Changes: Team Minato

Team Minato
	Team Minato (ミナト班, Minato-Han) Kakashi Regiment (カカシ隊, Kakashi-Tai);
Debut
Manga	Naruto Chapter #239
Anime	Naruto Shippūden Episode #119
Movie	Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Will of Fire
Game	Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3
OVA	Naruto Shippūden: UNSG anime cutscenes
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Game, Movie
Team Info
Leaders	Minato Namikaze ; Kakashi Hatake ;
Members	Rin Nohara ; Obito Uchiha ;
Affiliations	Konohagakure; ;
Team Jutsu
	Student and Teacher: Rasengan (Anime only);

Revision as of 23:02, 18 February 2016

Team Minato was a team led by Minato Namikaze and composed of Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin Nohara.

History

In the anime, Minato gave his students the bell test after the team's formation in order to test their abilities. The team later participated in a Chūnin Exams held in Konoha, but only Kakashi was successfully promoted to chūnin at that time.

During the Third Shinobi World War, Team Minato was assigned to destroy the Kannabi Bridge in Kusagakure in order to cut off Iwagakure's supply line in its war with Konoha. Kakashi, recently promoted to jōnin, was given leadership of the mission while Minato assisted the war effort elsewhere. Rin was captured by Iwa-nin during the course of the mission and Kakashi and Obito successfully rescued her. However, their escape was impeded by a cave-in and Obito's body was crushed by the falling boulders, rendering him unable to move. With other Iwa forces approaching, Obito gave his left Sharingan to Kakashi as a gift and then bade him to escape with Rin. They did so and Minato arrived in time to help fight off the Iwa-nin, but it was too late for them to save Obito. Minato helped them destroy the bridge before they returned to Konoha to mourn his loss.

During another mission during the War - one where Minato was again away from his students - Rin was kidnapped by Kirigakure and made the jinchūriki of the Three-Tails so that she could be used to destroy Konoha after she was inevitably rescued. When Kakashi finally did rescue her, she informed him of this and tried to convince him to kill her in order to protect the village. Kakashi refused and focused instead on fighting off the pursuing Kiri forces. Rin leapt in front of him during one of these attacks, causing her to die by Kakashi's Chidori. Kakashi passed out from the ordeal and the remaining Kiri forces were all ultimately slaughtered by the watching and still-living Obito, who had watched Rin die at Kakashi's hand.

Minato stops Kakashi — The remaining members of Team Minato during the Fourth Shinobi World War.

With Rin dead, Obito reportedly sharing the same fate, Minato becoming Hokage (and later dying himself), and Kakashi at some point entering the Anbu, Team Minato ceased to be. In the years that follow, Obito becomes determined to reform the team under happier circumstances using the Infinite Tsukuyomi, a determination that leads to the Fourth Shinobi World War. He has a change of heart towards the end of the War, but Team Minato is still reborn in a sense, with Obito, Kakashi, and a reincarnated Minato joining forces to save the world from Madara Uchiha and later Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. Obito, upon his actual death, even meets with Rin before he enters the Pure Land, and from her words of encouragement Obito's spirit briefly returns to the living plane to render assistance to Kakashi one final time.

Trivia

The team makes a cameo before their actual introduction in chapter 122 and Naruto episode 72 during a flashback of the Third Hokage, and on the cover of chapter 16.
Kakashi noted many times that the current team he looks after shares similar dynamics to his childhood group due to the fact that Naruto and Obito both wished to become Hokage while both Kakashi and Naruto had a long-standing rivalry with Obito and Sasuke as well. The resemblance is furthered with a photograph of Team Minato being nearly identical to the photograph of Team 7.
Kakashi Hatake is the only member of this team to have never become a jinchūriki.

