Ibiki Morino

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Ibiki Morino
Ibiki Morino森乃イビキMorino Ibiki
Debut (Manga)	Chapter 40
Debut (Anime)	Naruto Episode 23
Appears in	Anime and Manga
Seiyū (Japanese)	Taiten Kusunoki
Voice actor(s) (English)	Kim Strauss
Highest rank	Tokubetsu Jōnin
Classification	ANBU
Birthdate	March 20
Age	Part I: 27 Part II: 30-31
Height	193.5 cm1.935 m 6.348 ft 76.181 in
Weight	88 kg194.007 lb
Gender	Male
Blood type	A
Affiliation	Konohagakure
Occupation	Head of the ANBU Interrogation Unit Examiner
Family Idate Morino (Younger brother, anime only)

Ibiki Morino (森乃イビキ, Morino Ibiki) is the examiner for the first part of the Chūnin Exams, and head of the Konoha's ANBU Torture and Interrogation Force.

Contents 1 Appearance 2 Personality 3 Part I 3.1 Chūnin Exams arc 3.2 Invasion of Konoha arc 3.3 Land of Tea arc 4 Part II 4.1 Hidan and Kakuzu arc 4.2 Invasion of Pain arc 5 Abilities 5.1 Stats 6 Trivia 7 References

[edit] Appearance

Ibiki's head is always covered to hide a collection of burn marks, punctures from where screws were used, and long slash marks. The scars are indicative of the physical torture he has endured in the past, and illustrates his capacity to endure pain without giving up the desired information to the enemy. The anime's filler arcs showed him to have a younger brother, Idate.

[edit] Personality

Ibiki is the commanding officer of the Konoha ANBU Torture and Interrogation Force (木ノ葉暗部拷問・尋問部隊, Konoha Anbu Gomon/Jinmon Butai), and is the designer of the Chūnin Exam's first test. Described as a sadist by some, Ibiki has the ability to subject people to great suffering without ever using physical torture. His interrogation skills rely solely on his ability to torture the mind. He has complete knowledge of human psychology; by attacking a person's mind, he can gain control over their spirit.

[edit] Part I

[edit] Chūnin Exams arc

Ibiki is the first examiner of the Chūnin Exams, testing his students during the written exam with questions too hard for any Genin to answer. Therefore Ibiki secretly put two Chūnin into the crowd to answer the questions and to make other Genin try to cheat off of their exams. Although the point of the test was to test the participants' information-gathering skills, Naruto Uzumaki did not realize this. Nevertheless, Naruto was able to pass the exam without answering a single question, a fact Ibiki took great interest in.

[edit] Invasion of Konoha arc

Ibiki later guarded Konoha's borders during the invasion of the village by Sunagakure and Otogakure. He recounted to his colleagues the dark past of Orochimaru, and greeted Jiraiya when he came to their aid.

[edit] Land of Tea arc

He appeared again in the Land of Tea in anime, meeting with his younger brother Idate again for the first time in years.

[edit] Part II

[edit] Hidan and Kakuzu arc

He interrogated Kakuzu's bounty-hunting contact in order to gain information on Akatsuki.

[edit] Invasion of Pain arc

Jiraiya later sent him a prisoner from Amegakure. When his interrogation methods proved ineffective, he called on Inoichi Yamanaka's assistance, and ultimately distracted the Akatsuki leader, Pain, in order to give Inoichi time to complete the job.

[edit] Abilities

[edit] Stats

Databook	Ninjutsu	Taijutsu	Genjutsu	Intelligence	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Hand seals	Total
First	2.5	3.5	4.5	4	4	3	3	3	27.5

[edit] Trivia

• "Morino Ibiki" means "a snore in the forest", which clearly refers to his resemblance to a big bear.

[edit] References