Hokage

The are the leaders of Konoha. They are generally the strongest in the village, although ideology and renown plays a large part in their being chosen for the position.

Four shinobi and one kunoichi have gained this title so far.

After being appointed, they are given the Hokage mansion in which to live and have their faces carved out in the stone wall behind it. Only four faces were originally carved into the wall but, at the beginning of Part II, all five Hokages are present.

Trivia

 * All of the former Hokage have been sealed away in the stomach of the Death God summoning. The Fourth was sealed when he sealed the demon fox inside of Naruto, while the First and Second were sealed when Orochimaru resurrected them and the Third sealed them away, and the Third was sealed when he gave his life to seal Orochimaru's arms.
 * Three of the Hokage are from the Senju clan.
 * The Hokage Monument resembles the Mount Rushmore monument with four of the most monumental presidents of the time.
 * All of the Hokage have some connection to each other, the First and Second are brothers, the Third was the student of the Second, The Fourth was the student of Jiraiya who was a student of the Third, and the Fifth is the granddaughter of the First and the student of the Third.
 * Tsunade is the only known female kage in the elemental countries.

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