Sakura Haruno

Sakura was born and raised in the Village Hidden in the Leaves in the Land of Fire. Her parents are shopkeepers, but she entered the Ninja Academy to train to be a ninja of the village. At the academy, she was ruthlessly teased by the other girls in her glass for the size of her forehead. This drove her to try and cover her forehead with her hair but this only made her insecurities easier to target by the bullies in the class. The person who came to her rescue was Ino Yamanaka. Ino defended Sakura and told her to embrace her her forehead. She took a bow and pulled Sakura's hair up and out. The two became incredible close friends and Sakura came out of her shell to be more confident and assertive. This friendship began to fracture when one day Sakura told Ino that the boy she was interested in was Sasuke Uchiha. Not only was he the star of the class but also the boy Ino liked. In a short period of time, they went from friends to bitter rivals. Each even grew their hair out just on a rumor that Sasuke liked girls with long hair. Ino mocked Sakura for her forehead, and she would call Ino a pig (inoko). They were now in constant competition with each other over a boy who hardly noticed either of them. Though they were separate, Sakura was still wearing the ribbon Ino gave her in her hair.

Creation

Sakura Haruno early design sketches

Sakura Haruno is a lead character of the Naruto series that was created by Masashi Kishimoto. It first began serialization Weekly Shonen Jump in November 1999. He was first introduced in the very first story arc. Despite Sakura's popularity, she was not intended to be the heroine of the series. He blames himself for this by describing himself being unable to draw a good heroine character type. The best he came up with for Sakura is a girl who couldn't understand men, who is an irritating character but always well intentioned. Still, he became quite fond of Sakura and feels much of her personality can be found in just about everyone. This is possibly one explanation as to why she is so relatable to most readers. In an interview with Kishimoto for Weekly Shonen Jump of June 2006, he said that she was the closest to being a normal person and would make the best ninja instructor of the Team 7 members. He also blamed his own lack of experience for not being able to draw her as looking "cute". Even his staff agreed she was "far from cute". He does imply that he felt she became cuter as the series went on and his skills improved. Her most prominent feature is her large forehead. He would occasionally overcompensate and draw it too large. In a 2010 interview, he said that he felt Hinata Hyuga would be a better fit as the heroine of the series, but would strive to give Sakura more heroic scenes in the future.

" This was how I first imagined Sakura. Let's face it...she's really not that cute, is she? Especiallly back then! But that was mostly because I'm not that good with female characters in general, so makingone of them cute is always a big challenge for me. "
" There's a lot more to being a good manga character than just cuteness, you know... At least, that's my excuse. The trouble makers and the curmudgeons I can draw without breaking a sweat....but girls are really hard. "
Masashi Kishimoto - "Naruto" Volume 3 Early Character Designs - Sakura

While designing Sakura, Kishimoto first concentrated on her silhouette and wanted her costume to be as simple as possible. This wasn't the case for the other male leads who were given more complicated designs. So much so that he was concerned about being able to draw the series every week. Shorts were added to her Chinese style of dress to give her a feel of being more active. The first design had them as long as past her knees but were brought up higher to mid-thigh. These became tighter and shorter as the series progressed. For her redesign after the two year time skip, Kishimoto wanted to give her a costume that reflected a more karate background that kept a Chinese design to keep a feminine feel. This is seen in her top.
She first appeared in Naruto Volume 1, CH. 3 "Enter Sasuke!", and her first anime appearance was in Naruto - Episode 1 "He Appears! Naruto Uzumaki". Her character in the Japanese series is voiced by Chie Nakamura, and the U.S. dub produced by VIZ Media is done by Kate Higgins.
Sakura was given pink hair to have her a unique look for the series and look like cherry blossoms, for which she's named after. Her family name of Haruno (春野) means "spring field", and her given name of Sakura サクラ comes from the Japanese cherry blossom (桜, sakura), the national flower of Japan. When put together, her full name Haruno Sakura can mean "spring field of cherry blossoms". The sash of her forehead protector, boots, and shorts were nearly always color teal. She is also colored with painted nails and pink eyeshadow. For the anime, her accessories are all painted as a standard blue and is never shown to wear any cosmetics. The second season Naruto Shippuden anime accurately follows the color scheme used in the manga. Sakura has had various places in the fan polls for the Naruto cast. In the first poll she ranked 5th, the second she fell to 14th, the third she reached 9th, the fourth she ranked 10th, in the fifth she ranked 8th, in the sixth she ranked 12, seventh she ranked 6th with 9,701 votes, and in the eighth poll she tied for 12th with Sai. Sakura is the only member of Team 7 who's parents have never been shown, but her mother has been heard talking but never seen.

