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[[File:BijuuComplete.jpg|thumb|The nine tailed beasts and their most recent jinchūriki.]]
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[[File:BijuuComplete.jpg|thumb|The nine tailed beasts and their most recent [[Jinchūriki]].]]
The {{translation|'''tailed beasts'''|尾獣|bijū}} are the nine titanic behemoths within the ''Naruto'' series. They are differentiated by the number of tails they have, ranging from one to nine. The tailed beasts are living forms of [[chakra]], sometimes referred to as {{translation|"'''Chakra Monsters'''"|チャクラのバケモノ|Chakura no Bakemono}},<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 256, page 14</ref><ref name="ch404">''Naruto'' chapter 404, page 14</ref> giving them power that far outmatches most [[shinobi]]. The tailed beasts' chakra is coloured red.
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<section begin=summary />The {{translation|'''tailed beasts'''|尾獣|bijū}}, sometimes referred to as {{translation|"'''Chakra Monsters'''"|チャクラのバケモノ|Chakura no Bakemono}},<ref name="ch404">''Naruto'' chapter 404, page 14</ref> are the nine titanic living forms of [[chakra]] created by the [[Sage of Six Paths]] out of the chakra from the [[Ten-Tails]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 256, page 14</ref><ref name="ch467">''Naruto'' chapter 467, pages 14-17</ref> They are differentiated by the number of tails they have, ranging from one to nine.<section end=summary />
   
 
== History ==
According to some, the immense strength that the tailed beasts possess is tempered by their bestial nature, which restricts them from being intelligent enough to use it effectively, thus when the tailed beasts are [[Jinchūriki|sealed within humans]], they are able to benefit from the knowledge of their hosts, giving them the ability to better utilise their powers.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 318, page 11</ref> However, this was proven to be false, as the tailed beasts themselves are in fact sapient individuals with their own personalities and emotions, and because of their power, they were sought out by countless humans throughout the ages, and were usually treated as mere tools to be used or taken, a sentiment they absolutely detest. In addition, they are well aware of their origin and the state of the ninja world.
 
 
[[File:Young Bijuu and Hagoromo.png|thumb|left|The young tailed beasts with the Sage of Six Paths.]]
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Long before the founding of the [[hidden village]]s, the [[Sage of Six Paths]] saved the world by sealing the [[Ten-Tails]] into his body, becoming its [[jinchūriki]]. Some time later, the Sage was inspired by his youngest son, [[Asura]], to use his [[Creation of All Things]] ability to divide the Ten-Tails' [[chakra]] into nine living entities, what would become the tailed beasts.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 510, pages 11-12</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 670</ref> The Sage named the nine and explained to them that a link existed between them despite their separation. He also foretold of a day when they would be brought together again — though not as they were — and that at that time someone would emerge to show them what true power is.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 572, pages 12-13</ref> In the anime, it was shown that before his death, the Sage and his followers built temples in nine different regions of the world where the tailed beasts could live and be protected.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 464</ref> The tailed beasts were originally created not only to prevent the Ten-Tails' resurrection, but also to maintain and balance peace.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 671, page 8</ref> The first person to come close to their original usage was [[Hashirama Senju]], who had captured several of the tailed beasts with his [[Wood Release]], distributed the beasts amongst the new villages in order to stabilise the balance of power between them. However, Hashirama's usage of the tailed beasts were forceful rather than earning their wilful cooperation.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 648, pages 10-12</ref> This method would be realised in Hashirama's successor as Asura's reincarnation, [[Naruto Uzumaki]].
   
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Over the centuries, humanity failed to recognise the tailed beasts as sentient individuals, instead seeing them only as demons, malignant spirits or mindless beasts worthy of fear and disdain. Because of their immense power, the tailed beasts were sought out by humans to be used as weapons in times of war. The beasts resented this treatment and came to hate humans, at times willingly becoming the monsters they were viewed as.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 568, page 13</ref> In order to harness the beasts' power, the villages began sealing them into humans, creating their own jinchūriki.
They also have the ability to [[Tailed Beast Telepathy|communicate telepathically]] with each other and their jinchūriki, and possess several levels of consciousness. There is the initial level where the beast may appear in a habitat of sorts seemingly imprisoned in some way by whatever [[fūinjutsu]] that sealed them.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 496, page 10</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 568, page 10</ref> The second level is where all the tailed beasts can convene, free of any restrictions and communicate with one another. The jinchūriki are also able to enter there, but in order to do so, they must be completely linked with their tailed beasts.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 572, pages 6-7</ref>
 
   
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[[File:FistBump.png|thumb|The tailed beasts sharing their chakra with Naruto.]]
The tailed beasts are also able to freely [[Chakra Transfer Technique|transfer their chakra]] to whomever they choose, and as Kurama has noted, is a less complicated process for them than it is for humans.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 572, page 10</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 609, pages 13-14</ref>
 
