editTenten[1][2][3]
(テンテン, Tenten)
Debut
Manga	Chapter #36
Anime	Naruto Episode #21
Movie	Naruto: Shippūden the Movie
Video Game	Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2
OVA	Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival!
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Game and Movie
Voice Actors
English	Danielle Judovits
Japanese	Yukari Tamura
Personal
Birthdate	March 9
Gender	Female
Age	Part I: 13-14 Part II: 17
Height	Part I: 154.3 cm1.543 m 5.062 ft 60.748 in-155.6 cm1.556 m 5.105 ft 61.26 in Part II: 164 cm1.64 m 5.381 ft 64.567 in
Weight	Part I: 42.2 kg93.035 lb-43.1 kg95.019 lb Part II: 47.3 kg104.279 lb
Blood type	B
Affiliation	Konohagakure
Team	Team Guy Konoha 11 (Anime only) Team Two (Anime only) First Division
Rank
Ninja Rank	Part I: Genin Part II: Chūnin
Ninja Registration	012573
Academy Grad. Age	12
Chūnin Prom. Age	15
Jutsu Dynamic Entry (Anime only) Exploding Dragon Strike (Anime only) Generic Sealing Technique Manipulated Tools: Heavenly Chain of Destruction (Anime only) Summoning: Iron Protection Wall (Anime only) Twin Rising Dragons (Anime only)
Tools Bashōsen (Manga only) Bō Bow & Arrow Chain Wind Staff (Anime only) Club Crossbow Dagger Exploding Sphere Flail Fūma Shuriken Injection Shot (Anime only) Jidanda (Anime only) Jōhyō (Anime only) Kama Kusari Kusarigama Manriki-gusari Metal Doll (Anime only) Nunchaku Senbon Spear (Anime only) Sword Tantō Tekagi-shuko Tekko Three-Section Staff Tonfa (Anime only) Whip Wire Strings

Tenten (テンテン, Tenten) is one of the main supporting characters of the series. She is a chūnin-level kunoichi of Konohagakure and member of Team Guy.

Contents 1 Background 2 Personality 3 Appearance 4 Abilities 4.1 Weapon Specialist 4.2 Other Skills 4.3 Stats 5 Part I 5.1 Chūnin Exam Arc 5.2 Invasion of Konoha Arc 5.3 Pre-Shippūden Filler Arcs 6 Part II 6.1 Kazekage Rescue Arc 6.2 Hidan and Kakuzu Arc 6.3 Three-Tails Arc 6.4 Invasion of Pain Arc 6.5 Konoha History Arc 6.6 Five Kage Summit Arc 6.7 Adventures at Sea Arc 6.8 Shinobi World War Arc 7 Movies 7.1 Naruto: Shippūden the Movie 7.2 Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire 8 Video Games 9 Trivia 10 Quotes 11 References

Background Edit

In the anime where her background is expanded on, it is revealed that when she joined Team Guy, she shared with the others her goal to become like Tsunade, one of the Sannin. It was during this time of trial and failure at becoming a medical-nin and more like Tsunade that she discovered her talent for fūinjutsu and thus developed her unique fighting style.

Personality Edit

Tenten strongly believes that female shinobi can be as strong as male shinobi. During the Chūnin Exams, Neji suggests that kunoichi aren't good at taijutsu, but Tenten reprimands him, explaining that girls are just as good as boys when it comes to taijutsu. Tenten's personal dream is to become as powerful and well noted female ninja as Tsunade. She can be quite fierce sometimes, especially with Lee, violently shaking him whenever he is left unconscious, Naruto also describes her personality as fierce and scary. Tenten also has shown a strong distaste for weakness or being overly dependent on other people. Despite this, she is not above showing a softer side when it comes to her team-mates. She holds great respect for her team-mate, Neji, and often helps him train. Tenten has also shown a feminine side, giggling and commenting to herself that Sasuke is cute when he refused to state his age to Neji. She's observant, witty, analytical, intelligent, and perceptive. Tenten also has a naturally inquisitive nature and doesn't like to be kept out of things, as seen from her reactions toward Naruto and Lee in the anime. Unlike her team-mates, Tenten is more easy-going and doesn't enjoy having to run for whole days without a break. When Guy and Lee enthusiastically vowed to get to the Sunagakure in half a day, she and Neji reprimanded them, saying that it would take three days no matter what. Tenten enjoys days-off from missions so she can finally relax, and for obvious reasons, considering her team-mates. Tenten has comforted friends who are having a hard time, such as Ino, who cried when they decided on killing Sasuke. Kiba yelled at Ino, but Tenten defended her.

