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Tobirama's legacy in the ninja world at large, is mixed. He was known for building Konoha's infrastructure and revolutionising the ninja system on a whole by establishing organisations such as the [[Academy]], [[ANBU]], as well as the [[Konoha Military Police Force]] — a judicial system for the village which he had the [[Uchiha]] govern, as a sign of trust. He also believed greatly in the [[Will of Fire]] of the village, which he passed on to the next generation.
 
Tobirama's legacy in the ninja world at large, is mixed. He was known for building Konoha's infrastructure and revolutionising the ninja system on a whole by establishing organisations such as the [[Academy]], [[ANBU]], as well as the [[Konoha Military Police Force]] — a judicial system for the village which he had the [[Uchiha]] govern, as a sign of trust. He also believed greatly in the [[Will of Fire]] of the village, which he passed on to the next generation.
   
Somewhat conversely, he was also responsible for the creation of the [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation]] technique, which has been used by the traitors of Konoha: [[Orochimaru]] who used the technique to reincarnate both him and his brother to fight Hiruzen in an attempt to destroy the village, and [[Kabuto Yakushi]] who used it to aid [[Tobi]] in the [[Fourth Shinobi World War|war]] against the [[Five Great Shinobi Countries]]. Despite this, Tobirama is still revered as a powerful shinobi and Hokage, but still cursed for his creation of the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
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Somewhat conversely, he was also responsible for the creation of the [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation]] technique, which has been used by the traitors of Konoha: [[Orochimaru]] who used the technique to reincarnate both him and his brother to fight Hiruzen in an attempt to destroy the village, and [[Kabuto Yakushi]] who used it to aid [[Tobi]] in the [[Fourth Shinobi World War|war]] against the [[Five Great Shinobi Countries]]. Despite this, Tobirama is still revered as a powerful shinobi and Hokage, but still cursed by foreign shinobi for his creation of the Impure World Reincarnation technique.
   
 
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Tobirama Senju
千手扉間 Senju Tobirama

  • Second Hokage (二代目火影, Nidaime Hokage)
Debut
Manga Naruto Chapter #118
Anime Naruto Episode #69
Novel Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise (Mentioned)
Movie The Last: Naruto the Movie
Game Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
OVA Naruto Shippūden: UNSG anime cutscenes
Appears in Anime, Manga, Novel, Game, Movie
Voice Actors
Japanese
English
Personal
Birthdate Astrological Sign Aquarius February 19
Sex Gender Male Male
Status Deceased
Height
  • Part II: 182.3 cm1.823 m <br />5.981 ft <br />71.772 in <br />
Weight
  • Part II: 70.5 kg155.426 lb <br />
Blood type A
Classification
Occupation
  • Hokage's Chief Aide
Affiliation
Team
Clan
Rank
Ninja Rank
Family
Nature Type
Jutsu

Tools

Tobirama Senju (千手扉間, Senju Tobirama) was the Second Hokage (二代目火影, Nidaime Hokage, literally meaning: Second Fire Shadow) of Konohagakure. He hails from the Senju clan, who, along with the Uchiha clan, founded the first shinobi village: Konoha. During his reign, Tobirama was accredited as the Hokage that developed the village's organisational system as well as some of its infrastructure.[3]

Background

Team Tobirama

Team Tobirama and Hashirama.

Tobirama was a member of the Senju clan along with his brother Hashirama — who was the leader of the clan. Decades before the start of the series, Hashirama struck a peace treaty with the Uchiha and its then-leader Madara Uchiha and together the two clans created Konohagakure.[5] When Hashirama, who was appointed the First Hokage, died, Tobirama was appointed as the Second Hokage.[6] During his reign he was primarily responsible for establishing Konoha's organisational system. He established various organisations such as the Academy, the ANBU, the Chūnin Exams and the Konoha Military Police Force,[3] the latter of which he created as a sign of trust towards the Uchiha who made up the majority of that organisation. However, according to Tobi, the Police Force was actually established to distance the Uchiha from the government of the village and place the clan under a tight surveillance by the ANBU.[7] At some point during his tenure, he and the Second Raikage met to form a formal alliance between Kumogakure and Konohagakure; however, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, Kumo's Gold and Silver Brothers, attempted a coup d’etat against the Second Raikage and left Tobirama near death during the fiasco.[8]

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Tobirama and his team during the First Shinobi World War.

