Hatake Kakashi

Kakashi is the son of the infamous ninja, Sakumo Hatake who had respect on par with the Sannin. Like his father, Kakashi has been known since a young age as an extremely gifted prodigy, regarded by many as the best of his generation. He has received top marks and has showed an innate aptitude for the ninja arts while in the academy. This permits him to graduate from it in a single year at the top of his class at the age of 5, becoming a Chunin one year later. However, his success comes at a great loss; His mother died while he was still young. Sometime later his father falls into disgrace after choosing to save his comrades rather than completing an important mission, causing Konohagakure to suffer in the war effort. Dishonored, Sakumo takes his own life after a deep depression and a drop in his skills, which causes Kakashi to lead his life strictly by the ninja code.

Kakashi is later teamed with Obito Uchiha and Rin under the leadership of Minato Namikaze. Kakashi's relationship with Obito and Rin is noted to be very much similar to that of Sasuke's relationship with Naruto and Sakura respectively as he is known the indifferent genius who shared a complicated relationship with his teammates that later developed into a close friendship.


Soon after becoming a Jonin, Kakashi (age 13) was assigned to lead Obito and Rin on a mission that would benefit Konoha in the ongoing Third Great Shinobi War. They were to destroy a bridge being used by Iwagakure forces to move into Kusagakure. Along the way, Kakashi’s team was ambushed by an Iwagakure ninja named Mahiru. Kakashi saw this as a good opportunity to use his newly created jutsu, the Chidori, only to nearly be struck down by the latter's counterattack. Minato stepped in just in time to save Kakashi and finished off Mahiru.

After the daring rescue, Kakashi and Obito had a fallback on what just happened; Obito bickered on Kakashi's reckless, while Kakashi pointed out Obito's cowardice. Fortunately, Minato restrained his two students by showing how wrong both acted in the encounter with the Iwagakure ninja. Later that night, Obito approached Minato, explained to his teacher on how Kakashi looked down on him, and asked him why Kakashi was so cold-hearted. Minato then told Obito the tragedy of Kakashi's father, the event that explained his harsh demeanor. He also told his student to understand Kakashi.

The next day, just as Minato was about to depart from his team to settle his own mission, Obito acknowledged Kakashi as the leader of their team to everyone's astonishment. Minato then left with a smile after witnessing Obito's actions while Kakashi's team set off to the bridge. On their way to the bridge, Rin was kidnapped by two other Iwagakure ninja named Kakko and Taiseki. Obito immediately shouted out his concern to rescue her, but Kakashi disagreed on the basis that they needed to complete their mission, opting not make the same mistake his father did. Obito then punched his comrade to knock some sense into him and aksed him why not. Kakashi simply stated that it would be against the rules of the shinobi. Obito wouldn't hear of it and stubbornly left to save Rin but not before mentioning that Kakashi's father was a true hero. Shortly after parting ways, Kakashi reflected on Obito’s words and Rin's prior kindness. He realized that his father wasn't wrong after all, which prompted him to later rejoin Obito in the rescue effort.

Meanwhile, Obito caught up with Taiseki. In an effort to stop the enemy ninja, Obito failed, leaving him open to Taiseki's attack. Before the Iwagakure ninja could finish Obito off, Kakashi stepped in to stop him. Dedicating his fight for his father, Kakashi helped Obito battle Taiseki with his father's blade. Just when it seemed to be a 2-on-1 advantage to the team, Taiseki used a jutsu to make himself nearly untraceable to turn luck back in his favor, causing him to damage Kakashi's left eye, who took the blow that was intended for Obito. In sheer terror, Obito finally awakened his Sharingan to clearly see Taiseki and killed Kakashi's attacker, allowing them to proceed to Rin.

Once they located Rin and Kakko, Kakashi and Obito teamed up to defeat the latter. After Kakko fell to the two Konohagakure ninja, Kakashi and Obito freed Rin from an interrogation genjutsu. Just as Kakashi's team was about to leave, Kakko emerged and attempted to trap them with a crushing boulder jutsu. The team saw this coming and planned to make a run for it. Just when a boulder was about to hit Kakashi, Obito pushed him aside to take the blow for him. Knowing his life was at an end, Obito intsructed Rin to implant his left Sharingan eye to Kakashi's damaged one. With Rin complying, Kakashi made a full recovery with his left eye and, now having the ability of using the Sharingan and having perfected his Chidori, killed Kakko. He then returned to Obito to see if there was anything he could do for him, but the place was turning into shambles, forcing Kakashi and Rin to leave him behind. With the help of Minato, they ultimately complete their mission, allowing them to mourn Obito's death.
Kakashi as an ANBU captain.

Following his first mission as Jonin, Kakashi became well-known among all five great countries through the extensive use of his Sharingan, gaining his reputation as "the man who has copied over a thousand jutsu" (hence his nickname). Kakashi eventually joined the Konohagakure ANBU where he served as a squad leader. During this time, Kakashi rose to fame as Konoha's Copy Ninja (sometimes known as Sharingan Kakashi), a nickname he earned due to use of his Sharingan eye. As an ANBU captain, he cultivated a group of students that included Tenzo, later known as Yamato, and Yugao Uzuki. He later left for unknown reasons, but maintained strong connections with the ANBU.