editMatsuri[1]
(マツリ, Matsuri)
Debut
Manga	Chapter #94
Anime	Naruto Episode #56
Appears in	Anime and Manga
Voice Actors
Japanese	Ayaka Yamashita
English	Kate Higgins
Personal
Gender	Female
Age	Part I: 10
Affiliation	Konohagakure
Rank
Ninja Rank	Part I: Academy Student

Matsuri (マツリ, Matsuri) is an Academy student in Konohagakure.

Appearance

She has black hair, which is done into an unusual style, in which she wears a headband. She wears normal casual clothes.

Part I

Chūnin Exam Arc

Iruka Umino takes Matsuri and her class to an outdoor lecture beneath the Hokage Monument to discuss the Hokage. The Third Hokage visits them there and encourages the children to protect those they care about. Matsuri asks if there is anyone that he cares about enough to protect, to which he replies that he would fight for "everyone in the village".

Invasion of Konoha Arc

She and her class are later evacuated to behind the Hokage Monument during the invasion of Konoha.

Pre-Shippūden Anime Filler Arcs

In the anime, she appears seeing off the Sand Siblings with Shikamaru Nara and some other students to thank them for teaching at the Academy for a short period of time. She appears again, going on a training mission with Hinata Hyūga to Mount Takurami. When a big storm emerged, the team was lucky enough to have a tent, protecting them from the heavy rain.

Part II

Shinobi World War Arc

She and all the other genin in the village were all called by Konohamaru to get them to face the upcoming threat. Meanwhile, she and the other genin are attack by Sumo Wrestlers. She and the genin celebrates the victory of the defeated Sumo Wrestlers.

Trivia

• Matsuri's name can mean festival (祭) or Arabian jasmine (茉莉).
• She makes a cameo appearance in an omake of Naruto: Shippūden episode 73.

References

1. ↑ First Databook, page 140