He also trained a three-man team of his own, which consisted of Hiruzen Sarutobi, Homura Mitokado, and Koharu Utatane.[9] On one mission during the First Shinobi World War, on which Team Tobirama performed with Danzō Shimura, Kagami Uchiha and Torifu Akimichi, they found themselves surrounded by twenty elite Kumo ninja known as the Kinkaku Force. Tobirama then realised that the only way any of them could escape alive was for one of them to be a decoy and sacrifice themselves; therefore having faith that he had trained his students well, he chose to sacrifice himself after he selected his prized student Hiruzen for the position of Third Hokage. Homura and Koharu would later become Hiruzen's advisers. After giving the title of Hokage to Hiruzen, Tobirama went off to fight the enemies where he died a noble death.[10]

Personality

Tobirama took great pride in his abilities. He also had a sense of humour, even under stressful situations. Like his brother, Tobirama felt a great deal of loyalty to the village, and placed its well-being above his own. Tobirama was also described as being strong-spirited, and passionate.[3]

Appearance

Tobirama was a tall, fair-skinned man with white, shaggy hair, red eyes and three red markings on his face — two under his eyes and one on his chin. In most cases, his attire took the form of the standard shinobi dress of his era, consisting of blue traditional armour — similar to that of samurai — albeit featuring a distinctive white fur collar, worn over a simple black suit. This armour was constructed from numerous metal plates, formed into multiple protective guards along his body, in particular: chest, waist, shoulders and upper arms. This clothing was accompanied by sandals and a happuri engraved with the Konoha emblem, in the place of the more traditional forehead protector.

Outside of this outfit, Tobirama wore a simple, short-sleeved, blue shirt kimono with mesh armour underneath and held closed by a pale yellow sash, as well as blue pants and a bracelet of sorts on his left hand.

Abilities

File:Tobirama's hand.png

Tobirama, detecting the enemy's presence.

As the Second Hokage, Tobirama was undoubtedly an immensely powerful shinobi and was hailed as one of the most powerful shinobi of his era.[11] During his lifetime, Tobirama created the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation technique;[12] however, some time after its creation he labelled it as a kinjutsu[13] and never mastered it himself,[14] though he did use it enough to be recognised by others for it.[15][16] By simply touching the ground with his index finger, he could detect the presence and number of enemy shinobi,[17] and according to Minato Namikaze, Tobirama was highly skilled in Space–Time Ninjutsu.[18] Tobirama was also shown to have great physical prowess and a considerable amount of skill in the area of taijutsu, as well as good teamwork with his elder brother, Hashirama Senju. In the anime, it was shown that he was also a powerful genjutsu user, able to shroud the area in darkness that even the Third Hokage couldn't dispel.[19] It was said that he wielded the Sword of the Thunder God, a blade with electrical abilities, and was said to have mastered its use despite the blade's lethal nature.[20]

Nature Transformation

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Tobirama using Water Release.

Tobirama was primarily known for his mastery of Water Release. He could perform powerful water-style techniques in areas that lacked bodies of water by creating his own water out of thin air or producing it from his mouth, and perform some of the most complex water-style techniques, such as the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, with a single hand seal. This amongst other reasons is why he is revered as the greatest known Water Release manipulator in the series.[21]

In the anime, it is also shown that he can use the Water Release: Water Colliding Wave to attack and cover a large area with water. In areas with water, he can move underwater and stay for a considerable amount of time. Underwater, he can use jets of water to bring his target to him and after restrain them for trying to drown them or launch powerful missiles of water which can even pierce rocks.[22]

Part I

Invasion of Konoha Arc

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Orochimaru reincarnates Hashirama and Tobirama.

Both he and Hashirama were reincarnated by Orochimaru, using Impure World Reincarnation, to fight Hiruzen during the invasion of Konoha. While fully aware of what was going on, and saddened that he would have to fight his former student, Orochimaru employed a special seal into the back of their heads to rob Tobirama and his brother of their free will. Hiruzen quickly resolved to kill his masters and used a very powerful fire technique that was easily countered by one of Tobirama's walls of water that was then turned into an attack that was stopped by Hiruzen's own earth wall.

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Hiruzen removing Tobirama's soul.

