History Trivia / Naruto

* CreatorsFavorite:
** Kishimoto [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Naruto/comments/8dxns7/til_sasuke_was_kishimoto_favorite_character/ has stated in an early sketch reveal]] that Sasuke is his favorite character in the series.
** At approximately 25:00 of [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170124225549/http://www.viz.com:80/blog/posts/sj-podcast-kishimoto-sensei-special this 2015 Viz Shonen Jump podcast]], Creator/MasashiKishimoto reveals that his favorite female character is Hinata, because "[[NiceGirl she's not violent at all]]."

* CreatorsFavorite: At approximately 25:00 of [[https://web.archive.org/web/20170124225549/http://www.viz.com:80/blog/posts/sj-podcast-kishimoto-sensei-special this 2015 Viz Shonen Jump podcast]], Creator/MasashiKishimoto reveals that his favorite female character is Hinata, because "[[NiceGirl she's not violent at all]]."

* QuoteSource:
** BloodbathVillainOrigin
** BloodUpgrade
** DangerousForbiddenTechnique
** DoppelgangerAttack
** DynamicEntry
** ElementalBaggage
** FauxActionGirl
** FieryRedhead
** ImposterForgotOneDetail
** NoBrows

** From this we can determine that WritersCannotDoMath.

* CharacterSpecificPages:
** [[Characters/NarutoNarutoUzumaki Naruto Uzumaki]]
** [[Characters/NarutoSasukeUchiha Sasuke Uchiha]]
** [[Characters/NarutoSakuraHaruno Sakura Haruno]]
** [[Characters/NarutoKakashiHatake Kakashi Hatake]]
** [[Characters/NarutoHinataHyuga Hinata Hyuga]]
** [[Characters/NarutoDanzoShimura Danzo Shimura]]
** [[Characters/NarutoGaara Gaara]]
** [[Characters/NarutoOrochimaru Orochimaru]]
** [[Characters/NarutoKabutoYakushi Kabuto Yakushi]]
** [[Characters/NarutoItachiUchiha Itachi Uchiha]]
** [[Characters/NarutoObitoUchiha Tobi]][[labelnote:Click to expand (Spoiler)]]Obito Uchiha[[/labelnote]]
** [[Characters/NarutoNagato Pain/Nagato]]
** [[Characters/NarutoMadaraUchiha Madara Uchiha]]
** [[Characters/NarutoKaguyaOtsutsuki Kaguya Otsutsuki]]

* ImageSource:
** Manga:
*** BloodLust
*** CrossoverCouple (fan-art, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' crossover)
*** DoppelgangerAttack (fan-art)
*** HeroicResolve
*** IGotBigger
*** NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow
*** NoSuchThingAsWizardJesus (fan-art)
*** [[ReferencedBy/DragonBall Referenced by....Dragon Ball]]
*** ShipsThatPassInTheNight (fan-art)
*** SoleSurvivor
*** StealthyTeleportation
*** StripPoker (fan-art)
** Anime:
*** AccidentalKiss
*** AllOfTheOtherReindeer
*** AshesToAshes
*** BeneathTheMask
*** CelibateHero
*** TheClan
*** ComicalAngryFace
*** DogPileOfDoom
*** ElementalNation
*** FamilyEyeResemblance
*** FriendlessBackground
*** GagLips
*** HandSeals
*** IdiotCrows
*** {{Kamaitachi}} (top-left)
*** NonchalantDodge
*** OdangoHair
*** {{Orochi}}
*** PleaseKeepYourHatOn
*** PowersDoTheFighting
*** ShadowPin
*** StockShonenHero (top-right)
*** StockShonenRival (top-right)
*** SuperiorSuccessor
*** TwinkleSmile
*** TwoBeingsOneBody
*** TwoGuysAndAGirl
*** WeaponTwirling

** [[Characters/NarutoItachiUchiha Itachi Uchiha]]
** [[Characters/NarutoObitoUchiha Tobi]]

* [[FanNickname/{{Naruto}} Fan Nickname]]

* QuoteSource:
** BloodbathVillainOrigin
** DoppelgangerAttack
** DynamicEntry
** ElementalBaggage
** FieryRedhead
** NoBrows

** Due to the series' ongoing {{Romance Arc}}s, several interviews were scrutinized heavily by those in the fandom, the most popular being that the OfficialCouple got together due to ExecutiveMeddling; the truth, however, is that the OfficialCouple got together in the usual way that fictional couples do -- because the author already decided who they would be at an early stage."

