged.''
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!Team 7
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[[caption-width-right:350:The original composition[[note]]'''From left to right:''' '''Front Row:''' Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto '''Back Row:''' Kakashi[[/note]]]]

The main group of protagonists in the series.

The team initially consists of Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura under the primary leadership of Kakashi. The team disbands at the end of Part I, and then reforms sans Sasuke over the first two arcs of Part II with Sai as replacement Sasuke and Yamato as temporary commander. However Sasuke returns during the Fourth Shinobi World War (out of necessity) and Team 7 is reborn in previous form.

{{Honorary True Companion}}s who stayed for an arc or two include Shikamaru, Killer Bee. The rest of the Konoha 11, their Jonin masters, and occasionally the Sannin as mentors to Team 7 also qualify.
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[[folder:In General]]
!!Team 7 provides examples of:
* AnimalMotifs: Each of the three original genin have been paired with the animal summon that the Sannin have been associated with. Naruto signed a contract with the toads under Jiraiya's tutelage and learned sage jutsu from the toads later in the series. Sasuke learned to summon and use several diverse jutsus involving snakes from Orochimaru in early Part II. After learning the truth of Itachi, Sasuke began using hawk summons, but retained the snake contract as well. Sakura is able to use slug summons being Tsunade's student.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura respectively.
* ChromaticArrangement: Naruto - Yellow (or Orange), Sasuke - Blue, Sakura - Red (or Pink), Kakashi - Green.
* FreudianTrio: Naruto represents the Id as he was loud, impulsive, boastful, hyperactive, stubborn, instinctual, etc.; Sasuke the [[IceQueen cool]], collected, (seemingly) emotionless and logical Super Ego with Sakura falling into the middle as the Ego by default. Interesting in that Naruto and Sasuke gradually exchange their roles through the course of the story, while Sakura's role remains mostly the same.
* GenerationXerox:
** Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura trained under a Sannin over the TimeSkip, learning their summons and part of the moveset, and furthering their personality comparisons. Sasuke/Orochimaru was the student who left to further his own power, Jiraiya/Naruto was the dedicated, dreamer friend who can't give them up, and Tsunade/Sakura the woman caught in the middle. Kakashi/Sarutobi was the master who put the most stock in the student who left and [[spoiler:ultimately had to fight them later on after being promoted to Sixth Hokage candidate/Third Hokage]].
** They have a few similarities to the Team 7 under the Fourth Hokage - Naruto/Obito was the loud jokester who was looked down upon for having "lesser" abilities, the heart of the group; Sasuke/Kakashi was the serious "cool" guy, completely single-minded in his dedication and something of a prodigy; and Sakura/Rin was the cool guy's fangirl who didn't recognize the jokester's one-sided crush on her, had a bright demeanor, and was essentially the group's medic.
*** It goes even further, as both teams consist of a Jinchuuriki, an Uchiha (who would eventually betray the Leaf Village) and an otherwise "normal" member (that is to say, they have no super special awesome legacy passed down for generations to inherit).
** And a third and fourth times by way of the Sage of Six Paths; [[spoiler:Naruto and Sasuke are reincarnations of the Sage's two sons, Asura is the no-good fighter who inherited his father's legacy and ultimately fostered cooperation with other people while Indra is the genius fighter with special eyes who was able to take advantage of his genetic predisposition to power, and was able to do everything on his own. Two previous reincarnations were Hashirama and Madara]].
** Team 7 itself get's "xeroxed" in the sequel, ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'', with Team Konohamaru (Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki).
* HairContrastDuo: Naruto, the blond, is the "good" one: hopeful, enthusiastic, naive and helpful while Sasuke is the black haired "bad" one: moody, testy, serious, cynical, often languishes in {{Wangst}}, with a DarkAndTroubledPast.
* NeverForgottenSkill:
** Teamwork. No matter how long it's been since they've seen each other or how wildly their individual skills and personalities have evolved and diverged, the trio can still work in sync like they've been rehearsing daily when they end up on the same side of a battle.
** When Naruto came back after the TimeSkip, Naruto and Sakura were perfectly in sync against Kakashi, despite spending 2.5 years apart.
** During the battle with the Ten Tails they initiate the 'New Three-Way Deadlock' formation perfectly, and Naruto and Sasuke further combine Rasen-shuriken with Amaterasu and the Nine Tails Chakra Shroud with Susanoo - all this minutes after Sasuke decides to rejoin the group after being rogue for 3-4 years and only having seen Naruto and Sakura twice during that time.
* NinjaBrat: Naruto in particular, as he started the series as a bratty, immature, mischievous child who had failed the Ninja Academy graduation exam multiple times. Sakura and Sasuke both have their moments of immaturity in Part I as well.
* OnlyMostlyDead: Each member of the original team 7 has nearly died or has died and was brought back. Sakura nearly died in her fight against Sasori, but was revived by Chiyo. Kakashi died protecting Choji from Pain and Nagato revived him. Naruto and Sasuke were nearly killed [[spoiler:by Madara, while Sakura and Obito saved Naruto and Kabuto saved Sasuke]].
* PoorCommunicationKills: Despite the their teamwork, there are times when their not always on the same page and led to dire consequences, particularly Sasuke's StartOfDarkness or the events of the Five Kage Summit Arc. It may as well be their FatalFlaw.
* {{Protectorate}}: Most of the Team had come to see Naruto as this, despite his growing skill.
* SummonMagic: Frogs and toads for Naruto, Snakes and later [[GiantFlyer Hawks]] for Sasuke, [[BigCreepyCrawlies Slugs]] for Sakura, and [[CanineCompanion Dogs]] for Kakashi.
* TheTeam: Unlike most ninja teams that are stable, the membership of Team 7 shifted around throughout the series.
** Initially the team was led by Jonin TokenAdult and TheMentor Kakashi. Sasuke was NumberTwo and as the favored student who played {{Leader}} whenever Kakashi was absent or incapacitated. Loud mouthed Naruto's Kyuubi powers made him TheBigGuy. Know-it-all Sakura was TheSmartGuy and TheChick. From another perspective Naruto was TheHero who's positive attitude redeemed their foes, and Sasuke was his cool and aloof Lancer instead.
** The team disbands at the end of Part I, and then reforms sans Sasuke over the first two arcs of Part II into a FiveManBand. Having graduated form being trainees Naruto becomes TheHero proper. Sai as a replacement Sasuke is the new {{Lancer}}. Kakashi's versatility and years of experience make him TheSmartGuy. Yamato's Woodstyle and severity fill TheBigGuy role. Sakura remains TheChick, with a side helping of TheMedic. By the Fourth Shinobi World War arc Sai is DemotedToExtra and Yamato is PutOnABus. However Sasuke returns as a SixthRanger (out of necessity) and the Part I Team 7 is reborn with group dynamics mostly intact.
** {{Honorary True Companion}}s who stayed for an arc or two include TheStrategist Shikamaru, BoisterousBruiser Might Guy, and SoulBrotha Killer Bee. The rest of the Konoha 11, their Jonin masters, and occasionally the Sannin as mentors to Team 7 also qualify.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: At first, to the extent that, during Kakashi's test, the very idea of the three working together to steal the bells never once occurred to them.
* SurroundedBySmartPeople: Naruto frequently finds himself this, as hardly anybody truly [[NeverLiveItDown let's him forget it]], especially in this group.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Honestly, if you are ever a comrade of Naruto's, you will end up becoming this at some point, but it will usually peter out after a while.
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!!Members at the Start of the Story

[[folder:Naruto Uzumaki]]
See [[Characters/NarutoNarutoUzumaki Naruto Uzumaki]]
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[[folder:Sasuke Uchiha]]
See [[Characters/NarutoSasukeUchiha Sasuke Uchiha]]
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[[folder:Sakura Haruno]]
See [[Characters/NarutoSakuraHaruno Sakura Haruno]]
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[[folder:Kakashi Hatake]]
See [[Characters/NarutoKakashiHatake Kakashi Hatake]]
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!!Members Joined After TimeSkip

[[folder:Yamato]]
!!Yamato / Tenzou
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (JP), Creator/TroyBaker (EN, episodes 34-229), Creator/MatthewMercer (EN, episodes 230+), Francisco Javier Martínez (Spain), Jorge Ornelas (Latin America), Laurent Van Wetter (French)
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Naruto'' Chapter 284 (Manga), ''Shippuden'' Episode 34 (Anime)

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->''I like being nice and friendly, but [[BewareTheNiceOnes I don't have any problems with ruling by fear either]].''

Real Name: Tenzou

A member of ANBU, and one of Kakashi's juniors, he is made the temporary Captain of Team 7 while Kakashi recovers in the hospital. As he serves as more of a unit leader than a mentor, Naruto and Sakura call him "taichou"("Captain" or "Commander" in the English manga) instead of "sensei." The name "Yamato" (which means "spear") is actually a code name given to him by Tsunade; his real name is Tenzou. He very much prefers to be called Yamato.

As a child, Yamato was one of sixty infants that Orochimaru injected with the DNA of the First Hokage, trying to replicate the First's unique abilities. Fifty-nine died, and Orochimaru was forced to flee the village before learning that one subject -- Yamato -- had survived. As a result, Yamato can use the First Hokage's Wood Style jutsu, although not with the First's level of ability.

Yamato is a friendly, easygoing person. He prefers diplomacy over using threats when it comes to running his team, but he's not afraid to scare Naruto into doing what he wants. He notes that he's less indulgent than Kakashi is, and says that Naruto and Sakura should not be treated as ninjas in training who need protection, but as ninjas who will eventually have to support Konoha. It's revealed that he was selected as Captain for more than his Wood Style abilities -- he is the only person in the village capable of using Enclosed Hermitage: Return to Society, which, in turn, is the only technique strong enough to contain Naruto's four-tailed Fox state. He later helps Naruto with his training, helping to prevent the fox's chakra from becoming dominant.

Yamato becomes absent from the story after being kidnapped by a snake-induced Kabuto and his powers are used to unwillingly power up the rest of the White Zetsu Army. His own body is later used as a medium by Spiral Zetsu during the Fourth Shinobi World War. Eventually he's freed and after the war and epilogue, Yamato goes on to spend the rest of his life keeping watch over Orochimaru and his flunkies.

->His hobby is reading books about architecture.
->Favorite phrase: "Knocking on a stone bridge before crossing it"
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* TheArtifact: Started off as Kakashi's substitute as leader of Team 7 and the genetic clone of the first, allowing him to keep the Kyuubi in check. When Kakashi returns to active duty, Yamato's role get demoted to Kakashi's assistant in training Naruto. And then Naruto got full control over Kyuubi's chakra, making Yamato's function completely redundant. As a result, he is immediately kidnapped.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: "I like being nice and friendly, but I don't have any problems with ruling by fear either."
* BerserkButton: Doesn't exactly approve when Sakura is willing to lie to Naruto about certain things.
* ButtMonkey:
** Kakashi tends to comically take advantage of him for little things like paying for meals while Naruto's recklessness is often played against his caution.
** Try in Storm 3, where Naruto has raised his fist to him not once, but twice, and this lack of respect actually makes Yamato want to cry.
* ByTheBookCop: Far less lenient about Naruto's MilitaryMaverick tendencies than Kakashi, especially when it comes to his safety as the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki.
* TheCaptain: A temporary replacement for Kakashi, his true role is actually to look after Naruto.
* TheChewToy: In the spin-off ''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'', he is reduced to a [[TheSpeechless Speechless]] LivingProp.
* ChildProdigy: Ties with Kakashi with being the youngest Chunin at 6.
* CombinationAttack: Has one with Naruto which combines his Water Style Tearing Torrent with Naruto's Wind Style Rasengan.
* TheComicallySerious: Most of the interaction between Bee & Naruto leaves him speechless.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The Anime Special Kakashi Anbu Arc feature him a lot and his background is further expanded.
* DeathGlare: His "ghoul eyes," although only Naruto seems to be scared by it.
* DemotedToExtra: Yamato's role and role has gotten smaller to the point where he gets PutOnABus during the 4th World War [[spoiler:and doesn't return until near the very end of the manga]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: So Yamato was abducted as a child and experimented upon by a creepy snake-themed MadScientist. He survives, goes on to become a fairly well-adjusted adult, only to be ultimately abducted yet again by another creepy snake-themed MadScientist (the protege of the first one, no less!). Oh and then it is strongly implied that after having vital information [[MindRape forcibly extracted]] from him, he will be used for endless experimentation again.
* GreenThumb: His use of the wood techniques, which also require him to be able to control [[MakingASplash water]] and [[DishingOutDirt earth]] as well.
* MeaningfulName: Yamato may be named after Yamato Takeru, a legendary prince believed to be the first ninja. Tenzou means "heavenly creation" and refers to things created by nature, which fits with his wood powers.
* OnlySaneMan: The most rational and level-headed when the new Team 7 is formed.
* SatelliteCharacter: Yamato was brought in as the substitute team leader of Team 7, was kidnapped as baby by Orochimaru and had his DNA manipulated to the point where he's the genetic clone of the First Hokage, and was a member of Anbu with Kakashi. On paper, all of that sounds like a lot of potential for a character. In reality, Yamato ended up being relegated to being Kakashi's assistant in training Naruto and being the ButtMonkey.
* SempaiKohai: Kakashi is his senpai, and he once brings up this fact when trying to get him to pay for a meal.
* SternTeacher: Contrasts his approach with Kakashi's on a few occasions, such as threatening to throw Naruto, Sakura and Sai in a cage together unless they start working better as a team, and saying that if an injured Naruto is unable to keep up with them, they could leave him behind.
* TheStoic: Typically calm and levelheaded, although he can be disturbed by shocking developments.
* StraightMan: Towards Naruto and Bee's shenanigans.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: He was the only child to accept and survive the First Hokage's cells in Orochimaru's experiments and the only one who can use his highly coveted Wood Style jutsu. That is until Danzo and Zetsu are introduced anyway.
* TookALevelInKindness: He started to become more sensitive to the feelings of others.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Just like Anko, Yamato got incapacitated early into the war and isn't heard from in quite some time. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that one of the Zetsu clones bonded to him as a power source, explaining how it was capable of creating such impressive wood constructs. He's released after Kaguya is defeated]].
** [[spoiler:While he's nowhere to be seen in the DistantEpilogue, he makes a cameo as a guest in Naruto and Hinata's wedding in ''The Last'']].
** Finally makes a reappearance in ''Boruto''. Turns out he spends most of his time monitoring Orochimaru to make sure he's not up to any more world threatening shenanigans.
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[[folder:Sai]]
!!Sai
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatoshiHino (JP), Creator/BenjaminDiskin (EN), Ángel Coomonte (Spain), Miguel Ángel Leal (Latin America), Maxime Donnay (French)
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Naruto'' Chapter 281 (Manga), ''Shippuden'' Episode 32 (Anime)

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->''I've drawn hundreds, maybe thousands of pictures so far… other pictures have the situation at the time, and the artist's feelings… like portraits have the person's name… but don't pictures usually have titles…? To be more precise, even if I try to give them titles, I just can't do it. [[EmotionSuppression I don't feel anything… they don't put me in mind of anything]].''

Sai is... socially uninformed, to put it mildly. A ninja from the village of Konoha, pretty much all that is known about Sai is that he's a loner and that he has no family. He's a member of ANBU's Root Division, and first joins Team 7 in the second arc. "Sai", a type of three-pronged dagger, is probably a pseudonym, but who knows? Given Root's... ''special'' methods of training, it might even be his real name.

As one might expect from someone who isn't around people much, Sai doesn't exactly make the greatest of first impressions on his teammates. Indeed, his first actions are to question Naruto's manhood, call Sakura ugly, and diss their former teammate Sasuke. Naruto flatly states that he'll only put up with Sai for Sasuke's sake. He claims to have no personality whatsoever -- being polite or assholish is just a front for him.

A talented artist, Sai claims to have drawn several thousand pictures in his life, but in keeping with his role as the hollow man, finds himself incapable of ever giving one a title. Sai uses his art in his jutsu. He has the ability to animate his drawings, creating creatures for attack or espionage, or generating clones out of ink.

It seems, however, that his purpose is more than just filling out Team 7. In reality, he was given the job by Danzo to assassinate Sasuke -- a task which he's clearly unable to do. He has a change of heart and forms a genuine friendship with Naruto and Sakura, although he's very [[NoSocialSkills socially awkward]] (which is often PlayedForLaughs), though one time cause things to get a little dicey for Team 7 when it came to Sasuke and his unintended actions nearly led to things ending in disaster.

In the Fourth Shinobi World War, Sai was placed in the Ambush Division under Kankuro and alongside Omoi. The events of the war finally enable Sai to fully understand the concept of friendship. [[Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie Two years later, Sai is selected to be part of the team to help rescue Hinata's sister and ultimately save the world]].

Eventually, Sai goes on to marry Ino and in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' they have one son, Inojin Yamanaka.