Appearance Edit

Tenten has brown eyes and dark brown hair, which she wears in Chinese-style buns on either side of her head. In the anime, both her eyes and hair are depicted as being shades of brown. Her forehead protector is worn around her head underneath her fringe. In Part I, Tenten wears a pink sleeveless blouse and dark green pants. Her appearance is a reference to the Chinese culture.

In the manga, during her first appearance her blouse was blue instead of pink which in later chapters, changed to her common Part I outfit. Her scrolls have also changed colour from red and yellow to green and yellow. During the Chūnin Exams, Tenten is seen wearing this dark blue blouse and red pants while helping Neji to train for the finals and also during Naruto and Neji's match. In the episode of the Konoha Annual Sports Festival, she is also seen wearing the same blue blouse, which is longer compared to the pink one.

In Part II, her outfit undergoes several changes: she now sports a long-sleeved white blouse with a high collar and red fastener and edges paired with similarly coloured, puffy pants that look like a hakama, with the exposed parts of her legs near the waist covered in bandages. The shuriken holster and the bandage on her right leg is removed and she wears brown fingerless gloves, with her forehead protector having switched to the same colour and her shinobi sandals having been replaced by black, open-toed sandals with low heels, and the shoes extend to the lower ankles; everything is still a reference to the Chinese culture. She holds a giant tool summoning scroll on her back that she uses when fighting.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Tenten wears the standard outfit of the alliance, and a Konoha flak jacket. She also wears a holster around her waist in which she carries two smaller scrolls in exchange for the giant one. She no longer wears gloves as well.

Abilities Edit

Weapon Specialist Edit

Tenten specialises in mostly long-range attacks, thanks to her weapons, which she carries in a number of scrolls held in a holster on her waist in Part I. In Part II, she carries her weapons in a single big scroll with a couple of smaller scrolls. While her fighting method remains almost unseen in the manga, the anime dedicates more time to her, showing many of the weapons she carries around being used and even granting her named attacks.

In Part I, her arsenal is composed mostly of steel projectiles and her favoured method of attack is to throw her scrolls in the air in such a way as to cause them to spin above her, then jump between them and toss a myriad of weapons at her opponent in rapid succession, otherwise known as Twin Rising Dragons. She also uses strings to control and guide the direction of her weapons. Her weapons skills are so advanced that she was able to skilfully use and control an extremely unorthodox weapon just after receiving it.

In Part II, she is shown using a two-stage attack using explosive tags and a grenade full of kunai. Also, she uses more weapons than ever, she makes an improvement to her Twin Rising Dragons where she adds exploding tags to most of her weapons. Her most powerful technique is as Manipulated Tools: Heavenly Chain of Destruction where she unrolls her scroll and releases hundreds and varieties of weapons in a rain to pierce her enemies and/or their defences, which is mostly impossible to evade. Tenten can also summon more than just weapons as seen when she summoned a fireball against Guren, a fire dragon to fight against Sekiei's wolves trap, and a large metal dome that can protect her and her team-mates. Tenten's proficiency in sealing objects is such that she can store incredible volumes of items, even a ship.^[4]

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, she came into the possession of the Bashōsen left behind by Kinkaku and used it for a short while, managing to destroy Kakuzu's lightning mask,^[5] but its high chakra consumption left her nearly dead, and was told by her comrade not to use it any more. The fact she can survive after using it is a testament of her decent chakra supply.^[6]

Other Skills Edit

Tenten is also proficient in both armed and unarmed melee combat. She is the fastest kunoichi of her age group, which is expected, considering her team-mates. She mostly uses her weapons to corner her enemies, supporting and covering her team, working in perfect synchronisation with Lee and Neji's attacks and as such, is a vital part of her team. According to the team, Tenten will never miss her target as she can hit 100/100 marks. She's a great analyser as she sees things others cannot and is able to measure the perfect distance for attack or defence between herself and her opponent. Tenten tried to perform the Mystical Palm Technique to become like Tsunade but failed as the fish she tried to heal instantly died afterwards.^[7]

