Tsunade Senju (2024)

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Title(s) Slug Princess Tsunade Fifth Hokage (translation meaning "Godaime Hokage")
Birthdate	August 2, 1951
Eye Color	Light Brown
Hair Color	Light Blonde
Race	Human
Clan(s)	Senju Clan
Ninja Rank
Kaipuden	Kage
Occupation	Kunoichi Medical Ninja Sannin Hokage
Classification	S-Rank
Family
Parent(s)	Hanaku Senju (Father) (Deceased) Tsuyoshi Denshiko (Mother) (Deceased)
Sibling(s)	Sayoko Senju (Younger Sister) Fumito Senju (Younger Sister) Nawaki Senju (Younger Brother) (Deceased)
Spouse(s)	Dan Kato (Lover) (Deceased)
Children	Tsunaku Senju (Son) Rasoki Senju (Son) Tenade Senju (Daughter) Nagito Senju (Daughter)
Grandparent(s)	Hashirama Senju (Grandfather) (Deceased) Mito Uzumaki (Grandmother) (Deceased)
Ancestor(s)	Tobirama Senju (Granduncle) (Deceased)
Affiliation
Partner(s)	Jiraiya (Deceased) Orochimaru (formerly)
Team(s)	Team Hiruzen Senju Sisters
Allie(s)	Konohagakure (homeland) Sunagakure (renewable alliance)
Rival(s)	Kabuto Yakushi (enemy and medical ninja)
Enemie(s)	Akatsuki Orochimaru (friend turned enemy) Kabuto Yakushi Otogakure
Base of Operation
Homeworld	Ninja World
Homecountry	Land of Fire
Hometown	Konohagakure
Nature Transformation(s)
Chakra Nature(s)	Speed Style (mastered) Wind Style (mastered)Lightning Style
Personal Status
Age	Kaipuden: 30 (physically) 50 (biologically)
Gender	Female
Status	Alive
First Appearance
Kaipuden	Episode 003: Instant Graduation

Tsunade Senju is the Fifth Hokage (Godaime Hokage literally meaning "Fifth Fire Shadow"), a member of the Senju Clan and a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan of Konohagakure.

Appearance[]

Tsunade is a fairly tall, light-skinned woman with light golden-amber eyes and straight blonde hair. Her hair is waist-length with shoulder-length bangs framing both sides of her face. As a child, she had it tied in a high ponytail. As an adult, it is usually tied into two loose ponytails. Some time after leaving the village, she obtained a violet rhombus mark on her forehead similar to her grandmother's, which she uses as a chakra gathering point known as the Reverse Seal. It will temporarily disappear when unleashing the conserved chakra and reappear after she has accumulated enough chakra.

While only in her early fifties, her form is a frail and wrinkled old appearance, more so than her age would suggest. However, she maintains the appearance of her younger self through a unique and constant Transformation Jutsu until her youth was restored upon childbirth to her jinchuriki children. In her youth, the appearance she normally takes, she had a slender yet noticeably curvaceous frame. Despite being known as flat-chested in her childhood, she now has a rather large bust; 106 centimetres in circumference, according to Jiraiya. Her beauty has been pointed out several times and she's been called the most beautiful kunoichi in the world by several characters.

She often wears a grass-green robe with the kanji for gamble (賭, kake) written in black on the back, inside a red circle. Underneath she wears a grey, kimono-style blouse with no sleeves, held closed by a broad, dark bluish-grey obi that matches her pants. Her blouse is closed quite low, revealing her sizeable cleavage. She wears open-toed sandals with high heels and red polish on both her fingernails and toenails. She also wears a soft pink lipstick. She also used to wear the First Hokage's Necklace in clear view on her chest, before giving it to Naruto.

Personality[]

When she was first introduced, Tsunade was cynical of anyone with dreams, especially those who want to become Hokage. After meeting Naruto, she realises that this cynicism is insulting to the memories of both Dan and Nawaki. After seeing Naruto's conviction to become Hokage and proving her wrong in his ability to learn the Rasengan, she has a change of heart. Despite her still blunt attitude towards Naruto, she has come to care for him deeply and puts her faith in him for the future, even agreeing to take on the mantle of Hokage herself, carrying on the dreams of Dan and Nawaki. As Hokage, Tsunade has shown the same level of loyalty to the village that previous Hokage held; during the invasion of Pain, she released all of her chakra in order to save the lives of thousands of people within Konoha, at great personal risk. Tsunade also has a great deal of faith in the next generation, and sees the potential that Naruto, Tsunaku, and the rest of the young Konoha ninja hold.