->His hobbies are drawing and calligraphy.
->Favorite word: "Comrades"
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* {{Adorkable}}: Has a few shades of this after he starts genuinely showing interest in emotions and human interaction. The sixth ''Shippuden'' film took this and ran away with it.
* AdvertisedExtra: After his big introduction arc, being brought in as Sasuke's replacement and serving as Danzo's mole, you'd figure Sai would play a large role in the scheme of things? Save for [[ADayInTheLimelight one fight during the war arc]] he's been floating in the background.
* AmbiguousDisorder: He has a few traits that would give off the impression that he's Autistic. He has NoSocialSkills, not helped by his inability to understand what he says comes off as hurtful at times, and is fixated on art.
* AndIMustScream: One of his techniques, named ''Sealing Technique: Stalking Predator Launch'', consists of an animated drawing of a tiger which can attack the enemy and then go back in the drawing ''with him''.
* AnimalMotifs: Whenever he uses his art ninjutsu, Sai will most likely use lions.
* ArtAttacker: As in the art he brings to life, attacks you.
* ArtInitiatesLife: His ability the Cartoon Beast Mimicry; with it he paints ink creatures to assist him in battles including: [[PantheraAwesome Lions and tigers]] for attacking and sealing, [[GiantFlyer birds]] for transportation and aerial assaults, snakes for binding enemies, [[SwarmOfRats rats]] for tracking and even [[Myth/JapaneseMythology The Two Benevolent Kings]] for brute force.
* AuthorTract: Sai serves as Kishimoto's mouthpiece about his own conception of art through his battle against the zombified Deidara and Sasori.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:With Ino. They have a son named Inojin in the epilogue]].
* BareYourMidriff: A rare male example. His outfit shows off his toned stomach.
* BerserkButton: When Deidara blows up his brother and threatens to do it again and again. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Then he insults Sai's art]]. To say that Sai was pissed is an understatement.
* BigBrotherInstinct: He has gradually been feeling this towards Naruto, which may explain why after watching Naruto get beat up by Karui over Sasuke's crimes, he lost faith in Sasuke being redeemable, and became pretty much supportive of the fact that Sasuke must be taken down.
* BigBrotherWorship: As a child, Sai came to think of fellow Root member, Shin, as an older brother figure and greatly admired him.
* {{Bishonen}}: Like [[IdenticalStranger Sasuke]] before him, Sakura and Ino comment that Sai is quite pretty.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Temporarily during ''[[LightNovel/ShikamaruHidenACloudDriftingInSilentDarkness Shikamaru Hiden]]'', having fallen under the thrall of Gengo. Quite fittingly, his main drawing he uses to bind Shikamaru and prisoners with is a massive snake--like Sasuke's main summons for the early part of ''Shippuden''.]]
* BrutalHonesty: At first on account of his [[NoSocialSkills lack of social skills]]. [[CharacterDevelopment Eventually]], just out of genuine concern for his friends, though as a result he can't predict whether his words will hurt others, and many problems are created or solved because Sai, unlike the other teenage protagonists, doesn't pussyfoot around delicate issues like "The promise your best friend made to you when he was twelve is killing him inside" or "Sasuke is too dangerous to be left alive."
* ButtMonkey: In {{Filler}}, having NoSocialSkills made him good comedy material, sometimes getting beaten for an insensitive statement.
* CharacterDevelopment: Sai gradually becomes more sensitive to others and learns about the depths of emotions and bonds.
* ChubbyChaser: Played with, in an Episode of ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' he suggests using Chocho as an art model for the students, calling her "the most beautiful girl of the class", ironically [[spoiler: his wife Ino is very fit]].
* TheComicallySerious: {{Zigzagged|Trope}} between this and DeadpanSnarker. He can't fully understand humor due to his emotionless nature and lack of socialization, so it's hard to tell whether he's using BrutalHonesty, is snarking, or is genuinely confused or serious.
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* CoolSword: Specializes in long-ranged combat with his ninjutsu but is no slouch in taijutsu and swordfighting.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: One of the few characters to have black hair ''and'' black eyes.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: His sealing jutsu is this in the anime.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Even when he started off as a jerk.
* DeadpanSnarker: His only reaction to Konohamaru's "reverse" version of the Sexy Jutsu? [[TheComicallySerious "Ah. So that's me."]] More deadpan than snarker, other than insulting Naruto a few times early on.
* DefrostingIceKing: Becomes nicer and attempts to understand the feelings of others after his first mission with Naruto and Sakura.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: He has ''very'' pale skin and is viewed by the others as being disturbing at first.
* EmotionSuppression: Being a member of a special ANBU branch, Sai has undergone a training that removed his emotions. It also left him with NoSocialSkills.
* GoodParents: [[spoiler:Sai has developed strong parenting skills, being the one who's reprimanding Naruto for not holding back enough when he tried to counter Boruto's shadow clone with his own]].
* HatesBeingAlone: [[LightNovel/ShikamaruHidenACloudDriftingInSilentDarkness Gengo]] reveals he hides an intense fear of being abandoned by his friends. Also, his greatest fear is that Naruto and Sakura prefer Sasuke over him.
* HeroesPreferSwords: While he doesn't use it as much, Sai always carries a tanto.
* {{Honorifics}}: Uses them on Naruto and Sakura at first, despite being quite rude to them in most other regards, but drops them when trying to become friends with them.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: His ability to surf on flying ink birds makes him one of the few flyers in the series.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Post-CharacterDevelopment, he tries to become better friends with Naruto and Sakura, but genuinely thinks "ugly" is a good idea for a nickname, and that [[BrutalHonesty people always need to hear the truth]].
* {{Irony}}: Sai, during the Five Kage Summit Arc, believes himself to be the OnlySaneMan when it comes to Sasuke. But after seeing how he made things worse, it's clear that he is the most out of touch when it comes to the situation.
* JackOfAllStats: [[AllThereInTheManual According to the databook]], his skill levels in the various aspects of being a ninja are actually not far from one another. They all range between 3 and 4 (inclusive) out of a maximum score of 5. This makes his skill set ''really'' balanced when compared to the majority of other characters in the franchise.
* {{Jerkass}}: At his beginnings, justified by NoSocialSkills. It progressively fades away with time, but Sai remains the one willing to [[BrutalHonesty bluntly tell the unpleasant truths]].
* JerkassHasAPoint: Sai may have been introduced as an insensitive douchebag, but he did make one valid point: Sasuke ''did'' abandon Konoha and his friends. He went to be a student of Orochimaru's ''willingly''. So, Sai's verbal insults about Sasuke, while harsh to hear (especially from Naruto and Sakura's point-of-view), were ''not'' wrong.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: What he becomes after his first mission with Naruto and Sakura. He's still brutally honest, but it's more innocent than out of sugary malice.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Really shows in the Five Kage Summit arc concerning to Team 7's relations with Sasuke, See Irony.
* LoveInformant: He tried to be this in the Five Kage Summit arc, [[ShipSinking with disastrous results]].
* LooseLips: Something of a FatalFlaw of his at times, best demonstrated when it almost got Sakura killed at Sasuke's hand during the Five Kage Summit arc.
* MrFanservice: Skimpily dressed and has been acknowledged as being handsome InUniverse by both Sakura and Ino.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he realized that he might have inadvertently helped push Sakura into not only attempting to fool Naruto with her infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] to get him to abandon the chase for Sasuke, but also into trying to take down Sasuke all by herself, an action that would've surely cost Sakura her life, by [[BrutalHonesty bluntly telling her]] [[JerkassHasAPoint how much she and Sasuke make Naruto suffer]], not realizing how desperate and rash she can be in [[BigSisterInstinct her protectiveness of Naruto]]. It's why he lampshades it by telling Naruto about what really happened, along with explaining how it is also his fault in a way.
-->'''Sai:''' ''(Flashback of Sai talking to a distraught-ed and tearing Sakura)'' It's obvious Sasuke's making Naruto suffer, but I think you may be too.\\
'''Sai:''' ''(In the present)'' Even though it was not my intent, I pushed Sakura toward this action. It's partly my fault. So I had to tell you.
* MyGreatestFailure: In the anime, he consider his actions during the Five Kage Summit arc to be this, since he believes that the fallout of those actions could've been avoided if he had found another way to resolve the issue, like a true friend.
* MysteriousPast: We only know that he's been in the ANBU for a long time and he's got a dead brother.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The entire Five Kage Summit arc, on Naruto's end, was made worse by Sai's lackluster understanding of his team and emotions, which led to Sakura attempting a suicide mission to take down Sasuke after ditching her entourage, after making her infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] to Naruto. All because he told her how Naruto felt about her, along with how [[JerkassHasAPoint Sai believes that]] [[BrutalHonesty both she and Sasuke make Naruto suffer]], while she wasn't exactly in the best emotional state after hearing how Sasuke had gone on a international crime spree. Needless to say from his saddened expression as he recalls that conversation, he realized not only he was being far too blunt, but also how he was misreading all the signs.
* NoSocialSkills: In line with his the emotion suppression he went through, after breaking away from Root's teachings Sai primarily interacts with other and tries to befriend them through literal by the book methods, having been researching ways to make friends.
* NotSoStoic: The part where Sasuke, in their first meeting, gives him a DeathGlare that proves terrifying even for Sai.
* OfficialCouple: With [[spoiler:Ino]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Technically not his real one, but he prefers going by it.
* OnlyOneName: Unlike his comrades, Sai has no last name. [[spoiler:As an adult, however, he takes his wife's last name to become Sai Yamanaka]].
* OnlySaneMan: On the subject of Sasuke. Having no past relationship with him, and while expressing anger towards him for how his actions had made Naruto suffer, he is (or at least he believes to be) much more rational about what actions should be taken toward Sasuke than Naruto or Sakura, and is quick to point out when the two are sticking their necks out too far for him, though his bluntness and lacking understating of emotions can make things more complicated than they already are, something even he admitted to.
* OppositesAttract: Again, with [[spoiler:Ino]]. He's an EmotionlessBoy that lacks social skills, while she's [[spoiler:highly emotional and socially savvy]].
* OutOfFocus: After his big introductory arc, in which he became the new official member of Team 7, Sai hasn't had much to do at all. This is even more noticeable in the anime during filler arcs, where Sai either stands in the background or doesn't appear at all.
* PaperTalisman: He can create paper bombs by the dozen by painting them.
* ParentalAbandonment: No idea what happened to his folks.
* TheQuietOne: Sai doesn't like to talk a lot.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Noted for being both good looking and [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette eerie]].
* ReiAyanamiExpy: NoSocialSkills -- check. Pale-skinned -- check. MysteriousPast -- check.
* RestrainingBolt: Has a seal on his tongue that prevents him from revealing any information about Danzo, though this disappears after said character's death.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: He can go toe-to-toe with S-Class criminals twice his age but needs a book that tells him how act tactfully and politely. This is explained as part of his training in Root, which kills emotions and empathy.
* SecretKeeper: For an unspecified length of time between his introductory arc and the aftermath of the Pain Arc, Sai knew about how Naruto had feelings for Sakura, but didn't feel as though he could tell her. However, Sai, knowing how hard Naruto was pushing himself for the sake of his promise to Sakura, decided to break his silence. Though, due to his [[NoSocialSkills lack of emotion experience]] and [[BrutalHonesty disregard for subtlety]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone it backfires spectacularly]].
* SempaiKohai: Considers Kakashi a senpai, as well as a nameless older member of Root.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** {{Subverted|Trope}}. He tells Sakura how Naruto feels about her; however, [[JerkassHasAPoint he also points out]] that Naruto's feelings for both Sakura and Sasuke [[BrutalHonesty cause him a lot of emotional pain]].
** Played Straight in ''The Last'' and ''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4''. In the former, he teases Naruto about his love for [[spoiler:Hinata]] and later, with Sakura and Shikamaru, smiles as Naruto and [[spoiler:Hinata]] share a very tender moment. In the latter, after Sai overhears a conversation between Ino, Tenten, Sakura and Hinata, he thinks that Naruto is a lucky guy to have [[spoiler:Hinata]] because [[NiceGirl she's close to him and cares about him]].
* ShipTease: He called Ino "gorgeous" once, although he actually intended to mean the opposite. [[spoiler:He is married to her in the epilogue]].
* TheSmartGuy: In regards to Sasuke, Sai is a lot more objective and realistic.
* SmokeOut: Sai is very skilled with the body flicker technique, having an ink variant.
* SociallyAwkwardHero: When trying to form new bonds with others.
* StepfordSmiler: Smiles to please those he interacts with despite being emotionless.
* TheStoic: Due to years of of suppressing his emotions Sai is remarkably nonchalant and deadpan for most of his interactions, be they incredibly awkward, intense, or embarrassing.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Sai can be a blunt jerk one minute, and surprisingly sweet the next.
* TookALevelInBadass: During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Sai's skills had increased to the point where he could defeat Deidara and Sasori at the same time, leaving them to be sealed. [[Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie Two years after the War]], his skills proved great enough to defeat multitudes of [[BigBad Toneri's]] puppets with ease.
* TookALevelInKindness: After his first mission with Naruto and Sakura, Sai takes a real interest and understanding people's feelings.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Telling Sakura that Naruto had feelings for her led to Sakura making her infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] to Naruto and, when that [[ShipSinking utterly failed to work]], attempting a suicide mission to take down Sasuke after ditching her entourage.
* UnreliableExpositor: What he was when he told Sakura about Naruto's feelings for her and [[JerkassHasAPoint how he believes that]] [[BrutalHonesty Sasuke and Sakura made Naruto suffer]], after explaining how much of a novice he is when it comes to the team and emotions. It's only after Sakura's infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] attempt and he learns how she may attempt a suicidal mission to deal with Sasuke out of all-consuming guilt and shame, that he realizes he made a terrible mistake in judgement and made a real mess of things, due to his well-meaning yet unintended blunt misinterpretation of the situation at hand, which is also why he told Naruto through a clone.
* WeaponOfChoice: To be able to execute his Super Beast Imitation Drawing technique, Sai carries around a specialized custom scroll to draw on, the scroll's roller has compartments for Sai's ink brush and to hold a supply of ink.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[JerkassHasAPoint He calls out Sakura for having Naruto promise to bring back Sasuke for her and expecting him to keep working at it]], when Naruto has feelings for her and [[BrutalHonesty his feelings for both her and Sasuke were causing him a lot of emotional pain]]. Sai compares the binding of this promise to his own abuse at the hands of Root/Danzo. Though this backfired and ended up putting Sakura, and possibly Kakashi, in danger of being killed by Sasuke.
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!!Sakura Haruno
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChieNakamura (JP), Creator/KateHiggins (main series), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'') (EN), Christine Byrd (Latin America), Pilar Martín (Spain), Maia Baran (French), Nathalie Hugo (French, replacement voice)
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Naruto'' Chapter 3 (Manga), ''Naruto'' Episode 1 (Anime)

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->''I've always considered myself to be a true ninja… but those were just empty words, because Sasuke and Naruto were always in the lead! [[LetsGetDangerous But now it's my turn to take the lead, and all of you can watch me from the background]]!''

TheChick of Team 7. For most of the series Naruto [[DoggedNiceGuy has a comical one-sided crush on her]], [[TriangRelations but she acts dismissive towards him while she's in love with Sasuke]]; However, over the course of the series she grows to appreciate and care for Naruto [[FireForgedFriends as a friend]] [[TrueCompanions and teammate]] in great part due to their shared bond with Sasuke. She would eventually become Sasuke Uchiha's wife and the mother of Sarada Uchiha in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''. Sakura herself is an intelligent, gifted ''kunoichi'' from Konoha. Unlike most other ninja in the series, she has no unique skills of her own, using only standard ninja techniques and her brains. As a result, during Part I, she mostly sits on the sidelines. After failing to prevent her first love Sasuke's defection, and seeing a badly injured Naruto in the hospital, she concludes that she can't leave things like this, and apprentices herself to Princess Tsunade with the intent of no longer being a burden.

In Part II, Sakura has picked up SuperStrength and [[TheMedic medical skills]] courtesy of Tsunade's TrainingFromHell, which turns her from TheLoad to a fine kunoichi of her [[ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl calibre]]. Her growth is shown in the first major fight of the new series, joining forces with Chiyo to help defeat Akatsuki member Sasori in a drawn-out battle, and her healing skills are put to use for much of the series.

From then on, Sakura's focus and presence in the story {{Zig Zags}} in importance, though the two constants that remain throughout are [[SingleTargetSexuality her unwavering love for Sasuke]] and [[LikeBrotherAndSister her platonic friendship with Naruto]]. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, she unlocks her full potential with the White Strength Seal and like her teacher Tsunade, gains a permanent mark on her forehead signifying mastery, although for the most part she is still relegated to being TheMedic. Even though she participates in the final battle against [[BigBad Kaguya]], Naruto and Sasuke still do all the fighting while she serves as a distraction, and she realizes that she CantCatchUp to them after all. By the story's end, [[EarnYourHappyEnding her love for Sasuke is finally realized and reciprocated]]; they marry after he is redeemed by Naruto and have one daughter together, Sarada Uchiha.

->Her hobbies are playing trivia games and memorizing new material for her medical studies.
->Favorite phrases: "A life with love throughout!" and "Courage"