Character Evolution

" I've always considered myself to be a true ninja... but those were just empty words, because Sasuke and Naruto were always in the lead! But now it's my turn to take the lead, and all of you can watch me from the background! "
Sakura Haruno "Naruto"

Sakura Haruno early evolution

Sakura has had some of the most dramatic growth of the series. Her infatuation with Sasuke was the reason her childhood friendship with Ino Yamanaka fell apart. They both grew their hair out long because they had heard a rumor that Sasuke liked girls with long hair. She tried to play the sweet and innocent young girl, but often times her inner thoughts are exposed in the series through what is called the "Inner Sakura". It shows that she's far more aggressive than the face she shows to the public and enjoys immature activities, such as pranks. Though, she was open in her hatred for Naruto. She always felt that she was being left behind in her squad since Sasuke was already so skilled and Naruto was showing constant improvement. Her over indulgence superficial issues, such as her hair care, nearly got her and her team killed during the Chunin Exams. Tired of always being the victim in need of being saved, she used her own kunai to slice her off so she could fight so she could finally be the one to save her friends. She battled Ino for the second potion of the Chunin Exams, and though they both lost. It allowed them to work out their issues that would allow they to revive their once shattered friendship.

Sakura and her Inner Sakura

After the invasion of the Hidden Leaf Village, Sakura was surprised to learn that is was Naruto and not Sasuke who saved her from Gaara. Her opinion of Naruto slowly began to rise, but Sasuke began to move further away emotionally. She tried to stop Naruto from fighting and jumped into the middle of it. She could of been killed if it wasn't for Kakashi Hatake ending the fight. Later that night, she ran into Sasuke who was leaving the village to go to Orochimaru. At first she tried to get him to stay but when that failed she pleaded him to take her with him. She confessed her love, but he still ignored her. When she threatened to scream, he moved behind her, thanked her, then knocked her unconscious. Shikamaru refused to allow Sakura to join the retrieval team, and in tears she begged Naruto to bring Sasuke back. This attempted failed and Naruto was nearly killed. When Naruto left to go train with Jiraiya, Sakura turned to the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, to be trained by her so she could help Naruto on his return. Next time, she could help bring Sasuke back.
Affiliation: Hidden Leaf Village
Rank: Chunin
Registered Ninja #: 012601
Date Of Birth: March 28th
Age: 16
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Height: 161cm
Weight: 45.4kg
Blood Type: O
Completed Assignments:

• D-Rank 12 / C-Rank 9 / B-Rank 6 / A-Rank 7 / S-Rank 0

Sakura Haruno after time skip

After a two year time skip in the manga series, Sakura is now at the age of 15 or 16 years old and reached the rank of Chunin. She was trained in all the skills and techniques of Tsunade and even has the same level of monstrous strength. No longer would she be playing the support role and was now a force to be feared in hand-to-hand combat. When Naruto returned, their first mission together was to save Gaara from the Akatsuki. She saved Gaara's brother Kankuro from poison, and she defeated Sasori of the Akatsuki with the assistance of Chiyo. They eventually found Sasuke and she got her first look at the powers of the Nine-tailed Fox sealed within Naruto. After Sasuke escaped with Orochimaru, Sakura spent most of her time back at the Leaf Village after they returned. She was shocked to later learn that Sasuke had joined the Akatsuki and was classified as a Rouge Ninja.
Sasuke's new member team member, Sai, would question her about what she was doing to Naruto with the promise he made to her to get Sasuke back. With this in mind, she made a resolution that she shared with the rest of her friends. First she met with Naruto and confessed to him that she was in love with him and had given up on Sasuke. When this failed to get Naruto to return, she left in search of Sasuke so she could kill him herself. He got the best of her and was ready to kill her, but she was saved at the last moment by Kakashi, who was told what she was attempting. Sasuke told them both he intended to return to the Leaf Village to kill everyone. Saukra took part in the Fourth Great Shinobi War that broke out on the side of the Ninja Alliance against the Akatsuki. It's unknown if Sakura's confession of love was her honest feelings or just a ploy to get Naruto to stop chasing after Sasuke for her.

