Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27924662-20170206060454/@comment-1872728-20170211084132

Namikazenaruto9 wrote: Check eyes, markings on the body; Couple that up with Kurama being the one who absorbed Nature energy in VOTE2 should most definitely qualify him as sage. Kurama doesn't need Sage Mode to be qualified as a Sage, because being a Sage means being able to create Sage Chakra, and there are a lot of ways to do about that. Kurama himself is made of half Sage Chakra so he is born a Sage, or in other words, he's like in a constant Sage Mode to begin with; Sage Mode is his base form.