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Hayate Gekkō
月光 ハヤテ Gekkō Hayate
Debut
Manga Naruto Chapter #65
Anime Naruto Episode #37
Novel The Last: Naruto the Movie
Movie The Last: Naruto the Movie
Game Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
OVA Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival!
Appears in Anime, Manga, Novel, Game, Movie
Voice Actors
Japanese
English
Personal
Birthdate Astrological Sign Scorpio November 2
Sex Gender Male Male
Age
  • Part I: 23
Status Deceased
Height
  • Part I: 175 cm1.75 m <br />5.741 ft <br />68.898 in <br />
Weight
  • Part I: 58 kg127.868 lb <br />
Blood type AB
Occupation
Affiliation
Rank
Ninja Rank
Ninja Registration 011671
Academy Grad. Age 12
Chūnin Prom. Age 13
Family
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Hayate Gekkō (月光 ハヤテ, Gekkō Hayate) was a tokubetsu jōnin-level shinobi of Konohagakure.

Background

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Hayate during his entrance ceremony.

As a genin, he was placed in a team with Ibiki Morino and Tokara. During the Chūnin Exams, Hayate and his team confronted Anko Mitarashi and her team-mates.[2]

Personality

Hayate seemed to be a calm and composed individual. He was also described as being an individualist, and gentle person.[1] He also had a great sense of duty to his village, as he risked his life to spy on Kabuto Yakushi and Baki.

Appearance

Hayate had short brown hair and dark markings under his eyes. Even though he was a young man, he had pronounced lines under his eyes as well as an unexplained chronic cough that plagued him. He wore the standard Konoha shinobi outfit complete with a forehead protector that he wore as a bandanna, flak jacket and regular shinobi sandals. He also carried a katana with a rectangular hand guard strapped over his back.

As a genin, he wore a simple outfit with a long-sleeved, red-coloured haori,[3] and ¾ length pants with bangles around his wrist and legs. He carried his sword tied to two strings on his hip. He also had dark markings under his eyes which makes it unclear whether or not he was ill since his youth or not.[2]

Abilities

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Hayate wielding a sword during the Chūnin Exams.

Little is known about Hayate's abilities, except that he was very skilled in kenjutsu and was able to use high-level techniques such as the Shadow Clone Technique. He demonstrated the use of the Dance of the Crescent Moon, which is an advanced technique that creates multiple shadow clones of the user while the real person attacks from the enemy's blind spot from above. Baki commented that the village had many talented ninja after seeing that Hayate could use this technique and had mastered it at such a young age. He also possessed great speed, as he demonstrated during the Chūnin Exams when rushing in to stop Neji from fatally injuring Hinata.

In the anime, he also showed proficiency with taijutsu and was able to hold his own during his confrontation with Naruto Uzumaki.[4]

Stats

Databook Ninjutsu Taijutsu Genjutsu Intelligence Strength Speed Stamina Hand seals Total
First 4 3 3.5 3.5 2 3 2 3.5 24.5

Part I

Chūnin Exam Arc

Episode 47

Hayate and the other jōnin stop Neji from fatally injuring Hinata.

At first sight, Hayate appeared to be not in the best of health, as he had an unexplained chronic cough and eye bags. He is however scheduled to be the proctor during the final rounds of the Chūnin Exams, and as such, oversees the preliminary matches that will decide who advances to the final round. During the battle between Neji and Hinata Hyūga after an enraged Neji prepares to attack Hinata with the intent of killing her, he along with the other jōnin present stop him from doing so.

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Hayate attacks Baki.

After the preliminaries are completed and the participants are given a chance to train and recuperate, Hayate learns of Sunagakure and Otogakure's plans to invade Konoha overhearing the conversation between Baki and Kabuto Yakushi. Before he can escape to tell the Third Hokage what he had learned, he is sensed by the two and chased down. As he faces off with Baki, Hayate uses his Dance of the Crescent Moon technique on Baki, however the swing of his blade was too shallow and got stuck in his flak jacket. As Baki praises him for his skill and effort, he uses his Blade of Wind technique to kill Hayate. Genma Shiranui then replaced Hayate as proctor for the Chūnin Exam finals.

Part II

Chikara Arc

Main article: Chikara Arc

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Hayate stops before killing Dokku.

In the anime, after the Five Kage Summit, Hayate's grave was defiled by Kabuto, and he was later reincarnated for the massacre in Tonika Village. Hayate confronted and almost killed Dokku until his movements stopped during the finishing strike.[5] He was summoned again to battle Team Kakashi, who were investigating the massacre that Kabuto brought about to gain access to The Hole.[6]

Yamato and Sakura vs Hidan and Hayate

Hayate forced to attack his comrades.

Hayate confronted Sakura Haruno and was punched a ways away by the kunoichi while she apologised for attacking her fellow Konoha comrade. This, however, proved futile as Hayate began to reconstruct from the attack.[6] Hayate was returned to his coffin as Kabuto and his other reincarnated shinobi retreated.[5]

Hayate attacks naruto

Hayate attacks Naruto.

The next day, he was again forced to fight against his former comrades and took on a dramatically weakened Naruto, attacking him with taijutsu and defeating him with the Dance of the Crescent Moon.[4] Hayate was summoned to battle once more when the Ama no Hoko was activated. He, along with Kabuto's other reincarnated shinobi, were planted with explosive clay by Deidara and used as suicide bombers. Rather than reforming upon exploding as those reincarnated by Kabuto typically would, Hayate and the others instead turned to dust, with the bodies of the sacrifices used to reincarnate them falling out.[7]

Trivia

  • The name "Gekkō" means "moonlight" and "Hayate" means "quick as wind" or "hurricane". Both are names of Japanese fighter planes from World War II.
  • Despite his relatively minor role, Hayate placed in the top 10 of the character popularity poll following his death and has continued to rank in the top 20.
  • Although his lover, Yūgao Uzuki, swore to avenge his death, Baki and the rest of Sunagakure have since become allies. This would make revenge difficult.
  • In an omake in the anime, Hayate appears in one of Naruto's "dreams" along with the third Hokage, telling him that it is time to leave. Written on Naruto's ceiling states, "Be sure to visit my grave sometime, and make sure to bring Konohamaru with you!" - signed The Third and Hayate.
  • In another omake in the Shippūden anime, Hayate makes a brief appearance as a ghost, floating behind Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno who are walking through the forest from a festival. Hiruzen shows up soon after and scares them near to death.
  • In the Naruto OVA #4, he makes an appearance, though he is dead.
  • According to the databook(s):
    • Hayate had completed 642 official missions in total: 56 D-rank, 83 C-rank, 407 B-rank, 96 A-rank, 0 S-rank.
  • Hayate has a blood-type of AB (Rh-).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 First Databook, page 68
  2. 2.0 2.1 Naruto chapter 599, pages 2-4
  3. Naruto chapter 604, pages 3-4
  4. 4.0 4.1 Naruto: Shippūden episode 292
  5. 5.0 5.1 Naruto: Shippūden episode 291
  6. 6.0 6.1 Naruto: Shippūden episode 290
  7. Naruto: Shippūden episode 294
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