* ActionMom: She delivers in ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'' by defending [[spoiler:her husband Sasuke and their daughter Sarada from Shin]].
* ActionSurvivor: Becomes this in the Forest of Death, where she tries to protect her unconscious teammates from the Sound trio, despite being hopelessly outmatched.
* ACupAngst: Has a rather small chest and shows irritation about that, mostly teased on fillers though. Over time, however, she starts looking more womanly, especially after becoming a mother.
* AdaptationalBadass:
** In the Five Kage Summit arc, she avoids fighting Sai, Lee and Kiba once Sai realizes that she plans to drug them so that she could [[KillTheOnesYouLove try and kill Sasuke by herself]]. She can't bring herself to kill him and he tries to kill her twice, during which she just stands there with an OhCrap expression. However, in ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm3'', she fights Sai after he figures out her plan and ''wins'', then she puts up a good fight against Sasuke, and even after Kakashi intervenes, she takes advantage of the distraction and comes within inches of actually stabbing Sasuke in the back, rather than being at a distance like in canon.
** In Chapter 614, she stands out in the open as Madara and Obito use the Wood Release: Cutting Technique to attack the Shinobi Alliance, and Kakashi [[DamselInDistress has to grab her, move her out of the line of fire, and protect her]]. However, in ''Shippuden'' Episode 364, she uses her SuperStrength to pull up an entire section of dirt and use it as a shield to protect herself and another person from the attack.
** In ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'' Chapter 6, she got warped away by Shin's Space-Time Dojutsu because she was standing next to him and his clone, and she wasn't fast enough to move. However, in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' Episode 21, Sarada was the original target, but [[MamaBear Sakura]] pushed her out of the way and was teleported in her place.
** In ''Gaiden'' Chapter 9, her "fight" against Shin merely consists of her running around and getting things thrown at her, including getting smashed against a giant rock pillar. However, in ''Boruto'' Episode 23, this fight was considerably extended, where she put up a good fight against Shin, gaining the upper hand and catching him with the aforementioned pillar.
** Also in ''Gaiden'' Chapter 9, Sasuke defeats Shin rather quickly and by himself, by catching Shin off-guard and crushing him with the Susanoo. However, in ''Boruto'' Episode 23, this fight was also considerably extended, where Sakura helped him defeat Shin--he teleported her close enough to cripple Shin with her SuperStrength.
* AesopAmnesia: In Part II and especially in the anime {{Filler}}, for the sake of [[PlayedForLaughs humor]], [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale Sakura would often forget that she promised to start treating Naruto better]].
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead:
** Sakura channels her brother-in-law Itachi when she taps Sarada's forehead, as Itachi used to do to Sasuke, and promises they'll finish discussing her father next time.
** When they were little, Ino poked Sakura in the forehead to comfort her.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played straight at first, but later {{Deconstructed|Trope}} after the TimeSkip. Ultimately, [[SingleTargetSexuality she still loves Sasuke]], despite what he's become and despite that his actions threaten war, and her need to help stop him.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: A very mild example compared to many others. When Sakura was younger, she was always teased and made fun of because of [[InformedDeformity her big forehead]]; after Ino began to stick up for her, she became more outgoing. {{Iron|y}}ically, after befriending Ino and developing feelings for [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Sasuke]], [[TookALevelInJerkass she became a bully especially towards Naruto]], who had ''far'' worse issues than her. She did gradually become nicer to him once they became teammates.
* AlliterativeFamily: '''Sa'''kura shares her first syllable with [[spoiler:her husband, '''Sa'''suke and daughter, '''Sa'''rada]].
* AloneWithThePsycho: In ''Naruto Gaiden'', [[spoiler:Shin Sr invokes this: she's all alone in his lair and, now that he's finished the transplant surgery on himself, he's going to kill her. She retorts that she'd been waiting to get as much intel out of him as possible before breaking free]].
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: [[spoiler:She shows some trace of this in ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'' when she was in the audience cheering for her daughter loudly during the Chunin Exams]].
* AngerBornOfWorry: Towards Naruto. No matter how skilled he becomes, she always has serious concerns about his safety during combat situations, especially when she punches him after coming back from his battle with Pain for making them all worry, then hugs him (never mind that he did not reciprocate her hug, which [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] their definitive ShipSinking in the subsequent story arc). Though justified: as the jinchuuriki of the Nine Tails, Naruto has more enemies (some ridiculously powerful) than your average shinobi. However, [[{{Hypocrite}} it cannot be ignored that there are times Sakura does something concerning and doesn't always have the strength and resolve to help when she wants to]].
* AnimalMotifs: Slugs, which is what she learns to summon while under the tutelage of Tsunade.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: She tries this at least three times, without any success.
** When Sasuke defects from the village, Sakura confronts him and reveals her feelings. Sasuke thanks her, then knocks her out.
** When [[JerkassHasAPoint Sai reveals that]] Naruto has feelings for her and that his promise to bring Sasuke back for her is [[BrutalHonesty causing him a lot of pain]], Sakura breaks down in tears before resolving to handle the situation herself. She confronts Naruto and [[BadLiar tells him she's gotten over Sasuke and finally fallen for him]], everything she believed Naruto wanted to hear her say. {{Subverted|Trope}} because Naruto easily sees right through her, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying]], [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves, and then [[https://78.media.tumblr.com/27b99316f2f0e199143d93b0123d55c9/tumblr_inline_p3judwFxzL1vololo_540.png breaks his promise to her]] because he wants to rescue Sasuke ''not'' for her anymore, but for [[TrueCompanions his own reasons]] now.
** [[spoiler:When Naruto and Sasuke are about to have their FinalBattle to determine the fate of the Shinobi World, Sakura begs Sasuke to stop if she ever had even the smallest place in his heart. Sasuke promptly knocks her out with a genjutsu of himself impaling her with Chidori, and then sneers at how naive she is]].
*** [[spoiler:Though he later [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] this by marrying her]].
* BadassAdorable: Sakura is the adorable, blushing bookworm. She can just kick ass now.
* BadassBookworm: During the TimeSkip, Tsunade teaches her both SuperStrength and [[TheMedic medical ninjutsu]], the latter of which takes a great understanding of the human body.
* BadLiar: When she is truly desperate and when it comes someone she cares about:
** When [[JerkassHasAPoint Sai tells her]] that [[BrutalHonesty Naruto is suffering a lot of pain from trying to uphold his promise to her]], Sakura tries to convince Naruto to stop by claiming that she loves him now instead of Sasuke. She doesn't fool ''anybody''--not Kakashi, not Sai, not Kiba, not Lee, not Yamato, not the audience, and ''especially'' [[ShipSinking not Naruto]].
** Later, when planning to take out Sasuke herself, she claims that she has defected from Konoha as well and wants to join him. Sasuke is naturally suspicious, and he calls her bluff when she is unable to [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten finish off Karin to back up her claims]].
* BandWagonTechnique: Part of Sakura's [[NeverLiveItDown infamous]] [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] to Naruto sounds a lot like this, which is how he knew it wasn't genuine.
* BareYourMidriff: In the third movie, explained as being "summer attire" (Naruto and Lee also had slightly different outfits).
* BerserkButton: She tends to have great amount of them, typical of a {{Tsundere}}:
** ''Never'' diss her forehead or call her ugly, and Naruto shouldn't lie about [[LikeBrotherAndSister their platonic relationship]] while she's trying to heal him, even if, in retrospect, he was put on the spot and didn't actually know how to answer. Nor should he (or anyone else for that matter) underestimate her.
** Something she has in common with [[TheHero Naruto]]: do '''not''' badmouth [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]] in front of her. If you do, she'll first appear [[TranquilFury calm and collective]], before punching you in the face. Just ask [[BrutalHonesty Sai]].
* BettyAndVeronica:
** She was the Archie for Naruto's "Betty" (friendly, hardworking ninja who later becomes a messiah-like person) and Sasuke's "Veronica" (arrogant, top-student who later becomes a rogue ninja) for Sakura's Archie. [[spoiler:In the end, Sakura marries the Veronica, while Naruto marries the Betty (Hinata) in his own love triangle]].
** Both Hinata and Sakura were [[ShipTease teased]] with Naruto throughout the series. Hinata is the "Betty", and Sakura is the "Veronica" and both girls toy with the standard, classic traits for the roles. At the end of the manga, [[spoiler:it's Hinata who marries Naruto and Sakura marries Sasuke, [[SingleTargetSexuality the boy she always loved since the beginning]]]].
* BigSisterInstinct:
** From Part II onward, she displays a protectiveness of [[LikeBrotherAndSister Naruto]], sometimes to the point of over-protectiveness, especially when it comes to [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]]. This would include [[LockedOutOfTheLoop not telling Naruto that it was him, not Orochimaru, who destroyed the bridge and injured her in his Four-tails Mode]] out of her attempt to spare him the pain of guilt. When she learns from Sai [[BrutalHonesty in a rather blunt fashion]], that [[JerkassHasAPoint from his point of view]] she (out of his feelings for her) and Sasuke keep making Naruto suffer, she resorts to [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim lying about having feelings for him now instead of Sasuke]] in order to ease his pain--except Naruto easily sees right through her attempt, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying]], and [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves. Shortly afterward when she tries to kill Sasuke by herself in order to spare Naruto or anyone else from shouldering the burden - it essentially becomes a suicide mission where she almost loses her life, were it not for Kakashi and Naruto.
** She is also this for Hinata as well, but is far more gentler with her than with Naruto.
* BoisterousBruiser: While Sakura in her off-time is loud and easily excitable, she applies that same determination and energy in battle, making her a dangerous enemy.
* BrickJoke: Early in Part I it is revealed that Sakura was called "Billboard Brow" as a child. Close to the end of Part II, as a teenager she learns to use the Strength of a Hundred Seal, which manifests on her forehead.
* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: This was Sakura's true intentions when she gave her infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] to Naruto in Chapter 469, hoping that he wouldn't keep hurting himself for her and Sasuke. It didn't work out the way she wanted it to and she nearly lost her life for it. Hell, when Naruto [[WhatTheHellHero called her bluff]] and [[ShipSinking rejected her outright]], she spends the first few pages of Chapter 470 losing her temper and going as far as calling him out for thinking that she was faking it. However, once she realized that ''nobody'' believed her, she left and proceeded to move forward with the plan to kill Sasuke.
* BreakTheCutie: When it comes to her teammates, particularly when [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]] becomes a criminal during the Five Kage Summit Arc.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Gentle Girl to Sasuke's Brooding Boy, although she's often angry, but is usually friendly and cheerful. She is also the first one to notice Sasuke's growing darkness, and the only girl in the series to express sincere concern about where his path of darkness will lead him.
* TheBully: While not the typical form of this trope, Sakura was quite dismissive and hostile towards [[TheHero Naruto]] for no reason other than her parents' mysterious warning to stay away from him, and his interfering with her crush on Sasuke. Fortunately, [[CharacterDevelopment she gradually stops being this way]], notably after her team's ordeal in the Forest of Death, and [[TookALevelInKindness later becomes]] one of [[TrueCompanions his most loyal friends]].
* CharacterDevelopment:
** Goes from initially standing on the sidelines to taking an active role in helping Naruto and Sasuke, especially to bring Sasuke back. Much of her development in Part II is answering the question of how best to accomplish this goal.
** While she starts out as being unkind to Naruto, from the Forest of Death onward, she does her best to stick up for Naruto time and again and becomes one of his closest allies and friends. To put it into perspective: Naruto considers Sasuke to be his best friend, yet it is ''Sakura'' who is consistently doing what she can by his side, [[TheMedic healing him]] and supporting him during their struggles, for almost all of ''Shippuden''.
** Completely symbolized by "Inner Sakura" as well. The character represented all of Sakura's repressed emotions she constantly tried to cover up. "Inner Sakura" disappeared halfway through Part I as she started to be more straightforward about her feelings, and only appeared once in ''Shippuden'' as a gag.
** She had something of an ego at the beginning, but as the series continued, she instead gained HeroicSelfDeprecation.
** In the fight against Madara, she acknowledges that even if she CantCatchUp to her teammates, she can still do her part and [[HeroicSacrifice charges him to provide a distraction]] for Naruto and Sasuke to do their thing rather than just sit there and do nothing.
** [[{{Inverted|Trope}} Inverted because the development isn't always for the best]]. Sakura always has the bad habit of thinking she knew better than the people around her to the point where she disregards their input completely, which often leads to disastrous results:
*** Such as preparing to give up the Chunin Exams test in place of Naruto because she thought he wouldn't make the decision on his own, so she'd do it herself to save his pride. Fortunately, Naruto spoke up before she got them disqualified.
*** The development to not stay on the sidelines brings this quality more forward as she would later drug her entire team because she wanted to face Sasuke alone, and she knew they would try to stop her from going on what's essentially a suicide mission, instead of working together as a team. To put in perspective with the above, yes she does try to provide a distraction, but she plans this out only a few feet away from Naruto and Sasuke and makes '''no''' attempt at all to let them in on the plan or to ask what they think. They're just as surprised as Madara was by the distraction, and when she's ''immediately'' defeated, [[DamselInDistress they both have to jump in to save her]]. So she was as every bit as distracting to ''her own team'' as she was to her target. Her failed attempt to distract Madara proves to be more of a LeeroyJenkins moment than a HeroicSacrifice, and it reaffirms her continual statuses as a FauxActionGirl and TheLoad.
*** Likewise, while she isn't repressing "Inner Sakura" anymore, "Inner Sakura" was her angry, violent, and jealous emotions personified. Instead of repressing and controlling those emotions, she expresses them by shouting at and punching people, along with being incredibly condescending and more sensitive to guilt and shame. In all cases, Naruto is often the unfortunate target. ''Even her own daughter'' is not immune to this, as shown in ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'': in Chapter 1 of ''Gaiden'', when Sarada wants to know more about her father [[spoiler:Sasuke]], and Sarada points out that her mother doesn't know even the most basic information about him, Sakura angrily punches and breaks her and Sarada's house, which makes Sarada cry. To top it off, Sakura hadn't even paid off her loan for that house yet.
* CharacterExaggeration: In the anime, Sakura's {{Tsundere}} characteristics gets exaggerated for the sake of humor, much to the disdain of the majority of her fans, since her {{Tsundere}} traits in the manga died down during the TimeSkip.
* CharacterTics: Shoving her hair in her face when feeling a strong emotion.
* CherryBlossomGirl: Named Sakura, check. Pink hair, check. Healing powers, check. Associated with love, check. Traditional Japan, check - ikebana and being, well, a ninja. Born in early spring (March 28th), check. Spring-themed, see MeaningfulName below.
* TheChick: During Part I she was this for Naruto and Sasuke, a somewhat level-head balancing two extreme personalities, trying to keep them from fighting. In Part II she does this in a lesser capacity for Naruto and Sai, but it's not nearly as significant, and is mostly dropped after a while.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: She marries and has a daughter with [[spoiler:Sasuke]], her childhood crush and [[SingleTargetSexuality the only man she ever loved]].
* TheClan: {{Averted|Trope}} at first, as she is not from any clan whatsoever, instead coming from an ordinary and mostly unknown family who never made an appearance in the manga and have only appeared in the anime {{Filler}}. Played Straight later on, after she marries into the [[spoiler:Uchiha clan]].
* ClingyJealousGirl: To [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]]. Unlike Ino, Sakura ''doesn't'' get over this, to the point where she's now a LoveMartyr towards him.
* ClothingDamage: Becomes an unusually frequent victim of it during the battle with [[spoiler:Kaguya]]. First, her headband falls off and plops into a pit of lava, melting away. Then, [[spoiler:Obito opens up the wrong dimension]] and a wave of deadly acid douses her flak jacket, forcing her to ditch it before the whole thing- thick metal plates inside included- gets completely eaten away. Sakura also shreds off a sleeve of her combat uniform that was exposed to the acid as well.
* ColorMotifs: Sakura is represented by two colors: Pink (given her hair color and her first name "sakura" meaning "cherry blossom" are pink flowers) and red (the color of her outfits throughout the series).
* CombatMedic:
** With her chakra control, she can heal injuries (either hers or others') and extract poison... and pulverize the earth with SuperStrength.
** HealingHands with gloves to protect them in battle. During the war arc it's revealed that she has mastered Tsunade's Strength of a Hundred technique, giving her a HealingFactor like Tsunade and (reputedly) Hashirama.
* CombatPragmatist:
** Her entire fighting style is this. Her punches may not be the most flashy, but one hit and you're mist. And even then she adds poison to her weapons and is willing to play dead to catch opponents off guard.
** This was best shown in the Five Kage Summit arc. She knew that she, Lee, Kiba and Sai didn't have the power to kill Sasuke head on, so she instead tried to pretend she was going to join Sasuke's side and kill him when his guard was down. And after failing once, she still tried and nearly killed him but failed ''again'' because [[SingleTargetSexuality she still loves him]].
* ControlFreak: At times, especially when it comes to her emotional spot: her teammates, [[LikeBrotherAndSister Naruto]] and [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]]. One of the best examples can be during the Five Kage Summit arc, where thanks to Sai, she was driven by overwhelming guilt and shame to the point where she resolved to take care of the situation herself.
* CoolBigSis: ''The Last'' has Sakura acting as a surrogate one to both [[TwiceShy Naruto and Hinata]], especially in helping Hinata reach her affections to Naruto, and then helping Naruto recognize [[spoiler:the depth of Hinata's love for him to snap him out of his HeroicBSOD]].
* CovertPervert:
** It goes back as early as the Chunin Exams. In Chapter 46, she loudly tells Naruto to go behind a tree if he has to use the bathroom in the Forest of Death, but "Inner Sakura" indicates that she might want to see Sasuke, the boy she likes, pee. And she's a closet YaoiFangirl.
** Also, it's been shown more than once that [[DistractedByTheSexy the Sexy Jutsu]] works perfectly fine on her. Even during ''the heat of battle with a goddess'':
--->'''Sakura''': Idiooooot!!! How can you use such a jutsu in this situation!? OK for me, but how can you think that'd work on a god like that?!
* CoyGirlishFlirtPose: On Sasuke.
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: She performs CPR on Naruto in order to keep him alive after Kurama is extracted. This was explicitly noted to be a stop-gap measure until they could seal the other half of Kurama into him. Sakura even uses a different medical technique, internal cardiac massage -- i.e., cutting the patient open and massaging the heart by hand, [[TruthInTelevision which was actually one way to do CPR in real life before it was invented]].
* CraterPower: One of her taijutsu techniques, called Cherry Blossom Impact, involves punching the ground hard enough to send chunks of earth sailing through the air like flower petals. Her Strength of a Hundred Seal amps that UpToEleven.
* CuteBruiser: She learns earth-shattering SuperStrength from Tsunade by the time Part II starts. While she's primarily TheMedic, she makes use of her chakra control skills by building up chakra in her fists and releasing it all at once. She first demonstrates this ability by smashing the ground open in Chapter 246.
* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Sakura Hiden: Thoughts of Love, Riding Upon a Spring Breeze'', a light novel that focuses on Sakura, after the Fourth Shinobi World War.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Sakura is initially dismissive and hostile towards Naruto, mostly because of the parents in the Leaf Village, including her own parents, telling her to stay away from him. After [[WhatTheHellHero getting called out]] by Sasuke for this in Chapter 3 and during their ordeals in the Chunin exams, she becomes nicer towards him.
* DeliberatelyDistressedDamsel: In ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'', she [[spoiler:doesn't fight back after she's kidnapped by Shin Uchiha Sr. Instead, she watches him perform transplant surgery on himself, all the while discussing with him his motives. Turns out, information was all she wanted: as soon as she got everything, she prepares to punch her way out of this]].
* DemotedToExtra: She has a minor role in ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'' and both the manga and anime of ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''.
* {{Determinator}}: Case in point, the spoiler listed under CPR. Your teammate's heart has stopped? Cut open his chest with chakra and keep it pumping yourself.
-->'''Sakura''': Always acting like a fool who only knows one thing... Hokage, Hokage. I'm sorry Naruto... [[CondescendingCompassion that impossible dream of yours]]... I don't want to see it crushed!
* DevotedToYou: To [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]]. When she confesses her love to him in Chapter 181, she outright admits that she'll abandon Team 7, her family, her friends, and the village, and even tells him that she'll help him take his revenge, as long as he stays with her. She still loves him even after he tried to kill her twice when they're enemies, and she remains loyal to him even after he leaves her behind in Konoha to {{Walk The Earth}} following his definitive HeelFaceTurn.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: She punches out Kaguya when Kaguya tries to avoid Naruto and Sasuke's attempt to seal her, hitting Kaguya so hard that one of her horns snaps off. {{Downplayed|Trope}} because the only reason she was able to punch Kaguya at all is because Kaguya was distracted; previously, Kaguya ignored her upfront.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Any time Naruto annoys her she clobbers him with her SuperStrength. This aspect of her character [[CharacterDevelopment gets toned down in Part II of the series]], ([[{{Flanderization}} not so much in the anime fillers]]) but it does still pop up from time to time. Then again, we never see her dealing Naruto any life-threatening injuries (unlike what Tsunade did to Jiraiya), so it seems to be PlayedForLaughs or ComedicSociopathy, unless you count how she indirectly got him cut by ''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero her own poisoned kunai]]''.
* DistressBall: She picks it up when it comes to dealing with Sasuke.
* DitzyGenius: From time to time, mostly in Part I. Case in point: during Kakashi's bell test, she comes across Sasuke after one of Kakashi's techniques left him buried up to his neck in the ground. She promptly panics, assumes Sasuke has been reduced to a talking head, and passes out.
-->'''Sasuke''': "And ''that's'' my partner?"
* DoggedNiceGirl: Towards Sasuke in Part I, prior to her CharacterDevelopment.
* DopeSlap: As a common {{Tsundere}}, she's quite fond of giving Naruto, Sai or even Konohamaru a good thwack over the head whenever they does or says something annoying or idiotic, even by accident... which is quite often. Again this mostly happens in {{filler}}s.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Her {{Megaton Punch}}ing Naruto and being incredibly condescending towards him, especially in {{Filler}} where she knocks him around for no clearly defined reason for comedic purposes, would not be acceptable if the genders were reversed.
* DudeMagnet: Gets four men to develop feelings for her over the course of the manga. Plus [[SingleTargetSexuality she's the only girl Sasuke has ever shown any romantic interest in]] and [[spoiler:he eventually marries her]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[SingleTargetSexuality She only loves Sasuke]], and [[spoiler:she finally gets the man of her dreams. They eventually marry some time after the end of the manga]].
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Grows out her hair while trying to woo Sasuke, until her ImportantHaircut.
* ExtremeDoormat: Towards Sasuke in Part I. Not all the time, but it gets more pronounced as his behavior gets worse, and because she was a 12-13 year old deeply in love at the time, probably had no idea what to do about it.
* FacialMarkings: During the battle against the Ten-Tails, having stored up chakra for over three years, Sakura obtained a rhombus mark on her forehead similar Tsunade's, known as the Strength of a Hundred Seal, which since being released has permanently remained in the center of her forehead.
* FatalFlaw: Sakura tends to be an example of how much being one of the most humanized characters in a intense world of ninjas can really suck.
** Thanks to her intelligence, there are times she can be very imposing and patronizing, even after her CharacterDevelopment. Not so bad unless that is combined that with her stubbornness, temper, passive-aggression, and selective hearing tendencies, then she can be rather off-putting at times, which can lead to...
** Her immense sense of guilt from being more in touch with her feelings, but not having the same control, causes her to make rash actions and decisions with tunnel vision. She is especially sensitive and emotional when it comes to [[LikeBrotherAndSister Naruto]] and [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]], to the point where it also causes her to be stubbornly reluctant to share certain information, which can be why Kakashi isn't always willing to share certain info with her at times.
* FauxActionGirl: Out of all the kunoichi in the series, Sakura suffers from this the most, largely because she's constantly compared to Naruto and Sasuke, whose random power-ups become downright gratuitous towards the end, whereas she is mostly relegated by [[WordOfGod Kishimoto himself]] to cheering for them from the sidelines, crying and relying on them, and ''sometimes'' distracting the enemy solely to give them a chance to do all the fighting. It doesn't help that she never informs her team of any of her plans and she ignores anyone who tells her ''not'' to do something, [[DamselInDistress which constantly forces them to save her]]. Even Kishimoto and [[WordOfStPaul his assistant]] admit that Sakura's not a good heroine:
-->([[http://web.archive.org/web/20141021073730/https://narutochapter.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/interview-masashi-kishimoto-jump-festa-2010/ 2010 Jump Festa interview]])
--->'''Kishimoto:''' Honestly, from the standpoint of showing a female-like disposition, [Sakura] hasn't been much of a heroine. You could even say that Hinata's more of a heroine than her.
-->(2012 Jump Festa interview)
--->'''Kishimoto:''' Next year [2013] I'll write about Kakashi first, then about Sasuke and then about Naruto.\\
'''Sakura's Voice Actress:''' What about Sakura?!\\
'''Kishimoto:''' Sakura, well...well, [[OutOfFocus she slipped my mind]].
-->(Comments on Twitter regarding ''The Last'', posted 2014 and quickly deleted to no avail)
--->'''Kishimoto's Assistant:''' Why are people making a racket and asking if Hinata is going to be the heroine in this movie? Maybe because until now there hasn't been a heroine. [...] Sakura isn't the heroine! That's what I've been saying since a long time ago. I've been hearing the man himself [Kishimoto] say that ''Naruto'' doesn't have a heroine from before 2010.
* FireForgedFriends: With Naruto; at first she thought Naruto was annoying, but started to admire him after she saw his determination.
* FirstGirlWins: She is [[spoiler:Sasuke's]] first female teammate, and [[spoiler:he marries her in the end]].
* FlowerMotif: Sakuras (cherry blossoms), of course.
* ForeheadOfDoom: She was bullied as a little girl because of it. Try mocking it now, and expect to grow accustomed to the imprint of her fist on your noggin.
* FriendToAllChildren: Sakura has shown a soft spot for children. ''[[LightNovel/NarutoHiden Sakura Hiden]]'' has her setting up a clinic for children after the Fourth Shinobi World War.
* GenerationXerox: Not quite to the same extent as Naruto or Sasuke, so it's {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Yet she does have a couple of examples.
** She is very similar to Kushina personality-wise, as stated by Kushina's husband Minato. Both have {{Hair Trigger Temper}}s, both are a bit too willing to punch people, both having a VerbalTic when they're excited (Kushina's "Dattebane" and Sakura's "Shannaro"), and both have done similar poses to each other. Both Kushina and Sakura were bullied as children and hated a feature of theirs; Sakura, her forehead and Kushina, her hair. They had similar relationships to Naruto and Minato respectively, both Sakura and Kushina and didn't respect their male classmate at first due to their first impressions, until Naruto and Minato proved them wrong. '''However''', Sakura is quite intelligent and was a ShrinkingViolet as a child, while Kushina was always a bit dull and pretty violent (considering she was where Naruto got his personality and intelligence from). Sakura never suffered from the same ordeals as Kushina had to. Sakura never shared the same dreams as Kushina. Sakura was a Sasuke-{{fangirl}} in the beginning prior to her CharacterDevelopment, while Kushina never once was. Sakura is a {{deconstruction}} of AllGirlsWantBadBoys with Sasuke, while Kushina was a SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan with Minato. According to the anime, Sakura is a LethalChef, while Kushina was a [[SupremeChef supreme one]]. [[spoiler:Sakura doesn't end up with Naruto because [[SingleTargetSexuality she always loved Sasuke]] and she and Naruto were [[LikeBrotherAndSister more like siblings]] than anything else. Instead, [[ShipperOnDeck she helps Naruto in his relationship with Hinata]], just like [[TeamMom any supportive mother]] would]].
** She also has this with her mentor, Tsunade for some of the same reasons as Kushina, namely temper, somewhat protective tendencies, talent for healing, and brains.
* GoodIsNotNice: She is a good person and does have good intentions, but at times she can be a really nasty GrumpyBear, ''especially'' towards Naruto.
* GoodParents: [[spoiler:She is this to Sarada. It's because of all the good she did in raising Sarada that Sarada gains the incentive to save her]].
* HairDecorations: She wears her headband as a hairband. She also used to tie her hair with a ribbon when younger. As an adult she starts wearing a red headband when she is in civilian clothing.
* HairTriggerTemper: At times, especially in the anime, it can be nearly impossible for someone to tell what can cause her to go ballistic and send her into a dangerous rage, especially and unfortunately for Naruto.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:With Sasuke]].
* HeartbrokenBadass: After Sasuke leaves the village for his revenge.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: She feels horribly guilty for not being strong enough, or not doing enough for her teammates Naruto and Sasuke. She's the only one who thinks that though, InUniverse at least. It becomes something of a FatalFlaw as the story goes on as it has led to some life-endangering mistakes for Sakura and her comrades.
* HeroismWontPayTheBills: Despite being one of four people directly responsible for saving the world, Sakura hadn't finished paying off the loan on her house by the time ''Manga/NarutoGaiden'' starts.
* HopeSpot: Chapter 631 seemed to be this for Sakura. Sasuke is back on their side again, and the original Team 7 is back. But it quickly turns out that [[HazyFeelTurn Sasuke isn't fully on their side]] and she knows it.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter:
