Naruto Uzumaki

Naruto Uzumaki
Naruto character
Naruto Uzumaki as seen in Part I by Masashi Kishimoto
First appearance	Naruto manga chapter 1
Voiced by	Japanese Junko Takeuchi English Maile Flanagan
Notable relatives	Minato Namikaze (father, deceased) Kushina Uzumaki (mother, deceased) Jiraiya (godfather, deceased) Hinata Hyuga (wife) Boruto Uzumaki (son) Himawari Uzumaki (daughter)
Ninja rank	Genin in Part I and Part II, Seventh Hokage in the epilogue
Ninja team	Team 7/Team Kakashi

Naruto Uzumaki (うずまき ナルト, Uzumaki Naruto^?) is a fictional character in the anime and manga franchise Naruto, created by Masashi Kishimoto. The eponymous protagonist of the series, he is a teen ninja from the fictional village of Konohagakure. The villagers ridicule Naruto because of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox—a malevolent creature that attacked Konohagakure—sealed in his body. To be recognized, he aspires to become the village's leader, the Hokage. His cheerful and boisterous personality lets him befriend other Konohagakure ninja, as well as ninja from other villages. Naruto appears in the series' films and in other media related to the franchise, including video games and original video animations (OVA).

When creating Naruto for the initial part of the series, Kishimoto kept the character "simple and stupid", while giving him many attributes of an ideal hero. Kishimoto gave Naruto a dark side by writing an unpleasant story regarding the character's past for its development in the series. He has revised Naruto's image many times, providing the character with different clothes to appeal to Western audiences and to make him easier to illustrate. Kishimoto changed his design for Part II of the storyline, which starts two-and-a-half years after Part I. Naruto is voiced by Junko Takeuchi in the original animated series and Maile Flanagan in the English adaptations.