Kokuō

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   Born of the Ten-TailsDebut Arc · Kazekage Rescue

   Named by the Sage

   Kokuō comes into being when Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki splits the Ten-Tails into nine beasts. Like its siblings, it is given a name and a self of its own.

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   The quiet horse-dolphin

   Calm among the fierce

   Kokuō takes the shape of a horse with a dolphin's head — and carries itself quietly, speaking formally and seldom, the most reserved of the nine tailed beasts.

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   Captured and traded

   A token between villages

   Hashirama Senju gathers the tailed beasts and hands Kokuō to Iwagakure — a creature given as a diplomatic token, to keep the balance of power between the new hidden villages.

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   Sealed into Han

   A long-held host

   Kokuō is sealed within Han of Iwagakure, its jinchūriki. For a long stretch of its existence, Han is the host the Five-Tails is carried within.

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   Taken by the Akatsuki

   Sealed in the statue

   Kokuō is extracted from Han by the Akatsuki and sealed into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, gathered with the other captured beasts.

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   Seclusion in the forest

   Done with confrontation

   Freed at the end of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kokuō asks for nothing but quiet — declaring it will withdraw into the forest, finished with confrontation for good.

Kokuō fights with heat rather than flame. Its Boil Release fuses fire and water chakra and pushes the result to a boiling temperature — the basis of steam-based ninjutsu, which grants Kokuō, and any jinchūriki who carries it, overwhelming physical strength. Behind that sits a tailed beast's vast reserve of chakra, the same well of power that runs through all nine.

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• Who is Kokuō?+

  Kokuō is the Five-Tails, one of the nine tailed beasts. A quiet, formal creature shaped like a horse with a dolphin's head, it was last sealed within Han of Iwagakure.
• What does Kokuō look like?+

  Kokuō has the body of a white horse and the head of a dolphin, set with several horns. Its creator described it as a deliberate mix of a dolphin and a horse.
• What is Kokuō's Boil Release?+

  Boil Release is Kokuō's Kekkei Genkai. By combining fire and water chakra, it raises its chakra to a boiling heat — the basis of steam-based ninjutsu, which grants overwhelming physical strength.
• Who was Kokuō's jinchūriki?+

  Kokuō's jinchūriki was Han of Iwagakure. Kokuō had earlier been handed to Iwagakure by Hashirama Senju, who distributed the tailed beasts among the villages to keep a balance of power.
• Is Kokuō peaceful?+

  Yes. Kokuō is quiet and reserved, speaking formally and rarely. After the Fourth Shinobi World War it declared that it wished only to seclude itself in the forest — a beast that wanted no more confrontation.
• Has Kokuō been a Narutodle answer?+

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

  Kokuō's Tailed Beast attribute is the giveaway, and it carries Boil Release in the Kekkei Genkai column. Its Village and Ninja Rank both read None, and its Nature column pairs Fire with Water.