Naruto Fanatics

Rock Lee

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Name:Rock Lee
Age:13-14
Village:Hidden Leaf Village
Weight:103 lbs
Current rank:Chuunin
Length:5'2"
Intro:Episode 21 / Chapter 36
Bloodtype:A

Other Info:

Age 16 in Shippuuden.

Rock Lee (a.k.a. thick eyebrows, as Naruto calls him) is a genin level ninja. at the beginning of the series Just like his row model Gai-sensei, he is a TaiJutsu specialist. Lee is incapable of using NinJutsu or even GenJutsu. But due to Lee's great determination and extreme hard work, he was able to counter this great weakness by specializing in Taijutsu.
In Lee's schooldays everyone thought he would never be able to become a ninja, simply because he can't use NinJutsu and GenJutsu. But Lee has great determination, and said to himself that he could be a very strong ninja that only uses TaiJutsu. That's when he met Gai-sensei. Gai is also a ninja that only uses TaiJutsu. Gai-sensei became Lee's teacher and row model, and he taught Lee everything he knows now.
Lee also has a crush on Sakura. At first Sakura didn't want anything to do with him because he looks weird. But after saving her life and the fight with Gaara, she is starting to see what's so special about him: his unstoppable determination. Lee's training consists of physical training only. He always wears extremely heavy weights around his ankles. Lee only takes them off in life and death situations. When he does this he speed and strength increase dramatically. But Lee's true power lies in the fact that he can open several of his body's chakra Gates. After opening several of his Gates he can temporarily posses even more chakra then the Hokage, which makes him inhumanly fast. The downside of this technique is that it does severe damage to his body, that's why Lee can only do it for a very short time. If he can't finish his opponent before his body receives to much damage, he's done for.

Hyuuga Neji

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Name:Hyuuga Neji
Age:13-14
Village:Hidden Leaf Village
Weight:101 lbs
Current rank:Jounin
Length:5'3"
Intro:Episode 21 / Chapter 36
Bloodtype:O

Other Info:
Age 16 in Shippuuden.

Hyuuga Neji is considered the strongest and most talented of all genin. He is a member of the Hyuuga Clan and masters Hyuuga Style Taijutsu, the most powerfull Leaf Village TaiJutsu style. Neji is a true genius and he knows it all to well. He is very confident (maybe even to confident) of himself and thinks he knows everything. Neji strongly believes that destiny is something one cannot control: it is given to you at birth and not even hard work can change it. Fully confident of himself, Neji is able to mentally destroy his less confident opponents just by talking to them.
On top of all this Neji really is an incredibly talented ninja. The combination of the Byakugan, Hyuuga Style Taijutsu and the Opening Point Attacks is perfect, and the fact that Neji has already fully mastered those techniques makes him a genius among geniuses .

Tenten

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Name:Tenten
Age:13-14
Village:Hidden Leaf Village
Weight:93 lbs
Current rank:Chuunin
Length:5'1"
Intro:Episode 21 / Chapter 36
Bloodtype:B

Other Info:
Age 16 in Shippuuden.

TenTen is on the same team as Neji and Lee. She only plays a minor part in the Naruto series. All we really know of her is that she's a young specialist in throwing-weapons. And she works hard to become a really strong ninja like Tsunade, one of the three sannin which she refers to as the legendary female ninja, her idol.
She also seems to have some sort of feelings towards Neji. She admires him, helps him train, and deeply praises his skills.

Gaara

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Name:Gaara Of The Desert
Age:12-13
Village:Hidden Sand Village
Weight:40.2 kg
Current rank:Kage
Length:4'10" (146 cm)
Intro:Episode 20 / Chapter 35
Bloodtype:AB

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Age 15 in Shippuuden.Fifth Kazekage in shippuuden.In Shippuuden Gaara got Shukaku extracted by The Akatsuki.

Born as an experiment from the Hidden Village of Sand, Gaara was combined with the spirit of a demonic sand priest known as Shukaku, not unlike Naruto and the Nine Tails. Gaara grew up without knowing love. For a long time he tought being spoiled equals love, but when he met Rock Lee that opinion changed. Unfortunately, Gaara became unstable around the age of six years. Consequently, his father, Kazakage, ordered numerous assassination attempts upon him, all failing miserably. This betrayal caused Gaara to become hateful and deeply suspicious of everyone, including his siblings, who he regarded as "lumps of meat linked together by hatred and murderous intent."

The tattoo on Gaara's forehead means love, which combined with his name means, "I Love Death". Since he only feels alive when he kills, he believes that killing is his reason for being. The tattoo was put on Gaara's head by Gaara himself after his abilities killed Yashamaru. Yashamaru, being the one that raised Gaara, being the only one that seemed to care for Gaara.
Altough Gaara's father asked Yashamaru to kill Gaara, Yashamaru says he had willingly accepted the mission. Having never truly loved Gaara, hoping that killing him would avenge the death of his sister. Yashamaru eventually detonates himself with explosive tags covering his body, with his last words being "please die". Gaara survived the blast without even being injured, losing the only person he thought cared for him, losing his fate in bonds and love.
When we take a look at Naruto Shippuuden we notice Gaara has undergone some personality changes. His relationship to his siblings has become somewhat normal. He has come to concider Kankuro and Temari as his brother and sister where he used to threaten to kill them if they got in his way. He talks to Kankuro about his problems and dreams.