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Decades later, after the [[Third Shinobi World War]], an organisation known as [[Akatsuki]] begins capturing the villages' jinchūriki in order to extract their tailed beasts and seal them into the [[Demonic Statue of the Outer Path]] for the purposes of reviving the Ten-Tails. By the time of the [[Fourth Shinobi World War]], Akatsuki has captured the first seven tailed beasts.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 468, page 6</ref> In order to capture the last two, the [[Eight-Tails]] and Nine-Tails, [[Tobi]] seals the beasts back into their [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated]] jinchūriki and forces them to fight the Eight-Tails' and Nine-Tails' jinchūriki: [[Killer B]] and [[Naruto Uzumaki]], respectively. From Naruto's determination to free them from Tobi and his desire to learn their names, the tailed beasts collectively decide that Naruto is the person the Sage of Six Paths foretold of. They give him portions of their chakra, enabling him to release them from Tobi's control.
   
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[[File:Tailed Beast Reunion.png|thumb|left|The tailed beasts reunite with Hagoromo and Naruto.]]
== History ==
 
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Tobi is able to reclaim the freed tailed beasts and, using fragments of the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails' chakra,<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 592, pages 10-11</ref> to prematurely revive the Ten-Tails.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 609, pages 13-17</ref> Tobi then becomes the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, but he is defeated by the [[Allied Shinobi Forces]] and the tailed beasts are removed from his body.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 654, pages 14-15</ref> The nine tailed beasts join forces against Tobi's co-conspirator, [[Madara Uchiha]], but he quickly defeats them all and seals them, including the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, into the Demonic Statue and reforms the Ten-Tails yet again.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 660</ref> Madara becomes the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki and attempts to use [[Infinite Tsukuyomi]] on the world. Naruto uses the tailed beasts' earlier donations of chakra to try and defeat him, but is unable to do so in time. Madara is afterwards unwittingly used to restore [[Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]], who tries to take what portions of the tailed beasts' chakra Naruto still has.
{{See also|Jinchūriki}}
 
[[File:Ten Tails and Sage of Six Paths.png|thumb|left|The Ten-Tails and the Sage of the Six Paths.]]
 
In the beginning of ninja history, centuries before the founding of the ninja villages, there existed a god-like entity known as the [[Ten-Tails]], which plagued the world until the [[Sage of the Six Paths]] defeated and sealed the beast within himself, making him the first [[jinchūriki]]. However, knowing that his death would release the Ten-Tails back into the world, the Sage used his ability, the "[[Creation of All Things]]", to divide its chakra into the nine tailed beasts, before using [[Chibaku Tensei]] to seal its [[Demonic Statue of the Outer Path|body]] in what would become the [[moon]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 467, pages 14-16</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 510, pages 11-12</ref> Some time after being created, the Sage gave each of the young tailed beasts a name and told them that they would always be together, even when separated. He also told them that one day, they would become one entity again with a different name as well as forms than they did at that time; when the time came for them to understand what true power was.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 572, pages 10-11</ref> Despite their close relation to one another, there is a significant amount of friction between them. One such cause was due to Kurama's belief that their strength was determined by their number of tails.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 567, page 10</ref>
 
   
[[File:Kid-bijuus.png|thumb|The nine tailed beasts in their youth.]]
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[[File:Tailed Beast separate from Kaguya.png|thumb|The nine tailed beasts being freed from the Ten-Tails.]]
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In one of [[Kaguya's dimensions]], Naruto and [[Sasuke Uchiha]] [[Six Paths — Chibaku Tensei|seal]] Kaguya away and the tailed beasts are extracted from her body, ending the war. Sasuke, however, realising that the struggle for the tailed beasts started the war in the first place, imprisons them with [[Chibaku Tensei]] and intends to kill them so the world can't fight over them any longer. Naruto convinces him not to in the end and the tailed beasts are finally released for good.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 699</ref> The tailed beasts spread out through the world, free to live as they want; both Gyūki and Kurama decide to return and stay with B and Naruto. However, though they are apart, the tailed beasts' chakra fragments remain within Naruto, allowing his body to act as their "meeting ground".<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 692, pages 6-7</ref>
By the time of the formation of the shinobi villages, [[Hashirama Senju]], the First [[Hokage]], used his [[Wood Release]] techniques to capture and give several tailed beasts to the other shinobi villages as peace treaties, in order to stabilise the balance of power between them.<ref name="ch404"/> However, after Hashirama's death, the villages had trouble containing the beasts themselves and they began to run wild, so the villages instead moved to seal the tailed beasts within humans. In order to ensure that the jinchūriki wouldn't turn traitor, it has been common practice to choose the jinchūriki from the village's [[Kage]] family, such as a sibling or a spouse. The strength of the jinchūriki would then be used to protect the village and be a living display of the Kage's power.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 493, page 14</ref> Throughout history, very few people have ever gained full control over a tailed beast.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 458, page 3</ref> Despite this, some have been able to use the power of the tailed beasts outside of actually becoming true jinchūriki. The legendary [[Gold and Silver Brothers]] became Kurama's pseudo-jinchūriki, as they were once devoured by it, but managed to survive by consuming some of its own normally-deadly flesh, becoming tinged with its chakra.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 527, page 5</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 529, pages 3-4</ref>
 