Major Story Arcs

Unlike her teammates Naruto and Sasuke, Sakura grew up in a normal childhood with loving parents. She lived in Konoha village with her parents and began attending the ninja academy. The kids used to bully Sakura for her large forehead, and when she began covering them, they took advantage of her sensitivity about it and teased her even more. Soon after, Sakura would befriend Ino Yamanaka. Ino gave Sakura a ribbon to help show off her face more. Thanks to Ino, Sakura became more social and developed her own personality. Sakura and Ino became best friends throughout the academy. However, their friendship would take a turn when a boy named Sasuke Uchiha arrived at the academy. Sakura developed a crush on Sasuke, but would learn that Ino also had a crush on Sasuke. Their friendship ended and they became rivals. It was later revealed that the true reason for their strained relationship was that Sakura felt that she was only living in Ino's shadow and decided to become Ino's rival in order to step out on her own.
Sakura is a very intellectual girl and has shown interest in normal test taking. Her stamina and talent as a ninja were below average, which means she was near useless in battle, though useful for analyses.
Eventually it would be graduation day, but first all the students must take a pass or fail test. They would have to demonstrate their ability to make a chakra clone of themselves, to which Sakura does and passes. She is now a Genin (lowest ninja rank) and would soon learn who her two teammates are. The next day, on her way to school she runs into Ino. The two immediately made it a competition to get to school faster. Sakura and Ino both wanted to be on Sasuke’s team, but only Sakura would be lucky enough. However, her other teammate was Naruto, who had a crush on Sakura. Sakura was now a part of Team 7, with Naruto and Sasuke, and their leader was Kakashi. The team learns of a pass or fail survival test that Kakashi is going to administer. Kakashi briefs the team about it and tells them that it will not be easy. The next day, they arrive at the training location with their ninja gear ready to go. However, Kakashi deliberately arrives hours late, and tells them that he “crossed a black cat and had to take a detour. Kakashi shows them two bells and tells them that both only two, one, or none of them are going to pass, and the failure will return to the academy. When the test begins, Sakura showed more interest in following Sasuke around and ignore Naruto, despite him being in trouble. After this, Sakura was lectured by Kakashi for not helping Naruto, and she finally realized how serious this test was. Kakashi then ties Naruto up and gives Sakura and Sasuke food to eat. He then threatens them that if they allow Naruto to eat, they will fail immediately. However, Sasuke and Sakura defy Kakashi’s words and feed Naruto anyway. Kakshi shows up extremely angry and demands an explanation, Sakura tells Kakashi that they fed him because he was their teammate. Kakashi then reveals that they are the first team to pass his test, and now the team is ready for missions.

First Mission! Land of the Waves

Team 7 is assigned to protect a bridge builder named Tazuna, however their mission becomes a Class A ranked mission when they discover that a high ranked ninja was after him. Sakura suggested that they abandon the mission because it is ranked A and Naruto’s hand was injured. However, Naruto takes the kunai out of his hand and it begun healing rapidly. They decide to proceed with the mission anyways. Team 7 would run into a Hidden Mist village ninja named Zabuza. They discover that he is extremely powerful and they prepare before the confrontation. Sakura, due to her lack in ninja skills, was charged with protecting Tazuna, while the others fight Zabuza. However, Sakura would eventually head to the battlefield herself, where she discovers that she has amazing control over her own chakra. When Sasuke was appeared to have died in the battle, Sakura violates Shinobi Rule #25, by crying when Sasuke “died,” which states that a shinobi may never display any kind of emotion in the battlefield. Sasuke would eventually be revealed to not have really been dead, and Team 7 would accomplish their mission by defeating Zabuza.