** {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. At first, Sasuke could do no wrong in her eyes. She gradually loses the rose-colored glasses and sees the [[AntiHero real]] [[RevengeBeforeReason him]], although that doesn't stop her from gushing over him. Even after he [[FaceHeelTurn left the Leaf]], she still tries to believe he'll change, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary.
** She can also be this with Naruto. Even after she became nicer to him, she ''always'' maintained the bad habit of being incredibly condescending towards a lot of people, ''especially'' Naruto. This has led to her lying to him about important issues, particularly when it came to Sasuke. This also led to her infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]], which, despite her good intentions, was ''dripping'' with condescension.
** Strangely, this goes for herself too. When it comes to her feelings, especially when something or someone she cares about is involved in some situation, she becomes a little too focused on how she should act to resolve it, but underestimated how limited she is physically or how she is often easily ruled by her emotions, to the point it can cause her to hesitant or rash at critical moments, putting herself in grave danger.
* HotBlooded: "Inner Sakura" certainly was. Sakura of ''Shippuden'' seems to be as well, at least in reaction to Naruto.
* IllGirl: In ''Naruto Gaiden'', [[spoiler:Shizune comments that Sakura would [[InformedFlaw faint when she was younger]]]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite her considerable efforts and intentions, Sakura's words and actions don't always match up with each other, which is played both for humor and drama:
** When Team 7 first came together, Sakura echoed the view of the other villagers that Naruto was useless and dead weight. However, as Sasuke pointed out, Sakura herself was the one holding the team back. Upon realizing this, she became kinder towards Naruto and made an effort to become stronger by training under Tsunade. In the end, though, [[CantCatchUp she was still unable to match]] [[OvershadowedByAwesome Naruto and Sasuke in terms of power]].
** Sakura often berates Naruto for his pervertedness, though as revealed by Konohamaru, she is a CovertPervert who thinks GuyOnGuyIsHot.
** Sakura frequently scolds Naruto for not being able to control his emotions, but as shown by her actions during the Five Kage Summit arc she herself is prone to letting her emotions cloud her thoughts--especially when it comes to [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]] and [[LikeBrotherAndSister Naruto]]--and was almost killed as a result.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: She's not afraid to make snide remarks about Naruto, particularity about her opinion of him as a idiot, but when others do it, even Sasuke (on a more Downplayed level), she gets vicious and nasty in her outbursts towards them. Same can be said for Sasuke.
* ImportantHaircut: She cuts her long hair off as a symbol of her new resolve. Conveniently, it's also to free herself from three Sound Genin, who wanted to kill the incapacitated Sasuke and Naruto.
* InformedAbility: {{Downplayed|Trope}} to 'potential ability'. Kakashi referred to her as a 'genjutsu type' ninja, which doesn't necessarily mean she's an expert at genjutsu. It likely refers to her advanced ability with chakra control, seeing as how something like genjutsu, which manipulates the chakra of the opponent, would require precise control. She ''could'' become an expert, but instead went the medic route.
** Played Straight in ''The Last'': it appears that this observation about Sakura was actually meant to convey that she's good at ''dispelling'' genjutsu as opposed to casting it.
* InformedFlaw: When she faints after [[ItMakesSenseInContext destroying her (and Sarada's) own house]]. Shizune then says that Sakura "used to faint often when she was younger", while we have only seen her faint ''twice'' in all the manga, [[NeverLiveItDown both during the test to become Kakashi's trainee]].
* InnocentlyInsensitive: In Chapter 3, she remarks to Sasuke that she believes Naruto is such a BrattyHalfPint because [[KickTheDog he had no parents]] to teach him how to behave. Needless to say, Sasuke, who had his entire family ''slaughtered'', does '''not''' take it well and [[WhatTheHellHero promptly calls her out on her comments]].
* InsultFriendlyFire: She insults Naruto for being an orphan, claiming that his bratty nature is because he has no parents to discipline him. She says this right in front of Sasuke, who's parents were slaughtered by his older brother, who promptly snaps and chews her out for it.
* InsufferableGenius: Her intelligence, especially in academics, is a great source of pride for her, which can make her emotionally off-putting at times, especially with Naruto, though still came to care about him.
* {{Irony}}: She was bullied because of her large forehead. Yet, after befriending Ino and developing feelings for Sasuke, she became a bully herself, especially towards Naruto, who had ''far'' worse issues than her.
* IWillWaitForYou: Her relationship with Sasuke in a nutshell. It even expands to [[spoiler:their marriage]].
* JerkassRealization: In Chapter 3, she confides in Sasuke that she believes Naruto is such an undisciplined prankster [[KickTheDog because he has no parents]], only for Sasuke to furiously berate her and tell her she has no idea what she's talking about. From this moment on, she starts trying to be nicer to Naruto.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Early on, she looks down on Naruto, and lets her temper get the best of her when it comes to him. In Part II, she ends up admitting to actually look up to him. She still [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale dishes out the punishment]] when Naruto acts like an idiot and/or a pervert, even accidentally, along with anything else that can set her off.
* {{Kiai}}: Sakura likes to hand out her {{Megaton Punch}}es while screaming "SHANNARO!"
* KillTheOnesYouLove: Attempts this to spare Sasuke from falling even lower then he already has, but her unwavering love for him kept her from landing the fatal blow and almost got herself killed as a result twice.
* KnightTemplarBigSister: Her growing protectiveness of [[LikeBrotherAndSister Naruto]] in Part II would at times make her a little reluctant to tell him certain things, especially when it comes to Sasuke. The most spectacular example being when, after learning from Sai [[JerkassHasAPoint in a rather blunt fashion]], how she (out of his feelings for her) and Sasuke [[BrutalHonesty keeps making Naruto suffer]], she resorted to [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim lying about having feelings for him now, instead of Sasuke]], and when Naruto [[WhatTheHellHero called her out for lying]] and [[ShipSinking rejected her outright]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves, she tried to kill Sasuke by herself in what was essentially a suicide mission where she almost lost her life, were it not for Kakashi and Naruto.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. While she was one of the top students of the Academy (second only to Ino, who became the Kunoichi of the Year), she considered herself a lot stronger than the 'Dead-Last' Naruto since she equated 'knowing more about textbook things translates to real life'. During her first ''real'' mission in the Land of Waves, she realized Naruto was not only stronger than her but had pulled far ahead and during the Chunin Exams, she sacrificed the long hair she had grown meticulously so Sasuke would notice her in an attempt to save her teammates who were unconscious from the battle with Orochimaru. Sakura eventually becomes Tsunade's apprentice, TookALevelInBadass in the first arc of Part II...and then has no truly memorable fights afterwards, and is TheMedic on the sidelines at best. However, during the last stage of the [[WarArc Fourth Shinobi World War Arc]] [[spoiler:she can keep up with KCM Naruto ''and'' a Complete Susano'o EMS Sasuke...until she gets OvershadowedByAwesome rather quickly, and after realizing that she just CantCatchUp, she ultimately has to rely on her two teammates yet again]].
** Not to mention the numerous times it causes Sakura to be condescending to others, ''especially'' Naruto (as shown with her infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] in Chapter 469), despite being nicer to him than she was in the beginning, and as a result makes rash and impulsive choices with nearly fatal results.
* LightningBruiser: Fully becomes one after completing her [[PowerTattoo Yin Seal]]. She uses her SuperStrength to punch a target, despite it moving at a fast speed, easily keeps pace with it...then smashes it with a tremendous impact.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Officially becomes this with Naruto in ''The Last'' and ''Sakura Hiden'', especially when she gives him advice on his love for [[spoiler:Hinata]]. In retrospect, this can actually be seen throughout the series, where like Tsunade was with Nawaki, their friendship felt more akin to the relationship between an older, well-meaning, though at times overbearing sister and a equally meaning, tall, happy, yet somewhat annoying younger brother.
* TheLoad: For Part I, she admits that she only really stood on the sidelines. {{Averted|Trope}} in the beginning of Part II, despite the [[MemeticLoser what the majority of the fandom]] likes to think, she pulled her weight. Though this wasn't helped by the time she was OutOfFocus throughout the rest of the manga.
* LoveHurts: Sasuke defecting to learn under [[BigBad Orochimaru]] really hurt her. [[DarkerAndEdgier It didn't get easier]] after the TimeSkip.
* LoveInformant: She takes this role in ''The Last'', as Naruto and Hinata's CoolBigSis and ShipperOnDeck, where she gives Naruto an important pep-talk regarding [[spoiler:Hinata, by telling him that [[SingleTargetSexuality Hinata has only ever loved him]], just like how she herself has only ever loved Sasuke. [[HeroicSecondWind It works]]]].
* LoveMartyr: Despite admitting that she should know better, [[SingleTargetSexuality Sakura loves Sasuke]], no matter what he does. She still loves him even after he has ''tried to kill her''. Even after Kaguya is defeated and he makes it clear that he's going to kill Naruto, she begs him not to "if he ever loved her." This is met with a genjutsu of him shanking her in the heart with a chidori. {{Subverted|Trope}} as [[spoiler:Sasuke deeply apologizes to her, acknowledges her feelings and tells her to wait for him while he goes to WalkTheEarth in order to see it with new eyes]].
* LovingAShadow: Sakura starts out like any other Sasuke-admirer, but later falls in love with him for real after they become teammates and she learns more about him. [[SingleTargetSexuality She remains in love with him]] even after he tries to kill her, because she believes that Naruto can bring him back. When he rejoins the good guys, he continues to treat her like trash, but Sakura still can't stop seeking his approval. When he goes off the deep end again and attacks her, Sakura ''still'' can't let go of her feelings for him, to the point that Sasuke himself says that Sakura has no reason to love him. Even over a decade later, after [[spoiler:marrying him and having a daughter with him]], she's unable to answer incredibly basic questions about him. According to [[WordOfGod Kishimoto]], he deliberately avoided the reasons for why she fell in love with Sasuke because he found all the ideas too [[StrangledByTheRedString contrived]].
* MaleGaze: Part II seems to like giving attention to her rear. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sakuass.jpg Here's]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/assaku2.png the]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/assaku.png proof]]. One of the filler endings shows her from behind, wearing a bikini while [[SexyWalk walking]].
* MamaBear: [[spoiler:As Shin Uchiha Sr can attest, you don't mess with her husband and daughter if you want to keep your body in one piece]].
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Very serious questions are raised by her daughter [[spoiler:Sarada]] as to whether Sakura really is her mother, owing to Sakura's complete inability to answer even the most basic of questions about [[spoiler:Sasuke]] and [[spoiler:Sarada's]] noted resemblance to [[spoiler:Karin]]. Chapter 7 of ''Naruto Gaiden'' seemingly confirms that Sakura lied about being [[spoiler:Sarada's]] mother, but the final chapter reveals that [[SubvertedTrope Sakura really is her mother]].
* ManipulativeBitch: In the aforementioned 2010 Jump Festa interview, [[WordOfGod Kishimoto]] reveals that he intentionally {{Enforced|Trope}} this with Sakura in Chapter 469, when she gives Naruto her infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]]. {{Defied|Trope}} because every single person present, including Naruto, sees right through this and knows that she's lying. [[WhatTheHellHero Naruto calls her out on this]], [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves, and breaks his promise to her.
-->'''Sakura's Voice Actress:''' With the latest developments, Sakura has...\\
'''Kishimoto:''' That chick is detestable for using Naruto's good will, but, well that's just how I'd think to write a realistic girl. You hear all the time that Sakura is a detestable person, but that's what seems to be the intention.
* MeaningfulName: Haruno means "of the spring," and Sakura is Japan's famous cherry blossom tree which sprouts its distinctive pink flowers in the spring and which are the same color as her hair.
* MeaningfulRename: Later she goes on to take [[spoiler:the Uchiha surname upon marrying Sasuke]].
* MegatonPunch: Her favorite method as a {{Tsundere}}, when it comes to anything or anyone that gets on her nerves, mainly and unfortunately for Naruto.
* TheMedic: Due to her training by Tsunade, she is one of the best at the age of 15.
* MoralityPet: To Sasuke. This was constantly [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-Zagged]] throughout the series, because his desire for revenge and powers was more important than her feelings. However, it was finally played straight at the end; it was first shown by [[HeelFaceTurn his genuine apology to her for his selfishness]]. Later, in ''[[LightNovel/SakuraHidenThoughtsOfLoveRidingUponASpringBreeze Sakura Hiden]]'', Konoha manages to contact Sasuke and request his assistance to help against an enemy who wants to attack Konoha, but he turns them down, as he believes it does not concern him. However, once he finds out that the enemies have captured Sakura, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther he immediately rushes home]].
* MsExposition: In the first arc she explained things essential to the verse like how chakra works.
* MumLooksLikeASister: In ''Anime/BorutoNarutoTheMovie'', her character design makes her look young enough to pass as her daughter's older sister, particularly as she lacks the curves that her adult self possesses.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: As a result of chakra providing the force behind her blows.
* MyGreatestFailure: How she felt towards being unable to stop Sasuke from turning his back on the village, especially after Shikamaru refused to let her come along on the mission to retrieve him. Also how she felt when healing Naruto, after his match with Orochimaru.
* {{Narcissist}}: In Part I, she initially prefers to maintain her looks while swooning over Sasuke and belittling Naruto instead of practicing her ninja skills. [[WhatTheHellHero Sasuke calls her out for it]]. After her ImportantHaircut, she gradually outgrows this.
* NeutralFemale: Sakura is infamous for spending most of the time in battle just standing with a kunai in a defensive position while her male teammates do all the actual fighting (it made sense in the Bridge Builder arc because she was left as the only one actually guarding the person they were supposed to be guarding). If they had indicated that she's supposed to be a non-combatant, this would have been more acceptable, but the fact that [[FauxActionGirl she's supposed to be a highly trained ninja]] makes this all the more insulting. It isn't until the first arc after the TimeSkip that [[TookALevelInBadass she does anything else]]...[[DoubleSubvertedTrope until she gets shunted to the sidelines again]] as TheMedic and doesn't have any memorable fights throughout the rest of the series. The fact that both Naruto and Sasuke [[StayInTheKitchen tell her to stay back as they fight]] at different times in the WarArc and then [[DumbassHasAPoint they both]] [[JerkassHasAPoint point out]] in Chapters 678 and 680 that she and Kakashi won't be of much help in the fight against the BigBadEnsemble doesn't help.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Despite her good intentions in the Five Kage Summit arc, due to letting her emotions getting the better of her and underestimating Sasuke and the affair concerning him, the only things Sakura managed to do is nearly get herself, Kakashi and Naruto killed--with Naruto from both facing Sasuke and being cut by ''her own'' poisoned kunai that Sasuke tried to used on her when the former saved her.
** In Chapter 674, Obito pleads for Sakura to destroy his Rinnegan eye so that Madara wouldn't be able to take it. She completely hesitates out of fear, resulting in Madara taking back his other eye from Obito and bringing about the beginning of the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The fact that she ''doesn't'' reveal her mistakes to Kakashi when he asks her what happened in the following chapter doesn't help her case.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Sasuke rejecting her AnguishedDeclarationOfLove in Part I really depresses her, sends her to tears, and eventually causes her to make rash decisions, most notably in the Five Kage Summit arc.
* NotHelpingYourCase: To an almost tragicomic level on the first chapter of ''Manga/NarutoGaiden''. [[spoiler:When her daughter asks if Sasuke ever needed glasses, she don't know. She then tries to hide Sasuke's betrayal of the village by saying that "he was away a lot when he was younger." As Sarada's doubt increases and she even asks if Sakura is really Sasuke's wife, Sakura breaks in a fit of rage. A fit of rage so big that breaks the ground and destroys her own house. Naturally, a lot of things inside the house fall off and break. One of them is a portrait of Sasuke and Sakura. The problem is, it's a montage, and Sarada discovers that there was a photo of Taka (except Jugo) hidden behind the frame. The chapter ends with Sarada looking at the figure of Karin, probably beginning to doubt even if Sakura is her real mother]].
* TheNotLoveInterest: For Naruto, especially in {{Filler}} episodes and most notoriously the {{Filler}} movie ''[[Anime/NarutoTheMovieRoadToNinja Road To Ninja]]''.
* ObliviousToLove: In a weird way. [[WordOfGod Kishimoto has stated]] that he fashioned Sakura as a girl who cannot understand men, much like how Naruto says he does not understand women and romantic love. She had to have [[JerkassHasAPoint Sai telling her]] how [[BrutalHonesty Naruto suffered from his one-sided crush on her]] to take it seriously.
* OfficialCouple: With [[spoiler:Sasuke]].
* OhCrap: She has a silent one when she notices [[spoiler:[[PersonOfMassDestruction Kaguya]]]] suddenly standing ''a few feet away from her''.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In Part I, Sakura would almost always agree with what Sasuke had to say. However, when Sasuke was about to give the scrolls to a disguised Orochimaru during the Chunin Exams, both she and Naruto are shocked. This also led her to giving him the ''first'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech since they've been a team.
* OppositesAttract: Sakura is the loud, brash healer from an ordinary family who starts the series quite weak, and she loves the calm, broody Uchiha prodigy Sasuke, [[spoiler:who finally reciprocates her feelings at the end of the manga]].
* PetalPower: In [[{{Filler}} the first movie]], she used a technique called Sakura Blizzard that involved a large number of tiny explosive tags and cherry blossoms mixed in for good measure.
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The Pink Girl (pink-haired, dresses in pink and red) to Sasuke's Blue Boy (blue-black hair, dresses in shades of deep blue).
* PluckyGirl: See her fights vs Ino (where she deliberately pressed Ino's BerserkButton to avoid getting sympathy and broke Ino's Mind Switch Jutsu, albeit with a little help from Naruto's cheering) and Sasori (where she got serious injuries ''and kept fighting anyway'').
* PoisonedWeapons:
** Thanks to [[MasterPoisoner Shizune's]] tutelage she has acquired some poisonous weapons and KnockoutGas as well.
** She's also CarryingTheAntidote. She is a medic, after all.
* PoorCommunicationKills: She has this ''in spades'' with the rest of Team 7, and it's often in conjunction with LockedOutOfTheLoop:
** During the second bell test in the Kazekage Rescue arc, Sakura shatters the ground with her [[SuperStrength Cherry Blossom Impact]], something that [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon makes both Naruto and Kakashi look like they're about to wet their pants]]. While this is PlayedForLaughs, Kakashi clearly had no idea she knew this technique. Considering that both she and Kakashi had been in Konoha for the past three years, this means that Kakashi paid no attention to her ''at all'', even though she was the only one of his students who was ''still'' in the village during the TimeSkip.
** After their first failed attempt at bringing Sasuke back during the Sai and Sasuke arc, Team 7 meets to try to figure out next steps. Sakura shares the research she's been doing on Sasuke's powers and asks Kakashi what's next. Kakashi promptly reveals training that both he and Yamato will be helping Naruto on, and completely neglects including Sakura in any training or further planning. Had Kakashi prepared her better or ''at all'', she might have been able to work better with Team 7 in later matters.
** During her infamous [[FalseConfession fake love confession]] in the Five Kage Summit arc, she withheld from Naruto that the rest of the Konoha 11 had decided to kill Sasuke themselves, and that she herself was taking it on. Then when Kiba tells Sakura to tell Naruto the truth, she stomps on his foot and leaves. In turn, Naruto, Kakashi, and Yamato completely failed to tell her about their meeting with Tobi and the truth behind the Uchiha Massacre, something that might have changed how she approached Sasuke. Though Naruto was about to explain only to stop at Kakashi and Yamato's partly justified insistence in order to avoid further chaos until they knew more.
** During their fight against Madara in the Ten-Tails Retrieval arc, [[LeeroyJenkins Sakura charges in to make a distraction]], in order to give Naruto and Sasuke an opening. This fails in two ways: first, by '''not''' talking about it to her teammates before rushing in, Sakura distracted ''her own team'' more than Madara. Second, despite the minutes they had before Madara's return, Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi all neglected to tell Sakura about Madara's shadows, something that might have changed her approach had she known. This is increased later when [[JerkassHasAPoint Sasuke outright says that both she and Kakashi are now useless]] and that the whole fight is in his and Naruto's hands, which is further cemented when [[DumbassHasAPoint Naruto agrees with him]] two chapters later, so there's no point in informing her on what's next.
* PowerTattoo: The Strength of a Hundred Seal, a diamond-shaped mark in her forehead that, when activated, spreads markings across her body and greatly amplifies her strength.
* {{Qipao}}: She wore a red one in Part I.
* RedIsHeroic: One of her ColorMotifs is red, her main outfits consists mainly of red, and she's a heroic CombatMedic.
* RedIsViolent: Red is her signature color, and she can be very rough, especially toward Naruto.
* ReleasingFromThePromise: Subverted when out of guilt and shame of having hurt Naruto's feelings in the past and fearing that he will die, makes a [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim false]] [[FalseConfession love confession]] to him in a desperate attempt to release him of his "Promise of a Lifetime" to her: [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy bringing back the guy she loves, Sasuke, to her]]. Naruto sees right through her fake confession, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying]], tells her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves, and says that even if she releases him from his promise, ''he'' has [[TrueCompanions his own reasons]] for doing wanting Sasuke to come back.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Hinata's Blue. Whereas Hinata is a {{Shy Blue Haired|Girl}} NiceGirl who can barely talk to Naruto [[CharacterDevelopment until Part II]], Sakura is a HotBlooded rose-haired {{Tsundere}} who is ready to inflict [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale unnecessary damage]] on Naruto. By Part II, even their fighting styles became total opposites to each other's: they both use chakra, but Sakura is using it to increase the strength of her punches to [[SuperStrength monstrous levels]], making her a CuteBruiser, whereas Hinata is using the PressurePoint-based Gentle Fist-style of the Hyuga clan, making her a LadyOfWar. Furthermore, as a result of their respective personalities and body figures, Sakura has ACupAngst whereas Hinata is [[HiddenBuxom hiding her buxom figure in baggy clothes]]. Also, according to the anime, Sakura is a LethalChef whereas Hinata is a [[SupremeChef supreme one]].
* RomanticFalseLead: As [[WordOfGod Kishimoto has stated in several post-series interviews]], she was ''always'' going to be this to Naruto, even as far back as the early stages of the manga. Not that it matters, since [[SingleTargetSexuality she always loved Sasuke]] and only ever saw Naruto as [[LikeBrotherAndSister a teammate and younger brother]].
* RoseHairedGirl: Is the only female character with pink hair, anime, manga or otherwise.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Loud, cheerful Energetic Girl to cold, silent Sasuke's Savvy Guy.
* SeenItAll:
** After going through all the god level craziness of Obito, Madara [[spoiler:and Kaguya]] during the Fourth Shinobi World War, she is not even fazed by seeing [[spoiler:the Sage of the Six Paths in person]].
** In the New Era, she isn't surprised by [[spoiler:Shin]] getting betrayed by his clones and having his philosophy turned against him, given what happened to previous villains like Obito and Madara.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** It's {{Implied|Trope}} that she supports Naruto/Hinata in Chapter 80, when she happily agrees with Lee that [[BirdsOfAFeather Naruto and Hinata are very similar to each other]]. By ''The Last'', she becomes the full-fledged captain of the pairing, as shown by her encouraging Hinata to give Naruto the [[RedStringOfFate red scarf]] she knitted for him, and then helping Naruto realize that Hinata [[spoiler:didn't actually reject him because Hinata always loved him]], which helps Naruto get his HeroicSecondWind. She also doubles as TheMatchmaker in ''VideoGame/NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStorm4''.
** Also in ''Ultimate Ninja Storm 4'', Sakura is shown thinking that Shikamaru and Temari make a good couple.
* ShrinkingViolet: Only as a child.
* SingleTargetSexuality: She never developed romantic feelings for any other man except one: Sasuke Uchiha. Even though his FaceHeelTurn hurts her so much, and even though she goes back and forth between wanting him to return or wanting to kill him, overall she cannot bring herself to stop loving him.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan:
** {{Subverted|Trope}} and {{Exploited|Trope}} with Naruto. In Chapter 469, she makes a [[FalseConfession blatantly fake love confession]] to Naruto that lists all of the reasons why he is better for her and Sasuke isn't, so that she could manipulate [[LovingAShadow his one-sided shallow crush on her]] and get him to stop chasing Sasuke for her. Naruto easily sees right through her, [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out for lying]] because he knows that [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys she only loves Sasuke]], [[ShipSinking rejects her outright]] by telling her that he '''hates''' people who lie to themselves, and then breaks his promise to her because he wants to rescue Sasuke ''not'' for her anymore, but for [[TrueCompanions his own reasons]] now.
** Played Straight with [[spoiler:Sasuke]] at the end of the manga, who makes his definitive HeelFaceTurn after Naruto finally knocks sense into him and he becomes TheAtoner.
* SkirtOverSlacks: Part of her standard attire.
* SmittenTeenageGirl: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. Yes, [[SingleTargetSexuality she loves Sasuke]], but her feelings have brought her ''many'' problems, considering how she can't let go of her feelings despite knowing that he's too far gone. This also doubles as LoveMakesYouDumb. On the other hand, given that Sasuke actually tries to kill her twice when they're enemies, it's rather bizarre that her crush survives into adulthood. [[spoiler:They even become an OfficialCouple and have a daughter together]].
* StepfordSmiler: Sports one identical to Sai's when asked if Sasuke can be trusted after his HazyFeelTurn.
* StoneWall: By the end of the series, much like her mentor. Taijutsu against her would be suicidal, except for the very few who could block her super strength, and she could just instantly heal off any damage done by ninjutsu. Even more so in adulthood, as it's been stated that, by then, she finished training to resist genjutsu, meaning that literally the only way to kill her is by outlasting her (rather large, thanks to her Yin seal) chakra reserve. Not that she's particularly slow, she isn't, but it's not her forte and the speed training she has, like for all medics, is for ''avoiding'' hits.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She has her mother's facial features, but her father's pink hair.
* SummonMagic: Slugs.
* SuperStrength: During the TimeSkip, Tsunade teaches her to use a specialized version of this, allowing for a powerful strike. Taken UpToEleven when she uses the [[PowerTattoo Strength of a Hundred Seal]].
* TearsOfJoy: When Sasuke [[HeelFaceTurn sincerely apologizes for all the ruckus he caused]] in the penultimate chapter. She responds with this:
-->'''Sakura''': [[{{Forgiveness}} You'd better damn well be]]... Shannaro... [[YouFool You jerk]]...
* TeenGenius: Before the TimeSkip, being a good student with precise chakra control and enough knowledge to ''not'' need cheating in the written part of the Chuunin exams differentiated her from any other kunoichi. Afterwards, it's what makes her such a good apprentice and medic.
* ThisLoserIsYou: [[WordOfGod Kishimoto has stated]] that both she and Rock Lee were meant to symbolize human weakness.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to both Hinata and Ino's Girly Girls, albet [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak with her own girly streak]].
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Sakura is loud, abrasive, and generally tomboyish, but as shown in Part I, she's also a ''huge'' romantic who is very conscious about her social standing, leading to her trying to put on a more girly pretense in front of [[SingleTargetSexuality Sasuke]], while her tomboyish side is kept as "Inner Sakura."
* TookALevelInBadass: Firstly in Part I where she finally toughens up from being an annoying fangirl of Sasuke, but in Part II she's come a long way from where she was.
* TookALevelInKindness: Starts in the beginning of the Chunin Exams arc and continues all the way to the end and is cemented in Part II, towards Naruto essentially.
* ATragedyOfImpulsiveness: Sakura's impatience in trying to confess her love to Sasuke and unwillingness to listen to her teammates' advice leads to Sasuke explaining that he has no feelings for her in Chapter 693.
* TrainingFromHell: Tsunade subjects her to this during the TimeSkip so that she can develop SuperStrength and [[TheMedic medical ninjutsu]].
* TrueCompanions: With Team 7.
* {{Tsundere}}: Primarily in the anime, but it was present in the manga as well, of the tsuntsun version half the time, even if she became a type B after the TimeSkip, unfortunately for Naruto.
* UnprovokedPervertPayback: Towards Naruto once or twice, but taken UpToEleven in the anime {{Filler}}.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She fails to destroy Obito's Rinnegan eye, even after he pleaded her to do so, because she completely freezes and hesitates out of fear. This results in Madara taking back his other eye from Obito and subsequently casting the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
* WaifFu: Sakura learns it from Tsunade, who also breaks the ground with simple punches - Tsunade in her true form is actually a frail elderly woman with even less muscle size than Sakura. This SuperStrength is apparently achieved by perfect chakra control.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Instigated this with Ino prior to the beginning of Part I. They resumed their friendship after their DesignatedGirlFight in the Chunin Exams arc.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: {{Invoked|Trope}} by Sasuke out of all people; he bluntly states that she has no reason to love him after all he did.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Apparently the reason for her lacking performance after the first post-TimeSkip arc. She's spent the last three years building up chakra in her forehead like Tsunade does, and it isn't until the battle with the Ten-Tails that she finally has enough to use the technique to augment her abilities.
* YaoiFangirl:
** Just watch her reaction to one of Konohamaru's jutsus that included shadow clones of the naked Sai and Sasuke.
** And let's not forget her reaction to Naruto’s trump card against Kaguya: the ''male version'' of the Sexy Harem Jutsu! It gave Sakura a {{Nosebleed}}!
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The only character in the series (sans her father) to have natural pink hair.
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Seriously, as others, especially Naruto, have learned the hard way, getting her worked up can be disastrous.