   
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Fifteen years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, during the investigation of the [[Ōtsutsuki clan]] to find out Kaguya's final fate, two of them began to chase the tailed beasts in order to claim their chakra, starting with Gyūki and Kurama. While [[Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki]] and [[Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki]] were initially successful in steal an amount of the powers of the respective beasts by capturing their jinchūriki, both ended up being killed by being dominated by the combined power and effort of the Five Kage, Sasuke and [[Boruto Uzumaki]].
With the power of the Sharingan, [[Madara Uchiha]] was able to control the [[Nine-Tails]] and use it during his battle with [[Hashirama Senju]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 399, pages 10-11</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 568, page 7</ref> During the battle, however, control of the beast was wrested from him,<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 500, page 5</ref> and he was thought to be defeated at the [[Valley of the End]]. However it was later revealed that he had in fact survived the altercation, and obtained Hashirama's DNA — his true purpose for the encounter.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 561, page 8</ref> Integrating Hashirama's DNA into his wounds,<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 606, page 8</ref> Madara awakened the [[Rinnegan]] shortly before the end of his natural lifespan. With it, he was able to summon the [[Demonic Statue of the Outer Path|vessel]] of the Ten-Tails from the [[moon]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 606, page 14</ref> However, using artificial means to expand his life,<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 602, page 12</ref> Madara was unable to carry out his plan to revive the Ten-Tails. As such he passed on this task to a young Obito Uchiha who had come to share his view on the world after [[Rin Nohara]]'s death.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 606, pages 4-9</ref>
 
   
[[File:Ten-Tails rvived.png|thumb|left|The Ten-Tails is revived.]]
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[[File:Biju_Conference.png|thumb|left|The Tailed beasts in a meeting with Naruto during the threat of the Ōtsutsuki.]]
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Sometime after the defeat of Momoshiki and Kinshiki, when [[Urashiki Ōtsutsuki]] began targeting Shukaku for its chakra, it was deduced he was also interested in all the tailed beasts' chakra. Naruto then organised a telepathic meeting with the other tailed beasts, except for Matatabi, Kokuō, and Chōmei, who each refused to accept aid from humans in fear of being captured and used again by them, despite their trust in Naruto, and thus decided to skip the meeting. With the final defeat of Urashiki, the beasts that were being kept safe presumably returned to be free to go their own way.
With the help of [[Akatsuki]], by the time of the [[Fourth Shinobi World War]], seven of the nine tailed beasts had been sealed into the statue.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 468, page 6</ref> Later, all the beasts were resealed into their respective, [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated]] hosts which had been made into a personalised [[Six Paths of Pain]]. Irked by the slow progress of the plan, Tobi accompanied by the statue entered the battlefield to obtain the [[Benihisago]] and [[Kohaku no Jōhei]] which contained the [[Gold and Silver Brothers]] who were pseudo-jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 536, pages 15-17</ref> Despite not having sealed the Eight and Nine-Tails entirely — only possessing portions of their power, Tobi decided to begin the plan as the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path undergoes a painful regeneration into the Ten-Tails.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 537, pages 12, 15-16</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 592, pages 10-11</ref> When Madara realised that the plan had begun without the Eight and Nine-Tails being absorbed, he attempted to rectify this.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 601, pages 10-11, 16-17</ref> Despite Naruto and Killer B's attempt to destroy the Demonic Statue while in mid-transformation, it is successfully restored into the Ten-Tails, albeit in an incomplete form.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 609, pages 13-17</ref>
 