** During the fandom meltdown surrounding the resolution of the series' {{Romance Arc}}s, several "translations" of WordOfGod were strategically circulated that were so out of touch with the original source that they ''had'' to have been deliberately engineered to cause grief, facilitate denial and mislead impressionable minds. Those consisted of a myriad in-universe and out-of-universe disheartening "true" reasons that the OfficialCouple got together - it was only because one of them felt sorry for the other and settled for her as a consolation prize; it only happened because of ExecutiveMeddling and the author [[PanderingToTheBase caving in to fan demands]]; the [[ShipToShipCombat TRUE love standing in its way]] was there and mutual, but it never got to materialize merely due to some tragic misunderstanding, or [[SenselessSacrifice ill-conceived and needless martyrdom]] on the part of the characters - the author failed to follow through on it on a vindictive whim, or because his hand was forced.\\
Compared to all of this, the truth is ridiculously banal; the OfficialCouple got together in the usual way that fictional couples do -- because the author decided, from the early stages of the manga, that it would be great if they were to fall in love, so they did. No reservations, no cynical "yeah, but"s about it. Some of the "true" alternate explanations were just fabricated whole-cloth; others were "inspired" by actual WordOfGod that had little resemblance to them, and instead described considerations that are much less scandalous and are par-for-the-course for the occasion, e.g. "I threw in [[RedHerring some nuggets]] towards one pairing [[TrollingCreator just to throw their fans off]], but I ''never'' thought about making that pairing official, because I already decided on the OfficialCouple at an early stage."
** Kishimoto's involvement with the production of the [[NonSerialMovie non-canon]] movie ''Anime/NarutoTheMovieRoadToNinja'', which is heavily loaded with Naruto/Sakura ShipTeasing, made a lot of their {{shipping}} fans to claim that the author was giving an explicit endorsement of the pairing and that it was meant to be the official one; in reality, Kishimoto was only involved with the characters' designs and story draft, while the actual script of the movie was done by Yuka Miyata, who was infamous for her Naruto/Sakura-teasing [[ArmedWithCanon scene additions]] to the anime {{filler}} that didn't exist in the manga (although she stopped doing this and even ''left'' the anime after the manga ended and the anime continued to drag on, for [[ShipSinking obvious reasons]]).

*** {{Nue}} (middle-right)

** Manga

*** BattleAura (middle-right)

*** OddlySmallOrganization

*** SandBlaster

*** StockShonenHero (top right)
*** StockShonenRival (top right)

*** WalkingTropes

*** Creator/TakashiKondo voiced a ninja chef and a samurai bodyguard in Part I before Suigetsu.
*** Kanako Tojō was the initial voice for sand kunoichi Maki in early ''Shippūden'' before voicing Karin. Karin's second actress, Creator/ToaYukinari, also voiced Akane and Nagato's mom Fusō before she replaced Tojō.

** Misumi Tsurugi's actor from the Chūnin Exams, Kunihiro Kawamoto, returned later in ''Shippūden'' as [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Cloud ninja cuckoolander]] Omoi. Darui's actor Ryota Takeuchi also voiced a Leaf ANBU in the Three-Tails filler arc beforehand.

** Long before voicing Shiho, Shiho Hisajima provided the voice of Uroko Kurama in the Kurama Clan filler arc from Part I.

** Ikuo Nishikawa first appeared in ''Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow'' as Sandayu Asada before being cast as frog sage Fukasaku. Creator/YojiUeda was the voice of Rain genin Mubi before he played Gamakichi and Creator/AtsushiOno appeared as Gozu in the Three-Tails arc plus some extras in earlier episodes before voicing Gamaken. Gamamaru's actor, Mitsuo Senda, had previously voiced a villain, Shinayakana, in a standalone filler in Part I.

* FanNickname: A plethora of them, [[FanNickname/{{Naruto}} right here]].

** Creator/KenyuuHoriuchi appeared briefly as Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, in Part I before he became equally recognizable as Pain in Part II. Things became full circle when Tobirama came back again long after Pain's death in the anime.

