Kakashi Hatake

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   The White Fang's sonDebut Arc · Prologue

   A prodigy hardened early

   Kakashi graduates the Academy at five and makes chūnin young, carrying the weight of his father's name. When Sakumo is disgraced and takes his own life, Kakashi reacts by clinging to the rules — and becomes cold and distant for it.

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   Team Minato

   Obito's gift

   Placed on a team with Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara under Minato, Kakashi clashes with the reckless Obito. On the Kannabi Bridge mission Obito is crushed saving him, and as a dying wish has his Sharingan transplanted into Kakashi's damaged eye.

3. 3
   Rin's death

   A second loss

   Not long after, Kakashi loses Rin as well, in a way he could never make peace with. The trauma awakens his Sharingan's next stage, the Mangekyō — a power bought with grief.

4. 4
   ANBU years

   Years in the shadows

   Worn down by losing both teammates in quick succession, Kakashi joins the ANBU at Minato's urging. He spends years as one of the village's quiet operatives before stepping back into the open.

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   Team 7

   Passing on the lesson

   Kakashi finally accepts a genin team — Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura — and passes them on the bell test because they grasp teamwork. He hands his students the lesson Obito once handed him.

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   War → Sixth Hokage

   Out of the shadow

   In the Fourth Shinobi World War Kakashi fights beside the reborn Obito and briefly wields the full power of Kamui. After the war he accepts the role he once would have refused, and becomes Konoha's Sixth Hokage.

Kakashi is called the Copy Ninja. The Sharingan he received from Obito lets him read and reproduce techniques on sight, and over his career he is said to have copied more than a thousand of them. He commands all five basic chakra natures — an almost unheard-of range — and fights with ninjutsu, swordsmanship, and a strategist's read of the battlefield.

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• Who is Kakashi Hatake?+

  Kakashi Hatake is a shinobi of Konohagakure and the leader of Team 7, which includes Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno. He is known as the Copy Ninja for the Sharingan in his left eye, and after the Fourth Shinobi World War he becomes Konoha's Sixth Hokage.
• How did Kakashi get the Sharingan?+

  Kakashi is not an Uchiha. During a mission at the Kannabi Bridge, his teammate Obito Uchiha was crushed by a boulder and, as a dying wish, had his Sharingan transplanted into Kakashi's damaged eye socket. Kakashi has carried Obito's eye ever since.
• Why is Kakashi called the Copy Ninja?+

  The Sharingan lets Kakashi watch a technique once and reproduce it. Over his career he is said to have copied more than a thousand jutsu, which earned him the names Copy Ninja and Kakashi of the Sharingan.
• Is Kakashi Hatake a Hokage?+

  Yes. After the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kakashi becomes the Sixth Hokage of Konohagakure. Narutodle freezes characters at the end of Naruto: Shippūden, so his Ninja Rank is recorded as Kage.
• What clan is Kakashi from?+

  Kakashi belongs to the Hatake clan, a small Konoha clan. His father was Sakumo Hatake, the White Fang of the Leaf. Kakashi has a Sharingan despite not being an Uchiha because the eye was a gift from his teammate Obito.
• Has Kakashi Hatake been a Narutodle answer?+

  Kakashi 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 Kakashi in Narutodle?+

  Kakashi's Nature Types column is the giveaway — he uses all five basic natures, a range almost no other character matches. His tiny Hatake clan and Kage rank narrow the field further. His Konoha village and broad jutsu types are the only common columns.