{"id":"espadachines","name":"Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist","japanese":"忍","category":"organizations","subtitle":"Family, group and identity are different things.","summary":"Bearers of Kirigakure's swords across generations. Sharing a sword or a title is not kinship, and Raiga comes from the anime.","facts":[["Tipo","Group / entities"],["Procedencia","Kirigakure"],["Genealogía","Identified ties only"]],"lvl":1,"sections":[{"h":"Seven swords of the Mist","t":"The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist are a Kirigakure elite group defined by seven legendary swords that pass from bearer to bearer. Zabuza Momochi, one of them, deserts the village and wields the enormous Kubikiribōchō. Part I also introduces Kisame Hoshigaki, another former swordsman, who carries Samehada, a living, scale-covered sword that absorbs chakra. Sharing a sword or an organization does not imply kinship between bearers.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-143","pos":143},{"h":"Raiga, from the anime","t":"The Part I anime includes Raiga Kurosuki, a former Mist swordsman who wields the lightning-charged twin swords Kiba. He lives in the Land of Thunder with a boy named Ranmaru, who helps him with his special eyes. Raiga does not appear in the manga, so this archive marks him as anime-only even though he shares a weapon with Ameyuri, Kiba's bearer in the manga.","lvl":0,"ep":"naruto-157","pos":238},{"h":"Suigetsu and Zabuza's sword","t":"Suigetsu Hōzuki, from Kirigakure, dreams of collecting all seven swords. Before teaming up with Sasuke, he goes through the Land of Waves and takes Kubikiribōchō from Zabuza's grave. His ambition shows that the swords have value of their own beyond their first owners. Later it comes out that Suigetsu had an older brother, Mangetsu, a member of the Seven Swordsmen. Sword in tow, Suigetsu joins Sasuke's team, though his personal goal is still to complete the collection.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-352","pos":352},{"h":"Samehada and Kisame","t":"Samehada has a will of its own and chooses whom it serves. Kisame obtained it after killing its previous bearer, Fuguki Suikazan. In the war, the sword abandons Kisame for Killer B, whose chakra it finds more appealing. Guy defeats Kisame and, reading his memories, Aoba uncovers his past as the executioner of his own comrades in Kirigakure. Kisame lets his own sharks devour him so as not to reveal information.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-510","pos":510},{"h":"The Seven reanimated","t":"During the war, Kabuto reanimates the Seven Swordsmen: Kushimaru with Nuibari, which stitches several enemies together with a thread; Jinin with Kabutowari, a cross between an axe and a hammer; Ameyuri with Kiba; Jinpachi with Shibuki, which detonates explosive tags; Fuguki; Mangetsu Hōzuki; and Zabuza, who returns alongside Haku. Kakashi and the Surprise Attack Division face them. Chōjūrō, the Mizukage's escort, carries Hiramekarei, another of the seven swords. Kabuto erases the personality of several of the reanimated so they fight without hesitation, turning former comrades into weapons with no will.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-530","pos":530},{"h":"Duy and the swordsmen","t":"Opening the Eighth Gate against Madara, Guy remembers his father, Might Duy, a ninja who never rose above genin. Duy gave his life to protect his son from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist by opening the Eighth Gate himself. The scene explains why Guy and Kakashi have a special history with this group and why Guy values Lee's effort so much. Duy's sacrifice is passed on as a lesson, not as an inherited technique: Guy learned the Gates through training.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-668","pos":668},{"h":"New swordsmen (anime)","t":"In the Boruto anime, Shizuma Hoshigaki gathers the New Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist with the legendary swords to start a war. Among them are Kagura Karatachi and Buntan, who uses Kiba. Shizuma fuses with Samehada and is defeated by Boruto, Kagura and Mitsuki. Chōjūrō, now Sixth Mizukage, protects the swords. Kagura, the Fourth Mizukage's grandson, ends up on Boruto's side. This arc is anime-only and has no manga equivalent.","lvl":2,"ep":"boruto-31","pos":701}],"characters":["kushimaru","jinin","ameyuri","jinpachi","fuguki","raiga","mangetsu","kisame","zabuza","suigetsu","chojuro"],"related":["chakra","kirigakure","taka","ninjas-renegados"],"reference":"Official series and chapter guides as reading context. The profiles tell known ties apart from undocumented genealogy.","sources":[{"title":"Guía oficial de anime: Naruto y Shippuden","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/anime"}],"figures":[]}