4th Hokage

Name: Yondaime Hokage (Namikaze Minato)



First Manga Appearance: Chapter 1
First Anime Appearance: Episode 1
Name Meaning: Fourth Fire Shadow
Hidden Village: Leaf Village
Rank: Hokage
Age: Unknown (Deceased)
Notable Features: Nicknamed Konoha's Yellow Flash for his Hiraishin technique, Sealed Kyuubi in Naruto
Special Abilities: Summoning contract with frogs, Hiraishin and Rasengan inventor

Stats:
(Pre-timeskip 10 Point Scale)
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History:
At the age of ten the young man who would become Fourth Hokage graduated from the Academy. Shortly afterwards he became the student of Jiraiya alongside two fellow team members. Under the Ero-Sennin he would greatly increase his skills and impress Jiraiya with his tenacity. Jiraiya would select the boy to carry on the heritage of frog summoning. His skills would further grow with the development of Rasengan and Hiraishin. The latter technique would grant him the nickname "Konoha's Yellow Flash" because of the way he and his bright yellow hair would flicker out of existence to appear elsewhere.

As the years passed he became Chuunin and later Jounin. As a Jounin he became sensei of the team of Hatake Kakashi, Rin and Uchiha Obito. As a gift for Kakashi's advancement to Jounin, he gave his him a unique kunai marked with one of the Hiraishin transportation markers. Later in one particular battle, this technique allowed four Leaf ninjas to throw teleportation kunai at 50 Rock-Nin. Using the transportation technique, he was able to move from kunai to kunai while they were in the air, to wipe out all 50 with little trouble. After this battle, his student Rin used Kakashi's kunai to bring the Fourth Hokage to her location to protect her and an unconscious Kakashi from Rock ninjas. Unfortunately by the time he arrived Uchiha Obito was already dead, he managed to save Kakashi and Rin though. They would later go on to fulfill their mission and help repel the Rock invasion.

In the months to come he would be selected by Sandaime Hokage to follow him as village leader. His first choice Orochimaru failed to live up to his expectations. The village was in very good hands however. Yondaime's love of his friends and the village would inspire all those around him. He then made the ultimate sacrifice when the Kyuubi came calling. Using one final technique he had developed, the sacrificial Shiki Fuujin, he managed to stop the beast and seal its spirit in the body of the newborn baby Naruto. Though this resulted in Yondaime's death, he managed to save the village.

Years later during the invasion of Leaf by Sand and Sound, Orochimaru attempted to use the forbidden jutsu Edo Tensei to bring the bodies of the previous Hokage's back to fight for him. The coffin of the Fourth Hokage was apparently close to emerging when the Third Hokage managed to stop its arrival. Yondaime could continue to rest in peace and his heritage could continue to protect the village.

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