* RecycledScript: Noticeable in Part I. Canonically, Team 7 leaving Konoha on a low-ranked mission only to get pulled into something with much higher stakes happened ''one'' time in the Land of Waves arc. In the anime {{filler}} and {{Non Serial Movie}}s, however, it happened every other Tuesday, thanks to it being the go-to plotline for numerous filler arcs ''and'' the first three movies.
* ReferencedBy:
** ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedSeries''. [=LittleKuriboh=] later started his own abridged series of ''Naruto'', titled ''WebVideo/NarutoTheAbridgedComedyFandubSpoofSeriesShow''.
** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "Jet" was inspired by ''Naruto'' and ''Anime/SamuraiChamploo'', particularly the fights in the trees.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': At the end of a segment of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXV Treehouse of Horror XXV]]", there is a montage of multiple alternate Simpsons families dressed as other animated characters, one being a family dressed as anime characters with Bart as Naruto.
** In ''WebComic/EnsignSueMustDie'' one of the {{Mary Sue}}s unleashed into the multiverse is a Ninja Sue destined for the Narutoverse, and later a brainwashed Naruto is seen among the Sue Army.
* QuoteSource:
** BloodbathVillainOrigin
** DoppelgangerAttack
** DynamicEntry
** ElementalBaggage
** FieryRedhead
** NoBrows

** During [[spoiler:660 he had Madara extract Kurama from Naruto. This was during the holiday week, but for Americans it came on CHRISTMAS. And then we had to wait three weeks for the next chapter.]]

* ''TheOtherDarrin/{{Naruto}}''