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== Abilities ==
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[[File:Tailed Beast Balls.png|thumb|The tailed beasts performing their signature technique.]]
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Tailed beasts are widely believed to be bestial in nature, incapable of the intelligence needed to fully utilise their immense strength. It is thought that only when sealed within humans are they able to benefit from the knowledge of their jinchūriki to use their powers effectively.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 318, page 12</ref> Though this is not true of the divided tailed beasts, the Ten-Tails does make more wanton use of its powers, not focusing its abilities to the most advantageous end until sealed into a jinchūriki.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 638, page 13</ref>
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Each of the tailed beasts have their own unique abilities, but they all share the same core attributes: they have massive quantities of powerful chakra — coloured red — far greater than what most [[shinobi]] have, can easily [[Chakra Transfer Technique|transfer]] their chakra to whomever they choose,<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 572, page 10</ref> and can use the [[Tailed Beast Ball]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 519</ref> Because the tailed beasts are pure chakra, they cannot permanently die; if they or their jinchūriki die, their chakra will re-form in time.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 503, pages 14, 17</ref> In addition, if a large portion of a tailed beast's chakra is separated from it, that chakra becomes a separate, sentient copy of a tailed beast.<ref>''Naruto'' chapters 642-643</ref> However, if a tailed beast uses a life sacrificing power up such as [[Baryon Mode]], it will have its physical form destroyed and die. In this case, the death of the tailed beast will not endanger the life of its jinchūriki.<ref>''Boruto'' chapter 55</ref> It is also pointed out that consuming the flesh of a tailed beast is usually deadly for anyone, unless the person is somehow descended from the Sage of Six Paths; in this case, the person will gain [[Pseudo-jinchūriki|abilities similar to a jinchūriki]].<ref>Fourth Databook, page 93</ref>
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Tailed beasts can [[Tailed Beast Telepathy|communicate telepathically]] with one another and their jinchūriki, and possess several levels of consciousness. In the initial level, the beast appears to be in a habitat of sorts, typically imprisoned in some way by whatever [[fūinjutsu]] was used to seal them.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 496, page 10</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 568, page 10</ref> The second level is where all the tailed beasts can convene and communicate with one another, free of any restrictions. Jinchūriki are also able to enter this level, but in order to do so, they must be completely linked with their tailed beasts.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 572, pages 6-7</ref> A freed tailed beast can continue communication with their former jinchūriki, even years after separating.<ref>''Boruto'' episode 55</ref>
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Although only shown with Kurama, a tailed beast will become unconscious if they have lost all of their chakra, by either using it, or having it drained from them.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 698, page 4</ref>
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It has been shown that Tailed Beasts can have more than one conscience or body, as in the Fourth Great Ninja War and onwards, Shukaku to Chōmei are present in the real-world, and Gyūki was inside Killer B, while all eight were inside Naruto as well, where they hold meetings.
   
 
== The Tailed Beasts ==
 
== The Tailed Beasts ==
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The tailed beasts in order of their number of tails:
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== Similar Beasts ==
 
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#[[Kokuō]]
In other ''Naruto'' media, there are beasts that share some similar traits to the tailed beasts but are however not tailed beasts themselves.
 
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#[[Saiken]]
 
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#[[Chōmei]]
* In ''[[Naruto Shippūden 2: Bonds]]'', it features a creature called the [[Zero-Tails]]. Despite having a numerical tail name, it is not an actual tailed beast and it has characteristics that are quite different from them.
 
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#[[Gyūki]]
* In ''[[Naruto Shippūden: Dragon Blade Chronicles]]'', there are five dragons known as the [[Genryū]], each possessing one of the five chakra natures. If all the Genryū are combined, they become the Light Dragon.
 
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#[[Kurama]]
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== Similar Cases ==
 
* In ''[[Naruto Shippūden the Movie: Bonds]]'', the [[Zero-Tails]], despite having a numerical tail name and being referred to as a tailed beast in the movie, it is not an actual tailed beast as it has characteristics that are quite different from them.
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* In ''[[Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison]]'', there is a [[Wikipedia:Yōkai|yōkai]] called [[Satori]] that resides within the [[Box of Ultimate Bliss]].
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* In ''[[Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie]]'', Kurama has a [[Genjutsu World]] counterpart called the [[Black Nine-Tails]], who is sealed within the body of Naruto's alternate self, [[Menma Uzumaki]]. Menma creates and controls living entities composed of its chakra known as the [[Nine Masked Beasts]].
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* In ''[[Naruto Jinraiden: The Day the Wolf Howled]]'', there is a legendary beast named [[Rōen]]. Though similar in size and power to a tailed beast, Rōen is merely an animal, driven by instinct instead of intellect.
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* In ''[[Naruto Shippūden: Ninja Destiny 3]]'', there are three {{translation|''masked beasts''|仮面獣|kamenjū}} featured in the game (like Matatabi and Isobu that have been featured in the game) that can be fought via ''Beast Battle Mode''.
 
* In ''[[Naruto Shippūden: Dragon Blade Chronicles]]'', there are five giant dragons known as the [[Genryū]], each possessing one of the five chakra natures. If all the Genryū are combined, they become the Light Genryū.
 
* In ''[[Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive]]'', there is the [[Three-Headed Guardian Beast]], guardian of [[Yumegakure]] which, like the tailed beasts, is a living form of chakra.
 
