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TRADE · NO TECHNIQUES
Civilian trade · Original diagramA village trade, not a technique. The profile does not credit chakra or a ninja repertoire to anyone who does not show one.
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Tazuna is building a bridge that would link the island to the mainland and break that monopoly, which is why Gatō wants him dead. At his home, Tazuna explains why his grandson Inari trusts no one: he tells them the story of Kaiza, the fisherman who became the town's hero and whom Gatō had publicly executed to crush any resistance.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-20","ep":"naruto-11","pos":20},{"h":"The Great Naruto Bridge","t":"Tazuna witnesses the battle on the bridge against Zabuza and Haku and is moved to see Sakura weep as she recites the ninja rules. When Gatō appears with his mercenaries, the turn comes from Inari, who shows up with the whole town armed, and his grandfather cannot hold back his emotion. With the bridge finished, Tazuna and the townspeople look for a name. In tribute to the boy who gave them back their courage, they call it the Great Naruto Bridge, without Naruto himself ever finding out.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-33","ep":"naruto-19","pos":33},{"h":"Back in Konoha","t":"Years later, after Konoha's destruction at Pain's hands, the village asks for help to rebuild and Tazuna comes with Inari, now a carpentry apprentice. They run into Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi and chat for a while; Inari asks after Sasuke and remarks on how pretty Sakura has become. For Tazuna it is a way of returning the favor of that mission: the bridge that saved his country existed thanks to that team, and now it is his turn to put his hands to the village that gave it to him.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-451","pos":451}],"facts":[{"k":"Estado","v":"Alive","lvl":0},{"k":"Edad","v":"59","lvl":0},{"k":"Cumpleaños","v":"April 5","lvl":0},{"k":"Altura","v":"1.79 m","lvl":0},{"k":"Afiliación","v":"Land of Waves","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-9","pos":9},{"k":"Seiyū","v":"Takeshi Aono","lvl":0},{"k":"Doblaje latino","v":"Alfonso Ramírez","lvl":0}],"techniques":[],"debut":{"ch":"naruto-9","ep":"naruto-6"}},"tsunami":{"intro":"Tsunami is Tazuna's daughter and Inari's mother.","history":"Tsunami is Tazuna's daughter and Inari's mother. She takes Team 7 into her home during the bridge mission and is exposed when Gatō's men try to take her hostage. She is a civilian; this profile attributes no techniques to her.","personality":"Tsunami is a loving, helpful mother, the kind who welcomes guests with food and care even when the household is going through hard times. She likes pretty things and tries to keep some normality in a home marked by loss. Her gentleness coexists with a very firm will: when it comes to protecting her son she is willing to do anything, even put herself at risk. She also has the sensitivity to recognize when Inari no longer needs to be held back, but to be supported.","abilities":[{"name":"Documented scope","text":"This profile records her narrative and family role without inventing a repertoire of techniques.","notDemonstrated":true,"figures":[]},{"name":"Limits of her repertoire","text":"Only documented abilities are included; belonging to a clan or group does not grant all its techniques.","notDemonstrated":true,"figures":[]}],"mangaReference":"Naruto, chapters 16–33: the Land of Waves.","sources":["naruto-archive"],"reference":"Naruto, chapters 16–33: the Land of Waves.","tools":[],"stages":[],"until":244,"sections":[{"h":"A home with wounds","t":"Tsunami is Tazuna's daughter and Inari's mother. Her husband died shortly after the boy's birth, and when Kaiza came into their lives as a father figure, she invited him to become part of the family. Kaiza's execution at Gatō's hands broke her as it broke the whole town, and since then she has tried to shield Inari from those memories. She welcomes Team 7 into her home when it arrives with Tazuna and looks after Kakashi, exhausted after his first fight with Zabuza.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-16","ep":"naruto-10","pos":16},{"h":"Gatō's hostage","t":"While the team protects Tazuna on the bridge, two of Gatō's thugs burst into the house to take Tsunami hostage and pressure her father. When they talk of killing Inari, she stops them with a threat: if they touch him, she will take her own life and they will have no hostage. Inari musters the courage to face them and Naruto arrives in time to defeat them. Later Tsunami tries to convince her son not to go to the bridge, but seeing in him Kaiza's same determination, she joins the town in supporting the battle.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-23","ep":"naruto-13","pos":23}],"facts":[{"k":"Estado","v":"Alive","lvl":0},{"k":"Cumpleaños","v":"May 4","lvl":0},{"k":"Altura","v":"1.58 m","lvl":0},{"k":"Afiliación","v":"Land of Waves","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-16","pos":16},{"k":"Seiyū","v":"Misa Watanabe","lvl":0},{"k":"Doblaje latino","v":"Diana Pérez","lvl":0}],"techniques":[],"debut":{"ch":"naruto-16","ep":"naruto-10"}},"inari":{"intro":"Inari is Tazuna's grandson.","history":"Inari is Tazuna's grandson. The execution of Kaiza, whom he admired like a father, leaves him convinced that no one can stand up to Gatō. Naruto's determination leads him to rally the villagers against the mercenaries at the end of the arc.","personality":"Inari starts out as a bitter, distrustful boy who believes heroes do not exist and that fighting the strong only gets you killed. He speaks harshly and mocks those who, like Naruto, keep trying. That anger is the way he found to cover a very great pain, and deep down he misses feeling brave. When he regains his confidence he shows a sincere, contagious courage able to move an entire town. He cries easily, but learns to do so without stopping.","abilities":[{"name":"Documented scope","text":"This