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ポン太 Ponta
Debut
Manga	Naruto Chapter #468
Anime	Naruto Shippūden Episode #206
Game	Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Impact
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Game
Personal
Sex	Male
Species	Raccoon
Age	Part II: 14;
Partner	Sabu;

Revision as of 23:38, 22 January 2015

Ponta (ポン太) is a giant raccoon and the companion of the master enka music ninja, Sabu.

Personality

Ponta will carelessly attack any enemy head on.^[2]

Appearance

Ponta is very large in terms of size, easily towering over his partner Sabu ^[3] and was even mistaken for a bear by Kisame Hoshigaki.^[4] He is predominantly orange in colour with brown markings around his face, ears, feet and circular one running along the length of his tail. The area directly around his mouth is white however. He also wears bandages on his front paws. He has small black eyes.

Part II

Five Kage Summit

During B's enka training with Sabu, Ponta alerted the two the presence of Kisame Hoshigaki. Wasting no time, Ponta rushed in to attack Kisame, but was quickly defeated. As the battle between the two parties waged on, Ponta was caught in Kisame's Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave technique. Killer B lured Kisame — who was fused with Samehada — away from Ponta and Sabu, and they were freed from the moving water dome.

Trivia

Unused Zabuza design — Unused concept artwork of Kintarō and Pochi, who would later become Ponta.

Ponta was salvaged from an unused concept of a bear-like pet raccoon named Pochi (ポチ). Pochi, together with a character called Kintarō (金太郎), was originally planned to appear instead of Haku and Zabuza Momochi. Instead of Zabuza's Kubikiribōchō, Kintarō wielded a giant axe that was also salvaged for Ponta's partner, Sabu.
Ponta is written as ポン太. This name is a stereotypical name to give to pet tanuki, who are visually very similar to raccoons, a bit like Fido is for a dog or Mittens for a cat. It is also the name Saburō Kitajima used when he was part of the comical duo Gerupin Ponta Chinta (ゲルピンぽん太ちん太, literally meaning: Ponta and Chinta in need for Money).

References

↑ Fourth Databook, page 213
↑ Chapter 469, page 1, Panel 4
↑ Chapter 469, page 1
↑ Chapter 470, page 10, Panel 3

[d4-1] Fourth Databook, page 213

[2] Chapter 469, page 1, Panel 4

[3] Chapter 469, page 1

[4] Chapter 470, page 10, Panel 3

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 {{translation|'''Ponta'''|ポン太|Ponta}} is a giant [[Wikipedia:Raccoon|raccoon]] and the companion of the master enka music ninja, [[Sabu]].
+== Personality ==
+Ponta will carelessly attack any enemy head on.<ref>Chapter 469, page 1, Panel 4 </ref>
 == Appearance ==
-Ponta is very large in terms of size, easily towering over his partner Sabu and was even mistaken for a bear by [[Kisame Hoshigaki]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 469, page 1</ref> He is predominantly orange in colour with brown markings around his face, ears, feet and circular one running along the length of his tail. The area directly around his mouth is white however. He also wears bandages on his front paws.
+Ponta is very large in terms of size, easily towering over his partner Sabu <ref>Chapter 469, page 1 </ref> and was even mistaken for a bear by [[Kisame Hoshigaki]].<ref>Chapter 470, page 10, Panel 3 </ref> He is predominantly orange in colour with brown markings around his face, ears, feet and circular one running along the length of his tail. The area directly around his mouth is white however. He also wears bandages on his front paws. He has small black eyes.
 == Part II ==
-=== Five Kage Summit Arc ===
+=== Five Kage Summit ===
 During [[B]]'s enka training with Sabu, Ponta alerted the two the presence of Kisame Hoshigaki. Wasting no time, Ponta rushed in to attack Kisame, but was quickly defeated. As the battle between the two parties waged on, Ponta was caught in Kisame's [[Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave]] technique. [[Killer B]] lured Kisame  — who was fused with Samehada — away from Ponta and Sabu, and they were freed from the moving water dome.