* TheOtherDarrin: As a LongRunner that aired for over fifteen years (2002-2017) in Japan and was dubbed in America for almost the same amount of time (2005-2019), this should come as no surprise. The show was lucky it didn't have '''MORE''' recasts:[[note]]Even with the dub's union status, some actors would either retire or leave[[/note]]
** In the English dub, Shino was voiced by Creator/SamRiegel in his first appearance, but was replaced by Creator/DerekStephenPrince later on.
** Itachi received this treatment as well, going from Creator/SkipStellrecht to Creator/CrispinFreeman.
*** Interestingly, several cases of TalkingToHimself were avoided later on, as Zaku (done by Creator/SamRiegel) would face Shino in the Chūnin Exams and Guy (Creator/SkipStellrecht) would face Itachi after the Sand/Sound Invasion Arc.
** Zetsu, Deidara, Kakuzu, and Pain are yet more cases where the dub voice for the character was someone completely different on their first (cameo) appearance at the end of Part I: Zetsu went from Creator/BrianBeacock and Peter Lurie (each one voicing [[SplitPersonality a different of Zetsu's halves]]) to Creator/TravisWillingham, while Pain went from Creator/DaveWittenberg to Creator/TroyBaker, Deidara went from Creator/QuintonFlynn to Creator/RogerCraigSmith, and Kakuzu went from Creator/PaulStPeter to Creator/FredTatasciore. Pain's switch also avoided the TalkingToHimself trope as Kakashi, already voiced by Wittenberg, would fight the Akatsuki leader during the Invasion of Pain arc.
*** Another Akatsuki example lies with Kisame, who was voiced by Creator/MichaelMcConnohie in his first appearance at the end of the Leaf Invasion arc before Creator/KirkThornton took over at the start of the succeeding arc.
*** Hidan and Kakuzu went through some changes before Chris Edgerly and Fred Tatasciore became their definitive voices. Kakuzu was, as stated above, voiced by Paul St. Peter for his cameo in Episode 135 and later by John [=DeMita=] for his chiding Hidan during Gaara's sealing ritual in episode 17 of ''Shippūden'' before Tatasciore took over for the next episode onward. Hidan had three different voices during these scenes, the first being Skip Stellrecht (previously Itachi's original voice) in episode 12 when he volunteers to stall Team Guy with the second being Roger Craig Smith (Deidara) in episode 17 when he's complaining about not finding his jinchūriki quick enough. Creator/WallyWingert would briefly voice Hidan in ''Clash of Ninja Revolution 3'' before Edgerly would take over for episode 18 of ''Shippūden''.
** Due to [[Creator/TroyBaker Troy Baker's]] increasing schedules with voiceover for video games, both his roles of Pain and Yamato were recast with Creator/MatthewMercer, even in the Naruto-related video games over time. Mercer took over for Pain (and by extension Yahiko) in episode 324 whereas he took over Yamato for the Paradise filler arc before Baker briefly returned up until Yamato's capture by Kabuto. Mercer would take over permanently for the character afterward. Baker didn't want to drop out, apparently, but the tight schedules forced his hand.
** The complications surrounding Obito Uchiha a.k.a. Tobi's portrayal could potentially fill a whole essay:
*** Sosuke Komori played young Obito in Kakashi Gaiden and a couple video games before Creator/MegumiHan took over for episode 343 onwards and was received much better than Komori, even redubbing the latter in flashbacks. Creator/VicMignogna was cast for the English dub of ''Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3'' and would play young Obito in the anime's full run.
*** Tobi's introduction until his "death" by being caught in an explosion had him being voiced by Creator/WataruTakagi in Japanese until the aftermath where he "revealed" himself to be "Madara Uchiha" and was now voiced by Creator/NaoyaUchida in a deep aged sounding tone. It wasn’t until the real Madara Uchiha was unveiled (being voiced by Uchida) during the Fourth Shinobi World War that the masked man's identity was called into question and his voice became Wataru Takagi's again, though this time as serious and cold as his Madara voice had been and without the cheerful bounce from before. Surely enough, the mask came off and Tobi was revealed to have been Obito all along with Takagi being his proper voice. But that’s just the Japanese side.
*** In English, Michael Yurchak was Tobi's goofy persona (first heard in ''Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3'') and also played him in the anime. His Madara persona was first heard in a cutscene for ''Ultimate Ninja Storm 2'' and was done by none other than Creator/NolanNorth. North, for whatever reason, didn’t reprise the part in future games nor the anime so the part was recast a year later in ''Ultimate Ninja Impact'', where, in a spectacular bit of coincidental oversight, was provided by Vic Mignogna, albeit using a gravelly older sounding voice for the character. Thankfully, young Obito was not included for this particular game, but it caused a fair amount of debate as to who was really behind the orange mask, and this was still a good while before Tobi's identity was called into question. It wouldn’t be until ''Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations'' that "Madara" would be definitely cast with Creator/NeilKaplan who would also go on to play the character in the series plus the real Madara after his resurrection.