* In ''[[Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive]]'', there is the [[Three-Headed Guardian Beast]], guardian of [[Yumegakure]] which, like the tailed beasts, is a living form of chakra.
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* In ''[[Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution]]'' (and two [[The Directive to Take the Nine-Tails|anime]] [[Naruto vs. Mecha-Naruto|only]] episodes), there is a [[Mecha-Kurama]], a mechanised version of Kurama.
* In ''[[Naruto 6: Road to Ninja]]'', [[Menma (movie)|Menma]] creates nine masked entities known as the [[Nine Masked Beasts]], composed of chakra from Kurama's [[Genjutsu World]] counterpart, the Black Nine-Tails. Their true forms are actually nine small masked fox kits.
 
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* In ''[[Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2]]'', the [[Shirogane clan]]s' [[Master Puppet]]'s chakra is said to be comparable to that of a tailed beast.
   
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
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* Shukaku, Matatabi, Gyūki, and Kurama are based on popular animal [[wikipedia:Yōkai|yōkai]] from Japanese myth ([[wikipedia:Tanuki|tanuki]], [[wikipedia:Nekomata|nekomata]], [[wikipedia:Ushi-oni|ushi-oni]], and [[wikipedia:Kitsune|kitsune]] respectively). The others are original creations by [[Masashi Kishimoto]], mixing together various elements from certain species of animals.
* In the manga, before [[Taka]] began working with Akatsuki, Akatsuki was said to have seven tailed beasts. In the anime, when Taka is sent to capture Gyūki, the group has only six, the seventh missing beast being Saiken to make room for an additional anime-only arc.
 
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** Kurama even likens the true nature of tailed beasts to that of [[wikipedia:Yōkai|yōkai]].<ref>''Boruto'' episode 201</ref>
* Several non-jinchūriki shinobi, such as [[Kisame Hoshigaki]] and the [[Fourth Raikage]], have been said to hold chakra levels comparable to that of a tailed beast. In fact, the former has been given the moniker of {{translation|''Tailed Beast without a Tail''|尾を持たない尾獣|O o Motanai Bijū|engtv=Tailless Tailed Beast}}.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 463, page 8</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 468, page 9</ref>
 
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* Shukaku is the only tailed beast that hasn't been shown giving its jinchūriki the characteristic red chakra-shrouds ([[Version 1]] or [[Version 2]] forms). This is presumably because Shukaku appeared early in the story when Kishimoto have not yet defined the specific abilities that all the tailed beasts share.
* [[Madara]] has claimed that the power of his [[Susanoo]] is comparable to that of a tailed beast.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 589, page 7</ref>
 
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* While most of the tailed beasts have conventional tails, Chōmei and Gyūki differ; Chōmei has one regular tail and six wings that make up its seven tails, while Gyūki has eight cephalopod limbs that serve as tails.
* Among the tailed beasts, only Kurama has been shown to be subject to the [[Summoning Technique]].
 
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* Shukaku and Matatabi are the only tailed beasts made from an inorganic material. Strangely, both were also believed to be a {{translation|[[:wikipedia:en:Ikiryō|living ghost]]|生霊|ikiryō}}. Jiraiya has described tailed beasts collectively as {{translation|"ghosts" or "apparitions"|妖魔|yōma}}.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 143, page 7</ref>
* The concept of a pseudo-jinchūriki was explored in an anime-exclusive arc, in which [[Sora]] was revealed to have had residual chakra from Kurama, collected after it rampaged Konoha, sealed into him. This happened before the introduction of the concept in the manga.
 
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* Despite having names, the tailed beasts do not generally use them, either for themselves or for each other, instead referring to each other by how many tails they have. Son Gokū is the only consistent exception, taking offence to the monikers.
* A Kumogakure ninja once attempted to replicate the Gold and Silver Brothers' stunt with tentacle meat from Gyūki, but died instead. The brothers' success was attributed to a possible distant relationship with the Sage of the Six Paths.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 529, page 4</ref>
 
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** Shukaku also refers to itself only by its name, however it doesn't bother to be called the One-Tail.
* In the anime, the [[Four Celestial Symbols Men]] were also able to siphon Shukaku's power in order to revive their leader, [[Seimei]].
 
