Shizune

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   Dan's nieceDebut Arc · Search for Tsunade

   Born to a renowned family

   Shizune is born into the family of Dan Katō — a celebrated shinobi of Konohagakure, and her uncle. It is a name, and a household, with a real place in the village.

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   The loss of Dan

   A grief shared with Tsunade

   Dan's death takes Shizune's uncle — and is also the loss that broke Tsunade, the woman Dan loved. The shared grief is what first binds Shizune's life to Tsunade's.

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   Tsunade's apprentice

   Healing, learned from a Sannin

   Shizune becomes Tsunade's apprentice, training as a medical-nin under one of the Legendary Sannin. Her skill grows until it stands second only to Tsunade's own.

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   The wandering years

   Following a teacher with no home

   Tsunade turns from active duty and wanders the lands for years. Shizune goes with her — the steady companion through a long, grey stretch with nowhere to return to.

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   Return to Konoha

   Home, behind the Fifth Hokage

   When Tsunade is named the Fifth Hokage, the wandering ends. Shizune returns to Konohagakure at her teacher's side, and steps into the work of the Hokage's office.

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   The Hokage's right hand

   The steady aide

   Shizune serves as the practical, level-headed aide to the Fifth Hokage — and the Hokage after her. The quiet hand a leader leans on, and rarely has to thank.

Shizune trained under one of the Legendary Sannin, and it shows. Her medical ninjutsu is ranked second only to Tsunade's own. In a fight she favours poison — a forearm device that fires poisoned senbon, and a toxic mist she can exhale. But her steadiest asset is temperament: where Tsunade gambles and acts on her heart, Shizune is the level head that keeps the details from slipping.

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• Who is Shizune?+

  Shizune is a jōnin of Konohagakure and the apprentice of Tsunade. A master medical-nin and the niece of the late Dan Katō, she serves as the steady right hand to the Hokage.
• What is Shizune's relationship to Tsunade?+

  Shizune is Tsunade's apprentice. She trained under Tsunade as a medical-nin, accompanied her through her long years away from Konoha, and returned with her to serve when Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage.
• What weapon does Shizune use?+

  Shizune fights with poison. She wears a device on her forearm loaded with five senbon needles dipped in a poison so potent that even a scratch can leave a victim near death; she fires it by pulling an attached string. She can also exhale a toxic Poison Mist.
• Who is Dan to Shizune?+

  Dan Katō was Shizune's uncle, a renowned shinobi of Konohagakure. Dan was also the man Tsunade loved, and the grief over his loss is part of what bound Shizune's life so closely to Tsunade's.
• How skilled a medic is Shizune?+

  Shizune is a very talented medical-nin — her healing skill is said to be second only to Tsunade's own. Level-headed and precise, she is exactly the steady presence a medical corps, and a Hokage, relies on.
• Has Shizune been a Narutodle answer?+

  Shizune 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 Shizune in Narutodle?+

  Shizune's Medical Ninja attribute and Iryō ninjutsu jutsu type are the standout signals. Her Konoha village and Jōnin rank trim a little, and her Nature column runs Earth, Water, and Yang.