Naruto is an action shonen anime whose protagonist Naruto Uzumaki, is a classic "half-other" character. He is a jinchuriki, meaning a monstrous tailed beast was sealed inside him with advanced jutsu at the moment of his birth. All his life, Naruto lived with the heavy, dark cloud of Kurama the nine-tailed fox over him, which made him a pariah and outcast in his own village.
However, Naruto wouldn't let his inner monster define him, and he sought to become a great ninja with the power of hard work to change everyone's mind about him. In the process, Naruto learned that eight other people also bore tailed monsters inside them, such as his enemy-turned-friend Gaara of the Sand, a formidable fighter from the Hidden Sound Village. Over time, the Naruto anime introduced a handful of jinchuriki characters, some stronger than others.
Updated on January 24th, 2024 by Louis Kemner: The jinchuriki always rank among the strongest, most interesting, and most consequential characters in all of Naruto. As such this list of all junchuriki in Naruto has been updated with more information on some of Naruto's most important characters, and now adheres to CBR's current publication standards as well.
10 Roshi Used Lava Release in Battle as the Four-Tails Jinchuriki
Character Name |
Tailed Beast |
Home Village |
Jutsu |
---|---|---|---|
Roshi |
Goku |
Hidden Stone Village |
Lava release |
Naruto: 10 Things That Make No Sense About The Jinchuriki
In Naruto, Jinchuriki have the Tailed Beasts sealed inside of them, but certain things about them don't really make sense.Roshi was a feared ninja from Iwagakure with a tailed beast inside him. He left his home to master the powers of his beast, known as Son Goku or the Four-Tails, which possessed the Kekkei Genkai of lava release. Roshi was able to manifest the powers of the Four-Tails to a certain degree.
His strongest weapon was the lava release chakra mode, which granted him enough strength to go head-to-head against S-ranked criminals like Kisame of the Akatsuki. Strong as Roshi was, he still couldn't defeat Kisame and ended up dying shortly afterward. This means Roshi ranks last among all major jinchuriki in Naruto, a borderline filler character who was little more than a target for the Akatsuki organization.
9 Kushina Uzumaki Survived Kurama's Extraction as a Nine-Tails Jiunchuriki
Character Name |
Tailed Beast |
Home Village |
Jutsu |
---|---|---|---|
Kushina Uzumaki |
Kurama |
Hidden Whirling Tide Village |
Sealing |
Kushina Uzumaki is Naruto Uzumaki's mother and a jinchuriki like her son. She harbored the Nine-Tails before Naruto was born. According to Hiruzen, Kushina was selected as the next jinchuriki because of her compatibility with the beast, making her an extremely strong individual.
She was feared throughout the village, and went by the name of Red-Hot Habanero. Kushina's strength was such that she was able to survive the extraction of a tailed beast. Even getting impaled by the Nine-Tails didn't put an end to her, and that's certainly a testament to her incredible powers.
8 Gaara of the Sand Wielded Powerful Sand Jutsu as the One-Tail Jinchuriki
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Character Name |
Tailed Beast |
Home Village |
Jutsu |
---|---|---|---|
Gaara |
Shukaku |
Hidden Sand Village |
Sand Coffin, Sand Burial |
Gaara made his debut in early Naruto and is the second jinchuriki introduced after Naruto Uzumaki himself. His own father, the Kazekage Rasa, wanted to make Gaara into a weapon and thus sealed the one-tailed beast, Shukaku, inside him. Gaara was barely able to control his powers, though, and the entire village feared him even as a child.
Gaara was capable of killing a full-fledged jonin as a genin, which shows a glimpse into his incredible powers. Over the time skip, his skills evolved drastically to the point where he became one of the youngest Kage at the age of 15. Gaara's Shukaku was ultimately stolen by the Akatsuki, though he still remains one of the strongest characters in the story.
7 Yagura Karatachi Made Full Use of His Inner Beast as the Three-Tails Jinchuriki
Character Name |
Tailed Beast |
Home Village |
Jutsu |
---|---|---|---|
Yagura Karatachi |
Isobu |
Hidden Mist Village |
Water mirrors |
One of the very few people who could be called the "perfect jinchuriki," Yagura Karatachi was the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure, or the Hidden Mist Village. At a young age, Yagura completely tamed the three-tailed beast named Isobu. As such, he could use its powers to the fullest, which is something that regular jinchuriki couldn't even hope of doing.
Yagura's sheer strength and control over his beast made him into a full-blown Kage before he reached adulthood. He was strong enough to take on two Akatsuki members at once and even managed to kill one of them. As for the three-tailed beast inside hi, Yagura obtained it not long after the previous three-tails jinchuriki, Rin Nohara, lost her life.
6 Killer Bee Was a Freestyle Rapping Swordsman as the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki
Character Name |
Tailed Beast |
Home Village |
Jutsu |
---|---|---|---|
Killer Bee/B |
Gyuki |
Hidden Cloud Village |
Kenjutsu |
One of the most influential individuals in Naruto, Killer Bee was introduced as the jinchuriki of the Eight-Tails, Gyuki. Bee's training was so harsh that he managed to gain complete control of his beast and become a perfect jinchuriki. The Raikage Ay declared Bee to be stronger than himself, highlighting the former's immeasurable power.
Killer Bee's partnership with Gyuki is genuinely amazing to watch as the two fight together like partners, which is what sets them apart from the other jinchuriki. Bee's fight against Team Taka was enough proof that he's one of the strongest jinchuriki to appear in Naruto.
