Tsunade

1. 1
   Granddaughter of the First

   Born of the Senju

   Tsunade is born into the Senju clan, granddaughter of the First Hokage. Her talent is obvious early, and she trains under the Third Hokage alongside Jiraiya and Orochimaru.

2. 2
   The Sannin

   A legend, and a new kind of medic

   After surviving Hanzō in the Second Shinobi World War, the three are named the Legendary Sannin. Watching comrades die for want of a healer, Tsunade pioneers combat medical ninjutsu and the medic-on-every-squad rule.

3. 3
   Nawaki and Dan

   Two losses, one phobia

   Tsunade loses her younger brother Nawaki, and then her lover Dan, both before her eyes. The grief settles into a paralysing fear of blood — and a fear that the village's dream is not worth the dead it costs.

4. 4
   The lost years

   Away from the shinobi world

   Tsunade abandons the shinobi life. She wanders, gambles, and drinks her way through years of self-exile, unwilling to be a healer for a world that keeps taking what she loves.

5. 5
   Naruto rekindles herDebut Arc · Tsunade Search

   Argued back to hope

   Jiraiya tracks Tsunade down to offer her the role of Hokage. It is Naruto — his flat refusal to give up, so much like Nawaki and Dan — who reaches her. She accepts the hat, and the dream, again.

6. 6
   The Fifth Hokage

   Carrying the dream forward

   As the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade rebuilds and leads Konoha — through Pain's assault and into the Fourth Shinobi World War — holding the village together until Naruto is ready for it.

Tsunade is hailed as the world's strongest kunoichi and its greatest medical ninja — and she is both at once. She fights with monstrous chakra-enhanced strength, heals wounds no other medic could, and carries a stored reserve of chakra that gives her something close to immortality in battle.

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• Who is Tsunade?+

  Tsunade is the Fifth Hokage of Konohagakure and one of the three Legendary Sannin. A granddaughter of the First Hokage, she is renowned as the world's strongest kunoichi and its greatest medical ninja.
• What are Tsunade's abilities?+

  Tsunade combines monstrous chakra-enhanced strength — strong enough to shatter the ground — with the finest medical ninjutsu in the world. Her Strength of a Hundred Seal and Creation Rebirth give her near-constant regeneration, and she summons the great slug Katsuyu.
• How old is Tsunade?+

  Tsunade is in her early fifties for most of the series, though she rarely looks it. She maintains a constant transformation jutsu that keeps her appearance young; her true form is far older, and the chakra cost of that disguise is part of why she guards her strength so carefully.
• Why does Tsunade fear blood?+

  Tsunade developed a severe phobia of blood after two losses — her younger brother Nawaki and her lover Dan, both of whom died in front of her. For years the phobia made it impossible for her to fight, and she abandoned the shinobi life entirely.
• Why is Tsunade the Fifth Hokage?+

  After the Third Hokage's death, Jiraiya tracked Tsunade down to offer her the role. Naruto's determination reminded her of Nawaki and Dan, who had both dreamed of becoming Hokage. She accepted the hat partly to live that dream for them.
• Has Tsunade been a Narutodle answer?+

  Tsunade 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 Tsunade in Narutodle?+

  Tsunade's Senju clan is one of the rarest on the board. Her Attributes column reads Legendary Sannin — a title held by exactly three characters — and her Kage rank narrows the field further. Any one of those three columns points almost directly at her.