*** Even after Obito's reveal, there was one inconsistency with this real voice. The video game ''Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution'' had Yurchak as "goofy" Tobi and Kaplan as "Madara" Tobi but Obito Uchiha was voiced by Creator/ToddHaberkorn instead of Yurchak. This was corrected later in ''Ultimate Ninja Revolution 4'', which put Yurchak in the proper role in addition to the anime's dub.
*** There was another mistake regarding the original Tobi i.e. Swirly Zetsu in the latter-mentioned game where he was also voiced by Yurchak instead of Travis Willingham, since this Tobi was a unique kind of White Zetsu and even shared his Japanese voice, Creator/NobuoTobita, in the anime. The English anime has Travis voicing both Zetsus.
*** The real Madara's late little brother, Izuna, had a change too. For Itachi's "recounting" of their history Izuna's scream was provided by Creator/TakashiKondo but his actual appearance in Madara's flashback was done by You Tokinaga. It was the same in English with Derek Stephen Prince doing the former appearance and Nicolas Roye taking over the latter.
** Killer Bee was voiced by Creator/RenoWilson in ''Ultimate Ninja Storm 2'' but Wilson for whatever reason didn't reprise the role in the anime where Catero Colbert, who'd also voice Darui, took over. Another jinchuuriki, Yagura Karatachi, would go through three voices in English. He is played by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch in Kisame's flashback before the latter's death (plus in three video games) but his proper debut in the Fourth Shinobi World War would be voiced by Nicolas Roye. Later, in the anime adaptation of Itachi Shinden, his voice would be done by Michael P. Greco.
** Saffron Henderson voiced Kurenai for her single line in the third episode (the one where the red and white on her outfit are switched), but Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn voiced her in subsequent appearances and even redubbed Henderson's line for the uncut home release. Katsuyu (the slug Tsunade summons) switches from Mari Devon in Episode 96 to [=McGlynn=] in 161. Mari would later make a guest appearance as Tsukiko Kagetsu in the infamous “Laughing Shino” filler.
*** In the former-mentioned episode, Kiba's sole "line" (a snicker) was performed by Creator/DougErholtz, the voice of Asuma, instead of Creator/KyleHebert who would voice him from the Chūnin Exam arc onwards. Unlike the above with Kurenai, Kiba was not redubbed for the uncut version.
** A rather unusual example comes from the English voices of Hashirama and Tobirama Senju, the First and Second Hokages. In their first appearance during the Invasion of Konoha, Hashirama was voiced by Creator/JamiesonPrice, while Tobirama was voiced by Peter Lurie. In later appearances and video games, both actors were replaced... by ''each other''; Lurie now voicing Hashirama, with Price as Tobirama. Before that, Hashirama was voiced by Kim Strauss and J.B. Blanc in the video games ''Ultimate Ninja 3'' and ''Ultimate Ninja Storm'' respectively.
** And in the video games (except the ''Clash of Ninja'' series), Tsunade is also voiced by [=McGlynn=] instead of Creator/DebiMaeWest. ''Revolution 2 partly'' avoids this; because it uses old voice clips of the regular actress and new ones. Odd, considering that her voice in the anime has remained the same.[[note]]Mary [=McGlynn=] doubled two lines as Tsunade in episode 201 of the original anime.[[/note]] It is notable that in the original series, [=McGlynn=] was already the voice of Tsunade's childhood self ''before'' West took over for the character's younger days in ''Shippūden'' too.
** Iruka's longtime voice, Creator/QuintonFlynn, was replaced by Creator/KyleMcCarley from ''Shippūden'' episode 477 onward as Flynn, much like Troy Baker, had mainly made his living through voiceover in video games and was no longer available to continue work on the series. Flynn's last performance as Iruka would be in ''The Last Naruto the Movie'' which was dubbed before the finale of ''Shippūden''.
** Kushina was first voiced in Jiraiya's DeaderThanDead flashback by Creator/DorothyEliasFahn, who also voiced Konan, but all her later appearances were done by Creator/LauraBailey, likely due to the former's voice not matching with what we'd later learn about [[HotBlooded Kushina's personality]].
