Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-860673-20140801233838/@comment-25051328-20140816222319

Tsunade, the current hokage is in her early 50s, Kakashi who is a prime candidate is in his early 30s, Naruto and Sasuke are 16 or 17, The third hokage, who stepped down in order for Minato to become the fourth hokage, was only in his early-mid seventies when he died. There is plenty of time for Tsunade to have 10+ years of being hokage, step down or fall in battle and allow Kakashi to be hokage, as he would only be in his forties, and he could be hokage for 10+ years and have Naruto or Sasuke become hokage after him. There is a lot of fans who believe that Naruto would be the hokage and Sasuke would be the "Danzo" of his reign, protecting the village from the shadows through use of the ANBU.