Tsunade also has a fond affection and love for her children, when Tsunaku was born she instantly starts to care for him with much love as he did with Rasoki, Tenade, and Nagito. Even though she's rough during their training sessions and sometimes get mad at them for bad behaviors (except for Tsunaku, and mostly at Rasoki), she's able to calm down and forgive them as she made sure they learned their lessions. At a time of crisis to protect the innocent (whether it was Konoha citizens or other people), Tsunade has faith and believes in her son, Tsunaku as it was shown that she didn't punish him and his friend for breaking the rules of leaving the village without authorization, as it was shown that he has earn her trust.

Tsunade typically projects a tough demeanor, even when facing great personal difficulty. She readily criticises others for their faults, such as Naruto's immaturity or Jiraiya's perversion, though her habits are rarely any better. Another trait of Tsunade is her monsterous, quick temper and many fear her because of this, such as Shizune, Jiraiya, and Sakura. Beneath this tough exterior, Tsunade truly loves her village and its people and will at times show sympathy for others, consoling Shikamaru that, while he failed his mission to return Sasuke to Konoha, all of his teammates survived and Rasoki to control his anger in order to make friends on his own. This is also shown when she worked hard in order to help heal Rock Lee, so that he might continue to be a ninja. In life-threatening or important situations that involve putting someone she cares for in danger, she tends to get angry with people who disagree with her plan, such as the restrictions the Konoha Elders placed on Naruto. As with all Hokage before her, Tsunade deeply believes in the Will of Fire.

Tsunade also has a firm belief that Naruto, and all jinchuriki, are not tools of war and are their own people. She has always voiced that Naruto is a great ninja and should be used by the village as any other ninja would be.

History[]

Tsunade Senju is the granddaughter of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju and Mito Uzumaki, also the grandniece of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, born to the Founding First Hokage, Hanaku Senju and Tsuyoshi Denshiko, leading others to call her "Princess" (姫, Hime). She is also the older sister of Sayoko Senju, Fumito Senju, and Nawaki Senju, who were in good tides with her siblings for always. She, along with Jiraiya and Orochimaru are also former students of the Third Hokage. Like Team Kakashi, Tsunade and her teammates were given the bell test which Jiraiya failed and was subsequently tied to a log. Tsunade taunted him before leaving. Tsunade mentioned this is why she was in bad blood with Fumito, because of her crush with Jiraiya. Then at the age of thirteen, Hanaku (after checking on both Sayoko, Fumito, and Nawaki's chakra natures) check for the nature of her chakra was wind, but later reveal her descendant nature is speed, trained Tsunade and her siblings in the art of Speed Style for five years until she reached the age of eighteen and shown Hanaku her complete training into a Speed Style master.

At the age of nineteen, she heard news of the Senju Clan's genocide and was shocked that her father was killed in the event, but knew she had to keep going. When Fumito was saddened, she was told by Tsunade to control herself, but after Fumito got her hand off and called her a burden, which saddened Tsunade to show some feelings for Hanaku's departure.

At some point, when she caught Jiraiya peeping on her while she was in the hot springs, she proceeded to break both of his arms, six of his ribs and ruptured several internal organs as a punishment for being a pervert. Ever since then, Jiraiya has been very careful to suppress his perverted ways around Tsunade. Jiraiya mentions that this is one of the two times he has ever been close to death.

During the Second Great Ninja War, Tsunade and her former teammates fought Hanzo, who gave them the title of Konoha's "Three Legendary Shinobi" (translation for "Densetsu no Sannin"), the same way a fame Taki ninja gave that title to Hanaku, Sazaku, and Tsuyoshi, as a reward for surviving their battle. On their way back to Konoha, they encountered the Ame Orphans, whom Jiraiya chose to train. Throughout the war, she would become famous for frequently counteracting Chiyo's poisoning attempts, earning contempt from Chiyo because of it. Furthermore, according to Jiraiya, Tsunade, with her unrivaled skills as a warrior and medical prowess, was the reason Konoha won the war. However, she retrieve word that Sayoko and Fumito were killed in battle, (which she didn't know the truth that they were transported into two different worlds in the Worlds of the Shadows meaning that they were still alive).

On her younger brother's twelfth birthday, Tsunade gave him their grandfather's crystal necklace in the hopes that it would help him achieve his dream of becoming Hokage. The next day, he died as a casualty of the war, which returned the necklace to Tsunade's possession. This event resolved Tsunade to advocate for the inclusion of medical ninja to be incorporated into teams that were on the battlefield. However the Third regretfully told her that because they were in a time of war, they did not have the resources or the time to train such ninja.