** On her original appearance during the Chūnin Exams up to her cameo in the Curry of Life filler arc, Anko was voiced by Creator/JulianneBuescher, then by Creator/LauraBailey in her outing during the Land of the Sea {{filler}} and some games, plus most of Shippūden, and then Creator/KariWahlgren in some other games. Buescher would [[TheOriginalDarrin briefly reprise]] Anko during her ill-fortuned encounter with Kabuto before the Fourth Shinobi World War, only step down again when ''Boruto'' rolled around during which Creator/CheramiLeigh became the new voice.
** After Creator/KimStrauss retired, Ibiki Morino's character was voiced by David Rasner and Creator/DanWoren in his brief cameos before he appeared in the canon storyline again with Creator/ChristopherCoreySmith being his new voice actor.
** Creator/DougErholtz ended up replacing Creator/MichaelLindsay as Kankuro in the third ''Shippūden'' movie due to Lindsay's retirement, with Erholtz continuing to play him from the Gokage Summit onwards. Lindsay had suffered health issues throughout his life and the culmination of problems, alongside him becoming a father at the time, caused him to leave after the Kazekage Rescue arc. Said issues sadly claimed his life in August 2019.
** Creator/NobutoshiCanna replaces regular seiyuu Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo as Shikamaru in episode 141. Canna (who usually voices Kabuto) sounds almost exactly like him if he wants to. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfIJ-6vsCUw Listen here, skip to 1:50.]]
*** On the subject of Kabuto, in the dub, he is normally voiced by Henry M. Dittman with the exception of episode 135, ironically the last of the manga-based episodes in Part I, where Creator/KirkThornton, the voice of Kisame and Tazuna, fills in.
*** Kabuto's teammates, Yoroi and Misumi, were voiced in the Japanese version of the Chūnin Exams arc by Takuya Kirimoto and Kunihiro Kawamoto respectively. When they returned in the Land of the Sea arc, however, they were recast with Creator/AnriKatsu and Ichirota Koizumi for some reason. In a flashback of Orochimaru's in Part II, Katsu redubbed Kirimoto's line from Yoroi's fight with Sasuke instead of keeping the latter's original recording, and the former voices the character again in a special episode dedicated to Naruto and Sasuke. Averted in the dub where Creator/GrantGeorge and Richard Cansino voiced them in both arcs.[[note]]Kirimoto would return for a couple of guest spots in later Shippūden while Kawamoto would return as the voice of Omoi.[[/note]]
** Fugaku Uchiha, interestingly enough, had this happen to him on both sides of the Pacific. In Sasuke's initial flashback, Dai Matsumoto and Wally Wingert voiced him respectively but during the flashbacks from the first Final Valley battle and on Kenji Hamada and Doug Stone provided his voice. Bizarrely, Doug's voice had been heard in the former-mentioned flashback as Sasuke's uncle, Teyaki Uchiha, while Hamada had voiced Shibi Aburame only five episodes prior to Fugaku's debut in the anime. Dai Matsumoto would later return as the voice of Mist Swordsman Jinpachi Munashi.
** Izumo Kamizuki, the first half of ThoseTwoGuys from Konoha, is mainly voiced by Creator/RichardCansino, with the exception of episode 25 from the original anime, where Creator/QuintonFlynn filled in. Jamie Simone also substituted for a video game and the third ''Shippūden'' movie.
** The female elder, Koharu Utatane, is mainly voiced by Mary Elizabeth M[=c=]Glynn but was filled in by Wendee Lee in the original anime's 200th episode.
** Tsume Inuzuka, Kiba's mother, was voiced by Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey during her cameo in the Invasion of the Leaf arc, but later was voiced by Mary Elizabeth [=McGlynn=]. Her dog, Kuromaru, also had a change going from Steve Blum to John [=DeMita=] after the time skip.
** In Part I of the anime, Sakura's mother, Mebuki Haruno, was an unseen character whose voice was provided by Creator/YukiMasuda in three episodes. When she properly debuted in ''Road to Ninja'', she was recast with Creator/KazueIkura. This happened in English as well, where Saffron Henderson voiced Mebuki in episodes 3 and 55 of the original anime but Kate Higgins took over in episode 83 as well as in her ''Shippūden'' appearances. Henderson had since moved back to Canada after not being able to find much work in the U.S.
** Jirōbō of the Sound Four is mainly voiced by Michael Sorich in the dub, but in episode 127, where he appears in a flashback of Kimimaro's, Liam O'Brien filled in (his only "dialogue" is some groaning from being defeated by Kimimaro so the difference is hardly noticeable).
** Mizuki was voiced by Creator/MichaelReisz in the first episode plus in his return filler arc, but in a flashback at the tail end of ''Shippūden'', Creator/MickWingert did the voice. Reisz had mainly moved on from voicework to producing and writing for television which necessitated the recast. Earlier in ''Clash of Ninja 2'', Creator/JoshKeaton would voice Mizuki due to Reisz's declining availability.