References

↑ Naruto Shippūden episode 416
↑ Chapter 239, page 13

[1] Naruto Shippūden episode 416

[2] Chapter 239, page 13

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-'''Team Minato''' was a team that was headed by the future Fourth Hokage, [[Minato Namikaze]] with [[Kakashi Hatake]], [[Obito Uchiha]] and [[Rin Nohara]] being the members of the team.
+'''Team Minato''' was a team led by [[Minato Namikaze]] and composed of  [[Kakashi Hatake]], [[Obito Uchiha]], and [[Rin Nohara]].
 == History ==
+In the anime, Minato gave his students the [[bell test]] after the team's formation in order to test their abilities. The team later participated in a [[Chūnin Exams]] held in [[Konoha]], but only Kakashi was successfully promoted to [[chūnin]] at that time.
-In the [[Kakashi Gaiden]], which was set during the [[Third Shinobi World War]], the team went to [[Kusagakure]] to destroy [[Kannabi Bridge]] to cut off supplies for [[Iwagakure]] ninja. While Minato was away at a different mission, Rin was captured by Iwagakure ninja during the mission. Kakashi and Obito rescued her but Obito was crushed by a [[Earth Release: Rock Lodging Destruction|cave-in]] caused by the Iwa-nin [[Kakkō]]. Obito gave Kakashi the [[Sharingan]] from his left eye and told Rin and Kakashi to flee, before the [[Earth Release: Tearing Earth Turning Palm|second cave-in]] seemingly killed him with both Rin and Kakashi escaping to safety while being left grief-stricken by Obito's death.
+During the [[Third Shinobi World War]], Team Minato was assigned to destroy the [[Kannabi Bridge]] in [[Kusagakure]] in order to cut off [[Iwagakure]]'s supply line in its war with Konoha. Kakashi, recently promoted to [[jōnin]], was given leadership of the mission while Minato assisted the war effort elsewhere. Rin was captured by Iwa-nin during the course of the mission and Kakashi and Obito successfully rescued her. However, their escape was impeded by a [[Earth Release: Rock Lodging Destruction|cave-in]] and Obito's body was crushed by the falling boulders, rendering him unable to move. With other Iwa forces approaching, Obito gave his left [[Sharingan]] to Kakashi as a gift and then bade him to escape with Rin. They did so and Minato arrived in time to help fight off the Iwa-nin, but it was too late for them to save Obito. Minato helped them destroy the bridge before they returned to Konoha to mourn his loss.
-In reality, however, Obito managed to survive, having been saved by an elderly [[Madara Uchiha]] to whom he was grateful. Obito began a very lengthy process of rehabilitation with the single-minded determination of returning home to his village and help his comrades, despite Madara telling Obito that the injuries Obito had sustained in the cave-in would ultimately ensure that Obito would never become a fully-fledged shinobi ever again.
+During another mission during the War - one where Minato was again away from his students - Rin was kidnapped by [[Kirigakure]] and made the [[jinchūriki]] of the [[Three-Tails]] so that she could be used to destroy Konoha after she was inevitably rescued. When Kakashi finally did rescue her, she informed him of this and tried to convince him to kill her in order to protect the village. Kakashi refused and focused instead on fighting off the pursuing Kiri forces. Rin leapt in front of him during one of these attacks, causing her to die by Kakashi's [[Chidori]]. Kakashi passed out from the ordeal and the remaining Kiri forces were all ultimately slaughtered by the watching and still-living Obito, who had watched Rin die at Kakashi's hand.
-Some time later, under Madara's secret orders, Rin was captured and made the host of the [[Three-Tails]] with Kakashi eventually saving her, Minato once again away at another mission. Knowing of her true purpose yet unable to kill herself, Rin, desperate to save Konoha from being destroyed at the hands of the Three-Tails opted to commit suicide which she achieved by impaling herself one of Kakashi's Chidori attack which was originally intended to strike a ninja from the Blood of the Mist.
-This ultimately cost Rin her life and she used her last ounce of strength to whisper Kakashi's name before dying seconds later. This left Kakashi devastated and the Blood Mist ninjas annoyed that their scheme had failed while in the background, Obito who had witnessed Rin dying at Kakashi's hand was in a state of disbelief and horror.
