Choji Akimichi is a member of Team 10 typified by his deep love for food, to the extent that he continually has some sort of snack with him during his appearances in the series. Though his habit of always eating gives him a relatively large appearance, Choji insists that he is not fat, instead using [...]

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Shikamaru Nara is one of the members of Team 10. Kishimoto has noted that he “likes” Shikamaru due to his easygoing nature despite being a genius, and contrasted him against Sasuke Uchiha’s intelligent but abrasive personality. Shikamaru’s intelligence is such that Asuma Sarutobi, Team 10′s leader, has never been able to defeat Shikamaru at games [...]

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Ino Yamanaka is the only female member of Team 10. She has known Sakura Haruno since they were children, befriending and helping her to develop her own identity. When they discovered that they both liked the same boy, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura ended their friendship so they could properly compete for his affection. The two eventually [...]

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Asuma Sarutobi is the leader of Team 10 and the son of the Third Hokage. He had a falling out with his father when he was younger, and briefly left Konohagakure in protest. The two had not completely reconciled by the time of the Third’s death. Asuma is usually seen smoking a cigarette, but will [...]

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Rock Lee is a member of Team Guy and the favorite student of team leader Might Guy. As such, Guy spends much of his free time training with Lee, resulting in Lee adopting several of Guy’s habits, including his unwillingness to give up and an unyielding optimism that he can complete a given task. When [...]

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Neji Hyuga is a member of Team Guy and a child prodigy of the Hyuga clan. Despite his natural talent, Neji’s membership in one of the clan’s lower houses leaves him ineligible to learn the clan’s most secret techniques. At the start of the series Neji openly hates the main house because of this, readily [...]

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Tenten is the only female member of Team Guy, and longs to prove that female ninja can be just as skilled as male ninja. Of all the Naruto protagonists, Tenten receives the least amount of screen time, such that her only fight in Part I is almost entirely skipped; the battle’s start and her eventual [...]

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“Maito Gai” redirects here. For the Japanese actor nicknamed “Maito Gai”, see Akira Kobayashi. Might Guy is the leader of Team Guy, though he dedicates most of his time to only one of his students, Rock Lee. Because of Guy’s dedication to him, Lee has modeled himself in his master’s image, mimicking Guy’s distinctive green [...]

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Gaara is the youngest of the three siblings. He was created by Kishimoto as a foil to Naruto Uzumaki, with a similar background yet a highly divergent personality. When Gaara was born, his father intended to make him a military weapon for Sunagakure by sealing the One-Tailed Shukaku inside him. Similar to Naruto, Gaara was [...]

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Temari is the oldest of the three siblings. Unlike her more combat-loving brothers, Temari values peace, as she questions Sunagakure’s justifications for going to war with Konohagakure. This trait carries over to Part II, in which she begins acting as a liaison between Sunagakure and Konohagakure to help the two villages work together. Like her [...]

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