** Haku's adult actress has always been Creator/SusanDalian, but his childhood self has been through '''four''' different voices. Dalian voiced young Haku in episode 12 whereas Mona Marshall, the voice of Inari, took over at the start of the succeeding episode. Creator/MichelleRuff voiced little Haku in the longer flashbacks in episodes 17 and 18 while Kate Higgins would take over for his quick appearance in Kimimaro's flashback during episode 126.
** Both Teuchi and his daughter Ayame were hit with this in the dub. Teuchi was voiced by Creator/LexLang in the original anime and the early days of ''Shippūden'' but eventually he was replaced by Creator/PatrickSeitz, already the voice of Raidō Namiashi, since Lang had begun to divide his voiceover career with humanitarian efforts.[[note]]Lang would return in the future to reprise his role of Hayate Gekkō, risen from the dead by Kabuto's Edo Tensei[[/note]] Ayame is normally voiced by Creator/DanielleJudovits who also plays Tenten, but Creator/KateHiggins filled in for two episodes in the original series and Laura Bailey also filled in for two episodes during ''Shippūden''.
*** Speaking of Tenten, Bailey doubled for Judovits as her character for a line and a couple of battle grunts in ''The Will of Fire''.
** While averted[[note]]Except in the Rock Lee spin-off[[/note]] by Naruto himself, his Sexy Jutsu persona [[FanNickname "Naruko"]] has had a few changes in the English dub. Mainly, at least early on, Stephanie Sheh voices the sexy persona, but Jeannie Elias supplied the voice during Jiraiya's training with Naruto, and Mary M[=c=]Glynn herself took over for "her" appearance in the "Please, Mr. Postman?" filler episode. Cindy Robinson voices "Naruko" in a flashback during the Konoha History filler arc whereas Kate Higgins took over for the jutsu's appearance in the Paradise filler arc.
** In the Land of Waves arc, Kaiza was voiced in English by Creator/WallyWingert but in the flashback episode from the Konoha History arc, Matthew Mercer replaced him. Tsunami was also replaced going from Creator/CindyRobinson to Creator/LauraBailey. Akane's voice changed on both fronts going from Creator/YukoSato and Julianne Buescher to Creator/ToaYukinari and Laura Bailey respectively.
*** For their cameo in [[BizarroEpisode episode 161]] Inari and Tsunami's exclamations of horror/shock at the Guy and Lee imposters are done by Kate Higgins and Mary Elizabeth [=McGlynn=] respectively as the cost of bringing back Creator/MonaMarshall and Robinson wouldn't have been warranted.
** Gatō's bodyguards, Zōri and Waraji, went through three pairs of actors in the English dub despite their limited screentime. During Gatō's interrogation of Zabuza, Sam Riegel and Creator/DanWoren voiced them respectively for one line apiece. In their more prominent appearance when they attempt to kidnap Tsunami, they'd been recast with David Rasner and Wally Wingert. Upon Zōri's return in the anime equivalent of Suigetsu's introduction, Rick Zieff had taken up the character's voice due to Rasner's choice to retire by the start of the New '10s. In the filler episode shortly after the Invasion of Pain, Rick retained the part of Zōri while Waraji was recast again with Michael Sorich.
** Matsuri was voiced by Creator/LaraJillMiller in the Ultimate Weapon filler arc (the finale of the original anime series) but Creator/MichelleRuff took over in the opening arc of ''Shippūden'' due to schedule conflicts. Ruff herself would be darrined by Laura Bailey for the Seven-Tails filler arc plus Matsuri's cameo in the Gokage Summit arc mainly because of being busy with dubbing Rukia Kuchiki in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' at the time.
** Sai's late brother, Shin, was voiced by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch during Sai's flashback in episode 50. For his prominent appearance during the War arc, Creator/WallyWingert became his proper voice while Sam Riegel played him in ''Ultimate Ninja Storm 2''.
** Poor poor Yūgao Uzuki had this happen to her no less than '''SIX''' times in her appearances throughout the series for the English dub. Her debut in finding Hayate's corpse was voiced by Jeannie Elias before Susan Dalian would take over during the Konoha Crush arc. In ''Shippūden'', for her cameo restraining Sora in the Twelve Guardian Shinobi filler arc, Wendee Lee provided Yūgao's voice only for Dalian [[TheOriginalDarrin to return]] for her bodyguarding Tsunade in the Invasion of Pain arc[[note]]This was a different female ANBU called Gazeru in the manga[[/note]]. [[HereWeGoAgain However,]] in the Fourth Shinobi World War arc, since Dalian was already voicing a freshly resurrected Haku at the time, Yūgao was recast yet again with Karui's actress Danielle Nicolet for her [[ADayInTheLimelight reunion storyline]] with Hayate. And again, for her appearance in the Tsukuyomi dream of Tsunade's before the GrandFinale, Sascha Alexander would take over and would later also replace Nicolet in the role of Karui. The Japanese version, on the other hand, had a change occur only once during the Invasion of Pain where Creator/ToaYukinari filled in for Yūgao's usual actress Keiko Nemoto.
