Chōza Akimichi

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   Head of the AkimichiDebut Arc · Chūnin Exams

   Leader of the expansion clan

   Chōza leads the Akimichi, the clan whose techniques turn calories into size and strength. A giant of a man, he carries the role with warmth rather than weight.

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   The calorie arts

   Food into power

   The Akimichi convert stored food energy into chakra, then into raw mass. Chōza can swell to enormous size, roll through an enemy line as a human tank, or call on the clan's pills for a desperate burst of strength.

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   A father's lesson

   Strength starts with the heart

   Chōza raised Chōji to value kindness over force, telling him that the size of a person's heart matters more than the size of their fists. It is the belief that carries Chōji through his hardest fights.

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   Ino–Shika–Chō

   One third of the trio

   With Shikaku and Inoichi, Chōza forms an Ino–Shika–Chō team, the three clans fighting as one. Their children — Chōji, Shikamaru, and Ino — would carry the same formation forward.

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   Into the war

   Taking the field

   When the Fourth Shinobi World War breaks out, Chōza fights among the Allied Forces. The battle costs him his two oldest friends, but he comes through it himself.

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   Pride in Chōji

   The heart he hoped for

   Chōza lives to see Chōji grow into exactly the kind of person he raised him to be — strong where it counts, and kind first. For a father, there is no better outcome.

The Akimichi turn calories into raw mass and force, and Chōza is a master of it. He can grow to colossal size, roll through a battlefield as a living tank, and burn through the clan's pills for power when a fight demands everything. Fire, Earth, and Yang nature round out a clan head's strength.

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• Who is Chōza Akimichi?+

  Chōza Akimichi is the head of the Akimichi clan and Chōji's father. A gentle giant who fights with the clan's calorie-fuelled expansion techniques, he is one third of an Ino–Shika–Chō trio with Shikaku and Inoichi.
• Is Chōza Chōji's father?+

  Yes. Chōza is Chōji's father, and he taught his son the Akimichi expansion arts along with the belief that a kind heart matters more than raw strength.
• What are the Akimichi expansion techniques?+

  The Akimichi convert stored calories into chakra and use it to enlarge their bodies. Chōza can grow to colossal size, roll into a spinning Human Bullet Tank, and use the clan's coloured pills for huge bursts of power at a cost.
• Does Chōza survive the war?+

  Yes. Chōza fights in the Fourth Shinobi World War and survives it, unlike his Ino–Shika–Chō partners Shikaku and Inoichi, who were killed when the headquarters was destroyed.
• What is the Ino–Shika–Chō trio?+

  Ino–Shika–Chō is the formation of the Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi clans fighting together. Chōza, Shikaku, and Inoichi were one generation of it; their children Chōji, Shikamaru, and Ino are the next.
• Has Chōza Akimichi been a Narutodle answer?+

  Chōza is in the daily answer pool of 210 characters. The Previous Narutodle Appearances list on this page shows every date he was the Classic answer, each linking to a replayable archive puzzle.
• How do you guess Chōza in Narutodle?+

  Chōza reads Akimichi clan, which nearly names him. His Fire, Earth, and Yang natures — the Yang tied to his expansion arts — and his Konoha jōnin rank confirm the guess.