[[folder:Kakashi Hatake]]
!!Kakashi Hatake
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazuhikoInoue (JP), Creator/KenichiSuzumura (Sukea), Creator/MutsumiTamura (child; Anime/NarutoShippudenTheMovieTheLostTower onward), Creator/DaveWittenberg (main series), Creator/KyleHebert (''Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth'') (EN), [[Creator/AlfonsoObregonInclan Alfonso Obregón-Inclán]] (Latin America), Juan Antonio Arroyo (Spain), Lionel Bourguet (French, 1st voice), Jean-Michel Vovk (French, 2nd voice)
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Naruto'' Chapter 3 (Manga), ''Naruto'' Episode 3 (Anime)

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->''[[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but those who abandon their comrades are worse than scum]].''

Kakashi Hatake is a sneaky, snarky ninja who serves as sensei of Team 7, and also as TheBigGuy and TheSmartGuy. Prior to Team 7, he had failed ''every single'' applicant who had come before him. He's one of the strongest ninja in Konoha, and is never seen without his dirty pornographic novel/manga.

Kakashi, for reasons that are at first unknown, has a Sharingan in his left eye, despite not being of the Uchiha (In a Gaiden {{prequel}} story, the eye was revealed to have been transplanted from his deceased friend Obito Uchiha, one of Sasuke's relatives). Kakashi has mastered its use about as well as a non-Uchiha can, picking up the epithet "Copy Ninja." He knows dozens of techniques, and has even unlocked a Mangekyo Sharingan that differs from Itachi, although using it puts enormous strain on his body. His only unique jutsu is the Chidori (and its upgraded form, Raikiri), a technique that consists of covering one of his full hands in his lightning-natured chakra, which allows him to cut/stab any target with a single blow.

In ''Shippuden'', Naruto and Sakura's development causes Kakashi to serve less as a mentor and more as a comrade. He still teaches Naruto, though, eventually helping him create a more powerful variant of the Rasengan.