Stats Edit

Databook	Ninjutsu	Taijutsu	Genjutsu	Intelligence	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Hand seals	Total
First	2.5	2.5	1.5	2	1	3	1.5	2	16
Second	2.5	3.5	1.5	2.5	1	3.5	1.5	2	18
Third	3	3.5	1.5	3.5	1.5	3.5	2	2	20.5

Part I Edit

Chūnin Exam Arc Edit

During the written exam, Tenten assisted Lee in gathering answers. Using strings to adjust hidden mirrors on the ceiling, Tenten allowed Lee to see his fellow ninja's answers and copy them without being caught. She was seen again during the second part of the exam in the Forest of Death with her team-mates. Their team decided to split up to find weaker teams to corner and take scrolls from. She and Neji met back up at the assigned destination, but became worried when Lee didn't return. She and Neji went looking for Lee and arrived in time to find an unconscious Lee and also witness Sasuke's brutal defeat of the sound genin. After this, Tenten was seen taking over watching an unconscious Lee for Ino, and then proceeded to wake him by violently shaking him.

Tenten was pitted against Temari during the preliminaries of the Chūnin Exams. Since their fight went unseen in the manga, the anime adaptation explained the circumstances that occurred. Tenten began the match by throwing a few of her weapons at Temari while keeping the best distance for offence and defence. The Third Hokage complimented Tenten's strategy, though Temari easily blew the weapons away with her fan. She was surprised that not one weapon reached Temari and tried a different approach. Temari explained the power of her fan and that once Tenten had seen all three moons the match would be over. Since nothing had even come close to hitting Temari, Tenten used one final technique that she was saving for the finals. The Twin Rising Dragons proved to be an impressive technique, but ultimately ineffective against Temari's fan. As Tenten ran out of weapons, she used strings to control the weapons and fling them once again back at Temari, in an attempt to surprise her. Temari however quickly used her fan to blast Tenten, along with her weapons and she hit the floor. Temari finally used her fan to trap Tenten in a cyclone and propel her into the air. As the cyclone dispersed and Tenten fell to the ground, Temari had Tenten land on her closed fan, knocking her unconscious. Even after she was declared the winner of the match, she threw Tenten off of the fan in attempt to have her land on the many weapons on the ground. However, Rock Lee jumped in to save Tenten before she hit the ground.

Before the finals began, Tenten helps Neji in his training to perfect his techniques. She was seen using her weapons to help Neji perfect his Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven technique. Later, she watched Neji's fight with Naruto in the finals, where she admired Neji's skills and praised Naruto's ability to defeat him.

Invasion of Konoha Arc Edit

Tenten can be seen at the Third Hokage's funeral alongside the other villagers, mourning his death.

Pre-Shippūden Filler Arcs Edit

In the anime, Tenten showed disgust for Ranmaru, a young cripple who could not take care of himself. She then saved his life by taking him to the Curry of Life shop. She brought the young boy out of his depression and convinced him to live and to stand on his own two feet. After this she made a formidable opponent for Raiga Kurosuki when she faced him in a one-on-one fight. Knowing that he used Lightning Release techniques she quickly deduced that her metal weapons would be a bad idea to use, and took on the missing-nin using her wooden based melee weapons. She appeared to gain the upper hand in the battle when she succeeded in disarming Raiga before he overwhelmed her with his techniques.

In Naruto episode 158, the Academy students were divided into teams of three and were assigned to a genin who would lead them on a mission against the other teams. Tenten was assigned to lead a team of three academy students. Her time with them was not covered much except that she was doing better than Naruto.

When she was sent on a mission to the Land of Birds, she smacked Naruto for faking his own death and claimed she was worried about him. While this was true, she showed anger toward Naruto and Neji for leaving her out of their plan.

During the Trap Master Arc, Tenten was shown to be a very keen observer, picking up on facts that others overlooked.

Later, Tenten was the only one of the Konoha 11 to be left out of the mission, and Tenten scolded Lee because of it. Lee explained that Tenten was away on another mission and so couldn't have come, though Tenten attacked him anyway, using the Dynamic Entry to defeat him.

Part II Edit

Kazekage Rescue Arc Edit

Team Guy is sent to assist Team 7 in rescuing Gaara. Along the way, the group encounters Akatsuki member Kisame Hoshigaki. Tenten tries to attack Kisame with a spiked kunai bomb, but he is able to avoid the explosion. Seeing that Neji, Lee, and Tenten are in the way, Kisame quickly creates three water clones that capture the three team members in a water prison, leaving the original Kisame to fight Guy one-on-one. Tenten reaches her limit the fastest, and is about to suffocate due to lack of oxygen in the small sphere of water. She was saved when Neji broke out of his own sphere and released Lee who took out the Kisame clone holding her captive.