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* There have been cases that both the tailed beasts and their jinchūriki are affected to a certain degree during a full [[moon]]:
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** According to [[Gaara]], Shukaku's blood-lust is especially strong during a full moon.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 91, page 19</ref>
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** In the anime, [[Blue B]], during his time as Gyūki's jinchūriki, noted that he would have trouble sleeping during the nights of the full moon, because anytime he would stare at it, it would reflect the loneliness in his heart. Gyūki would take advantage of those moments of weakness and try to gain control over Blue B's body. Blue B was also shown to take sleeping pills to help with this side-effect.<ref>''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 318</ref>
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* Several non-jinchūriki shinobi have been said to hold chakra levels or strength comparable to that of a tailed beast. Such individuals include [[Madara Uchiha]],<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 589, page 7</ref> [[Hashirama Senju]], the [[Third Raikage]], the [[Fourth Raikage]], and most notably, also dubbed 'The Tailed Beast without a Tail', [[Kisame Hoshigaki]]. <ref>''Naruto'' chapter 468, page 9</ref>
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*The Madara Uchiha's [[Susanoo|Complete Body — Susanoo]] and Hashirama's [[Wood Release: Wood Human Technique]] are said to have destructive powers that rivalled the tailed beasts.<ref>Fourth Databook, page 299</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 641, page 5</ref>
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* In the anime, the six tailed beasts that were used by [[Tobi]] shared a Japanese voice actor with one of each other's respective jinchūriki.
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* How the tailed beasts speak has been depicted inconsistently throughout the series, where sometimes their mouths move with their words and sometimes they don't.
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* Due to the death of its [[Rin Nohara|jinchūriki]], Isobu is the first known tailed beast to have "died" and revived.
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* Years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, [[Konohagakure]] and [[Sunagakure]] make stuffed toys of Kurama and Shukaku, respectively. For Parent and Child Day, a limited-edition Kurama doll was offered, and toy stores in Konoha imported Shukaku dolls to sell for the holiday.<ref>[[Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child Day]]</ref> In the anime, chibi-style masks of several of the tailed beasts were also on sale.<ref>''Boruto'' episode 95</ref>
   
 
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The nine tailed beasts and their most recent Jinchūriki.

The tailed beasts (尾獣, bijū), sometimes referred to as "Chakra Monsters" (チャクラのバケモノ, Chakura no Bakemono),[1] are the nine titanic living forms of chakra created by the Sage of Six Paths out of the chakra from the Ten-Tails.[2][3] They are differentiated by the number of tails they have, ranging from one to nine.

History

Young Bijuu and Hagoromo

The young tailed beasts with the Sage of Six Paths.

Long before the founding of the hidden villages, the Sage of Six Paths saved the world by sealing the Ten-Tails into his body, becoming its jinchūriki. Some time later, the Sage was inspired by his youngest son, Asura, to use his Creation of All Things ability to divide the Ten-Tails' chakra into nine living entities, what would become the tailed beasts.[4][5] The Sage named the nine and explained to them that a link existed between them despite their separation. He also foretold of a day when they would be brought together again — though not as they were — and that at that time someone would emerge to show them what true power is.[6] In the anime, it was shown that before his death, the Sage and his followers built temples in nine different regions of the world where the tailed beasts could live and be protected.[7] The tailed beasts were originally created not only to prevent the Ten-Tails' resurrection, but also to maintain and balance peace.[8] The first person to come close to their original usage was Hashirama Senju, who had captured several of the tailed beasts with his Wood Release, distributed the beasts amongst the new villages in order to stabilise the balance of power between them. However, Hashirama's usage of the tailed beasts were forceful rather than earning their wilful cooperation.[9] This method would be realised in Hashirama's successor as Asura's reincarnation, Naruto Uzumaki.

Over the centuries, humanity failed to recognise the tailed beasts as sentient individuals, instead seeing them only as demons, malignant spirits or mindless beasts worthy of fear and disdain. Because of their immense power, the tailed beasts were sought out by humans to be used as weapons in times of war. The beasts resented this treatment and came to hate humans, at times willingly becoming the monsters they were viewed as.[10] In order to harness the beasts' power, the villages began sealing them into humans, creating their own jinchūriki.

FistBump

The tailed beasts sharing their chakra with Naruto.

Decades later, after the Third Shinobi World War, an organisation known as Akatsuki begins capturing the villages' jinchūriki in order to extract their tailed beasts and seal them into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path for the purposes of reviving the Ten-Tails. By the time of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Akatsuki has captured the first seven tailed beasts.[11] In order to capture the last two, the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, Tobi seals the beasts back into their reincarnated jinchūriki and forces them to fight the Eight-Tails' and Nine-Tails' jinchūriki: Killer B and Naruto Uzumaki, respectively. From Naruto's determination to free them from Tobi and his desire to learn their names, the tailed beasts collectively decide that Naruto is the person the Sage of Six Paths foretold of. They give him portions of their chakra, enabling him to release them from Tobi's control.

Tailed Beast Reunion

The tailed beasts reunite with Hagoromo and Naruto.

