Suigetsu Hōzuki

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   The Hōzuki brothersDebut Arc · Sasuke Hunt

   Two boys, one bloodline

   Suigetsu and Mangetsu grow up in Kiri, both carrying the Hōzuki clan's water body and a shared ambition. The village calls the pair the second coming of Zabuza Momochi.

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   The dream of the Seven Swordsmen

   Aiming for the legendary blades

   The brothers set themselves a single goal — to join the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. Mangetsu reaches it, becoming one of the Seven, and Suigetsu means to follow him.

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   Mangetsu's death

   The dream loses its centre

   Mangetsu dies young. The loss takes more than a brother from Suigetsu — it takes the reason he was climbing, and leaves him without a clear purpose of his own.

4. 4
   Orochimaru's prisoner

   Held in the Sound

   Suigetsu is captured by Orochimaru and experimented on, kept prisoner in one of the Sannin's hidden bases — a swordsman with nothing to swing at, waiting in a tank.

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   Freed into Taka

   The first of Sasuke's team

   Sasuke Uchiha frees Suigetsu from Orochimaru's base. Suigetsu becomes the first member to join Sasuke's team — Hebi at first, and later Taka.

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   The sword collector

   A purpose of his own

   Suigetsu takes up Kubikiribōchō, the blade Zabuza once carried, and builds a new ambition from his brother's old one — to gather all seven swords of the Hidden Mist.

Suigetsu fights as a swordsman whose own body is half the weapon. The Hōzuki clan's Hydrification Technique lets him turn any part of himself — or all of it — to water, so a physical blow passes straight through. He commands water ninjutsu with the ease of a man made of it, and he carries Kubikiribōchō, one of the seven legendary blades of the Hidden Mist.

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• Who is Suigetsu Hōzuki?+

  Suigetsu Hōzuki is a swordsman of Kirigakure's Hōzuki clan and a member of Sasuke Uchiha's team, Taka. He is a third-generation member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and the third wielder of Kubikiribōchō.
• What is the Hydrification Technique?+

  The Hydrification Technique is the hallmark of Suigetsu's Hōzuki clan. It lets the user turn any part of their body to liquid at will — so when a physical attack lands, the struck area simply becomes water and the blow passes harmlessly through.
• What sword does Suigetsu use?+

  Suigetsu wields Kubikiribōchō, the Executioner's Blade — one of the seven legendary swords of the Hidden Mist. He is its third wielder, after Zabuza Momochi, and recovered it to begin his goal of collecting all seven.
• Who was Suigetsu's brother?+

  Suigetsu's brother was Mangetsu Hōzuki, who became a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist. The two were called the second coming of Zabuza, and Mangetsu's early death changed the course of Suigetsu's life.
• What is Suigetsu's goal?+

  After his brother Mangetsu's death broke his ambition to join the Seven Swordsmen, Suigetsu set a new goal: to collect all seven swords of the Hidden Mist, gathering the blades the legendary swordsmen carried.
• Has Suigetsu Hōzuki been a Narutodle answer?+

  Suigetsu 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 Suigetsu in Narutodle?+

  Suigetsu's Hōzuki clan is a rare signal, and his Kirigakure village is uncommon. His Seven Swordsmen attribute narrows the answer hard, and his Nature column holds only Water.