There are a few ways to measure the capabilities and talent of the ninjas in Naruto, which always affects the rankings of who's the strongest. When brainpower is factored in, the likes of Shikamaru Nara and Naruto's mentor Kakashi Hatake rise to the top. In other fights, raw martial arts count for the most, where Might Guy and Rock Lee excel. Then there's the matter of chakra, the energy system that practically all ninjas use.
Most ninjas in Naruto are implied to have an average amount of chakra, making them balanced in each fight as they ration their energy reserves. Other characters go far beyond that, throwing their weight around as living tanks of boundless chakra. These characters wield their mammoth chakra stores to either perform overwhelming jutsu or simply outlast a foe who can't use quite so much energy in a fight.
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Nagato Needed a Lot of Chakra to Fight the Entire Hidden Leaf Village
He Was a One-Man Team With the Six Paths of Pain
One clear sign that someone in Naruto has vast reserves of chakra is when they fight not just one, but many foes at once. It's already impressive when someone like Zabuza takes on Team 7 all alone, but it's another thing entirely for a villain like Nagato to take on the entire Hidden Leaf Village. That's what he did in the famed Pain Arc, and he was actually winning until Naruto himself showed up to save the day.
With his bottomless chakra to fuel his Rinnegan and the Six Paths of Pain, Nagato waged a one-man war against his former mentor's home. Granted, this strained Nagato a great deal and he needed Konan's support, but what he pulled off was still astonishing. It takes unbelievable chakra to use a jutsu to wipe out the entire village, and even after that, Nagato still had enough chakra to duel Naruto and almost win.
Gaara Commanded Vast Chakra as the One-Tailed Shukaku's Jinchuriki
Gaara Was Orochimaru's Secret Weapon in Operation Konoha Crush
It's a given that all jinchuriki have superhuman chakra thanks to the tailed beasts inside them, though only a few named jinchuriki truly stand out this way. One of them is Gaara, a villain turned hero in Naruto who showed the true potential of these half-other warriors in Operation Konoha Crush. Using both his and Shukaku's chakra, Gaara served as Orochimaru's ultimate weapon as Shukaku emerged.
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If it weren't for Naruto's own jinchuriki power and Gamabunta, Gaara would have flattened the entire Hidden Leaf Village with his kaiju-level chakra. The only real sign of Gaara's limits is how his usage of sand armor tires him out, as noted during his fight with Rock Lee. However, Gaara hardly ever needs his sand armor, instead controlling his sand as the ultimate weapon with barely any effort in most duels.
Hashirama Senju Used His Ample Chakra to Pull Off Unique Jutsu in His Time
It's No Wonder Hashirama Became the First Hokage
Each Kage wields massive chakra and advanced jutsu as the top ninjas of their villages, such as Kekkei Genkai or summoning the likes of Gamabunta. Even by those standards, Hashirama Senju is a real standout with his enormous stores of chakra. He needed chakra of that caliber to use his famed Wood Release jutsu, the move that allowed him to dominate his era and help found the Hidden Leaf Village alongside Madara.
Unfortunately, Hashirama's unique jutsu and enormous chakra started being abused for evil purposes after that. His fearsome power was just a tool in Orochimaru's hands thanks to Edo Tensei in Operation Konoha Crush, and that's not all. Some time later, Madara Uchiha himself revealed how he could use his old rival's cells to use Wood Release on the field of battle.
Killer B Has Power to Spare as the Eight-Tailed Ox's Host
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Killer B, or Killer Bee, is another noteworthy jinchuriki who knew how to wield his titanic chakra as a devastating weapon on the battlefield. Thanks to his age and Gyuki's personality, Killer B had an easy time using the eight-tailed ox's chakra as of Naruto Shippuden, and it allowed him to fight evenly alongside his Raikage brother, A.
More important than Killer B's huge combat prowess was the simple fact that he understood Naruto's nature as a jinchuriki even better than Kakashi or Jiraiya did. Killer B had been making use of Gyuki's power since before Naruto was ever born, so he made sure to coach Naruto in the ways of taming a tailed beast. This paid off handsomely in time for Naruto to face his strongest foes yet in Shippuden.
Madara Uchiha Required Vast Chakra and Strength to Fight an Army Solo
He Also Got His Hands on the Ten-Tails' Power
Just like his rival Hashirama, the legendary ninja Madara Uchiha commanded an impressive store of chakra to great effect. He may not have been a jinchuriki or a superhuman shark-man, but Madara did know how to combine that vast chakra with some of the scariest jutsu around. To start with, Madara could fuel his Mangekyo Sharingan to make a truly fearsome Susano'o, and that's just the start.
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Madara could also use his raw physical strength and chakra to fight an entire ninja coalition army all by himself, a feat no other Uchiha could have pulled off. To up the ante even more, Madara threw around Hashirama's Wood Release jutsu while fighting his strongest foes, and then he upped the stakes yet again. Madara's chakra became truly incredible when he became the jinchuriki of Ten-Tails, allowing the power scaling to reach its endgame.
Kisame Hoshigaki Has Been Called the Tail-Less Biju
Kisame Relies on Brute Power to Win Fights
The members of the Akatsuki gang made use of unusual jutsu and traits to fight, ranging from Sasori's puppet body to Konan's paper jutsu and even Hidan's immortality. Another memorable asset of the Akatsuki's was also the simplest: Kisame Hoshigaki's superhuman strength. In contrast to his partner Itachi Uchiha's tricky jutsu and genjutsu, Kisame was all about power and direct attacks. To that end, he commanded an entire ocean of chakra inside himself, and he could gain even more with Samehada's hungry mouth.
It's little wonder Kisame was dubbed the tail-less biju, seeing how he could fight any foe with the same monstrous endurance that most jinchuriki can. Kisame demonstrated this when battling his nemesis Might Guy in Naruto Shippuden, using endless chakra to pressure Might Guy while healing himself. Kisame could even mend life-ending injuries in seconds with Samehada's aid before releasing his shark-man form to continue the fight long past the point anyone else would have collapsed.
Naruto Uzumaki is the Mightiest Jinchuriki With Enormous Chakra
That Chakra Made Naruto the #1 Ninja of His Time
One of the biggest wielders of chakra in all of Naruto is the protagonist himself, Naruto Uzumaki. At first, Naruto relied more on prankster tricks and teamwork to fight, but even in the early days, there were signs of his titanic chakra. The very first episode/chapter showed Naruto making over a hundred shadow clones at once, which is something only a jinchuriki like him could do. Other ninjas could only create a few solid clones of themselves at a time, most likely.
Over time, Naruto learned to understand and make use of his enormous chakra thanks to his strange partnership with Kurama, the nine-tailed fox. Kurama went from something to fear to a partner to use, and that's how Naruto found the chakra to summon Gamabunta, fight Pain, and achieve other major feats. By the endgame of Naruto Shippuden, the power scaling was such that Kurama's chakra was only enough to keep Naruto in the fight, not necessarily ensure his victory.
Naruto
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- 2002 - 2007-00-00
- Showrunner
- Masashi Kishimoto
Cast
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Junko Takeuchi -
Noriaki Sugiyama