After "Kisame" is defeated and Team Guy reaches the Akatsuki hideout, the team disperses to remove a number of seals in the surrounding area that are making entrance to the lair impossible. Although they succeed, they are each forced to fight exact copies of themselves, with the handicap of them tiring out, while the clones seems to have infinite energy. Lee realises that while each clone is as strong as themselves when it was created, they have no emotions and hence no drive to surpass their current limits. Realising this, they each pushed to surpass themselves and using a new stronger technique, each defeats their lookalike in time. They make it back to the others just in time to corner Deidara. Deidara escapes by switching out with an exploding clone that nearly killed everyone before they were saved by the Kamui technique of Kakashi's Mangekyō Sharingan. After Gaara is rescued, Team Guy returns to Konoha with Team Kakashi.

Hidan and Kakuzu Arc Edit

In the anime, Tenten attended Asuma Sarutobi's funeral.

Three-Tails Arc Edit

In the anime, Guy taught Tenten and Lee how to synchronise attacks, something that consisted of tying them together, which had little success. Soon afterwards, Tenten is sent to provide backup for a team trying to seal the Three-Tailed Beast. Upon arrival, she is instructed to defend against attackers. When Team Guren finally appeared, Tenten used several bombs to blow away the enemies' smokescreen. Despite defeating the enemies, Guren managed to stop the sealing process. After which, Tenten was given orders to watch over the recently retrieved Yūkimaru while the rest of her team searched for Naruto.

After learning that Naruto was in the Three-Tail's belly, Tenten was assigned as a front defence from another attack by the enemy while the rest of the team dealt with the Three-Tails. To her surprise, Guren's men returned, ready to fight again. Unprepared for her opponent's enhanced might, Tenten and her team were defeated, and nearly killed. Tenten saves herself and Lee using an iron shell which successfully protects them from the onslaught. They later return to Konoha with the others.

Invasion of Pain Arc Edit

When Pain's invasion of Konoha begins, Team Guy is away on a mission. The team decides to make stop before returning to the village, much to the relief of an exhausted Tenten. During this pit stop they notice a number of birds apparently escaping from the village. The team decides to hurry back to the village with Tenten not looking forward to more trouble. They rush to the village and find it to be in ruins. They find Hinata badly injured and Tenten says she will be all-right before getting her to Sakura for medical attention. Later, she is seen with the rest of the village celebrating Naruto's victory.

Konoha History Arc Edit

When Tsunade thought Naruto had a rare virus that could put the village in danger, she assigned Chōji, Tenten, Kiba, and Shino to capture Naruto, though they were not told why. Tenten then encountered Naruto and summoned out tranquillisers and defeated Naruto, but found out that it was only a shadow clone.

When Konoha was rebuilding, Tenten and Neji were sent to get more ninja tools from Iō. While there Tenten was remembering about when she, Neji, and Naruto, who was taking Lee's place for the time, were sent to Iō's research lab to get any ninja tools they can get. Tenten was made team leader in Guy's place, due to the fact she was able to transfer ninja tools to her specially prepared scrolls. When they went to Iō's place, Tenten couldn't wait for new ninja tools. All were useless, then Tenten showed them the request. Later, Tenten and her team found that Iō and his apprentice were gone. They ran into two traps both needing Tenten's accuracy. Next, two weapon collectors came to steal the Jidanda. Tenten defeats them with Jidanda, and asked for it. It was denied because they said it needed adjustments. It is back to present and Tenten tells Neji that she hopes the Jidanda is ready.

In Neji's flashback, during the Chūnin Exam, when Gaara and Sasuke were up against each other, Tenten visits Neji in the room where he was treated by the medical ninja after his fight with Naruto and asked him if he wanted to go see Sasuke and Gaara's match. After Neji agreed to go, there was an explosion and the two ran out the arena and found the Hyūga Elder and he was hurt. He ordered Neji to go and bring back Hinata, who was kidnapped by two Kumo spectators. Tenten found Kiba Inuzuka and Akamaru, woke them up, and the four went to bring back Hinata. While they were after the kidnappers, they activated an earth release trap that was set by the kidnappers and Tenten told the rest to go on and she would try to hold them off. Tenten tried to fend off the wolves. When Hinata was saved, Tenten was saved by Kō Hyūga.