Chunin Exams

Upon returning to Konoha, they arrive just in time to register and take the Chunin Exams. The exams are used to promote Genin from all hidden villages to Chunin rankings. The first part of the exam was written, which is good for Sakura but bad for Naruto. However, during the exam they realize that Naruto will not be able to pass without cheating, however Sakura is unable to help Naruto with his exam. In the last part of the written exam, the test proctor threatens that in the next part, if one does not pass it they will not be able to become a Chunin for an extremely long time. Sakura begun thinking that Naruto will not be able to pass it and was about to volunteer Team 7 to leave the exam, when Naruto stands up and shows that he is not afraid of the next part. Afterwards, the proctor reveals they were testing their dedication to a mission, and all those who stayed passed the test no matter what the exam score was.
The second part of the Chunin Exams was a survival test. Each team was given a scroll to protect, and the team must steal more scrolls and take it to the middle of the arena. Team 7 is first attacked by Orochimaru, to which Naruto and Sasuke were able to fend off. However, both of them were rendered unconscious during the fight and Sakura was left to care for them until they wake up. Unfortunately, Genins from the Sound village were ordered by Orochimaru to finish off Team 7. Sakura tries her best to protect her unconscious teammates. Rock Lee would come in to save Sakura, but was defeated any way by the Sound Genins. One of the Sound Genins named Kin Tsuchi (female Genin) grabs Sakura’s hair and taunts her for her weakness, claiming that she would rather look pretty instead of training her ninja skills. Sakura in turn, cuts off her own hair and matures during the process. Sakura continued to try and defend her team, until Ino and her team realized that Sakura was in trouble. Despite the rivalry between Sakura and Ino, Ino realized that they were once best friends and decided to jump in and help them out.
An unconscious Sasuke re-awakened during the fight after receiving Orochimaru's cursed seal, and proceeded to ask Sakura who injured her. Quickly overcome by his new cursed mark, he begins a violent rampage on the sound nins who are present. Frightened by his new behaviour, a tearful Sakura rushes to his side and wraps her arms around him, begging him to stop. Her tearful words and embrace get through to him, and his cursed seal quickly recedes.
Team 7 would be allowed to rest while Ino and her team watch their backs. When they fully recover, the team heads toward the middle and meets a fellow Konoha Genin named Kabuto. The four help each other to reach the middle of the arena and are successful.
Reaching the middle allows them to proceed in the exam. The next part of the exam were the preliminary matches. Sakura was forced to battle Ino first, but the two accepted their fate. Sakura and Ino go down to the battle area and insult each other face to face. Ino cuts her hair claiming to follow what Sakura did earlier, however Ino had placed her own chakra in the cut hair. When Sakura came near the hair that were on the floor, Ino was able to use her chakra and pin Sakura into one place. Ino was able to use her Mind Body Swap technique easily. Ino appeared to be the victor as she was going to force Sakura to forfeit. However, Sakura was strong enough to resist Ino’s technique and force Ino out her of own body. The two of them were both exhausted, and would charge each other for the final blow. Sakura and Ino both strike each other’s face simultaneously, and the two were knocked out at the same time. The final decision of the match was declared a draw, and both were disqualified from the exams. When Sakura and Ino recovered, they reconciled their friendship.
The third part of the Chunin Exams was a tournament from those that passed the second part of the exams. Naruto and Sasuke both advanced to this round, and Sakura, who was disqualified, was forced to sit and watch the rest of the exam. However, the Chunin Exams would be interrupted shortly after Sasuke’s fight versus Gaara began by an invasion of Konoha. Many of the ninjas were forced into sleep by a genjutsu, and Sakura was one of the few qualified Genin to repel the genjutsu, as she was a genjutsu type. Kakashi then assigned Sakura to wake up Naruto and go after Sasuke. When the two of them catches up to Sasuke, they discover him fighting Gaara in a monster form.
Upon catching up with Sasuke, Sakura protects him from Gaara's attacks, though Gaara uses his sand to immobilize her. As the sand slowly suffocates Sakura, Naruto fights to defeat Gaara, determined to save her. He succeeds, and Sakura is freed.
After the funeral for the Third, Konoha is forced to search for a new Hokage. They first elect Jiraiya (One of the Legendaries and a student of the Third), but he declines and tells them that he knows someone that is better fit for the job. Jiraiya takes Naruto to go look for Tsunade, who is also one of the Legendaries along with Jiraya and Orochimaru. Eventually Tsunade would take over the Hokage position and Team 7 does a few missions.