During the battle, he demonstrated great teamwork and combination attacks with his brother, forcing Hiruzen to summon Enma for assistance. Hiruzen was however in his old age unable to defeat the two Hokage, as any damage that was done was simply regenerated and was further inhibited by his desire to not hurt either. His soul, along with his brother's, was eventually sealed by Hiruzen when he combined the Dead Demon Consuming Seal and the Shadow Clone Technique to strike both of them at the same time. Before his soul was completely removed, he and his brother apologised to their former student for the trouble they had caused.[23]

Part II

Shinobi World War Arc

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Tobirama is reincarnated alongside the other three Hokage.

In Sasuke Uchiha's quest to learn the truth, Tobirama's soul was later freed from inside the Shinigami, and subsequently reincarnated by Orochimaru along with his brother, and his two successors: Hiruzen and Minato using Zetsu's spore clones as sacrifices.

Legacy

Tobirama's legacy in the ninja world at large, is mixed. He was known for building Konoha's infrastructure and revolutionising the ninja system on a whole by establishing organisations such as the Academy, ANBU, as well as the Konoha Military Police Force — a judicial system for the village which he had the Uchiha govern, as a sign of trust. He also believed greatly in the Will of Fire of the village, which he passed on to the next generation.

Somewhat conversely, he was also responsible for the creation of the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation technique, which has been used by the traitors of Konoha: Orochimaru who used the technique to reincarnate both him and his brother to fight Hiruzen in an attempt to destroy the village, and Kabuto Yakushi who used it to aid Tobi in the war against the Five Great Shinobi Countries. Despite this, Tobirama is still revered as a powerful shinobi and Hokage, but still cursed by foreign shinobi for his creation of the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

Video Games

Tobirama Senju is a playable character in the following video games:

Game nameJapanese releaseEnglish release
Naruto Mobile20162016
Naruto Shippūden: Ninja Destiny 224 April 200815 September 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ninja Destiny 328 April 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 45 April 200724 March 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 520 December 200727 November 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing14 July 201624 August 2016
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 318 April 20135 March 2013
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 44 February 20169 February 2016
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations23 February 201213 March 2012
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution11 September 201416 September 2014
Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker30 August 201831 August 2018
Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Voltage22 November 201722 November 2017
Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections16 November 202317 November 2023
Naruto: Shinobi Collection2014
Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippū Ranbu27 July 2015
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 322 December 200525 March 2008
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Online14 April 201320 July 2016

Trivia

  • 'Tobirama' (扉間) means 'the space between two doors'. 'Doors' (, tobira) are seen as the access to progress and improvement which alludes to his role as the Hokage that built up Konoha's infrastructure. '扉' is also used to refer to title pages, tying in with the Hokage title, as a Hokage is as representative for the village as the title page is for a book.
  • Tobirama is a playable character in the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series and in Shinobi Retsuden III.
  • Tobirama, along with Hashirama, Minato, and the Konoha symbol, had his face appear in the ending omake of Shippūden episode 129 within the fireworks.
  • According to the databook(s):
    • His favourite words were "Mind – technique – body" (心・技・体, Shin – gi – tai).

Quotes

  • (To Hiruzen) "Listen Saru. Guide the people, and believe in them, for it's from among them that one will come who will carry on when your time is done."[24]
  • (To Hiruzen) "Saru, you must protect those who have faith in you and who love the village, and train up to those to whom you can entrust the next generation… from tomorrow, you will be the Hokage…!"[25]

References

  1. First Databook, page 116
  2. Second Databook, page 142
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Third Databook, page 162
  4. Fourth Databook, pages 168-169
  5. Naruto chapter 399, page 6
  6. First Databook, page 116
  7. Naruto chapter 399, pages 12-13
  8. Naruto chapter 527, pages 4-5
  9. Naruto chapter 122, page 16
  10. Naruto chapter 481, pages 4-10
  11. Naruto chapter 118, page 4
  12. Naruto chapter 521, page 5
  13. Naruto chapter 118, page 5
  14. Naruto chapter 520, page 12
  15. Naruto chapter 525, page 2
  16. Naruto chapter 526, page 17
  17. Naruto chapter 481, page 4
  18. Naruto chapter 502, page 12
  19. Naruto episode 72
  20. Naruto episode 105
  21. Naruto chapter 120, page 4
  22. Naruto episode 71
  23. Naruto chapter 123, pages 11-12
  24. Naruto chapter 123, page 14
  25. Naruto chapter 481, page 9