Tobi is able to reclaim the freed tailed beasts and, using fragments of the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails' chakra,[12] to prematurely revive the Ten-Tails.[13] Tobi then becomes the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki, but he is defeated by the Allied Shinobi Forces and the tailed beasts are removed from his body.[14] The nine tailed beasts join forces against Tobi's co-conspirator, Madara Uchiha, but he quickly defeats them all and seals them, including the Eight-Tails and Nine-Tails, into the Demonic Statue and reforms the Ten-Tails yet again.[15] Madara becomes the Ten-Tails' jinchūriki and attempts to use Infinite Tsukuyomi on the world. Naruto uses the tailed beasts' earlier donations of chakra to try and defeat him, but is unable to do so in time. Madara is afterwards unwittingly used to restore Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, who tries to take what portions of the tailed beasts' chakra Naruto still has.

Tailed Beast separate from Kaguya

The nine tailed beasts being freed from the Ten-Tails.

In one of Kaguya's dimensions, Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha seal Kaguya away and the tailed beasts are extracted from her body, ending the war. Sasuke, however, realising that the struggle for the tailed beasts started the war in the first place, imprisons them with Chibaku Tensei and intends to kill them so the world can't fight over them any longer. Naruto convinces him not to in the end and the tailed beasts are finally released for good.[16] The tailed beasts spread out through the world, free to live as they want; both Gyūki and Kurama decide to return and stay with B and Naruto. However, though they are apart, the tailed beasts' chakra fragments remain within Naruto, allowing his body to act as their "meeting ground".[17]

Fifteen years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, during the investigation of the Ōtsutsuki clan to find out Kaguya's final fate, two of them began to chase the tailed beasts in order to claim their chakra, starting with Gyūki and Kurama. While Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki and Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki were initially successful in steal an amount of the powers of the respective beasts by capturing their jinchūriki, both ended up being killed by being dominated by the combined power and effort of the Five Kage, Sasuke and Boruto Uzumaki.

Biju Conference

The Tailed beasts in a meeting with Naruto during the threat of the Ōtsutsuki.

Sometime after the defeat of Momoshiki and Kinshiki, when Urashiki Ōtsutsuki began targeting Shukaku for its chakra, it was deduced he was also interested in all the tailed beasts' chakra. Naruto then organised a telepathic meeting with the other tailed beasts, except for Matatabi, Kokuō, and Chōmei, who each refused to accept aid from humans in fear of being captured and used again by them, despite their trust in Naruto, and thus decided to skip the meeting. With the final defeat of Urashiki, the beasts that were being kept safe presumably returned to be free to go their own way.

Abilities

Tailed Beast Balls

The tailed beasts performing their signature technique.

Tailed beasts are widely believed to be bestial in nature, incapable of the intelligence needed to fully utilise their immense strength. It is thought that only when sealed within humans are they able to benefit from the knowledge of their jinchūriki to use their powers effectively.[18] Though this is not true of the divided tailed beasts, the Ten-Tails does make more wanton use of its powers, not focusing its abilities to the most advantageous end until sealed into a jinchūriki.[19]

Each of the tailed beasts have their own unique abilities, but they all share the same core attributes: they have massive quantities of powerful chakra — coloured red — far greater than what most shinobi have, can easily transfer their chakra to whomever they choose,[20] and can use the Tailed Beast Ball.[21] Because the tailed beasts are pure chakra, they cannot permanently die; if they or their jinchūriki die, their chakra will re-form in time.[22] In addition, if a large portion of a tailed beast's chakra is separated from it, that chakra becomes a separate, sentient copy of a tailed beast.[23] However, if a tailed beast uses a life sacrificing power up such as Baryon Mode, it will have its physical form destroyed and die. In this case, the death of the tailed beast will not endanger the life of its jinchūriki.[24] It is also pointed out that consuming the flesh of a tailed beast is usually deadly for anyone, unless the person is somehow descended from the Sage of Six Paths; in this case, the person will gain abilities similar to a jinchūriki.[25]

Tailed beasts can communicate telepathically with one another and their jinchūriki, and possess several levels of consciousness. In the initial level, the beast appears to be in a habitat of sorts, typically imprisoned in some way by whatever fūinjutsu was used to seal them.[26][27] The second level is where all the tailed beasts can convene and communicate with one another, free of any restrictions. Jinchūriki are also able to enter this level, but in order to do so, they must be completely linked with their tailed beasts.[28] A freed tailed beast can continue communication with their former jinchūriki, even years after separating.[29]

Although only shown with Kurama, a tailed beast will become unconscious if they have lost all of their chakra, by either using it, or having it drained from them.[30]

It has been shown that Tailed Beasts can have more than one conscience or body, as in the Fourth Great Ninja War and onwards, Shukaku to Chōmei are present in the real-world, and Gyūki was inside Killer B, while all eight were inside Naruto as well, where they hold meetings.

