Konohamaru Sarutobi

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   The Honorable GrandsonDebut Arc · Chūnin Exams

   Known by everything but his name

   Konohamaru grows up the grandson of the Hokage — and pays for it. The whole village calls him "Honorable Grandson," never Konohamaru, and the boy starts to resent the title.

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   The shortcut to Hokage

   Trying to seize the hat

   Wanting to be seen, Konohamaru decides on a shortcut — defeat his grandfather, take the Hokage's hat, and force the village to acknowledge him. He fails, again and again.

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   Meeting Naruto

   A role model, at last

   Konohamaru seeks out Naruto for training after hearing how Naruto beat the Hokage. The two become friends — and in Naruto, Konohamaru finds the example he had been missing.

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   Earning his own name

   Recognition is taken the hard way

   Naruto teaches Konohamaru what no shortcut could — that a name is earned, not seized. Konohamaru stops chasing the title and starts building the shinobi worth being called by his own.

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   Becoming a jōnin

   The Rasengan in his hands

   Konohamaru rises to the rank of jōnin, and learns the Rasengan — the signature technique of the shinobi he had taken as his idol.

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   Toward the dream of Hokage

   His own team, his own path

   Konohamaru takes charge of a genin team of his own, the Will of Fire carried forward. The dream of the hat is still there — but now he means to reach it the way Naruto did.

Konohamaru carries two inheritances — the Sarutobi clan's Will of Fire, and the training of Naruto Uzumaki. His ninjutsu is built on the Fire Release of his clan and a Wind nature of his own, and he came to wield the Rasengan, the technique of his idol. From a boy chasing shortcuts, he grew into a jōnin steady enough to lead a genin team.

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• Who is Konohamaru Sarutobi?+

  Konohamaru Sarutobi is a shinobi of Konohagakure's Sarutobi clan, the grandson of the Third Hokage Hiruzen, and the nephew of Asuma. He grew from a scheming child into a jōnin and the leader of his own genin team.
• Why is Konohamaru called the "Honorable Grandson"?+

  Because of his relationship to the Hokage, the villagers never called Konohamaru by his name — only "Honorable Grandson." It is exactly that habit he set out to break, wanting to be known as a person in his own right.
• How did Konohamaru meet Naruto?+

  Konohamaru sought Naruto out for training after hearing that Naruto had beaten his grandfather with the Sexy Technique. Naruto agreed, and through that training the two became close friends — Naruto becoming Konohamaru's role model.
• Can Konohamaru use the Rasengan?+

  Yes. Konohamaru learned the Rasengan, the signature technique of his idol Naruto. It became one of his trademark jutsu, alongside the Fire Release of his Sarutobi clan.
• What is Konohamaru's dream?+

  Konohamaru's dream is to become Hokage — and specifically to do so after his idol and close friend, Naruto Uzumaki. He carries the Sarutobi family's Will of Fire toward that goal.
• Has Konohamaru been a Narutodle answer?+

  Konohamaru 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 Konohamaru in Narutodle?+

  Konohamaru's Sarutobi clan is a strong signal. His Konoha village and Jōnin rank trim a little, and his Nature column pairs Fire with Wind.