#Konoha hidden leaf village series#

#Konoha hidden leaf village series#

For a series with characters so dark and mysterious, you'd think that the city would be a bit more protected and less bright and happy, with children running around and having fun all of the time, like the Third Hokage's grandson. It is a fairly large city to be called a village, and has a number of places in which people go to just to have fun, like Ramen shops and parks. However, he is obviously not the one who formed it's Mount Rushmore like stone carvings, as they include multiple other Hokage in it, some far after his time. The first Hokage's name was Shodai, and that is all that is known of him, or all that has thus been revealed in the Naruto universe. He was singlehandedly able to form the Leaf village, and, it was no less amazing that this formation took place with a single jutsu done in nearly minutes. The First Hokage was renowned for his extreme ability to manipulate wood and other jutsu, was of course dubbed as the greatest ninja of Konoha. Konohagakure, also known as Konoha, The Village Hidden in the Leaves, and the Leaf Village, was formed by its First Leader, aka its Hokage, by himself. This article is based off of strictly what is happening in the manga at this time and what has already happened, not the english anime, and therefore may contain spoilers for readers who have not kept up with the Japanese manga. The following article may or may not contain spoilers, depending on whether or not you have read the Japanese Naruto, which, like most manga, is far ahead of where we are in America.

It is also the birthplace of many of the Naruto series' main characters, such as Sasuke Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha, Kakashi Hatake, and Sakura Haruno. It was here that Naruto Uzumaki was born, also known as the Nine Tailed Fox's recipient, a 'host' if you will. Rushmore-like cliff-side, with a carving of each of the Hokage's faces on it.

The Leaf village is the most powerful and prosperous of the five great ninja villages and has had a long history of great leaders that they honor with a Mt.