5 Minato Namikaze Was the Renowned Yellow Flash as a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki
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Character Name |
Tailed Beast |
Home Village |
Jutsu |
---|---|---|---|
Minato Namikaze |
Kurama |
Hidden Leaf Village |
Rasengan, Flying Thunder God |
Naruto Uzumaki's late father, Minato Namikaze, split the Nine-Tails into two halves: Yin and Yang. The Yin half of Kurama was sealed inside himself, while the Yang half was sealed within Naruto. When Minato was reanimated during the 4th Great Ninja War, he had already mastered the Nine-Tails, and hence became a perfect jinchuriki.
Even without the Nine-Tails, Minato was already one of the most powerful characters to ever live and one of the fastest Leaf ninas of all time, which is evident from the fact that he was the 4th Hokage of Leaf Village. As a jinchuriki, he was further strengthened by a significant margin, allowing him to fight against the likes of Madara and Obito Uchiha, so Minato ranks in the middle of the most powerful jinchuriki in Naruto.
4 Obito Uchiha Fought in the Fourth Great Shinobi War as a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki
Character Name |
Tailed Beast |
Home Village |
Jutsu |
---|---|---|---|
Obito Uchiha |
Ten-Tails |
Hidden Leaf Village |
Kamui |
Obito Uchiha started the 4th Great Ninja War with the aim of becoming the Ten-Tails jinchuriki and casting Infinite Tsukuyomi on the entire world. It is safe to say that he partially succeeded at this task, as Obito had become the Ten-Tails jinchuriki by the end of the war.
At this point, it wasn't too difficult to imagine Obito being the strongest character in Naruto. He was able to take on the entire Allied Shinobi Forces by himself, and Hashirama openly exclaimed that Obito was stronger than him. Obito ultimately lost to the Alliance, but only because he wanted to put his faith in Naruto.
3 Madara Uchiha Wreaked Havoc on the Battlefield as a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki
Character Name |
Tailed Beast |
Home Village |
Jutsu |
---|---|---|---|
Madara Uchiha |
Ten-Tails |
Hidden Leaf Village |
Amaterasu |
After Obito Uchiha, the next Ten-Tails jinchuriki was Madara Uchiha. Madara was significantly stronger than Obito. He was capable of regenerating from any injury and possessed the strongest of all Jutsu, the Infinite Tsukuyomi, thanks to his Mangekyo Sharingan eyes.
Madara's power could only be matched when Naruto and Sasuke were amped by the Sage of Six Paths himself. As the Ten-Tails jinchuriki, Madara's skills were beyond what the shinobi world had ever seen. He was truly a force to be reckoned with, some fans are still furious at Kishimoto for turning Madara into a vessel for Kaguya Otsutsuki.
2 Naruto Uzumaki Saved the Entire World as a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki
The Real Reason Naruto Is an Uzumaki, Not a Namikaze
After Naruto's parentage was confirmed, a lot of fans wondered why he was an Uzumaki instead of a Namikaze.
Character Name |
Tailed Beast |
Home Village |
Jutsu |
---|---|---|---|
Naruto Uzumaki |
Kurama |
Hidden Leaf Village |
Shadow clone, Rasengan |
Protagonist Naruto Uzumaki was made into a jinchuriki by his father just moments after he was born. The Yang half of Kurama was sealed into him, and it took Naruto several years to become its perfect jinchuriki. After the Fourth Great Ninja War, Naruto gained the other half of the Nine-Tails, which made him even more powerful than before.
Naruto also earned a piece of chakra from all the Tailed Beasts, essentially making him a pseudo-Ten-Tails jinchuriki. By the conclusion of the war, Naruto was strong enough to fight characters like Kaguya on his own. His skills have only improved over the years in Boruto, such as his use of Baryon Mode.
1 Hagoromo Otsutsuki Is an Otherwordly Powerhouse as a Ten-Tails Jinchuriki
Character Name |
Tailed Beast |
Home Village |
Jutsu |
---|---|---|---|
Hagoromo Otsutsuki |
Ten-Tails |
N/A |
Ninshu |
Hagoromo Otsutsuki is arguably the strongest character in the entire Naruto series. He was the son of Kaguya Otsutsuki and, therefore, was born with nigh-divine abilities. His incredible powers allowed him to seal his mother even when he wasn't a jinchuriki, albeit with his brother Hamura's help.
After a colossal fight that lasted over two months, Hagoromo Otsutsuki made himself theTen-Tails jinchuriki, which further enhanced his core powers to unimaginable heights. He reigns supreme as the strongest jinchuriki as well as the creator of ninshu, a transcendent doctrine that teaches the art of chakra. All this made Hagoromo the strongest of all jinchuriki in Naruto.
Naruto: Shippuden
Original title: Naruto: Shippûden.
Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.
- Release Date
- February 15, 2007
- Creator
- Masashi Kishimoto
- Cast
- Alexandre Crepet , Junko Takeuchi , Maile Flanagan , Kate Higgins , Chie Nakamura , Dave Wittenberg , Kazuhiko Inoue , Noriaki Sugiyama , Yuri Lowenthal , Debi Mae West
- Main Genre
- Anime
- Seasons
- 21
- Main Characters
- Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Kakashi Hatake, Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, Orochimaru, Tsunade Senju
- Production Company
- Pierrot, TV Tokyo, Aniplex, KSS, Rakuonsha, TV Tokyo Music, Shueisha
- Number of Episodes
- 500