profile records his narrative and family role without inventing a repertoire of techniques.","notDemonstrated":true,"figures":[]},{"name":"Limits of his repertoire","text":"Only documented abilities are included; belonging to a clan or group does not grant all its techniques.","notDemonstrated":true,"figures":[]}],"mangaReference":"Naruto, chapters 17–33: the Land of Waves.","sources":["naruto-archive"],"reference":"Naruto, chapters 17–33: the Land of Waves.","tools":[],"stages":[{"id":"reconstruccion","label":"Shippūden · Rebuilding Konoha","medium":"Shippūden · Manga y anime","role":"Land of Waves carpenter · Rebuilding Konoha","intro":"Inari comes to Konoha to return the favor of the bridge and help rebuild the village after Pain's attack.","history":"After Pain's attack, Konoha asks for help to rebuild and Tazuna arrives with Inari, who now works as his carpentry apprentice. For them it is a way of repaying what Team 7 did for the Land of Waves. Inari is happy to see Naruto and tells Sakura she looks very pretty. They ask after Sasuke to say hello, and Naruto, without telling them he has left the village, says they had a fight and that he will soon bring him back.","abilities":[{"name":"Civilian trade","text":"He is a carpenter: he helps with the rebuilding, not with ninja techniques.","figures":["
TRADE · NO TECHNIQUES
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Inari then convinces the townspeople to rise up, and when Gatō and his mercenaries advance on the bridge he appears at the head of everyone, armed with a crossbow. The group drives off the mercenaries. When they say goodbye, Inari and Naruto cry while trying to hide it.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-33","ep":"naruto-19","pos":33},{"h":"Carpentry apprentice","t":"Years later, Inari comes to Konoha with his grandfather to help rebuild the village after Pain's attack. He is now a carpentry apprentice, taller and self-assured, and copies Tazuna's habit of wearing a towel around his neck. He greets Naruto, asks after Sasuke and drops a remark about how pretty Sakura is. In the anime, he also stars in two filler episodes about his own courage being put to the test, in which he again draws on what Naruto taught him.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-451","ep":"shippuden-181","pos":451}],"facts":[{"k":"Estado","v":"Alive","lvl":0},{"k":"Edad","v":"8","lvl":0},{"k":"Edad","v":"12","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-451","pos":451},{"k":"Cumpleaños","v":"December 25","lvl":0},{"k":"Altura","v":"128.5 cm","lvl":0},{"k":"Afiliación","v":"Land of Waves","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-17","pos":17},{"k":"Seiyū","v":"Shizuka Ishikawa","lvl":0},{"k":"Doblaje latino","v":"Elsa Covián","lvl":0}],"techniques":[],"debut":{"ch":"naruto-17","ep":"naruto-10"}},"kaiza":{"intro":"Kaiza is a fisherman from elsewhere who saves Inari and becomes his stepfather.","history":"Kaiza is a fisherman from elsewhere who saves Inari and becomes his stepfather. He earns the town's respect by protecting it, until Gatō executes him in public to break the resistance. His memory marks Inari; this profile does not invent his family of origin.","personality":"Kaiza is a brave, generous man of simple convictions. For him, if something matters, you protect it with both arms and never give up, and he lives by that idea. His character is very reminiscent of Naruto's: he does not stop to calculate the odds and throws himself into helping even when no one else dares. He has a deep love for his adopted land and the people who live in it. That same devotion, which makes him a hero, also leaves him exposed to anyone who wants to make an example of him.","abilities":[{"name":"Documented scope","text":"This profile records his narrative and family role without inventing a repertoire of techniques.","notDemonstrated":true,"figures":[]},{"name":"Limits of his repertoire","text":"Only documented abilities are included; belonging to a clan or group does not grant all its techniques.","notDemonstrated":true,"figures":[]}],"mangaReference":"Naruto, chapters 20–21: Inari's memory.","sources":["naruto-archive"],"reference":"Naruto, chapters 20–21: Inari's memory.","tools":[],"stages":[],"until":244,"sections":[{"h":"The town's hero","t":"Kaiza was a fisherman who came to the Land of Waves seeking new opportunities. He saved Inari from drowning, taught him everything he knew and encouraged him to protect what he loved \"with these two arms.\" He married Tsunami and became the boy's stepfather and role model. One rainy night, a floodgate opened and a district was about to flood; Kaiza swam against the current with a rope, closed it and saved the town, something no one else dared to try.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-20","ep":"naruto-11","pos":20},{"h":"An example made","t":"When Gatō began taking over the country, Kaiza was the only one who stood up to him, and it took the whole gang to stop him. Gatō decided to make an example of him: his bodyguards cut off both his arms, mocking his motto, and executed him in public in front of the whole town, Inari included. From that day on no one dared to resist. His legacy survives all the same: years later, Naruto gives Inari back the courage Kaiza had taught him, and the boy passes it on to the rest of the Land of Waves.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-20","ep":"naruto-11","pos":20}],"facts":[{"k":"Estado","v":"Deceased","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-20","pos":20},{"k":"Cumpleaños","v":"August 21","lvl":0},{"k":"Altura","v":"1.83 m","lvl":0},{"k":"Afiliación","v":"Land of Waves","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-20","pos":20},{"k":"Seiyū","v":"Akimitsu Takase","lvl":0},{"k":"Doblaje latino","v":"Salvador Delgado","lvl":0}],"techniques":[],"quote":{"t":"If something is precious to you, protect it with these two arms, even if it costs you your life.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-20","pos":20},"debut":{"ch":"naruto-20","ep":"naruto-11"}}}}