In the Fourth Shinobi World War, he serves as the leader of the Third Division. Later he proved instrumental in the fight against his former comrade Obito, Madara, and the [[TheManBehindTheMan true mastermind behind the war, Kaguya]]. By war's end, Kakashi becomes the Sixth Hokage and uses his new influence to pardon Sasuke of all his crimes. [[Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie Two years later, despite losing his Sharingan, Kakashi proves himself a great leader by helping citizens on earth stay alive during the course of the movie]].

By the time the epilogue rolls by, Kakashi goes into comfortable retirement while [[PassingTheTorch passing on the mantle of Hokage to his student, Naruto]].

->His hobby is reading (Icha Icha series).
->Favorite word: "Teamwork"

* EleventhHourSuperpower: After Obito dies, he's able to grant Kakashi his full Mangekyo Sharingan. This grants Kakashi the use of Obito's IntangibleMan powers, Perfect Susanoo, and the ability to imbue all of his attacks with Kamui so they can PortalCut if they connect. And because Obito was also host to the Ten-Tails, he gets Ridoku's power as part of the deal so his attacks aren't instantly absorbed.
* TheAce: He is ''easily'' one of the most powerful ninja in Konoha. And eventually became Hokage!
* AchillesHeel: Kakashi, while he has an all around awesome skill-set, has massive stamina issues. This is exacerbated by his Sharingan, which expends even more of his chakra when used. Almost all of his major battles in the series has resulted him getting bed-ridden for over-expending his energy.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: That first flashback of him killing Rin turned out to be very misleading. She actually wanted him to do it, but he point-blank refused despite the Mist's plans for her. She took matters into her own hands and jumped in front of his attack.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter:
** He was it for Obito in their childhood... over and over and over...
** He also was this for Guy that in turn caused their FriendlyRivalry.
* AndIMustScream: He was the first in-series victim of the Mangekyo Sharingan's [[MindRape Tsukuyomi]], in which Itachi crucified him and stabbed him repeatedly without letting him die. For three days. Without stopping...
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: As a kid, he was obsessed with following the rules and living like an obedient toy soldier. Anyone who didn't train themselves to be an ideal ninja was out of step with the rest and a disgrace. It was brought on by a fear that deviating from the shinobi code would lead to ostracism, since his father Sakumo chose to put his comrade's lives above a mission. The Leaf ninja felt betrayed, because it is their master goal to ensure a success of a mission at all costs. Sakumo was chided ''viciously'' by his peers, and DrivenToSuicide. Kakashi feared the same might happen to him. After Obito brought him to his senses and warned him it would pretty much strip him of his humanity to live like this, he broke out of it.
* AssShove: His [[MundaneMadeAwesome One Thousand Years of Death]] is nothing more than an over-glorified Kanchō, a Japanese prank common among children. That doesn't discredit its effectiveness.
* AuraVision: The most standard ability of the Sharingan is to see Chakra.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Pretty good at figuring out the skills of dangerous opponents such as [[PsychoForHire Zabuza]], [[SoulJar Kakuzu]], [[AGodAmI Pain]] and [[IntangibleMan Tobi]]. Considered to be the best at it by Guy and Naruto.
* BackFromTheDead: Gets killed and later revived by Pain
* BadassBoast: ''"The "Copy Ninja" Kakashi, the man who copied one thousand techniques… is about to go on a rampage!"''
* BadassBookworm: Naruto calls him "as smart as [[ImprobablyHighIQ Shikamaru]]", which, combined with his status as the most elite ninjutsu specialist in the Hidden Leaf, would make him this easily. {{Inverted|Trope}} with his actual choice of literature - Jiraiya's erotic novels.
* BadassTeacher: His students certainly think so.
* BadassTransplant: His [[MagicalEye Sharingan]](s).
* BattleAura: Gains one when Naruto gives him the refined, combined chakra that he and Kurama made, resulting in a Version 1 cloak. He commented that it's even stronger than the dose that Kurama had given him originally, which increased his power threefold.
* BeautyMark: [[spoiler:Reveals to have one, when we see his face for the first time. It's under his mouth on the left-hand side of his face]].
* BerserkButton:
** Kakashi REALLY hates [[CameBackWrong Edo Tensei]] (Impure World Resurrection), a jutsu that revives the dead and forces them to fight for the user. He also hates Kabuto, in no small part due to his insistence on using it.
*** It seems to come from a disdain of grave-robbing of his friends in general. He got set off when he realized that Tobi had to be using Obito's eye. His rage stopped cold when it was finally revealed that Tobi '''IS''' Obito.
** He also values his comrades, and dislikes people betraying their own. Notably, back during Land of Waves mission in Part I, Zabuza's repeatedly kicking Naruto (who is also Minato's sensei's son, mind) and belittling his students pushed him into quite the {{Tranquil Fury}} - once he was freed from Zabuza's Water Prison, the DeathGlare he gave the Missing-Nin was quite impressive. Then, he handed Zabuza his rear end on a platter.
** Another one, but anime only. Don't bring up Rin's death (unless you're Obito). If you do, then he will have no qualms doing exactly the same thing he did to Rin on you.
* {{BFS}}: Wields Zabuza's Executioner Blade for a short while in the 4th world war against the other 7 Swordsmen.
* BigDamnHeroes: He has a habit of joining fights by showing up out of nowhere to save his comrades.
* {{Bishonen}}:
** We finally find out why Teuchi and Ayame reacted the way they did. Even Sakura, who was still in her Sasuke-obsessed phase at the time, called him handsome (of course, she didn't know it was him).
** His face is the one [[spoiler:Pakkun]] had suggested in the "Kakashi's Real Face is Finally Unveiled" manga omake, except without the [[spoiler:Guy-like sparkling toothy grin]]. That's probably what made the ninken think "That wasn't it at all."
* BlessedWithSuck: Because he isn't an Uchiha, he can't deactivate the Sharingan and it rapidly drains his chakra whenever he uses it, leaving him bedridden after extended use; he keeps the eye covered when he doesn't need it in order to prevent this. The Mangekyō Sharingan drains a considerable amount of chakra when performed. The eye's usage also places a great strain on Kakashi, wearing him down and causing deterioration of his eye's vision until eventually his eye went blind during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
* BoringYetPractical: His fighting style tends to be this, which is part of why he's overshadowed so much. His summons are a perfect example. Most ninja call up a giant animal to fight for them; Kakashi has a pack of hunting hounds.
* BreakTheHaughty: Happens in Kakashi Gaiden, when he gets the worst dose of cold reality you could believe.
* BrokenAce: So broken that his emotional damage is arguably almost completely responsible for the events OF THE ENTIRE MANGA. In-universe, Kakashi admits he is this to Sasuke in an attempt to convince Sasuke that revenge isn't everything and that living with the pain of his losses, while difficult, is possible. [[ForegoneConclusion It doesn't work]]. Later, Kakashi tells Obito and Minato that losing Obito, Rin, and Minato all within the span of a year all but completely broke him, going on to state that there was nothing stopping him from completely sinking into despair except for the fact that Obito had entrusted his sharingan to him. Given the amount of characters that's turned to darker paths for similar reasons, it's a bit of an eye-opener as to how close Kakashi could have been to completely losing himself as well.
* BrokenPedestal: His best friend Obito Uchiha, who he originally thought was dead, and who was also the source of most of his ideals as an adult [[EvilFormerFriend is now one of his greatest enemies]].
* BroughtDownToBadass: He loses his Sharingan to Madara and gets his normal eye restored by Naruto's new healing powers right after. Of course, he is still a highly trained ninja, but that means he can no longer use any of his Sharingan abilities or even his Raikiri properly. Obito's spirit later gives both his eyes the Mangekyo Sharingan, but this wears off after Kaguya's defeat.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: The first of many, many examples among the characters. See also AssShove, LovableSexManiac.
* CanineCompanion: The Ninja Hounds that he uses as a tracking unit.
* TheCaptain: Of Squad 7.
* CelibateHero: By the end of the series, Kakashi remains single.
* CerebusRetcon: His habits of coming late and making lame excuses are revealed to be his way to honor his deceased friend Obito.
* CharacterDevelopment: Kakashi lived most of his life in attempts to emulate and memorialize his best friend. He adopted an entirely new personality and mannerisms, his pathological lateness is even attributed to him spending three hours straight at the Memorial Stone every single day, staring at Obito's name. This continued until during the Fourth Shinobi World War when he learning that Obito became the BigBad. It information almost broke him, but it was also the event that contributed to him finally find closure and gave the will to live his own life.
* CharacterTics: His happy eye-arch.
* ChildProdigy: Youngest Genin and Chunin graduated at 5 and 6.
* CombatClairvoyance: With the Sharingan, Kakashi can accurately reproduce any movement he sees (his own physical skill permitting) and take in a heightened amount of visual information.
* TheComicallySerious: Often his nonchalance is used in humor especially to contrast [[HotBlooded Guy]].
* CoolTeacher: Team 7 was the first team that he ever passed, because they're the first one to catch his lesson on putting each other's safety ahead of the mission.
* CovertPervert: He's obsessed with the "Icha Icha" series of adult novels, and gets embarrassed when to read certain passages to others. Naruto once got the drop on him by pretending to spoiler one book's ending.
* CynicismCatalyst: Kakashi became obsessed with the shinobi code and began placing the mission above his teammates after his father committed suicide, having become ostracized and falling into despair for failing a mission to save his comrades.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Kakashi had two forbidden techniques: Raikiri, an enhanced Chidori; and Kamui, which [[OneHitKill sucks anything he looks at into another dimension]]. Both are limited by chakra capacity. He figured out how to increase his chakra capacity (and taught Sasuke how as well).
* ADayInTheLimelight:
** {{Subverted|Trope}}. ''Kakashi Gaiden'' appeared to be this when it came out, going into his backstory and explaining his personality and Sharingan. Looking at the series as a whole, it's clearly ''really'' about establishing Obito, who would go on to have a massive impact on the plot.
** He gets a proper one in a filler arc called ''Anbu Kakashi Arc'', which depicts his past between killing Rin and the start of the main series.
* DeadpanSnarker: Always has a straight face. One would imagine the mask probably helps in this department.
-->'''Kakashi:''' Naruto, you can't ''kill'' the client. That's not how it works.
* DespairEventHorizon:
** It's indicated in the anime filler that covers his time in ANBU during and after the Kyuubi attack that Kakashi was dangerously close to this after the death of his sensei, leaving him the last living member of his team (to his knowledge). It's never outright stated, but it's implied the reason why Kakashi wasn't a big part of Naruto's life until he became a genin was because he was so mentally anguished that he couldn't be trusted around small children, even if they were his sensei's son. It took a lot of time and support for him to move past this, and it wasn't until Team 7 that he really began to heal.
** As is becoming clear that Tobi is Obito, he's been slowly getting thereagain. [[HopeCrusher Obito]] in turn, in every way helps but thankfully, Guy and Naruto snap him out of it.
* DishingOutDirt: He can use Earth Release to move underground for sneak attacks or produce walls to defend himself or block enemies.
* DontCallMeSir: After becoming the Hokage, he often has to remind others to address him without "Lord."
* DuelToTheDeath: His fight with Obito was supposed to be the ItsPersonal version. Unfortunately, Obito purposefully invoked this in order to have Kakashi get rid of the "no-suicide" seal on his heart.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: This guy really deserved a Happy Ending after everything that happened to him. To sum up, he lost his parents, became jaded, then one by one his teammates and sensei, enlisted in the ANBU to see some of his teammates die, watched his Junior in the ANBU turn 'evil'. Then, when finally things were becoming right for him, his student turned to evil to exact vengeance, the student's brother (his Junior in ANBU) crippling him for weeks (making him unable to save his student), freaking DYING in the invasion of his village (he got better),seeing the vengeance filled student turn mad and a raging psychopath bent on killing them and the village, seeing his allies and respected enemies mindlessly controlled by a maniac, fighting the BigBad to realise he was actually his best friend thought to be dead, fatally stabbing him, going blind in an eye, seeing his best friend die again for real, witnessing Sasuke's revolution and the subsequent fight. After that, he became the village 's leader for several years, helped the student redeem himself for good, fulfilling his best friends' and [[ParentalSubstitute Parental Figure's]] dreams, enforcing peace in the world. After it, he went into a peaceful retirement as a guiding force behind the new generation, inspiring thousands. Happy Ending doesn't even begin to describe what it meant for him.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: The few females ''and'' males who have seen him unmasked are, well, ''very'' impressed.
* EverybodysDeadDave: His backstory can be summed up in this one trope. When Sasuke threatens to kill someone close to him so Kakashi can understand his pain, Kakashi replies that [[HarmfulToMinors everyone he cares about is already dead]].
* ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: Given a sufficiently inexperienced opponent, he can fight with one hand and read pornographic novels (namely, the ''Icha Icha'' series written by Jiraiya) with the other. He is quite happy to demonstrate this ability.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: His [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110803152736/naruto/images/e/e0/Mangeky%C5%8D_Sharingan_Kakashi.svg Mangekyo Sharingan]].
* EyepatchOfPower: Normally covers his left eye with his [[MartialArtsHeadband headband]]. Underneath is his Sharingan. He hides it because unlike an Uchiha, Kakashi is incapable of turning it off at will. Only when facing a strong opponent does he uncover it.
* EyeScream: He lost his eye after taking a slash for Obito. His Sharingan is ripped out by Madara, who jams it into his own empty socket.
* FailureHero: How he sees himself after watching his childhood team die and failing to talk Sasuke out of defecting.
* FingerlessGloves: Part of his cool get up.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the beginning of Shippuden, Kakashi shows that he learned a new technique called Kamui which allows Mangekyou Sharingan users to teleport something or anyone into another dimension. But we also learn that to awaken Mangekyou Sharingan need to kill/see death the expensive for you person. Also Kakashi mentions in one moment that he couldn't keep the promise that he gave Obito for protection of Rin. So how Kakashi could awaken his Mangekyou Sharingan? After disclose the identity of Tobi we learn that Kakashi's Sharingan became a Mangekyō Sharingan long before the events of Shippuden, when he with his own hands killed Rin, that also became a trauma that simultaneously caused the Mangekyō to awaken in Obito.
* ForgottenPhlebotinum:
** Kakashi's had the Mangekyo for nearly twenty years. Sure would've been handy against Orochimaru or Itachi. Granted, he fell unconscious the moment he unlocked it and didn't encounter another Mangekyo Sharingan user until he fought Itachi, so he might not have even realized he had one until then at the earliest.
** Also alternatively: The use of the normal Sharingan drains a lot of chakra (he was out of commission for a few days after the first battle with Zabuza), the Mangekyo Sharingan requires ''even more'' chakra, so it's possible that he hadn't yet the stamina required to use it.
* FourStarBadass: As General of the Third Division.
* FriendlyRivalry: Proud owner of the ''ultimate'' rivalry with Might Guy, lasting from their early childhood, up into adulthood, and still very, very intense as they go over the hill, showing absolutely ''NO'' signs of slowing down. Also it should be noted that Guy and Kakashi's rivalry is one of the only generally positive rivalry relationships in the series (and is really the only positive relationship Kakashi has these days). Every other rivalry usually makes the losing part very bitter, or their friendship dissolves. This includes Naruto/Sasuke, Hashirama/Madara and Sarutobi/Danzo. Even if Naruto and Sasuke eventually rekindled their friendship, it does not detract from how much pain and how long it took to get to that point.
* GenerationXerox:
** He was mentioned to greatly resemble his father Sakumo Hatake, Konoha's White Fang, which made his enemies tremble in fear of him even when he was just about 13 years of age, mistaking him for his father. Cut to many years after when he is already known as ''Kakashi of the Sharingan'' and you know the awesome is InTheBlood. Further xerox-ing lays credibility that since the Third Hokage taught the original Sannin of Jiraiya, Orochimaru and Tsunade, and that since the villagers see him as temporary Hokage when Tsunade was in her coma, Kakashi is a generation Xerox of Sarutobi, the Third Hokage.
** He's also a generation xerox of Jiraiya. He lost his teacher, lost his student (to the dark side), his best friend turned into one of the most reviled criminals in history and was indirectly responsible for their teacher's death, and has a near pathological HeroicSelfDeprecation as well.
** And he is ''also'' one to Minato as well, especially considering that his team is basically a GenerationXerox of Minato's team. One of them went evil because LoveMakesYouEvil (Obito and Sasuke), one of them stayed with Konoha (Naruto and Kakashi), and one was a skilled medic-nin (Rin and Sakura). He also ends up as Hokage, completing the similarities.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Kakashi has a scar over his left eye, but it is usually covered by his forehead protector. It is the result of an injury to his eye that led to an eye transplant.
* GuileHero: In his first fight with Zabuza he hypnotized him using the Sharingan to perform a water jutsu he already knew, defeated him by using it first, then had Zabuza believe he could see the future.
* {{Henohenomoheji}}: Seen on Kakashi's decoy scarecrow in Episode 101 ("Gotta See! Gotta Know! Kakashi-Sensei's True Face!"), when Team 7 attempts to unveil Kakashi's true face. It's also featured on the backs of his 9 ''ninken'' (Ninja Hounds/Dogs) Summoning group.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Kakashi is able to summon a pack of ninja hounds of various breeds.
* HeroicRROD: This happens to him a lot in Part I - at one point, the others are surprised when he doesn't need a hospital trip after a fight. He can handle the Sharingan somewhat better in ''Shippuden'', but still needs to watch his reserves carefully.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: He literally calls himself trash when talking to Obito. After losing his original team in a span of a year, Kakashi was on the verge of the DespairEventHorizon, and it took a lot of time and support to move on from their deaths. Team 7 helped, but after Sasuke's departure, Kakashi's guilt reared its head. Learning that his best friend Obito, his idol and hero, the person who Kakashi has modeled his entire life after, is responsible for nearly every tragedy that has befallen over the years, starting with their teacher's death, all but broke him completely — the amount of self-hatred he felt after that revelation was almost insurmountable.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: He is pretty much this with Guy, whom he trusts the most.
* HiddenDepths: From Naruto's point of view, he has this generally cheerful, constantly tardy teacher who is a FlatCharacter, someone he doesn't really think or worry about all that much. However, during the fight with Obito, it turns out that that same tardy, cheery guy who's been protecting Naruto all these years is indirectly responsible for creating the main villain of the story, and he has one of the worst background stories of all the characters in the series. And that's pretty impressive, considering this is a Shonen manga, in which generally everyone and their grandmother has a sob story.
* HypnoticEyes: With the Sharingan, Kakashi can perform what is generically called Sharingan Genjutsu. In his first fight against Zabuza, he was able to influence Zabuza's actions to make him believe Kakashi was seeing the future and casted jutsu that Zabazu was attempting before Zabuza did the jutsu himself.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Specifically, ''he killed Rin himself''... because she chose to jump in the way of his Raikiri rather than be a TrojanHorse.
* InformedAbility:
** Kakashi is a legendary ninja who has supposedly copied over a thousand jutsu. Nearly all of his opponents have talked about how dangerous he is when they first face him. We almost ''never'' get to see him go all out, and when he does get to battle he's usually forced to use up chakra protecting his peers. The worst example is probably when he took on the remaining zombified Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. It was implied to be an absolute CurbStompBattle in his favour, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome but it happened entirely off-panel]]. {{Averted|Trope}} in the anime, which takes advantage of AdaptationExpansion. The fights are just as badass as you'd expect them to be.
** In addition, Kakashi the Copy-Ninja has yet to ever actually ''copy'' any jutsu on-screen. In the Land of Waves Zabuza- and subsequently many fans- believed that he had somehow copied and reversed his Water jutsu at the exact moment Zabuza himself was using it, perhaps even ''before'', but by the next battle Zabuza has realised that Kakashi simply used his Sharingan to implant ideas of what jutsu to use in Zabuza's mind, to freak him out, meaning every Water jutsu Zabuza used was already in Kakashi's arsenal. He ''might'' have copied Kakuzu's Iron Skin jutsu but if he has, he has yet to demonstrate it.
* InstantArmor: Due to Obito passing on his chakra and dual Mangekyō, Kakashi can manifest Susanoo, specifically its "Complete Body" form. It can be used for flight, defend others with its large size, and even have the intangibility of Kamui extended to it. In terms of weaponry, it has a sword like all Susanoo do, but it also can throw Kamui Shuriken in order to warp away whatever they are thrown at.
* InstantExpert: When Kakashi uses the Susanoo, he's also able to do so effortlessly on the first try.
* InsufferableGenius: Kakashi started out as this, mainly toward Obito. He insists on taking point against an enemy ninja to try out his new jutsu, Chidori, destroying almost all the ninja's clones and almost taking down the ninja, but being limited by the jutsu's tunnel vision, and having to be saved by his teacher. Kakashi gets better by the end of Kakashi Gaiden, and by the start of the series, is a relatively modest individual who bears regret for his decisions.
* ItsAllMyFault: For Sasuke's defection and everything it led to, particularity to the rift it cause with Team 7 and Sasuke becoming a bitter enemy of Konoha.
* TheLeader: Even though his students outclass him strength-wise during the fourth great ninja war, Kakashi remains their leader. Sasuke [[LeaderWannabe tries to take over]], but his strategies against Kaguya fail miserably. Kakashi comes up with an alternative plan in minutes, making use of his students' skills as well as his own, and it instantly succeeds. Afterwards, even the Sage of the Sixth Paths compliments his leadership ability. Unsurprisingly, Kakashi ends up becoming the sixth Hokage.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Obito. Despite his claims that he no longer cared for Kakashi after Rin's death, Obito's ideal reality was one where Kakashi was able to live up to the ideals he passed on to him. Though he didn't admit it, Obito was clearly troubled by how broken his best friend had become after his "death", and it served as even further motivation to go forward with the AssimilationPlot.
* LooseLips: Accidentally leaked the classified information of Naruto's birth, unaware that Obito was listening in, or that he was even alive, at a visit to Rin's grave.
* LovableSexManiac: He's a big fan of Jiraiya's erotic book series. He also has the habit of giggling in a perverted manner while reading them.