Five Kage Summit Arc Edit

When news reaches Konoha of Sasuke's recent dealings with Akatsuki, Tenten and the rest of the Konoha 11 decide that they should personally kill Sasuke before he involves the village in a war. When Naruto insists that dealing with Sasuke be left to him, Tenten gets angry and tells him that this should not be something he undertakes on his own. Despite this, Naruto firmly states that he'll be the one to deal with him and that he'd tell them everything when the time came.

Adventures at Sea Arc Edit

Main article: Adventures at Sea Arc

Shinobi World War Arc Edit

When the Fourth Shinobi World War begins, she is placed in the First Division with Chōza and Hiashi. The First Division is sent to the border of the Land of Lightning to defend against an approaching portion of the White Zetsu Army. As the opposing army makes landfall, Tenten launches a barrage of projectile weapons at several of the Zetsu clones.

After the First Division defeated Kinkaku and Ginkaku, she finds the Bashōsen on the chaotic battlefield. She is eventually drawn into battle with Kakuzu's lightning mask and destroys it with the Bashōsen.^[5] She is later seen on the ground, exhausted from using one of the Treasured Tools of the Sage of the Six Paths. A fellow Konoha shinobi heals her, and tells her not to touch the fan again or it might kill her. After being healed, she joins Team 10 and is seen planning with them.

After being informed by Inoichi from HQ that Naruto and B were fighting the "masked Madara" Tenten and the rest of the Konoha 11 rush to his aid. As she runs, she worries about Guy and whether or not he was all-right and protecting Naruto. Allaying her fears, she thinks that since Kakashi was there as well everything would be fine.

Movies Edit

Naruto: Shippūden the Movie Edit

Tenten only plays a small part appearing with some of the other Konoha shinobi protecting the village and not having a speaking part. She was seen being led by Kakashi and Guy in making a counter-attack against Mōryō and his stone soldiers to buy time for Naruto and Shion to defeat Mōryō.

Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire Edit

Tenten was first seen with the rest of Konoha 11 eating barbecue to celebrate Naruto and Sai's recovery. After Naruto and Sai arrive, Naruto exclaims that Shikamaru is paying for everyone. She and the others quickly thank Shikamaru before he can protest. After Hiruko announced a fourth ninja war will occur, she was one of Konoha 11, except Naruto, assigned by Tsunade to secure the village. After Naruto and Sakura left the village, she and the others were ordered to go after them and bring them back. When they encountered them they all got ambushed by Ichi. Tenten released the others from Ichi's tentacles with some exploding kunai and they started to battle them while Naruto and Sakura went ahead. Neji told Shikamaru that Team Guy will handle the battle and sends the rest of the team after Naruto and Sakura. Tenten uses her weapons to distract Ichi while Neji and Lee prepare to use the Front Lotus: Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven. They succeed in defeating Ichi before San summons him and Ni to make a more powerful chimera.

She and her team-mates join back up with Team 8 and Team 10 and take over fighting the chimera for and exhausted Shikamaru, Sakura, and Sai. In the end when Hiruko revealed his true form to Naruto and Kakashi, she and the others all defeated his chimera together with Tenten landing the final blow with Twin Rising Dragons, covering the beast in exploding kunai and detonating them. She and the others praise Naruto for defeating Hiruko and witness the weird moment between Naruto and Kakashi because of his creepy smile after remembering Obito.

Video Games Edit

Tenten is a playable character in the following video games:

Game name	Japanese release	English release
Naruto RPG 2: Chidori vs. Rasengan	2453565.514 July 2005
Naruto Shippūden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3		2455152.517 November 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX	2454153.522 February 2007
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 2	2454433.529 November 2007
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 3	2454797.527 November 2008
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! Special	2455532.52 December 2010
Naruto Shippūden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising		2455110.56 October 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ninja Council 4	2454300.519 July 2007	2454984.52 June 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 4	2454195.55 April 2007	2454914.524 March 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 5	2454454.520 December 2007	2455162.527 November 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3	2455175.510 December 2009	2455327.511 May 2010
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2	2455490.521 October 2010	2455488.519 October 2010
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations	2455980.523 February 2012	2455999.513 March 2012
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution		2454396.523 October 2007
Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2		2454760.521 October 2008
Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 3	2453329.520 November 2004
Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4	2453695.521 November 2005
Naruto: Ninja Council 3	2453852.527 April 2006	2454242.522 May 2007
Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2	2453929.513 July 2006	2454753.514 October 2008
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja	2452935.523 October 2003	2453912.526 June 2006
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2	2453278.530 September 2004	2454263.512 June 2007
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3	2453726.522 December 2005	2454550.525 March 2008
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes		2454340.528 August 2007
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress	2453824.530 March 2006	2454641.524 June 2008
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm	2454846.515 January 2009	2454774.54 November 2008

