Udon Ise

is a shinobi of Konohagakure, and the leader of Team 5.

Personality
As a child, Udon was an easy-going and quiet individual. He usually looks very sleepy, and is always seen with a drip of snot hanging from his nose. Udon has stated many times that he loves math, as he is sometimes seen writing math problems during class. As an adult, he became a strict but fair sensei who was not above punishing his students for making mistakes that could have cost them dearly. While coming off as "cool" to his students, he still has the occasional sniffle.

Appearance
Udon has short brown hair and dark eyes. He is characterised by the drip of snot always seen hanging from his nose and his circular glasses. While in the Academy, he wore a simple blue shirt which zipped up the middle, a pair of brown pants, sandals and a pair of goggles to represent his membership in the Konohamaru Ninja Squad. As a genin, he has grown noticeably taller, and wears a black top and blue pants with regular shinobi sandals. Instead of goggles, he now wears the village's forehead protector.

Several years later, Udon has not changed his appearance much. He has stopped wearing the Konohagakure forehead protector. He also dons a pompadour-like haircut. He also wears new rectangular glasses. On active duty, Udon wears his forehead protector and wears a navy blue attire and a Konoha flak jacket with long sleeves and a medium-length hem.

Abilities
During his time at the Academy, Udon considered himself a loser, due to struggling to property perform the Clone Technique, leading to him failing to graduate several times. Upon becoming a genin, he could collaboratively perform the Bouncy Bouncy Technique with his teammates, but his repeated mess up on missions cause him to label himself as a burden on his team. More than a decade later, he became a jōnin, and is capable of using Water Release, which he specialised in the form of producing powerful water tendrils from his mucus.

Chūnin Exams
He was seen with Konohamaru Sarutobi, Moegi Kazamatsuri and Naruto Uzumaki before the start of the Chūnin Exams. Later, he met Temari and Kankurō on unfortunate terms. In the anime, just before the second phase of the Chūnin Exams commenced, he, Konohamaru, and Moegi interviewed the participating genin.

Konoha Crush
During the Oto-Suna invasion, he is seen with Konohamaru and Moegi as they are with other civilians being guided to safety.

Academy Student Lead Mission
In the anime, he, Konohamaru and Moegi are led by Naruto on a mission against other Academy teams.

In Naruto's Footsteps: The Friends' Paths
About two years after Naruto left the village to train with Jiraiya, Konoha decided to host an early Chūnin Exam alongside Sunagakure. While he and his friends began fantasising about becoming chūnin themselves, Shikamaru Nara reminded them that they hadn't even become genin yet. Though dissapointed about what they heard, they were worried about Naruto being left out so Konohamaru stooped to disguising himself as him but he was quickly caught by Neji Hyūga's Byakugan. Neji explained that Naruto would return when he's ready as he dreams of becoming Hokage, something he and his friends accepted.

Kazekage Rescue Mission
In Part II, Udon has already been promoted to a genin with Konohamaru and Moegi under the supervision of Ebisu. After his team returned from a mission of finding a lost cat, they met Naruto on his return to the village with Jiraiya. Called for a mission with his team, he was also troubled when Tsunade mistakenly said that they were going on a S-rank mission.

Akatsuki Suppression Mission
In the anime, he appears again, when Konohamaru was demonstrating his Sexy: Girl on Girl Technique. He witnesses Moegi beating Konohamaru up, for creating such a perverted and seemingly useless technique, and he is visibly troubled by his teammate's injury. In the manga, Sakura is the one to punch Konohamaru.

Pain's Assault
During the invasion of Pain, he is seen along with Moegi eating at the Dango Shop when they notice the explosions. He is then seen again along with Moegi and Konohamaru discussing what they can do during Pain's invasion and they decided that their best option is to help the villagers evacuate to a safer place. They are later seen helping in the efforts to rebuild the village.

Five Kage Summit
In the anime, Udon runs to Moegi and Konohamaru announcing Naruto's return to the village. He is disappointed when Naruto delays his interview with them.

Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes
After the Infinite Tsukuyomi was cast, Udon along with everyone within Konoha was captured by the Ten-Tails roots. Ultimately, he and the rest of the world were freed from the genjutsu by Naruto and Sasuke, after they ended the war. He later attended the mass funeral held in Konoha.

Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding
Udon appears in this anime arc.

New Era
Fifteen years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, Udon and Moegi alert the current Hokage that his son is playing a prank again, this time painting the faces of the Hokage Rock and disrupting the arrangement of the happening Kage Summit. In the anime, after the Genin Exams concluded, Udon went to the Academy, where he became the leader of Iwabee Yuino, Denki Kaminarimon and Metal Lee in Team 5.

Byakuya Gang Arc
In the anime, with the continued thefts performed by the Byakuya Gang throughout Konohagakure, Team 5 was assigned alongside the other genin teams to help stop the self-proclaimed noble thieves. However, the genin were not permitted to engage the Byakuya Gang without aid from a chūnin or higher-ranked shinobi. Later, they were alerted to the Byakuya Gang's appearance. Following Iwabee's overzealous nature, Metal and Denki joined their team-mate in engaging the thieves, which resulted in Metal getting injured and being hospitalised. Udon scolded Iwabee for his reckless actions and clear disregard of orders. He determined that Iwabee should remain confined to his home until further orders.

Versus Momoshiki Arc
In the anime, Udon was approached by Team 5 to participate in the Chūnin Exams.

Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison
During Naruto's flashback to the members of the village when he was gathering natural energy to enter Sage Mode, Udon can been seen amongst the villagers.

Trivia

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 * Children shown on a Ben 10 Christmas-themed episode greatly resembled Team Ebisu.
 * Studio Pierrot's Settei Sheets show that Udon as an adult is 178 cm, being above the 177.5 cm mark.