In a conversation Gaara has with Kankuro Gaara says: "In order to escape a path of loneliness, I have no choice to but to work hard and make my own path. If I do that, then someday... someday I can be like him. That's why as a shinobi of the Sand I'll aim to be the Kazekage. So I can live a life connected to my village. I want to work hard so that other will accept my existence.". It's obivious that Naruto inspired Gaara to question his bonds with other people. Suffering, sadness and joy - He want to be able to share it with another person, he want his existence to be necessary to other people, not as a weapon to be feared but as the Hidden Sand's Kazekage. He eventually follows up his dad as the Fifth Kazekage and really acts as the villager's protector as seen in his fight with Deideira. The villagers also have come to respect Gaara, and the younger females of the village even like Gaara. In the beginning of Shippuuden Gaara fulfills his role as the village's Kazekage, but gets taken by Akatsuki doing so. Gaara apparently dies from having Shukaku getting extracted by Akatsuki.

Temari

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Name: Temari
Age:15-16
Village: Hidden Sand Village
Weight: 44.9 kg
Current rank: Jounin
Length: 5'2" (157 cm)
Intro: Episode 20 / Chapter 34
Bloodtype: O

Other Info:
Age 16 in Shippuuden.

The eldest child on Gaara's team, Temari, as well as Kankuro, is terrified of her youngest brother Gaara. When Gaara is away, she is a confident, strong Genin, although not a bully like Kankuro. Despite her fear for Gaara, she can be caring towards him, but only if Gaara isn't riled up. In the beginning of Naruto Shippuuden we see her acting as the contact person between the Hidden Sand and Konoha as the two villages prepare for the next chuunin exam.
She has a deep dislike for war, and speaks her mind when her teacher Baki told his team about their mission to betray the Hidden Leaf during the chuunin exam. Despite her dislike, she has a very strong offense just like Gaara. Her enormous fan can execute a Slashing Wind attack, which can take on groups of enemies, and is equally effective in a duel. Just like Shikamaru she tries to think ahead in battle to come up with tactics to better suit her abilities. She has three purple circles inscribed on her fan which she refers to as stars. The more she opens up her fan, the more stars are shown, and how more the fan's power increases. She can also use her fan to summon Kamatari and cause a lot of destruction in a short amount of time.
A lot of times Temari is seen in the presence of Shikamaru. In one of the first Shippuuden episodes Naruto even asks the two if they're on a date, though they both imediatley deny it. Temari also saves Shikamaru by defeating Tayuya during the Sasuke retrieval arc, and does not hesitate to lecture Shikamaru about his complaining and laziness.

Kankuro

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Name: Kankuro
Age:14
Village:Hidden Sand Village
Weight:61.2 kg
Current rank:Genin
Length:165 cm
Intro:Episode 20 / Chapter 34
Bloodtype:B

Other Info:
Age 16 in Shippuuden.

The middle child of the Fourth Kazekage, Kankuro's siblings are Gaara and Temari. He has a deep fear of Gaara, and is very submissive to his will. When Gaara isn't around, however, Kankuro is a very confident bully, and has the ability to back up his attitude. Altough Kankuro seems to have a dislike for children, his personality changes a great deal over the timeskip to Naruto Shippuuden. Kankuro really takes on the role as Gaara's big brother, he becomes very protective of Gaara, and challenges anyone who badmouths Gaara in his presence. When Gaara is captured by Deidara, Kankuro imediatley goes after him in an attempt to try and save his younger brother. Even after being defeated by Sasori in battle his resolve to find Gaara is as strong as before.
In part I Kankuro carries around a puppet he calls Karasu, and employs it when fighting. Karasu has many weapons hidden inside it, from sharp knives to hidden bombs of poison gas. It is exceedingly difficult to get close enough to damage Karasu. His second puppet to be introduced is Kuroari. In Naruto Shippuuden Kankuro doesn't carry his puppets around with him anymore, he keeps them in summoning scrolls. And there's a new puppet called Sanshouo being introduced. It also becomes clear that the puppets he uses were all originally created by Sasori, and came into Kankuro's possession when Sasori left the village.
He may seem like he is all talk, but it would be foolish to underestimate him, as he has proven himself to be quite intelligent in his battles. His only weakness is that if Karasu is destroyed, Kankuro has almost no way of fighting back, so he takes exceptionally good care of his offensive puppet to insure that he will not be stranded in battle. And altough Kuroari doesn't have as many hidden weapons as Karasu, it does have some dangerous hidden weapons like a saw-blade. It's primary function is to trap his opponents within itself. Once trapped numberous weapons enters Kuroari's slots along its body to kill his opponent instantly. Kankuro's third puppet Sanshouo is used for defence, it has a hollow body that can hold up to three people.