*** Zō, the white-robbed ANBU with the cat mask, had changes happen on both sides of the Pacific too. Creator/YojiUeda and Creator/KirkThornton voiced him during the Konoha Crush, Keigo Suzuki and Creator/LexLang took over in the Trap Master filler arc[[note]]To be fair in the latter case, Kirk was already voicing the arc's antagonist Gennō, so the recasting in English was very likely deliberate[[/note]], and then Daichi Endo and Creator/VicMignogna replaced them in the part during the Invasion of Pain. What's worse is that there's room to speculate that they may all be separate characters as a similar-looking captain, voiced by Eisuke Asakura and Creator/DerekStephenPrince in the respective versions, was shown being killed by Kabuto in the opening of the Three-Tails filler arc. Creator/SteveKramer also voiced Zō for his appearance in ''Shippūden'' movie three ''The Will of Fire''.
** The Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, was hit by this in the final arc when Doug Stone replaced Creator/MichaelMcConnohie due to the latter's semi-retirement. In Japanese, Hagoromo was first voiced in Kurama's flashback by Toru Nakane but later would be voiced properly by Mitsutaka Tachikawa.
** The Fire Daimyō's first animated appearance was in ''The Will of Fire'' where he was voiced by Creator/SteveKramer, but his canon appearance after the Invasion of Pain was performed by Creator/GrantGeorge.
** The first Hungarian dub (that aired on Jetix) had a habit of switching around everyone's voices, except for the main trio's. Listing all the examples would be difficult. The second dub, which used the original, uncut Japanese version as a basis managed to stay consistent, and most of the first dub's cast returned to reprise their roles. Though after episode 52, there was a noticeable change: Sakura's voice actress moved abroad, which resulted in her sounding about 15 years older, until the new actress warmed up to the role. Tenten's voice change was barely noticeable, on the other hand.
*** Two other changes, however, were especially jarring. Around episode 100 of the original series, Kakashi's voice actor quit (his reason being that he simply didn't have time anymore to continue the dub), and episode 169 changed Orochimaru's voice as well. Neither of their new actors sounds like the originals.
** On the Japanese side, Akiko Koike, previously the voice of Kin, took over for Konohamaru at the beginning of Shippuden, when Creator/IkueOtani was on pregnancy leave. Since this was after a TimeSkip, it actually wasn't jarring...but Ōtani eventually took over the role again anyway.
** Tazuna's original actor, Creator/TakeshiAono, was hospitalized due to a stroke by the time his character returned after the Invasion of Pain, so Shigeru Ushiyama took his place. Aono would, unfortunately, die two years later from medical complications.
** Aoba Yamashiro was voiced by Creator/HideoIshikawa (Itachi) and Creator/HiroshiTsuchida (Raidō) for his speaking appearances in Part I, but Creator/KenjiroTsuda took over in Part II and became the ''de facto'' voice of the character.
** Hiroshi Naka became the new voice of Gamabunta from the ''Blood Prison'' movie onwards after Creator/TakeshiWatabe passed away from pneumonia in late 2010.
** Creator/ToaYukinari replaced Kanako Tojō as Karin during the ''Sasuke Shinden'' adaptation after the latter's wedding in 2016 which resulted in her moving overseas.
** Hamura Ōtsutsuki was voiced in the series by Creator/YoshimasaHosoya whereas he's voiced by Creator/HisaoEgawa in ''The Last'' due to Hosoya's medical leave in mid-2017.
** Boruto originally had the same English voice as his father, Maile Flanagan. Starting from ''Boruto the Movie'', he was given a new voice actress, Creator/AmandaCelineMiller, which makes him sound more individual. In Japanese, similarly, Creator/KokoroKikuchi voiced Boruto in ''The Last'' whereas Creator/YukoSanpei would take over for the actual ''Boruto: Naruto Next Generations''. Kikuchi was moved to playing Sarada Uchiha for the new series.
*** This applied to Himawari on both fronts as well. Creator/YuukiKuwahara was replaced with Creator/SaoriHayami in Japanese whereas Creator/StephanieSheh, the voice of her mother would be replaced by Creator/MelissaFahn in the American dub.

*** There was another mistake regarding the original Tobi i.e. Swirly Zetsu in the latter-mentioned game where he was also voiced by Yurchak instead of Travis Willingham, since this Tobi was a unique kind of Zetsu and even shared his Japanese voice, Creator/NobuoTobita, in the anime. The English anime has Travis voicing both Zetsus.

** A rather unusual example comes from the English voices of Hashirama and Tobirama Senju, the First and Second Hokages. In their first appearance during the Invasion of Konoha, Hashirama was voiced by Creator/JamiesonPrice, while Tobirama was voiced by Peter Lurie. In later appearances and video games, both actors were replaced... by ''each other''; Lurie now voicing Hashirama, with Price as Tobirama.