The Tailed Beasts

The tailed beasts in order of their number of tails:

  1. Shukaku
  2. Matatabi
  3. Isobu
  4. Son Gokū
  5. Kokuō
  6. Saiken
  7. Chōmei
  8. Gyūki
  9. Kurama
  10. Ten-Tails

Similar Cases

Trivia

  • Shukaku, Matatabi, Gyūki, and Kurama are based on popular animal yōkai from Japanese myth (tanuki, nekomata, ushi-oni, and kitsune respectively). The others are original creations by Masashi Kishimoto, mixing together various elements from certain species of animals.
    • Kurama even likens the true nature of tailed beasts to that of yōkai.[31]
  • Shukaku is the only tailed beast that hasn't been shown giving its jinchūriki the characteristic red chakra-shrouds (Version 1 or Version 2 forms). This is presumably because Shukaku appeared early in the story when Kishimoto have not yet defined the specific abilities that all the tailed beasts share.
  • While most of the tailed beasts have conventional tails, Chōmei and Gyūki differ; Chōmei has one regular tail and six wings that make up its seven tails, while Gyūki has eight cephalopod limbs that serve as tails.
  • Shukaku and Matatabi are the only tailed beasts made from an inorganic material. Strangely, both were also believed to be a living ghost (生霊, ikiryō). Jiraiya has described tailed beasts collectively as "ghosts" or "apparitions" (妖魔, yōma).[32]
  • Despite having names, the tailed beasts do not generally use them, either for themselves or for each other, instead referring to each other by how many tails they have. Son Gokū is the only consistent exception, taking offence to the monikers.
    • Shukaku also refers to itself only by its name, however it doesn't bother to be called the One-Tail.
  • There have been cases that both the tailed beasts and their jinchūriki are affected to a certain degree during a full moon:
    • According to Gaara, Shukaku's blood-lust is especially strong during a full moon.[33]
    • In the anime, Blue B, during his time as Gyūki's jinchūriki, noted that he would have trouble sleeping during the nights of the full moon, because anytime he would stare at it, it would reflect the loneliness in his heart. Gyūki would take advantage of those moments of weakness and try to gain control over Blue B's body. Blue B was also shown to take sleeping pills to help with this side-effect.[34]
  • Several non-jinchūriki shinobi have been said to hold chakra levels or strength comparable to that of a tailed beast. Such individuals include Madara Uchiha,[35] Hashirama Senju, the Third Raikage, the Fourth Raikage, and most notably, also dubbed 'The Tailed Beast without a Tail', Kisame Hoshigaki. [36]
  • The Madara Uchiha's Complete Body — Susanoo and Hashirama's Wood Release: Wood Human Technique are said to have destructive powers that rivalled the tailed beasts.[37][38]
  • In the anime, the six tailed beasts that were used by Tobi shared a Japanese voice actor with one of each other's respective jinchūriki.
  • How the tailed beasts speak has been depicted inconsistently throughout the series, where sometimes their mouths move with their words and sometimes they don't.
  • Due to the death of its jinchūriki, Isobu is the first known tailed beast to have "died" and revived.
  • Years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, Konohagakure and Sunagakure make stuffed toys of Kurama and Shukaku, respectively. For Parent and Child Day, a limited-edition Kurama doll was offered, and toy stores in Konoha imported Shukaku dolls to sell for the holiday.[39] In the anime, chibi-style masks of several of the tailed beasts were also on sale.[40]

References

  1. Naruto chapter 404, page 14
  2. Naruto chapter 256, page 14
  3. Naruto chapter 467, pages 14-17
  4. Naruto chapter 510, pages 11-12
  5. Naruto chapter 670
  6. Naruto chapter 572, pages 12-13
  7. Naruto: Shippūden episode 464
  8. Naruto chapter 671, page 8
  9. Naruto chapter 648, pages 10-12
  10. Naruto chapter 568, page 13
  11. Naruto chapter 468, page 6
  12. Naruto chapter 592, pages 10-11
  13. Naruto chapter 609, pages 13-17
  14. Naruto chapter 654, pages 14-15
  15. Naruto chapter 660
  16. Naruto chapter 699
  17. Naruto chapter 692, pages 6-7
  18. Naruto chapter 318, page 12
  19. Naruto chapter 638, page 13
  20. Naruto chapter 572, page 10
  21. Naruto chapter 519
  22. Naruto chapter 503, pages 14, 17
  23. Naruto chapters 642-643
  24. Boruto chapter 55
  25. Fourth Databook, page 93
  26. Naruto chapter 496, page 10
  27. Naruto chapter 568, page 10
  28. Naruto chapter 572, pages 6-7
  29. Boruto episode 55
  30. Naruto chapter 698, page 4
  31. Boruto episode 201
  32. Naruto chapter 143, page 7
  33. Naruto chapter 91, page 19
  34. Naruto: Shippūden episode 318
  35. Naruto chapter 589, page 7
  36. Naruto chapter 468, page 9
  37. Fourth Databook, page 299
  38. Naruto chapter 641, page 5
  39. Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child Day
  40. Boruto episode 95