Naruto's Name
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Did you know…? That there’s a place
in Japan called the Straights
of Naruto? At these straights, there’s
a bridge, often called the Naruto
Bridge? Know what whirlpool means
in Japanese? A ‘naruto’
is also a weird little slice of fish paste that is often an ingredient
in ramen [our boy’s favourite food, no less]. These ‘naruto’
are white with pointy edges and a pink spiral in the middle. What symbol does our
boy frequently wear/paint on things? ... What shape is the seal
that holds the 9 tails inside him? ... What’s Naruto’s
‘family’ name?! … You got it. Uzumaki. Above, the name is in Naruto's handwriting from his Chuunin Selection exam paper found in episode 24. 'Uzumaki" is written in Hiragana and "Naruto" is written in Katakana. Since he wrote it himself, I'm taking this to be the 'official' way to wrtite his name. There’s a few name’s I’ve noticed that are pun names… Example, Hatake Kakashi means Field Scarecrow. Umino Iruka means Sea Dolphin… it makes sense, when you consider that Kishimoto-sensei grew up obsessed with Toriyama-sensei’s Dragonball, which is chock full of pun names. In Naruto, there are also names taken from Japanese lore, like Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru were all in one 19th century story called Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari. I did a lot of research to find this stuff out. Please don't steal it. Thanks. - aks |
At
these straights is a famous natural occurrence. Ocean currents in this
place move in such a way as to make whirlpools. 
