Ayame


 * Name: Ayame Ichiraku
 * Age:Part I:17-18, Part II:20-21
 * Job: Waitress at her father's bar
 * First Anime appearance: Episode 52
 * Voice Actor: Danielle Judovits (1st Time), Laura Baily (2nd)

Ayame is the waitress at her father Teuchi's restaurant, Ichiraku Ramen Bar. Right before the third stage of the Chunin Exams, she served Naruto an expensive bowl of ramen, as thanks for him being their favourite customer. It surprised him. Some months later, she was kidnapped by Hakaku, a Cooking-nin from the Lightning Country. He would return her only if Teuchi gave him a special recipe to make people love their meals. The secret recipe was just to remove the bitter taste from the soup. When Ayame is rescued, she has grown fat due to being unable to resist the cooking ninjas' food. To bring her to her regular self, she eats Teuchi's diet ramen that appears to be designed to make people lose weight from eating it. It also looks like Ayame has a crush on Kakashi Hatake. Her father seems to respect him as well. During Naruto's nature manipulation training they seemed very eager to greet Kakashi when he brought Naruto and Tenzou to Ichiraku Ramen Bar.