editInari[1]
(イナリ, Inari)
Debut
Manga	Chapter #17
Anime	Naruto Episode #10
Video Game	Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
OVA	Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival!
Appears in	Anime, Manga and Game
Voice Actors
English	Mona Marshall
Japanese	Shizuka Ishikawa
Personal
Birthdate	December 25
Gender	Male
Age	Part I: 8 Part II: 11
Height	128.5 cm1.285 m 4.216 ft 50.591 in
Weight	27.6 kg60.848 lb
Blood type	A
Occupation	Apprentice Carpenter
Affiliation	Land of Waves
Family Tazuna (Grandfather) Tsunami (Mother) Kaiza (Stepfather)
Tools Crossbow

Inari (イナリ, Inari) is the son of Tsunami, the grandson of Tazuna, and was the adopted son of Kaiza before his death.

Contents 1 Background 2 Part I 2.1 Land of Waves Arc 3 Part II 3.1 Five Kage Summit Arc 4 Trivia 5 Quotes 6 References

Background Edit

Inari's father died before he got to know him, but he came to see Kaiza as a father figure. Kaiza took a fatherly role in Inari's life and even became close to Tsunami. When Gatō put Kaiza to death, Inari changed. He became a sad and angry boy, with little hope or optimism. He blamed Kaiza for what had happened, believing that he, in dying, had broken his promise to protect the land.

Part I Edit

Land of Waves Arc Edit

Inari's outlook is changed after he meets Naruto Uzumaki, who also had a horrible past, but learned to deal with it. Naruto's unwillingness to quit and concern for others helped Inari to realise the power of will over fate, and that no risk is too great to protect something precious. He therefore grabbed his crossbow and rallied the townspeople, who proceeded to rise up against Gatō's men. He also attempted to save his mother from the thugs, who would have killed him, had it not been for Naruto. Along with Naruto and Kakashi Hatake, they were able to drive away Gatō's thugs.

Part II Edit

Five Kage Summit Arc Edit

Tazuna and Inari (now in his pre-teens and has since become his grandfather's apprentice), have both come to Konoha, having been hired as carpenters to help with the rebuilding of the village. Inari was happy to see Naruto and Sakura again, commenting on Sakura's appearance, calling her beautiful.

Inari and his grandfather also ask about Sasuke, wanting to say hello to him too. Both of them having not yet been made aware of Sasuke's defection 2-3 years prior, did not realise that it is a very touchy subject for both Naruto and Sakura. Seeing Sakura's reactions, Naruto covers for it by telling Inari and Tazuna (without important details), that he and Sasuke simply had a fight and that Sasuke was not in the village currently, but that he would soon be bringing Sasuke back. Satisfied, Inari and Tazuna later left to get back to work. In the anime, Inari promised Naruto that the first building he would reconstruct is the Ramen Ichiraku restaurant.

Trivia Edit

• Inari is the Japanese kami of fertility, rice, agriculture, foxes, industry, and worldly success in the religion of Shintō. Inari is represented as male, female, or androgynous. It is sometimes conceived of as a collective of three or five individual kami. It is a popular figure in both Shintō and Buddhist beliefs in Japan. Inari's foxes, or kitsune, are pure white and act as her messengers.
• Inari makes brief cameos in the Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival!, as one of the random people queuing up for the bathroom, and in Naruto episode 161 of the anime.

Quotes Edit

• "All my life I've been a coward. But now I know that crying and hiding from things that we're afraid of, doesn't make them go away."

References Edit

1. ↑ First Databook, page 23