-While Kakashi passed out a few seconds later due to exhaustion, Obito, unable to cope snapped and in a state where he was consumed by nothing but grief, anger and the strong, almost overwhelming need for revenge, responded by going on a rampage where he brutally and mercilessly slaughtered all the Blood Mist ninja on sight with the events later turning Obito into a disillusioned shell who soon became fanatical on creating a "''World of Dreams''".
-About one year later, Minato would sacrifice his own life to seal away the [[Nine-Tailed Demon Fox]], who was released on Konoha by an Obito who hid his identity under a mask and change of voice. After Minato's death, Kakashi believed for a long time that he was the sole survivor of Team Minato.
 [[File:Minato stops Kakashi.png|thumb|right|The remaining members of Team Minato during the Fourth Shinobi World War.]]
+With Rin dead, Obito reportedly sharing the same fate, Minato becoming [[Hokage]] (and later [[Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha|dying]] [[Dead Demon Consuming Seal|himself]]), and Kakashi at some point entering the [[Anbu]], Team Minato ceased to be. In the years that follow, Obito becomes determined to reform the team under happier circumstances using the [[Infinite Tsukuyomi]], a determination that leads to the [[Fourth Shinobi World War]]. He has a change of heart towards the end of the War, but Team Minato is still reborn in a sense, with Obito, Kakashi, and a [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated]] Minato joining forces to save the world from [[Madara Uchiha]] and later [[Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]]. Obito, upon his actual death, even meets with Rin before he enters the [[Pure Land]], and from her words of encouragement Obito's spirit briefly returns to the living plane to render assistance to Kakashi one final time.
-However, during [[Fourth Shinobi World War]], Kakashi was left stunned when he and everyone else discovered the mysterious "Tobi" was actually Obito in disguise. After being [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated]] by [[Orochimaru]], Minato arrived at the battlefield and soon learned the truth that his former student had been alive the whole time while realising his student's role in the [[Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha]] with Minato regretting what had happened, silently stating that if he'd realised that the masked man was Obito, then things would have been different.
-When Obito, the [[Ten-Tails]]' [[jinchūriki]] was defeated, Minato managed to stop Kakashi, who only wanted to take the finishing blow, from killing his other student. The three then talked about the past, their regrets over Rin's death and how everything had turned out. Near the conclusion of the war, Obito sacrificed himself to save Naruto from a killing blow much to everyone's horror and shock. Using his [[Kamui]] and some of the Six Paths' power he stole from Madara, Obito's soul returned and temporarily merged itself into Kakashi, letting the jōnin use his powers his powers to help [[Team 7]] defeat [[Kaguya Ōtsutsuki]]. Upon the war's conclusion, both Minato and Obito's souls moved on to the [[Pure Land]], officially leaving Kakashi as the team's sole survivor.
 == Trivia ==
 * The team makes a cameo before their actual introduction in [[The Inherited Will!!|chapter 122]] and [[A Mistake from the Past: A Face Revealed!|''Naruto'' episode 72]] during a flashback of the [[Third Hokage]], and on the cover of [[Who are You?!|chapter 16]].
-* Kakashi noted many times that the [[Team Kakashi|current team]] he looks after shares similar dynamics to his childhood group due to the fact that Naruto and Obito both wished to become Hokage while both Kakashi and Naruto had a long-standing rivalry with Obito and Sasuke as well. The resemblance is furthered with a photograph of Team Minato being nearly identical to the photograph of Team 7.
+* Kakashi noted many times that [[Team Kakashi|the current team]] he looks after shares similar dynamics to his childhood group due to the fact that Naruto and Obito both wished to become Hokage while both Kakashi and Naruto had a long-standing rivalry with Obito and Sasuke as well. The resemblance is furthered with a photograph of Team Minato being nearly identical to the photograph of Team 7.
+* Kakashi Hatake is the only member of this team to have never become a [[jinchūriki]].
 == References ==