Mito Uzumaki

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   The Uzumaki who came to the Leaf

   Kin of the Senju

   Mito is born of the Uzumaki clan in Uzushiogakure. Through the old kinship between the Uzumaki and the Senju, she comes to the newly founded Konohagakure.

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   Lady Senju

   Wife of the First Hokage

   Mito marries Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage. As Lady Senju she stands beside the founder of the village through its earliest, most fragile years.

3. 3
   The first jinchūrikiDebut Arc · Kurama's Tale

   She takes the Nine-Tails in

   After Hashirama defeats Madara at the Valley of the End and takes Kurama from him, Mito seals the Nine-Tails within her own body — the first person ever to carry it as a jinchūriki.

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   A long, watching life

   Across three Hokage

   The Uzumaki lifespan is long, and Mito's is no exception. She lives through the reigns of the first three Hokage, carrying Kurama quietly for most of that time.

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   The wisdom of love

   The truth she found alone

   Mito comes to understand what no one had before — that Kurama overwhelms a jinchūriki through hatred, and that the only true counter to that hatred is love.

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   Passing it to Kushina

   The burden, and the lesson

   Near the end of her long life, Mito passes the Nine-Tails to the young Kushina Uzumaki — and with it, the wisdom of love that would matter more, in the end, than the seal itself.

Mito's strength was the strength of the Uzumaki, refined and quiet. She was a master of fūinjutsu — her sealing was good enough to bind the whole of Kurama inside her own body — and even among the Uzumaki her chakra was unusually powerful and well-suited to holding a tailed beast. The clan's long life gave her decades to carry that burden, and the wisdom to understand it.

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• Who is Mito Uzumaki?+

  Mito Uzumaki is a kunoichi of the Uzumaki clan, the wife of Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, and the first jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails. She was a master of fūinjutsu and an ancestor of Tsunade.
• Was Mito the first jinchūriki of the Nine-Tails?+

  Yes. After Hashirama Senju obtained Kurama from Madara Uchiha at the Valley of the End, Mito sealed the Nine-Tails within herself — becoming the first person ever to carry Kurama as a jinchūriki.
• Who was Mito Uzumaki married to?+

  Mito was married to Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage and founder of Konohagakure. The Uzumaki and Senju clans were distant relatives with long-standing ties, and the marriage joined the two directly.
• What did Mito teach about the Nine-Tails?+

  Mito realised that Kurama overwhelms its jinchūriki through negative emotions and hatred — and that the counter is love. She passed this insight to Kushina Uzumaki, and it would later help Naruto win the Nine-Tails over.
• How long did Mito Uzumaki live?+

  The Uzumaki clan was known for exceptionally long lifespans, and Mito was no exception. She lived through the reigns of the first three Hokage, carrying the Nine-Tails for most of that time.
• Has Mito Uzumaki been a Narutodle answer?+

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

  Mito's Uzumaki clan is a strong signal, and her Jinchūriki attribute narrows further. Her Nature column is just Yin and Yang — an unusually narrow reading — and she has no Kekkei Genkai.