Naruto Uzumaki (うずまきナルト, Uzumaki Naruto) is

a shinobi of Konohagakure's Uzumaki clan. He became the jinchūriki of

the Nine-Tails on the day of his birth — a fate that caused him to be shunned
by most of Konoha throughout his childhood. After joining Team Kakashi,
Naruto worked hard to gain the village's acknowledgement all the while
chasing his dream to become Hokage. In the following years, through many
hardships and ordeals, he became a capable ninja regarded as a hero both by
the villagers, and soon after, the rest of the world, becoming known as
the Hero of the Hidden Leaf (木ノ葉隠れの英雄, Konohagakure no
Eiyū, Literally meaning: Hero of the Hidden Tree Leaves). He soon proved to be
one of the main factors in winning the Fourth Shinobi World War, leading him
to achieve his dream and become the village's Seventh Hokage (七代目火
影, Nanadaime Hokage, Literally meaning: Seventh Fire Shadow).

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Background

Naruto, newborn with his mother Kushina.

Naruto was born on the night of October 10th to Minato Namikaze (the Fourth
Hokage) and Kushina Uzumaki (the second jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails). He was
named after Naruto Musasabi, the protagonist of Jiraiya's first book, which
made the Sannin his godfather.[14] The Third Hokage made special
arrangements for Minato to preserve Kushina's seal containing the Nine-Tails
while she gave birth to Naruto in a remote location, escorted by midwives
and Anbu. A masked man, Tobi, tracked down their location, however, killed
the midwives and Anbu, and captured Naruto, forcing Minato to quickly rescue
him and teleport him to a safe house.
 Minato and Kushina protect Naruto from the Nine-Tails.
With Minato gone, Tobi captured Kushina and released the Nine-Tails from her,
using it to devastate Konoha.[15] Minato saved Kushina and left Naruto in her
care before he went to protect the village,[16] eventually defeating Tobi
and freeing the Nine-Tails from Tobi's control. Returning to Naruto and
Kushina's location, Minato realised the only way to stop the Nine-Tails was to
seal it within Naruto, believing that his son would someday need the fox's
power to defeat Tobi when he returned.[17] Since the Nine-Tails' chakra was too
immense to be sealed into an infant, Minato sacrificed his soul to split the fox's
chakra in half, sealing the Yin half within himself and
the Yang half within Naruto. After telling Naruto how much they loved him,
Minato and Kushina succumbed to their wounds from protecting their son from
the Nine-Tails and passed away.
Orphaned, not having parents or anyone else to provide for him, Naruto
received monthly income from the village in order to afford daily necessities.
Naruto grew up not knowing who his parents were, receiving only his mother's
surname, as Hiruzen wanted to protect Naruto from his father's enemies.
[18] Minato's dying wish that Naruto be regarded as a hero was honoured by

the very few who could put aside their pain and losses caused by the disaster,
while the majority of Konoha, however having no knowledge of the
circumstances surrounding his birth, openly ostracised and resented Naruto for
containing the beast that devastated the village and took many lives; some
even viewed Naruto as the Nine-Tails itself. Soon, the Third Hokage forbade
anyone from mentioning the Nine-Tails, hoping that the younger generation
would not blindly hate Naruto as their parents did.[19] However, Naruto's peers
emulated their parents' hatred of him, despite not knowing why. This social
isolation caused Naruto to crave acknowledgement, which he would gain by
pulling pranks.
Naruto meets Hinata.
On the day of his enrolment in the Ninja Academy[20] - Naruto first met Hinata
Hyūga, who was being picked on by three bullies. Despite not knowing her,
Naruto immediately came to her defence, but he was outnumbered and
knocked unconscious, and the bullies damaged his red scarf. When Naruto
awoke, Hinata thanked him for helping her and returned his scarf to him, but
he let her keep it. He was unaware that the girl's growing affections for him
began from that moment onwards.[21]

Naruto and Sasuke in the Academy.

In the Academy, Naruto became a student of Iruka Umino, who acted as a
surrogate older brother to keep him in line and help him work harder. Naruto
also met his class-mate Sasuke Uchiha and tried to befriend him, since he was
alone as well. Jealous of Sasuke's skills and popularity, however,[22] he
developed a one-sided rivalry in his pursuit to prove himself just as good as, if
not better than, Sasuke, wishing that someday, Sasuke would accept him as an
equal.[23] Naruto also grew close with the owner of Ramen Ichiraku, Teuchi and
his daughter Ayame, being welcomed as their favourite customer.