While Tsunade became discouraged, a man named Dan Kato spoke up to second her request also believing strongly that they should focus on finding ways to save their comrades' lives on the battlefield. Intrigued by Dan, Tsunade grew close to him and in sharing similar ideals, they fell in love with each other. As a sign of her affection, and in the hopes that this time it would help make his dreams come true, Tsunade gave him the necklace as well. Dan died a bloody death during the course of the war, once again returning the necklace to her possession. Dan's death caused her to develop hæmophobia, which made her unfit to take part in any more battles. Dan's death also led people to believe that the necklace was cursed; causing death to anyone who wears it except Tsunade.

With the deaths of the two she loved the most, Tsunade came to lose faith in the title of Hokage, believing that only a fool would want to take the position. With these changes of ideals, Tsunade left Konoha with Dan's niece, Shizune, taking her on as her apprentice who became one of the few people Tsunade trusts with absolute certainty. Tsunade also came to own a pet pig, Tonton which she leaves mostly to Shizune's care.

Powers & Abilities[]

Natural Powers & Abilities[]

CoolSuperhuman Strength: Since Tsunade inherited her prowess from her grandfather, the First Hokage, since it seem to be a trait of the Senju Clan, since she's able to break through the ground, even with one finger. An opponent struck by her attacks could suffer damage ranging from broken bones, ruptured organs, or even death, as Jiraiya learned for his perverted actions in his youth.

Enhance Speed & Reflexes: Overwhelming her opponents, Tsunade possess great rate of speed through her youth, even during her early fiftes, until her jinchuriki childbirths. Tsunade can react to a strike that will be stemming for a person of her personality, but instantly dodge those attacks. As a field medical ninja, she's able to react and heal any injuries in the battlefield as fast as possible. Tsunade is able to punch any perverted man like Jiraiya at a fast rate.

Durability: Tsunade also has immense vitality and stamina, stemming from her incredible inherited life force. Additionally, she has shown remarkable durability; she was still able to move after having her muscles torn, something Kabuto himself found impressive and praise-worthy. She was also able to survive the life-risking Heavenly Transfer Jutsu, receiving only minor injuries in the process.

Endurance: Furthermore, Tsunade's endurance was great enough to survive the normally fatal injuries of being stabbed straight through the shoulder, abdomen, and even chest to still land a powerful attack on Orochimaru.

Intelligence: While normally appearing carefree or short-tempered, Tsunade is a capable leader. A keen thinker, Tsunade has repeatedly been highly observant and analytical, allowing her to see through most deceptions and is rarely caught off-guard. Most commonly, Tsunade will choose the best ninja available to construct a team after looking over the assigned mission. She was able to analyse and replicate the basic mechanics of Kabuto’s Pre Healing Jutsu to aid in bettering the chances of Rock Lee's life-risking surgery being a success.

Ninja Powers & Abilities[]

Master Taijutsu Specialist: Tsunade Senju's trademark ability is her incredible raw strength with which she is able to perform such feats as launching her targets several metres with a mere finger flick or create fissures with a single finger jab at the ground. While a medical ninja normally tries to avoid direct battle, Tsunade’s close-range combat skills have been considered unsurpassed, which she uses mainly to intimidate her opponents from approaching her in order to carry out her primary duties as a medical ninja.

• Strength Prowess: As a field medical ninja, Tsunade is highly skilled in the art of evasion. In battle, she has shown great ingenuity, able to quickly pick up on her opponent's fighting style and battle pattern to better avoid damage and plan her attacks around that. These traits are to keep herself alive in battle so she may heal her teammates; things she drilled into Sakura while training her. While not her most prominent trait, she is quite fast and equally fierce in battle, having displayed high levels of quickness to the point that her opponents find her an overwhelming adversary. She was able to incapacitate Shizune with a quick strike before she could react, use the Nervous System Rupture jutsu on Kabuto when he thought she was incapacitated, block Orochimaru from attacking an unconscious Naruto even though she was severely wounded, and even intercept Manda mid-bite while lifting Gamabunta's sword.

Expert Genjutsu Specialist: When dealing with the Fameous Idiots Brothers, her skill in genjutsu was great enough to bind the immensely strong duo at once.

Expert Ninjutsu Specialist: Aparrently, since Tsunade is the FIfth Hokage, she has some immense amount of ninjutsu as she's able to master some that she has looked up in scrolls at the Hokage Manor. Her trademark in Ninjutsu's mainly ido ninjutsu, since her focus is in recovering others. Tsunade demonstrated noticeable skill in a variety of other areas. From the elder days, Tsunade learned the Reikiku, a powerful A-Rank ninjutsu, from her father, the Founding First Hokage.