Sasuke’s Betrayal

Sasuke would eventually be seduced by the amount of power he can gain from Orochimaru, and after his fight with Naruto, believed that he was too weak himself.
Sakura, knowing that Sasuke would leave, met him near the exit. Sakura did what she could to stop Sasuke from leaving, even tearfully confessing her love.
Though she did everything she could,even offering to go with him, she ultimately could not convince him to stay. Before she could alert anybody of his actions by screaming, Sasuke knocked her out, but not before thanking her for everything.
The next day, Naruto promises Sakura that he will bring Sasuke home. Sakura begins to understand that Naruto was truly a good friend that she had taken for granted after his promise to bring Sasuke home.
Sakura stayed behind on the mission, while Naruto teamed with Shikamaru, Kiba, Neji, and Choji. However, the team would be severely wounded during the mission, one by one each of them had to stay behind so the others could advance. Eventually Naruto would confront Sasuke and battle him. However, Naruto would lose the fight and Sasuke was able to get away. After Naruto was hospitalized, he apologizes to Sakura and tells her that he will bring him back next time.
However, Sakura replies that she would be going with him next time. After seeing Naruto’s determination to get Sasuke back, Sakura became determined to becoming stronger. At first she seemed lost, but son came to the conclusion that as with the rest of her team, she would seek out the last sannin for training. She seek out Tsunade and appeals to her, Tsunade realised that was was happening to the rest of team seven bore remarkable similarity to what had happened to her team. Believing in fate, she would agree to accept Sakura as her pupil.. on the condition that she endured her harsh training.

Two Years Later

In the second part of the Naruto series, two years have gone by. Naruto has returned to Konoha from his training with Jiraiya, and Sakura has become an excellent ninja under Tsunade’s training. Sakura has matured greatly during her two years of training, and she has become more confident in herself. Despite the time spent apart from Naruto, she is shown to care for him more now, especially since he has matured also and is no longer the little trouble maker when they first met. Sakura’s feelings for Sasuke have also not changed. Though she is no longer a fangirl and is mature about it. Whether she has retained her feelings for Sasuke completely has yet to be seen, but considering that Naruto's strong feelings have been retained, it's safe to say that her feelings have remained largely unchanged, considering that she has shown to be very touchy about Sasuke and had assaulted a team member who badmouthed him.
Sakura’s skills as a ninja have greatly increased under Tsunade’s training. She has grown the monsterous strength similar to Tsunade and has become a greatly skilled Medic-nin similar to Tsunade. Her reaction and reflexes has also increased during her training, and all contribute to her survival ability during battle.
With Naruto back in town and reunited with Sakura, they hang out with each other to catch up. Naruto discovers that many of his friends, including Sakura, had already passed the Chunin Exam and are Chunin ninjas now. Naruto was now the only member in their class to still be a Genin. They would receive a mission shortly after when Gaara (The new Kazekage) was kidnapped by the Akatsuki. Team 7, consisting of Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi are sent to the Wind village where they discover that Kankuro had been poisoned by one of the Akatsuki named Sasori. Sakura displays her medical skills when she was able to cure Kankuro from the poison. Sakura even gained praise from Chiyo (One of the Wind Village Elders) about her skills learned from Tsunade. Afterwards, Team 7, accompanied by Chiyo, goes after Gaara and the Akatsuki. Sakura and Chiyo battle Sasori while Naruto and Kakashi went after his partner. The battle against Sasori proves to be intense. Despite fighting at full strength, Sakura could not bring Sasori and his puppets down. Sasori would attempt to stab Chiyo with a puppet and kill her, but Sakura jumps in between and takes the hit. Chiyo took advantage and stabs in the heart. Sasori reveals that he was going to meet a spy from Orochimaru’s group in a week. Chiyo was able to heal Sakura and she recovers.
Kakashi had been badly wounded during the mission and was forced to be hospitalized after they returned to Konoha. Naruto and Sakura would gain a new leader and teammate for their next missions. Yamato was assigned as the team leader and Sai was assigned as their third teammate. Sai is a strange boy, who grew up without learning any emotions. The team is briefed about their next mission, they were to meet the “spy” in Orochimaru’s group. The new team sets out and discovers that the spy was waiting for the dead Sasori. However, it turns out to be a trap and the group battles Kabuto and Orochimaru. Naruto was left badly injured, but Sakura was able to heal his wounds. They then proceeded to Orochimaru’s hideout, and began infiltrating his lair. Going to room after room looking for Sasuke, they eventually confront Sasuke outside of the lair. They try to convince Sasuke to return to Konoha, but he declines once again and begins attacking them. Sakura tries to stop Sasuke, even attacking him. However, Sasuke was able to escape anyways. The team returns to Konoha after the failed mission, Naruto and Sakura were deeply depressed that they once again could not stop Sasuke.

