Ebisu


 * Age: 281 in Part I, 31 in Part II
 * Specialization: Private Trainer
 * Height: 181.4 cm1
 * Weight: 67.5 kg1
 * Birthday: March 81
 * Blood Type: A1
 * Seiyu: Nobuo Tobita
 * Voice actor: Crispin Freeman

Ebisu (エビス) specializes in the private training of elite ninja, as stated by Kakashi Hatake. The name "Ebisu" comes from the Japanese god Ebisu, who is usually pictured as a fisherman that brings wealth and prosperity to believers, and watches over the health of young children. He is Konohamaru's tutor, and dislikes the fact that Konohamaru idolizes Uzumaki Naruto, because he only sees Naruto as the container of the Demon fox. His opinion of Naruto doesn't change when Naruto "defeats" him with the Harem Technique after the Sexy Technique fails. Naruto often refers to him as the "closet pervert" because of this.

Later, recommended by Kakashi Hatake as a great teacher, Ebisu begins Naruto's one-month training for the main matches of the Chunin Exam. It is during this time that through being with Naruto and seeing the influence he had on Konohamaru that Ebisu realizes that Naruto is not just the container of a demon, but that he is an outstanding Konoha ninja. However, Ebisu does not complete Naruto's training, because Jiraiya takes over by summoning a large toad which tongue-whips Ebisu unconscious when Ebisu tries to interrupt Jiraiya's peeking on a women's bath. Naruto then insists that Jiraiya take Ebisu's place.

In Part II, he has been put in charge of a Genin team with Konohamaru and his two friends, Udon and Moegi, as its members. He now wears the standard combat vest instead of his more casual outfit from the first part of the series.