Tsunade is the fifth Hokage (shinobi village chief) and the contemporary one during the events of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto.
Brief history[]
Tsunade is a descendant of the Senju and Uzumaki clans - the granddaughter of the First Hokage Hashirama Senju and grandniece of the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju. She was elected Hokage after the death of the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who himself had been brought out of retirement to fill in after the death of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. When she was younger, she suffered the trauma of losing her younger brother, Nawaki, and boyfriend, Dan Kato. Her prestige, birthright, and tragedies shaped her as a woman and as a shinobi.
Tsunade was a member of the legendary Hidden Leaf Village shinobi known as the Sannin, along with Orochimaru and Jiraiya.
TMNT x Naruto[]
Tsunade held congress with a young reporter from Big Apple Village named April O'Neil, who had important intelligence regarding a mad scientist from her village, Baxter Stockman, who had begun utilizing a mutagen to create into mutant ninja monstrosities. After concluding their meeting, Tsunade selected Team 7 to chaperone April back to Big Apple safely. Her instincts were well-founded when April and Team 7 were ambushed by the Foot Clan. TMNT x Naruto #1
Notes and trivia[]
- Like Orochimaru and Jiraiya, Tsunade is named after a figure from the Japanese folk tale Katakiuchi Kidan Jiraiya Monogatari. Tsunade in this story was a princess who utilized slug magic and was the wife of Jiraiya.