Trivia Edit

• "Ten", in Japanese means heaven or heavenly so in this case, it means "heavenly, heaven". "Tenten" can also mean, "little by little" in Japanese, "this and that", "here and there", or "dot". It is also a possibility that her name insinuates "Ten out of Ten," a reference to her skill in hitting targets.
• Tenten has never been in on-screen battles in the manga.
• Tenten has slowly improved her ranking in the Naruto character popularity polls. She has placed 29th, 24th, and 22nd in the last three polls.
• In an interview, Kishimoto said he preferred Tenten out of the four Konoha girls because he liked her design.
• Like the rest of her team, Tenten's character seems to draw inspiration from Chinese culture as seen from her attire and hairstyle, the chinese style Chignon.
• Tenten shown more dominant using her left hand with weapons and others. She might be left handed.
• Tenten and Neji have the same theme in the anime, but Tenten's has a slower beat. It is often used in flashbacks and emotional moments.
• In original colour illustrations of the manga, Tenten's costume is blue. This is changed to pink in the anime and later manga images.
• In the second ending of Naruto: Shippūden, Tenten only appears in episodes 27, 28, 29 and 30.
• In the omake for episode 209, her name is written in Chinese: 天天.
• According to the third databook:
  • Her hobby is fortune-telling.
  • Tenten would like to have a rematch with Temari, she would also like to fight Tsunade's apprentice, Sakura Haruno.
  • Her favourite foods are Sesame dumplings and Chinese food, while her least favourite is pickled plums.
  • Tenten's favourite phrase is "A hundred shots, a hundred bull's-eyes" (百発百中, Hyappatsu Hyakuchū).
  • Tenten has completed 62 official missions in total: 28 D-rank, 23 C-rank, 3 B-rank, 7 A-rank, 1 S-rank.
  • Tenten loves to investigate.

Quotes Edit

• (To Neji about Ino and Sakura fighting) "It's not because they're girls you know, Neji. It's just that those two are using kid gloves. It doesn't matter if you're a man or woman in battle."^[8]
• (To Naruto about Ranmaru) "I can't stand weak and indecisive people!"^[9]
• (To Ranmaru) "I won't let that happen. No way you're not getting off that easy! The people you and Raiga killed, they all wanted to live but you didn't leave them that choice! You decided for them! Well you don't get to decide this time, ok?! You're gonna live and you're going to take some responsibility for all those people's lives you cut short!"^[10]
• (To Naruto) "You're gonna fight Sasuke alone? And you think all of us are just gonna stand here and let you?!"^[11]
• (To Naruto) "Three members of Team Guy specialise in close-contact battles so I often render aid from the distance. I don't mind providing back up, but I was hoping to find new ninja tools that would enable me to fight on the front lines."^[12]
• (About Iō's weapons) "Amazing… The brilliance of the blade… the design. They're all beautiful! I want to take them all home!"^[12]
• (To Might Guy) "I want to be a great and powerful ninja! To walk in the footsteps of the legendary kunoichi, Tsunade!"^[13]
• (To herself) "I no longer wish to be like Lady Tsunade anymore. But I haven't given up my dream to become a legendary kunoichi."^[13]

References Edit

1. ↑ First Databook, page 81
2. ↑ Second Databook, page 112
3. ↑ Third Databook, pages 112-113
4. ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 231
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Naruto chapter 533, page 2
6. ↑ Naruto chapter 536, page 15
7. ↑ Naruto: Shippūden episode 237
8. ↑ Naruto episode 42
9. ↑ Naruto episode 152
10. ↑ Naruto episode 155
11. ↑ Naruto chapter 488, page 11
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Naruto: Shippūden episode 184
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Naruto: Shippūden episode 237