* MadeOfIron: In the AndIMustScream ordeal above, what Kakashi perceived as approximately one minute and forty-eight seconds (counting the time indicator from "I will stab you with a sword for 72 hours" to "71 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds remaining" was only one second. Meaning that the "three days" Kakashi experienced was, to him, closer to about '''[[OneHundredAndEight one hundred and eight]]''' days. Even he was released from the genjutsu, he doesn't immediately pass out. He stays conscious long enough to realize how little time actually passed, and to hear Kisame express surprise that Kakashi is ''still alive''. Psychologically MadeOfIron? You bet your ass.
* MagicalEye: Kakashi received his Sharingan in his left eye during the Third Shinobi World War from Obito Uchiha, a replacement for the left eye he'd lost shortly beforehand. The Sharingan has become his most identifying feature in the years since then, such that he is widely known as "Kakashi of the Sharingan". Kakashi loses his Sharingan during the Fourth Shinobi World War to Madara Uchiha. When Obito dies with both his Sharingan, his spirit briefly returns from the afterlife and transfers them into Kakashi, granting him temporary use of the dōjutsu's full power.
* MakingASplash: He can use Water Release without a nearby water source, being able to produce massive torrents, water dragons, water clones or defensive walls.
* MaskPower:
** NEVER seen without it. The only time his face was uncovered, it wasn't shown onscreen. An anime filler episode revolves around Team 7 trying to see under Kakashi's mask. When they finally get him to remove it in front of them, underneath is... [[TheUnreveal another mask]].
** On some covers he doesn't have it, but then his face is usually covered by his book or hand.
** Also, according to Pakkun, he hates being photographed without it.
** When he becomes Hokage, his face on the mountain still has the mask.
** [[spoiler:His face was FINALLY revealed in an art book released exclusively at an art exhibition for the series in Tokyo, and later [[https://youtu.be/GibOH_OqNT4 was officially seen]] in ''Shippuden'' Episode 469. He has a BeautyMark under his mouth on the left-hand side of his face, and [[StrongFamilyResemblance he DOES look a lot like his dead father]]]].
* MeaningfulName: Kakashi means "scarecrow," and Hatake means "farmland or field." Both are an obvious reference to his tall and lean appearance. This also ties to his use of a {{Henohenomoheji}} logo on his summoned dogs and decoys. There's also the fact that real life ninjas often disguised themselves as poor farmers. Get's into ThemeNaming when you consider his Dad's name could come from the the word Sakumotsu, which translates to "Crops."
* MentorOccupationalHazard: {{Subverted|Trope}}, he ''did'' die during Pain's invasion, but was revived immediately and then survived to the end.
* MoralityAdjustment: Thanks to Obito he changes from a by-the-book and cold-hearted (if loyal) Child Soldier who'd leave a friend to die in a heartbeat if he thought it'd be better for the village, into a man who is known for never leaving anyone behind, no matter the costs.
* MrExposition: In the first arc he spends a fair amount of time expositing on chakra and jutsus. Justified as he's teaching these concepts to his students.
* MultilayerFacade: Kakashi is a literal case: he wears ''another mask'' under his mask.
* MyGreatestFailure: Tends to dwell on this, especially regarding Obito, losing track of time at the Memorial Stone by ''reminding himself of how he has failed.'' And then there's the issue of his ''second'' team...
* NiceGuy: He is one of the nicest characters in the manga/anime.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He inadvertently caused the Kyuubi incident by blabbing that Kurama's Jinchuuriki was gonna have a baby in front of Rin's grave, not realizing Obito was there as well.
* NobodyCallsMeChicken: Almost word-for-word. Kakashi was completely uninterested in Obito's challenge to see who could complete the most of Team Minato's missions in the village until Obito called him a chicken.
* NoMouth: Keeps his mouth concealed behind a mask at all times. Played with in the best filler of the anime.
* NonchalantDodge: When giving the infamous bell test to the newly formed Team 7 he casually dodges all of Naruto and Sasuke's attacks, without even having to put down or even stop reading his book. Even provides the page picture for that trope.
* TheNoseKnows: He is said to have a very good sense of smell. And he has a pack of trained canines.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** Despite being serious and even aloof at times, he still takes part in Guy's silly rivalry matches; when Guy introduced himself, he stated that they've had 99 matches so far. The anime [[AdaptationExpansion features this more prominently]], like the time he and Guy were keeping score while fighting off Sound ninja[[note]]Guy was winning[[/note]]. Then, there's ''Shippuden'' Episode 219...
** In "The Real True Face" manga omake, he disguised himself as a bumbling ex-ANBU and "helped" Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura find a unmasked photograph of him. He had so much fun trolling them, he decided to do it again. Still, he noted he couldn't keep fooling them forever; just a couple more times...
* ObfuscatingStupidity: We first meet Kakashi as a goofy teacher who falls for one of Naruto's unbelievably idiotic pranks, but he soon reveals himself to be badass. His enemies do know he's dangerous, and treat him as such, but he's FAR more dangerous than most of them have been led to believe.
* ObsoleteMentor: [[AvertedTrope Averts]] this, despite being [[TheWorfEffect Worfed]] sometimes. He specifically mentions in one arc that he's still young and improving. In the fight against [[BigBad Tobi/Obito]] he's particularly important. He's not a PersonOfMassDestruction like the main cast, but his shrewdness is still one of his greatest assets.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Kakashi vs The Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. Kakashi won apparently, but he misplaced Zabuza's sword.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Being the flake he usually acts like, seeing him almost too mad to speak after Guy reveals he taught Lee the [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique Hidden Lotus]] clues the audience in that things are about to get serious.
* OutDamnedSpot: After waking up from a nightmare of him killing Rin.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: While certainly a versatile, experienced and highly competent fighter, his battles have been somewhat a letdown compared to say Akatsuki, Orochimaru or the Kages. He also suffers a lot of TheWorfEffect against this opponents, even more than Sasuke. A fairly common complaint is that he's hyped to be stronger than he is, [[AllThereInTheManual especially in the databooks, where he's hyped to be one of the most formidable shinobi alive]]. To his credit, however, those who Worf him tend to have attained a similar, if not greater ShroudedInMyth status.
* ParentalAbandonment: His father Sakumo committed suicide when Kakashi was six-years old and his mother died before then.
* ParentalSubstitute:
** To a lesser degree, Kakashi might also count as one to Naruto. He made sure Naruto ate vegetables pre-TimeSkip, and post-TimeSkip the two develop a close bond and are highly protective of each other. Given that Naruto ends up becoming Kakashi's successor as Hokage and it's implied that even after that Kakashi still helps him out and advises him, it's safe to say their friendship/familial bond is still going strong after all those years.
** Since Naruto's father is generally seen by Fanon as Kakashi's parental substitute, it might be more accurate to say Naruto and Kakashi have a brotherly bond.
* PortalCut: Kakashi's Magenkyou Sharingan is able to use a long-range version of Kamui, which can transport targets anywhere in the user's line of sight. The target is surrounded with a barrier space, the location and size of which can be specified at will, and when the user concentrates on the target within, the space at the barrier's centre distorts and draws everything within into another dimension.
* PowerCopying: Over the years, due in large part to his Sharingan, he gained a vast arsenal; reputed to have copied over a thousand jutsu and which led to his moniker as "Copy Ninja Kakashi".
* ThePromise: Kakashi promised Obito that he would look after Rin. It would seem he failed. And the NotQuiteDead Obito witnesses that Kakashi actually killing Rin, contributing to his change into Tobi.
* PsychosomaticSuperpowerOutage: Suffers from this during the Anbu filler arc. He can't use the Chidori/Raikiri with his mental trauma of killing Rin acting up everytime he tries to use it. Of course, considering what we've seen over the course of the series, he gets better.
* RedBaron: Kakashi has two famous nicknames first being Kakashi of the Sharingan, second being The Copy Ninja.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Might Guy and Obito's Reds.
* RetiredBadass: Kakashi managed to still managed to get an upper hand without Sharingan against Boruto and his classmates during their genin exams.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: "In the ninja world, those who break the rules are scum, that's true, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum."
* SelfDuplication: Part of Kakashi's usual approach to combat is to rely on the Body Replacement Technique and clone techniques (such as shadow clones, water clones and lightning clones), thereby keeping himself out of harm's way while he observes an opponent and their abilities.
* SempaiKohai: Senpai to Yugao, Yamato and Sai (who considers him as such in the anime). Also Shizune addresses with the honorfic.
* ShapingYourAttacks: His Running Beast ability.
* ShellShockedVeteran: He having lost his father, his best friend Obito (who gave him his left eye as a permanent memento and later turns up alive and a villain responsible for much of the bad things that have occurred in the last sixteen years, including their teacher Minato's death), his potential love interest Rin (who ''he himself'' killed), and his mentor Minato. As such, when Sasuke demanded to know how Kakashi would react if he killed everyone that Kakashi cared about, his reply was to simply [[StepfordSmiler smile]] and say that he had [[TearJerker already lost everyone precious to him.]] The reason Kakashi was always late for his training sessions with his genin team? [[CerebusRetcon Every morning he spends hours just standing in front of the Konoha memorial to dead shinobi to honor his comrades' memory.]] The anime goes in and does a masterful anime expansion of the immediate aftermath of Rin's HeroicSacrifice. Kakashi has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, he keeps seeing Rin die by his hands, keeps having nightmares, becomes far, far more withdrawn, and he couldn't even ''use'' his Chidori anymore since he kept thinking of Rin. All at [[ImprobableAge 13 years old]]. You have to wonder why Konoha doesn't have a grief counselor that Minato assigned to Kakashi.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** He acts very supportive of Sakura's love for Sasuke:
*** He tries to persuade Sasuke to let go of his vengeance and think about Sakura's love for him
*** Later he remarks how Sakura's feelings for Sasuke had changed over time from a girlish crush into true love.
*** He makes an impassioned speech to Sasuke after he coldly [[KickTheDog knocked Sakura out with a genjutsu]], about how her love for him doesn't need to be justified.
** In ''Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4'', he forms a mission between Naruto, Sakura, and Hinata [[TheMatchmaker in the hopes that Naruto and Hinata would get together]].
* ShockAndAwe: Kakashi's natural affinity is for Lightning Release, which he will at times channel into [[AbsurdCuttingPower weaponry to increase its cutting power.]] When he was younger, he tried to infuse the Rasengan with his lightning nature, but the task proved too difficult. In its place he created the [[RazorSharpHand Chidori]], a collection of lightning chakra in the hand that can [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice pierce most targets that it is thrust into]] and is the only jutsu he didn't learn from copying; he once famously split a bolt of lightning with his Chidori, earning the name "Raikiri/Lightning Blade". The Chidori and Raikiri are very fast attacks, such that Kakashi can only use them safely with his Sharingan. Other lightning techniques include [[ShapingYourAttacks hounds manipulated to attack enemies]], [[SelfDuplication clones that paralyse on contact]] and chains to cut through multiple targets at once.
* ShroudedInMyth: See RedBaron. And just what the hell is behind that mask?
* ShutUpHannibal:
** Finally delivered one to Obito, pointing that he basically chose to ignore every feeling his friends could possibly have, quoting Obito himself. "And those who don't respect their comrades' memories...are the worst."
** He gives another to Sasuke, after he declares that Kakashi could only understand how he felt about Itachi if Sasuke went and killed everyone he loved. Kakashi simply replies that he can't do that, as everyone that qualifies is already dead.
* SignatureMove: Raikiri/Lightning Blade, similar to the Chidori only better.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: His bell test, which doubles as a SecretTestOfCharacter. Any group that obeys his instruction to feed their teammate is failed on the spot. But if they disobey and help their teammate out, they pass.
* SoProudOfYou: His reaction to the original Team 7 landing in unison a decisive blow on Kaguya:
--> '''Kakashi:''' That was picture perfect. Right now, the way you all are together...I love you.
* SpaceMaster: His Mangekyo Sharingan's technique, Kamui, can warp objects into [[PocketDimension another dimension]]. He can now use Kamui to get to and from the other dimension at will.
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: In "The Real True Face" manga omake, he introduces his ex-[=ANBU=] photographer persona to Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura as "Sukea" [[note]]In japanese, there's no single "r" sound, only "ra", "re", "ri", "ro", "ru." So, the name "Shikaner" some translations give is grammatically impossible.[[/note]]. Now, Kakashi's name means "scarecrow"; in japanese, that is pronounced: ''sukeakuro'' -> '''''Sukea''''' ''Kuro''.
* TheStoic: Probably the hardest character to get a rise out of in the entire series, except when the ''Icha Icha'' series or his dead best friend is concerned.
* StrongAndSkilled: Becomes this after receiving Uchiha Obito's chakra towards the end of the manga, being able to use his techniques with great power behind it and graduating from WeakButSkilled.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Is confused for his father [[http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sakumo_Hatake Sakumo]] on several occasions, even to the point where he is attacked by Chiyo because she's out for his father's blood! [[spoiler:When his face is uncovered, the resemblance is... ''confirmed'': he's basically a short-haired, 15-years-younger Sakumo]].
* SummonMagic: Kakashi has his own personal pack of ninja hounds. In the field, he can summon one or more of his ninja hounds to fetch things for him, restrain targets, or deliver messages. [[TheNoseKnows More commonly, he uses them for tracking, picking up trails that Kakashi, despite his own considerable tracking skills, can't detect, or seeking out targets he doesn't know where to look for.]]
* SuperMode:
** When Naruto shares Kurama's power with the Ninja Alliance he temporarily gains the ability to create a chakra cloak like Naruto has.
** He gets another one, this time a personal ability, that crosses with EleventhHourSuperpower: After Obito gives him both his Mangekyo Sharingan, he can use Susanoo immediately. And unlike other Susanoo users who have to develop it in stages, it manifests in its perfect form right from the get-go.
* SurvivorGuilt: Kakashi is the only survivor of Team Minato (or he thinks so) and clearly feels guilty for it. But mainly over he demonstrates this for the death of his best friend, Obito, whom he "talks to" when he visits the Memorial Stone.
* TeamDad: To Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke.
* TookALevelInBadass: It's more subtle than most of the cast, but think about it. The first time we see him go all-out using the Sharingan, summons, and a Raikiri is enough to tire him out. Post-TimeSkip, he's somehow got a Mangekyo that can send stuff through ''another dimension'', and against Kakuzu he's firing off Raikiri like cheap kunai and staying on his feet afterwards.
* TookALevelInKindness: Obito's "death" made him realize how important it was to care for your comrades more.
* TragicKeepsake: He kept his father's Tanto for a good bit, but his sharingan eye, which was transplanted into him from his "dead" best friend, Obito Uchiha is what really falls into this trope.
* TraumaCongaLine: First his mother dies before she's thirty, then Kakashi witnesses his father's disgrace and subsequent suicide. Then his best friend "dies" saving him and his other teammate. Then Kakashi promised his best friend that he protect their other teammate but only to end up breaking the promise and killing her. And finally he loses his sensei, who may well have been a ParentalSubstitute. Then when he began to teach his own team, one of his students pulls a FaceHeelTurn. And finally, it turns out that his best friend is NotQuiteDead after all, and has become the BigBad responsible for nearly everything that has happened in the manga. Yes...
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Kakashi's Sharingan became a [[DeadlyUpgrade Mangekyō Sharingan]] when Rin Nohara died, a trauma that simultaneously caused the Mangekyō to awaken in Obito.
* TrueCompanions: A firm believer in this concept.
* UnknownRival: Guy is his, though it may be more that Kakashi does not ''want'' to acknowledge it. It turns out that he does acknowledge Guy as his true rival, and the scene that reveals this is pretty heartwarming.
* TheUnreveal:
** He ''never'' takes the mask off and reveals his face though the series. The only time he did was in a filler episode and it was obscured before the audience or Team 7 could see it. In fact, said filler episode was focused entirely on Team 7's efforts to find out what's behind his mask. It's another mask. Even Kakashi's carving on the mountain of Hokage faces depicts him with a mask.
** The audience FINALLY gets to see his face revealed in a special art book which was only distributed at a 2015 exhibition celebrating the series. [[spoiler:[[http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20150501163510/naruto/images/c/ca/Kakashi%27s_TRUE_FACE.png It was worth the wait]].]]
** The sketch above made its way into canon in Episode 469 of ''Shippuden''. [[spoiler:[[https://youtu.be/GibOH_OqNT4 Again, it was VERY worth the wait]]]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
** He abandoned his mission so that he could help Obito when they were kids, resulting in a crippled Obito ending up on Madara's doorstep setting off most of the plot. Though he believes that could've avoided as well if he had gone with him in the first place.
** He speaks about Naruto's birth at Rin's grave. Unfortunately, Obito happened to be watching.
* UnwittingPawn: He became for Obito. The entire fight with Kakashi, was planned Obito in order to remove Madara's seal as it prevented him from becoming the Ten Tails Jinchuuriki and Kakashi did what Obito wanted from him: Hit him in the heart.
* VitriolicBestBuds:
** His rivalry with Gai is nominally one-sided and Gai is known to rant about Kakashi's "hip and cool" attitude, but there's no doubt the two are the closest of friends.
** Him and Obito were this as kids, with ''heavy'' emphasis on the vitriol. They could be worse than Naruto and Sasuke at times, but deep down they cared about each other, and Kakashi has spent his entire life trying to live up to Obito's wishes.
* WeakButSkilled: Kakashi's individual skill and jutsu is not weak per se -- it's probably in the very top percentile of the shinobi world. However against the ridiculously overpowered villains of the ''Shippuden'' series like the Akatsuki, Pain and Tobi, Kakashi is forced to fall back on his natural wit and can be considered this -- especially considering his lack of chakra for spamming his SignatureMove.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Kakashi seeks the approval of his "dead" friend, Obito, to such an extent that Kakashi's entire life revolves around him. After Obito "died", Kakashi idealized him to the point that he adopted an entirely new personality and mannerisms to emulate and memorialize his best friend. His pathological lateness is even attributed to him spending three hours straight at the Memorial Stone ''every single day'', staring at Obito's name (and Rin's and his sensei's, but mainly Obito's). While his promise to be Obito's eyes is the only reason he bothers to continue living, that promise is why "Kakashi" and "functioning individual" are the farthest thing away from synonymous. So, rather understandably, Kakashi... did not take it well when he learned what ''really'' [[FaceHeelTurn happened]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil to]] [[BigBad Obito]].
* WeUsedToBeFriends: His best friend Obito is now a major contender in the contest to determine the most evil ninja of all time. Tune in tomorrow to find out the results!
* WiseBeyondHisYears: Kakashi graduated from the academy at ''five'', passed the chunin exam one year later, and became a jonin under special condition at 13.
* WishfulProjection: Kakashi is a strange case in which his projection was on someone who he thought was dead -- Obito, who is the one death he has never managed to move past. Somewhere down the line, Obito went from "deceased best friend whose last wishes I need to honor", to "idol whose memory and ideals I need to live up to". A lot of Kakashi's baggage stems from his over-idealization of Obito; some part of him genuinely believes that Obito ''always'' would've succeeded where he failed. Essentially, Kakashi is subconsciously projecting his prodigious abilities and "genius" reputation on to his best friend, forgetting that while Obito was a very kind and very admirable person, he was still ''human'', and the farthest thing away from perfect. Learning that Obito became the BigBad almost broke him, but it was also the event that contributed to him seeing Obito as a person again and finally being able to move on with his life.
* TheWorfEffect: His only real victory has been against Zabuza. After that he's only been used to show how strong whatever enemy comes along is, often with him commenting about how much stronger than him they are. That said, he fares a lot better in team battles (against Akatsuki) contributing to victories over Deidara, Itachi (sort of--it's complicated), Hidan/Kakuzu and Tobi. Which makes quite a lot of sense when you remember "teamwork" is pretty much everything to the man.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: He makes two, one before and one during his final duel with Obito, although the latter is an internal monologue. They both signify his acknowledgement of the fact that his former best friend must now be treated no differently than any other enemy.
--> '''Kakashi:'''"In the ninja world, those who break the rules are trash. However, those who abandon their comrades are worse than trash. And the ones who abandon their friends' feelings are even worse than that. I won't get rid of your past feelings... even if it's you refusing them."\\
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''Naruto...You will never lose your way. You're stronger than me, and you're unique in many ways. As for me, this is all I can do for know. I'll do what I must... In order to protect the old Obito, I must...'''kill the current one!''' ''
* WorthLivingFor: [[LivingIsMoreThanSurviving For a given value of "living"]]. After losing his original team and the most important people in his life, Kakashi was ''very'' close to being DrivenToSuicide. What drove him forward was his promise to Obito, and even that wasn't enough for him to be anything more than a completely and utterly devoted soldier to his village and comrades. It took the persistence of his adulthood best friend Guy and the Third Hokage kicking him out of ANBU for him to have anything remotely resembling an actual life again, and even then he was coasting on being an imitation of his deceased teammate. Team 7 did open him up even more, but all the tragedy involving ''that'' team caused him even more issues. [[spoiler:It wasn't until after Obito's ''second death'' did Kakashi finally find closure and the will to live his own life]].
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Grey Hair]]: He has natural grey hair.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Kakashi remarked in the third ''Shippuden'' movie ''Inheritors of the Will of Fire'' that Naruto's ethic of protecting his friends solemnly reminds him of his late comrade Obito Uchiha, whose spiky hair and determination Naruto mirrored perfectly.
* YoungerThanHeLooks: Kakashi was 6 when he took the Chunin Exams, but looked almost like a full grown teenager. This is most likely a case of ContinuitySnarl: his age was given in Part I, while the sequence where he takes the exam was drawn much later in Part II. (Obito and Rin are both Kakashi's age, both graduated after him, and yet all three are shown taking the exam.)
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!!Members Joined After TimeSkip

