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Kaguya Ōtsutsuki
大筒木カグヤ Ōtsutsuki Kaguya

  • Rabbit Goddess (卯の女神, Usagi no Megami)[3]
  • Demon (, Oni)[3]
  • Progenitor of Chakra (チャクラの祖, Chakura no So)[1]
  • God Almighty (全能の神, Zennō no Kami)[4][5]
  • Mother of Chakra[6]
Debut
Manga Naruto Chapter #679
Anime Naruto Shippūden Episode #458
Novel Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise (Mentioned)
Movie The Last: Naruto the Movie
Game Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
Appears in Anime, Manga, Novel, Game, Movie
Voice Actors
Japanese
English
Personal
Birthdate Astrological Sign Leo August 15 Search_Icon.svg
Sex Gender Female Female
Species Celestial Being
Status Incapacitated
Kekkei Mōra
Classification
Occupation
  • Princess
  • Head of the Ōtsutsuki Clan (Former)
Affiliation
Partner
Clan
Family
Nature Type
Unique Traits
Jutsu

Tools

Princess Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (大筒木かぐや, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya) was the first human to use chakra after consuming the fruit of the Shinju.

Background

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Kaguya and her newborn sons.

Long ago before the founding of the hidden villages, during an era of endless wars between mankind, Kaguya — who came from a far away land — decided that it was necessary for someone to attain god-like powers in order to stop the constant conflicts. For this reason, she consumed the forbidden fruit of the Shinju, gaining the ability to manipulate powerful chakra and allowing her to single-handedly put an end to all the wars that plagued the lands. Some time after this Kaguya gave birth to two sons, one of which was named Hagoromo. They both inherited this powerful chakra and were able to manipulate it. However, the Shinju's desire to reclaim its stolen power caused the tree to assume a monstrous form, which became known as the Ten-Tails.

The furious Ten-Tails rampaged throughout the lands until Kaguya's sons defeated and sealed the beast, making them the first jinchūriki. Hagoromo would later teach humanity the concepts of chakra, becoming revered as the Sage of the Six Paths,[7] in an attempt to make people use chakra to connect to each other, rather than using it as a weapon as Kaguya had done.[8] Ultimately, however, the people of Hagoromo's era would weaponise chakra and use it as Kaguya once did.

Appearance

A woman in possession of very delicate facial features, Kaguya also had long, sweeping light coloured hair that touched the ground. Most noticeably were two horn like protrusions which stuck out from her head — appendages inherited by both her sons. Her eyebrows were cut very short — a symbol of nobility, and she wore a dark shade of lipstick on her lips and a dark shade of nail polish on her long fingernails. She wore the transitional high-collared hime-kimono which was adored with intricate lines and tomoe running down the centre and edges of the gown.

Abilities

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Kaguya manipulating lightning.

After consuming the fruit of the Shinju, Kaguya achieved such unrivalled power that she was able to pacify the war-torn world all by herself, leading the people to worship her in fear. Hagoromo, being a legendary figure himself, praised his mother's might as superior to all others, including his own.[9] In one portrayal of her, Kaguya was shown manipulating lightning causing a thunder storm.

Trivia

  • Her name and title are likely references to Princess Kaguya, the main character from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (竹取物語, Taketori Monogatari), which is said to be one of the oldest Japanese legends in written record. According to the legend, Princess Kaguya wears a hagoromo (羽衣, "feather mantle") when she returns home to her kingdom. The name Ōtsutsuki (大筒木) roughly means "big bamboo tree" and is derived from an obscure passage in the second volume of the Kojiki about the genealogies of Emperor Suinin, eleventh emperor of Japan, which states that he had a consort named Kaguyahime no Mikoto (迦具夜比売命), the daughter of a king named Ōtsutsukitarine no Miko (大筒木垂根王); tradition holds that these individuals served as the basis for Princess Kaguya and the old bamboo cutter in the aforementioned tale.
    • Her horn-like appendages may symbolise rabbit ears, representing her connection to the moon by evoking the moon rabbit; pop culture depictions of Princess Kaguya and the moon-folk often incorporate features like rabbit ears for this reason. This also fits with her being known as the "Rabbit Goddess" (卯の女神, Usagi no Megami).
  • The concept of a woman eating forbidden fruit may be based on the Bible's Book of Genesis, in which Eve ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge, which led to the original sin of mankind.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Fourth Databook, pages 66-69
  2. Retsu no Sho, page 18
  3. 3.0 3.1 Naruto chapter 670, page 11
  4. Naruto: Shippūden episode 459
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  7. Naruto chapter 646, pages 5-7
  8. Naruto chapter 665, pages 6-7
  9. Naruto chapter 670, pages 10-11
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