Powers and Abilities

Sakura's Chakra Enhanced Strength: Cherry Blossom Clash

Sakura Haruno is a talented ninja who originally started as a ninja as a support fighter and expert in analyzing and observation. She always felt left behind by the advancement of Sasuke and Naruto. She eventually became fed up with feeling useless. After Naruto left to train under Jiraiya for two years, Sakura went to the Fifth Hokage, Tsuande, to ask for training in medical-jutsu. She was accepted as her new pupil and was even taught Tsunade's fighting techniques that gives the user monstrous strength in hand-to-hand combat. She studied hard in those two years and was able to reach the rank of a Chunin class ninja.

Sakura's Jutsu

• Transformation Jutsu: The Transformation Jutsu (変化の術, henge no jutsu) is a basic ninjutsu taught to in the Ninja Academy. It transforms the user into the appearance of another person and they can even speak as they do. This is a valuable skill for infiltration and deception. This is not a technique Sakura has frequently used.
• Substitution Jutsu: The Substitution Jutsu (変わり身の術, kawarimi no jutsu) is basic fighting technique taught to ninja of the Hidden Leaf after graduation from the Academy. It's designed to have the user replace their body in an instant with an object from the surroundings just before an attack can hit. Sakura is immense proficiency with this jutsu and used it to great effect during the Chunin Exams.
• Genjutsu release: The Genjutsu Release (幻術解, genjutsu kai) is a technique that allows the user to break basic Genjutsu. This technique was taught to Sakura by Kakashi Hatake. Though, this will not work on several more powerful Genjutsus.
• Sakura Blizzard Jutsu (サクラ吹雪の術): This is a technique that Sakura throws a storm of kunais, that have exploding bags on them.

• Chakra Enchanced Strength: This is just from precise Chakra control. She could cause the ground to split, or even cause the a small landside. She could also punch a hole into a cliff, or make a cave sink in.
• Cherry Blossom Clash: The Cherry Blossom Clash (桜花衝, ōkashō) is a technique Sakura uses with her Chakra Enhanced Strength skills she learned from Tsunade. By focusing a large amount of chakra to her hand, she punches into the ground causing a massive shock wave. The destruction is dependent on the amount of chakra focused.
• Healing Jutsu: The Healing Jutsu (掌仙術, shōsen jutsu) is a medical-ninjustu technique where the user forces chakra to their hand to speed the natural healing to the target and it can use used on one's self. Sakura was taught this technique for Tsunade.
• Chakra Scalpel: The Chakra Scalpel (チャクラのメス, chakura no mesu) is a technique for a medical-ninja to focus chakra at their hands to create an extremely fine and long blade that can cut into the body of another person. It can be used for surgery or to cut muscle and nerves of an opponent.
  Another Medical Technique that she could use from direct training from Lady Tsunade a.k.a The Fifth Hokage. She can severe internal organs, if used in actual combat, or use this to heal injuries.
• Poison Extraction Jutsu: The Poison Extraction Jutsu (細患抽出の術, saikan chūshutsu no jutsu) allows the user to actually isolate and remove poisons from the blood. Using the Chakra Scalpel, an incision is made into the victim then chakra is used to force a large amount of medicinal fluid into the incision. This fluid serves to isolate poisons to then be drawn out of the body. In the process, the poison is removed and the damaged areas of the body are repaired. The extracted poison can now be isolated and analyzed to create an antidote. This is a highly advanced technique that was taught to Sakura by Tsunade. She has used it to save the Kankuro of the Sand Village after he was poisoned by Sasori.

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• Four-Corner Seal Barrier: The Four Corner Seal Barrier (結界四方封陣, kekkai shihō fūjin) is a jutsu created by Tsunade that is designed to seal the Bijuu spirits. It was preformed with Shizune, Sakura haruno, Ino Yamanaka, and Hinata Hyuga. The jutsu requires special scrolls and blood, similar to a summoning jutsu. Together they used this technique to seal the Three-Tailed Turtle.

Jutsu Stats

Ninja's are ranked by their proficiency with the various types of jutsu and other statistics. The score rates as a best out of five and are added up in a total score. (source: First, Second, and Third Third Naruto Databook)