{"id":"kurama","name":"Nine-Tailed Fox","japanese":"九尾","category":"history","subtitle":"Behind the power there is also a will.","summary":"The nine-tailed beast, tied to Mito, Kushina and Naruto. A being with its own identity, not a hereditary clan ability.","trueName":{"name":"Kurama","japanese":"九喇嘛","pos":570,"lvl":1},"facts":[["Tipo","Tailed beast"],["Colas","Nine"],["Relación","Its chakra can be sealed in a host"]],"lvl":1,"sections":[{"h":"The fox in the cage","t":"The Nine-Tails attacked Konoha twelve years before the start of the story, and the Fourth Hokage sealed it into the newborn Naruto. Naruto discovers it when he reaches the cage inside himself, where the fox grudgingly lends him chakra. That red chakra heals and strengthens him at critical moments, such as against Neji or Gaara, and at the Valley of the End it forms a one-tailed cloak. It is a being with a will, not a technique: it does not supply the host clan's natural chakra.","lvl":0,"ch":"naruto-230","pos":230},{"h":"Tails, the seal and Minato","t":"As more tails appear, the cloak becomes dangerous for Naruto and those around him: with four tails he wounds Sakura in front of Orochimaru. Against Pain he reaches six tails and nearly breaks the seal, until Minato's consciousness, kept within the seal itself, appears and restores it. Naruto has to learn to deal with coexistence before thinking about cooperation. Minato trusts his son and closes the seal again before vanishing.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-440","pos":440},{"h":"Naruto's birth","t":"At the Falls of Truth, Naruto wrests the fox's chakra from it with the help of Kushina, its previous host. She tells him the seal weakens during childbirth: a masked man takes advantage of the moment to extract and control the Nine-Tails and set it on Konoha. Minato breaks the fox free of that control, seals its yin half into himself and the other half into Naruto. The family's life is shaped by that event, not by a normal handing down from parents to children.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-504","pos":504},{"h":"A name and a friendship","t":"During the war, Naruto reaches out to the fox with an open hand. For the first time the beast tells him its name, Kurama, and they start fighting together: Tailed Beast Mode appears, with the fox's chakra body surrounding Naruto. Kurama reveals the names of the other beasts and the Sage of Six Paths' prophecy. Kurama has its own memory and history, marked by humans' control and fear; the bond is built, not inherited.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-572","pos":572},{"h":"Separated halves","t":"Madara extracts Kurama from Naruto and seals it in the statue with the other tailed beasts. Naruto should die, but Minato holds the fox's yin half. Black Zetsu tries to take it, Obito regains control and, in Kamui's dimension, transfers fragments of Shukaku and Gyūki to Naruto while the transfer is completed. When Kaguya is sealed, the tailed beasts are freed and Kurama becomes Naruto's partner again.","lvl":1,"ch":"naruto-690","pos":690},{"h":"Baryon Mode","t":"Against Isshiki Ōtsutsuki, Kurama offers Naruto Baryon Mode, which burns both their energy as in a nuclear reaction and consumes the enemy's life. Naruto uses it knowing it has a price. After the victory, Kurama says goodbye in Naruto's mind: Baryon Mode cost it its life. The loss leaves Naruto without the fox's chakra, though he keeps what he learned from that life together.","lvl":2,"ch":"boruto-55","pos":755},{"h":"Reborn in Himawari","t":"In Two Blue Vortex, Jura and Hidari follow the trail of tailed-beast chakra and find it leads not to Naruto but to Himawari. She meets Kurama inside herself: the fox was reborn within Naruto's daughter. When Jura runs Inojin through, Himawari bursts out with Kurama's chakra, heals him and faces Jura. It is not an inherited Uzumaki power, but the return of a being with a will of its own.","lvl":3,"ch":"tbv-11","pos":791}],"characters":["mito","kushina","minato","naruto","obito"],"related":["jinchuriki","fuinjutsu","uzumaki","uzushiogakure"],"reference":"Naruto, chapters 500–504 and 570–571. Naruto/Shippuden scope, without later Boruto events.","sources":[{"title":"Kushina: Uzushiogakure, Mito y la familia de Naruto","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1833"},{"title":"Minato: el nacimiento de Naruto y el sellado del Nueve Colas","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1519"},{"title":"Naruto: formación y vínculos, primera parte","url":"https://naruto-official.com/en/news/01_1610"}],"figures":["
HOSTBEAST · ITS OWN WILL
The fox and its host · Original diagramA conceptual take on the bond with the Nine-Tailed Fox, not an exact transformation of Naruto or a hereditary Uzumaki ability.
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