Gotta

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ゴッタ Gotta
Debut
Anime	Naruto Shippūden Episode #352
Game	Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing
Appears in	Anime, Game
Voice Actors
Japanese	Keijin Okuda
English	Michael Sorich
Personal
Sex	Male
Status	Deceased
Kekkei Genkai	Iburi Clan's Kekkei Genkai
Affiliation	Land of Fire
Clan	Iburi Clan
Jutsu Body Oxidation Technique
Tools Tantō

Gotta (ゴッタ) was a member, and seemingly the leader of the Iburi clan.

Background

As a member of the Iburi clan, Gotta lived in hiding with the rest of his clan until Orochimaru discovered them. Using the cursed seal to stabilise their abilities, he manipulated the clan into giving him their children for the purposes of his experiments. Gotta seemingly leaded the clan in the absence of either Orochimaru or Danzō. One day, Orochimaru's experiments were discovered by Konohagakure, forcing him to abandon the village. The Iburi clan learned of this from one of Danzō's followers, "Kinoe". The clan vowed to help Orochimaru escape. Meanwhile, the youngest member of the clan, Yukimi, believed Kinoe was her lost brother Tenzō who went to Orochimaru as a test subject.

Gotta dies due to the danger his smoke transformation possesses.

When a Konoha ANBU, Kakashi Hatake, found the cave, Gotta quickly subdued him. Kinoe was able to convince Gotta to let him live to be interrogated. Not fully trusting Kinoe, Gotta spied on Kinoe and discovered that his real mission was also to capture Orochimaru. While he and the rest of the clan attempted to kill Kinoe, Yukimi saved Kinoe along with Kakashi. Gotta soon found Kakashi and pursued him, venturing out into outside world. Soon afterwards, the wind picked up and Gotta was mortally wounded from his exposure while in smoke form. With his dying breath, he told Kakashi that Yukimi was important to Orochimaru as only her blood could transfer the clan's power to another.

Later, as Yukimi's body began to destabilise, the spirit of Gotta and the others acted together with Kinoe's Wood Release to fully stabilise Yukimi and save her life.

Personality

Gotta was very loyal to Orochimaru for saving his clan, willing to conceal him despite being a fugitive from Konohagakure and willing to kill any pursuer. His greatest desire was to see his clan survive and join the outside world. He saw his own life and that of his fellow clansmen to be subordinated as they were meant to endure hardships so the next generation can live a safe life outside their cave without getting killed by their own powers. His loyalty to Orochimaru and his clan's future was so great he was willing to enter the outside world with almost not hesitation to stop his enemies. Nevertheless, his spirit came to ultimately save Yukimi's life before moving on to the afterworld.

Appearance

Gotta was a tall and well-built man. He had light-skinned and short spiky grey hair with a small two-part moustache. He wore a simple and raggy, grey vest, dark grey pants, and sandals.

Abilities

Gotta, like the rest of his clan, had the ability to transform into a living smoke that could still interact physically with other objects, such as picking up scrolls. While in smoke form, he could enter a person's body, controlling their entire being as an extension of himself or cause great pain to possibly kill the target.

Gotta was shown to be a very capable close-range fighter, using taijutsu, kenjutsu and his smoke-techniques in conjunction to be able to fight on par with the high-ranking ANBU and famous prodigy Kakashi Hatake, who was also using his Sharingan during their fight. Additionally, he was physically strong, being able to lift a man with one arm.