He became a prankster who pulled pranks and being an idiot. He became an orphan and had no one to acknowledge him. After his parents died, Iruka has similarity as Naruto Uzumaki does. As a child he wore a simple outfit along with mesh-armour underneath it.ĭuring his childhood, Iruka's parents were killed by the Nine Tails. His sleeves are also rolled up about ¼ way. He wears the standard Konoha shinobi outfit complete with forehead protector, sandals, and flak jacket. He has black hair (brown in the anime) that he keeps in a ponytail, dark eyes and a scar that runs across the bridge of his nose - which he has had since his youth. Iruka is a man of average height and build. He is voiced by Taisuke Yamamoto and Toshihiko Seki in the Japanese version of the anime, and by Quinton Flynn and Kyle McCarley in the English version of the anime. Later, he was promoted principal of the Academy. He is a chūnin-level shinobi of Konohagakure who serves primarily as an instructor at the Academy. Iruka Umino is a pivotal protagonist in the Naruto series.

Those bound to you by that string will do that. The bond between the people important to you ever since birth… And the string that binds them becomes thicker and stronger as time goes by. Parents, siblings, friends, lovers… People who are important to you. But everyone has something as important as those. They die easily and in surprisingly simple ways. He thus resolved to be straight forward and deal with Naruto strictly in class from then on, in order to train him to become a fine shinobi. As a result, Iruka became the main reason Naruto did not become a sociopath like Gaara did.When one person dies… he disappears… Along with his past, current lifestyle, and his future. He also thanked the Third for assigning Naruto to him. This would surprise Naruto as this was the first time anyone in the village showed they actually cared for his well-being. After saving Naruto and bringing back the document attached to the artefact the latter retrieved, he reprimanded Naruto for such a reckless behaviour. Iruka chased him down and protected him from Takigakure spies who were attacking Naruto, eventually backed up by Kakashi. Later, Naruto went into the woods to steal items from corpses. He tried to ask the Third Hokage if he could not teach Naruto, though he was eventually disabused by the notion by Kakashi Hatake. When Naruto became his student, he found it awkward to deal with the person containing the very monster responsible for his parents' death. In the anime, it was revealed that Iruka became a teacher because he wanted to pass on the Will of Fire to the next generation in this manner, inspired by the Third Hokage's wisdom. Iruka deciding to become an instructor of the Academy. In the anime, it was noted that due to other people giving Iruka more attention than they do to Mizuki, Mizuki's kindness to Iruka revealed to be an act just to gain the Hokage's approval, all the while making Iruka miserable discreetly. Iruka thereafter became a prankster, trying to gain attention to stave off his loneliness. He would spend his time at the monument where his parents' names were engraved, and, in his darkest moments would be cheered up by the Third Hokage.Mizuki was a childhood friend of Iruka's after the Nine-Tails Attack, and usually made him feel better. With his family gone, Iruka had no one to give him attention. He was forcibly removed from the battlefield by an unknown shinobi while he called out for his parent to no avail. His father declared that it was the parents' duty to keep their child safe from harm. Initially, a young Iruka was present on the battlefield, and wanted to stay in order to protect his mother. Iruka's parents were killed in the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attacktwelve years before the beginning of the series. Iruka with his mother during the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha. Iruka Umino (うみのイルカ, Umino Iruka) is a chūnin of Konohagakure, who served primarily as an instructor at the Academy until being promoted to Headmaster years later.

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