[[folder:Yamato]]
!!Yamato / Tenzou
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (JP), Creator/TroyBaker (EN, episodes 34-229), Creator/MatthewMercer (EN, episodes 230+), Francisco Javier Martínez (Spain), Jorge Ornelas (Latin America), Laurent Van Wetter (French)
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Naruto'' Chapter 284 (Manga), ''Shippuden'' Episode 34 (Anime)

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->''I like being nice and friendly, but [[BewareTheNiceOnes I don't have any problems with ruling by fear either]].''

Real Name: Tenzou

A member of ANBU, and one of Kakashi's juniors, he is made the temporary Captain of Team 7 while Kakashi recovers in the hospital. As he serves as more of a unit leader than a mentor, Naruto and Sakura call him "taichou"("Captain" or "Commander" in the English manga) instead of "sensei." The name "Yamato" (which means "spear") is actually a code name given to him by Tsunade; his real name is Tenzou. He very much prefers to be called Yamato.

As a child, Yamato was one of sixty infants that Orochimaru injected with the DNA of the First Hokage, trying to replicate the First's unique abilities. Fifty-nine died, and Orochimaru was forced to flee the village before learning that one subject -- Yamato -- had survived. As a result, Yamato can use the First Hokage's Wood Style jutsu, although not with the First's level of ability.

Yamato is a friendly, easygoing person. He prefers diplomacy over using threats when it comes to running his team, but he's not afraid to scare Naruto into doing what he wants. He notes that he's less indulgent than Kakashi is, and says that Naruto and Sakura should not be treated as ninjas in training who need protection, but as ninjas who will eventually have to support Konoha. It's revealed that he was selected as Captain for more than his Wood Style abilities -- he is the only person in the village capable of using Enclosed Hermitage: Return to Society, which, in turn, is the only technique strong enough to contain Naruto's four-tailed Fox state. He later helps Naruto with his training, helping to prevent the fox's chakra from becoming dominant.

Yamato becomes absent from the story after being kidnapped by a snake-induced Kabuto and his powers are used to unwillingly power up the rest of the White Zetsu Army. His own body is later used as a medium by Spiral Zetsu during the Fourth Shinobi World War. Eventually he's freed and after the war and epilogue, Yamato goes on to spend the rest of his life keeping watch over Orochimaru and his flunkies.

->His hobby is reading books about architecture.
->Favorite phrase: "Knocking on a stone bridge before crossing it"
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* TheArtifact: Started off as Kakashi's substitute as leader of Team 7 and the genetic clone of the first, allowing him to keep the Kyuubi in check. When Kakashi returns to active duty, Yamato's role get demoted to Kakashi's assistant in training Naruto. And then Naruto got full control over Kyuubi's chakra, making Yamato's function completely redundant. As a result, he is immediately kidnapped.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: "I like being nice and friendly, but I don't have any problems with ruling by fear either."
* BerserkButton: Doesn't exactly approve when Sakura is willing to lie to Naruto about certain things.
* ButtMonkey:
** Kakashi tends to comically take advantage of him for little things like paying for meals while Naruto's recklessness is often played against his caution.
** Try in Storm 3, where Naruto has raised his fist to him not once, but twice, and this lack of respect actually makes Yamato want to cry.
* ByTheBookCop: Far less lenient about Naruto's MilitaryMaverick tendencies than Kakashi, especially when it comes to his safety as the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki.
* TheCaptain: A temporary replacement for Kakashi, his true role is actually to look after Naruto.
* TheChewToy: In the spin-off ''Manga/RockLeesSpringtimeOfYouth'', he is reduced to a [[TheSpeechless Speechless]] LivingProp.
* ChildProdigy: Ties with Kakashi with being the youngest Chunin at 6.
* CombinationAttack: Has one with Naruto which combines his Water Style Tearing Torrent with Naruto's Wind Style Rasengan.
* TheComicallySerious: Most of the interaction between Bee & Naruto leaves him speechless.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The Anime Special Kakashi Anbu Arc feature him a lot and his background is further expanded.
* DeathGlare: His "ghoul eyes," although only Naruto seems to be scared by it.
* DemotedToExtra: Yamato's role and role has gotten smaller to the point where he gets PutOnABus during the 4th World War [[spoiler:and doesn't return until near the very end of the manga]].
* FateWorseThanDeath: So Yamato was abducted as a child and experimented upon by a creepy snake-themed MadScientist. He survives, goes on to become a fairly well-adjusted adult, only to be ultimately abducted yet again by another creepy snake-themed MadScientist (the protege of the first one, no less!). Oh and then it is strongly implied that after having vital information [[MindRape forcibly extracted]] from him, he will be used for endless experimentation again.
* GreenThumb: His use of the wood techniques, which also require him to be able to control [[MakingASplash water]] and [[DishingOutDirt earth]] as well.
* MeaningfulName: Yamato may be named after Yamato Takeru, a legendary prince believed to be the first ninja. Tenzou means "heavenly creation" and refers to things created by nature, which fits with his wood powers.
* OnlySaneMan: The most rational and level-headed when the new Team 7 is formed.
* SatelliteCharacter: Yamato was brought in as the substitute team leader of Team 7, was kidnapped as baby by Orochimaru and had his DNA manipulated to the point where he's the genetic clone of the First Hokage, and was a member of Anbu with Kakashi. On paper, all of that sounds like a lot of potential for a character. In reality, Yamato ended up being relegated to being Kakashi's assistant in training Naruto and being the ButtMonkey.
* SempaiKohai: Kakashi is his senpai, and he once brings up this fact when trying to get him to pay for a meal.
* SternTeacher: Contrasts his approach with Kakashi's on a few occasions, such as threatening to throw Naruto, Sakura and Sai in a cage together unless they start working better as a team, and saying that if an injured Naruto is unable to keep up with them, they could leave him behind.
* TheStoic: Typically calm and levelheaded, although he can be disturbed by shocking developments.
* StraightMan: Towards Naruto and Bee's shenanigans.
* SuperpowerfulGenetics: He was the only child to accept and survive the First Hokage's cells in Orochimaru's experiments and the only one who can use his highly coveted Wood Style jutsu. That is until Danzo and Zetsu are introduced anyway.
* TookALevelInKindness: He started to become more sensitive to the feelings of others.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Just like Anko, Yamato got incapacitated early into the war and isn't heard from in quite some time. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that one of the Zetsu clones bonded to him as a power source, explaining how it was capable of creating such impressive wood constructs. He's released after Kaguya is defeated]].
** [[spoiler:While he's nowhere to be seen in the DistantEpilogue, he makes a cameo as a guest in Naruto and Hinata's wedding in ''The Last'']].
** Finally makes a reappearance in ''Boruto''. Turns out he spends most of his time monitoring Orochimaru to make sure he's not up to any more world threatening shenanigans.
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[[folder:Sai]]
!!Sai
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatoshiHino (JP), Creator/BenjaminDiskin (EN), Ángel Coomonte (Spain), Miguel Ángel Leal (Latin America), Maxime Donnay (French)
!!!'''Debut:''' ''Naruto'' Chapter 281 (Manga), ''Shippuden'' Episode 32 (Anime)

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->''I've drawn hundreds, maybe thousands of pictures so far… other pictures have the situation at the time, and the artist's feelings… like portraits have the person's name… but don't pictures usually have titles…? To be more precise, even if I try to give them titles, I just can't do it. [[EmotionSuppression I don't feel anything… they don't put me in mind of anything]].''

Sai is... socially uninformed, to put it mildly. A ninja from the village of Konoha, pretty much all that is known about Sai is that he's a loner and that he has no family. He's a member of ANBU's Root Division, and first joins Team 7 in the second arc. "Sai", a type of three-pronged dagger, is probably a pseudonym, but who knows? Given Root's... ''special'' methods of training, it might even be his real name.

As one might expect from someone who isn't around people much, Sai doesn't exactly make the greatest of first impressions on his teammates. Indeed, his first actions are to question Naruto's manhood, call Sakura ugly, and diss their former teammate Sasuke. Naruto flatly states that he'll only put up with Sai for Sasuke's sake. He claims to have no personality whatsoever -- being polite or assholish is just a front for him.

A talented artist, Sai claims to have drawn several thousand pictures in his life, but in keeping with his role as the hollow man, finds himself incapable of ever giving one a title. Sai uses his art in his jutsu. He has the ability to animate his drawings, creating creatures for attack or espionage, or generating clones out of ink.

It seems, however, that his purpose is more than just filling out Team 7. In reality, he was given the job by Danzo to assassinate Sasuke -- a task which he's clearly unable to do. He has a change of heart and forms a genuine friendship with Naruto and Sakura, although he's very [[NoSocialSkills socially awkward]] (which is often PlayedForLaughs), though one time cause things to get a little dicey for Team 7 when it came to Sasuke and his unintended actions nearly led to things ending in disaster.

In the Fourth Shinobi World War, Sai was placed in the Ambush Division under Kankuro and alongside Omoi. The events of the war finally enable Sai to fully understand the concept of friendship. [[Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie Two years later, Sai is selected to be part of the team to help rescue Hinata's sister and ultimately save the world]].

Eventually, Sai goes on to marry Ino and in ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' they have one son, Inojin Yamanaka.

->His hobbies are drawing and calligraphy.
->Favorite word: "Comrades"
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Tomboy to both Hinata and Ino's Girly Girls.

TheChick of Team 7. For most of the series Naruto [[DoggedNiceGuy has a comical one-sided crush on her]], [[TriangRelations but she acts dismissive towards him while she's in love with Sasuke]]; However, over the course of the series she grows to appreciate and care for Naruto [[FireForgedFriends as a friend]] [[TrueCompanions and teammate]] in great part due to their shared bond with Sasuke. She would eventually become Sasuke Uchiha's wife and the mother of Sarada Uchiha. Sakura herself is an intelligent, gifted ''kunoichi'' from Konoha. Unlike most other ninja in the series, she has no unique skills of her own, using only standard ninja techniques and her brains. As a result, during Part I, she mostly sits on the sidelines. After failing to prevent her first love Sasuke's defection, and seeing a badly injured Naruto in the hospital, she concludes that she can't leave things like this, and apprentices herself to Princess Tsunade with the intent of no longer being a burden.

Eventually, Sai goes on to marry Ino and together they have one son, Inojin Yamanaka.

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TheChick of Team 7. For most of the series Naruto [[DoggedNiceGuy has a comical one-sided crush on her]], [[TriangRelations but she acts dismissive towards him while she's in love with Sasuke]]. However, over the course of the series she grows to appreciate and care for Naruto [[FireForgedFriends as a friend]] [[TrueCompanions and teammate]]. She would eventually become Sasuke Uchiha's wife and Sarada Uchiha's mother. Sakura herself is an intelligent, gifted ''kunoichi'' from Konoha. Unlike most other ninja in the series, she has no unique skills of her own, using only standard ninja techniques and her brains. As a result, during Part I, she mostly sits on the sidelines. After failing to prevent her first love Sasuke's defection, and seeing a badly injured Naruto in the hospital, she concludes that she can't leave things like this, and apprentices herself to Princess Tsunade with the intent of no longer being a burden.

** He tries to persuade Sasuke to let go of his vengeance and think about Sakura's love for him.

TheChick of Team 7. For most of the series Naruto [[DoggedNiceGuy has a comical one-sided crush on her]], [[TriangRelations but she acts dismissive towards him while she's in love with Sasuke]]. Over the course of the series she grows to appreciate and care for Naruto [[JustFriends as a friend and teammate]]. She would eventually become Sasuke Uchiha's wife and Sarada Uchiha's mother. Sakura herself is an intelligent, gifted ''kunoichi'' from Konoha. Unlike most other ninja in the series, she has no unique skills of her own, using only standard ninja techniques and her brains. As a result, during Part I, she mostly sits on the sidelines. After failing to prevent her first love Sasuke's defection, and seeing a badly injured Naruto in the hospital, she concludes that she can't leave things like this, and apprentices herself to Princess Tsunade with the intent of no longer being a burden.

TheChick of Team 7. For most of the series Naruto [[DoggedNiceGuy has a comical one-sided crush on her]], [[TriangRelations while she is in love with Sasuke]]. She would eventually become Sasuke Uchiha's wife and Sarada Uchiha's mother. Sakura herself is an intelligent, gifted ''kunoichi'' from Konoha. Unlike most other ninja in the series, she has no unique skills of her own, using only standard ninja techniques and her brains. As a result, during Part I, she mostly sits on the sidelines. After failing to prevent her first love Sasuke's defection, and seeing a badly injured Naruto in the hospital, she concludes that she can't leave things like this, and apprentices herself to Princess Tsunade with the intent of no longer being a burden.

TheChick of Team 7. [[TriangRelations Naruto has a one-sided crush on her, while she loves Sasuke]]. She would eventually become Sasuke Uchiha's wife and Sarada Uchiha's mother. Sakura herself is an intelligent, gifted ''kunoichi'' from Konoha. Unlike most other ninja in the series, she has no unique skills of her own, using only standard ninja techniques and her brains. As a result, during Part I, she mostly sits on the sidelines. After failing to prevent her first love Sasuke's defection, and seeing a badly injured Naruto in the hospital, she concludes that she can't leave things like this, and apprentices herself to Princess Tsunade with the intent of no longer being a burden.