• Master Medicial Ninjutsu Specialist: Much of Tsunade's fame comes from her being able to perform any procedure flawlessly to cure and heal injuries that others would consider impossible or a lost cause. She can do so through the usage of no more than chakra or basic tools. She healed the psychological damage caused by Tsukuyomi, the damage done to Rock Lee's spine, and counteracted the effects of the Three Colored Pills on Choji, something Choza stated would have been impossible if she weren't there. Tsunade has also been noted to be capable of making powerful sleeping potions that are also colourless; so much that she is the only one in the world who could spike a drink without a ninja knowing it was drugged. In a similar manner, Tsunade has also shown the ability to use medical ninjutsu adversely and use it to harm, even kill, instead of heal. She can use a single chakra-infused strike to effortlessly cause internal damage or incapacitate a target as she did the latter to Shizune when she tried to stop Tsunade from meeting with Orochimaru. Tsunade is also able to create a Chakra Scalpel both for surgery and to inflict internal lacerations and even attack the internal organs.
• Summoning Jutsu Expert: Tsunade can summon slugs of varying sizes, although she has only ever been seen summoning Katsuyu. The slugs' primary abilities seem to revolve around spitting acid and splitting into smaller slugs.
• Transformation Jutsu Expert: Even though she is in her early fifties, Tsunade's Transformation Jutsu makes her appear as if she were still in her twenties (which Naruto calls "living a lie"). She readily alters what age she appears in order to avoid her gambling debts. Tsunade's transformation is somewhat different from a normal transformation, as it seems to be permanent, not getting dispelled when she is slashed or injured, and she apparently does not need to exert any effort to stay transformed. In the anime, she was shown able to maintain her transformation even while asleep. The transformation dispels when she runs out of chakra, reverting her to her natural appearance, until her jinchuriki childbirths.
• Space-Time Ninjutsu Specialist: She was also able to use Space–Time Ninjutsu to send one of Katsuyu's divisions to Team Three's location despite the great distance.

Nature Transformation: When Tsunade was a child, her father, Hanaku decided to check for her nature as it was initially wind, but soon revealed to shown that her has a descended nature affinty to speed. She later worked hard to increase the accuracy and stamina of her running skills as well with gathering connection to her spiritual side. Under her father's tutelage, Tsunade mastered her speed nature for five years as she later taught it to her son, Tsunaku. It is unknown if this is Lightning Style, since Tsunade is capable of sending electric waves into the opponent's nervous system by striking the back of the neck, but there is some evidents that she transferred this chakra nature to her second born child, Rasoki, as it's shown that he can easily use Chidori.

Fuinjutsu Specialist: Tsunade is also well-versed in fuinjutsu, capable of developing an S-Rank seal that continuously stores up chakra for various reasons including using the high-level techniques such as the Ninja Art: Mitotic Regeneration jutsu which she also created. In the anime, she designed the Four Corner Sealing Barrier which can be used to seal a tailed beast from scratch.

Master Chakra Control Specialist: Tsunade has shown to have great supplies of chakra. On her forehead is a mark called the Reserve Seal that she uses to store chakra. She can use this chakra to heal a large number of people at the same time with the help of her summon Katsuyu over long periods of time without becoming fatigued.

Part I - Kaipuden[]

Kaipuden Prologue Saga[]

Tsunade first appear in the Konoha Hospital, checking on her third born child, Tenade's medical condition. During the check up, Tsunade saw her son, Tsunaku with his friends, Konohamaru Sarutobi and Hanabi Hyuga, have returned to Konoha along with the retreival of Sasuke Uchiha completed.

When they arrived at the Hokage manor, she already call forth Iruka Umino, Hiashi Hyuga, and the Hyuga Elder as they were gonna punished them for leaving the village without authorized permission to go after Sasuke without being offical ninja. However, Tsunade denided the punishment and award them, especially giving her son the headband she wore, to become newly graduated genin.

Mizuki Strikes Back Saga[]

Newcomer Foundation Saga[]

Search for the Senju Survivors Saga[]

Second Chunin Exam Saga[]

Destiny of the Uchiha Clan Saga[]

Otogakure Inflitration Saga[]

Higure's Invasion Saga[]

Harukugan's Downfall Saga[]

Fake Konohagakure Battle Saga[]

Five Kage Summit Saga[]

Confining the Jinchuriki Saga[]

Final Great Ninja War Saga[]

Kaipuden Epilogue Saga[]

Extra[]

• Tsunade's Zanpakuto;
• Tsunade Senju's Relationships
• Tsunade Senju's Jutsu List
• Tsunade Senju's Tekuni List