Akimichi Chōji



Age: 15 years old
Eye color: Black
Hair color: Blond (Brown in the anime)
Height: 156,3 ㎝
Weight: 69,3 kg
Birthday: May 1
Blood type: B
Registration #: 012625
Rank: Chūnin
Current affiliation: Akimichi clan, Konohagakure (Hidden Leaf)
Current team: Team Asuma (Sarutobi Asuma, Nara Shikamaru, Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Chōji)
Previous affiliation: N/A
Previous team: N/A
Relatives: Akimichi Chōza (father)
Jutsu:Baika no Jutsu (The Art of Expansion)

Nikudan Sensha (Human Juggernaut)

Chōbaika no Jutsu (Butterfly Multi Size Technique)

Chōdan Bakugeki(Bullet Butterfly Bombing)

Nikudan Hari Sensha (Spiked Human Bullet Tank)

Bubun Baika no Jutsu (Partial Multi Size Technique)

Background:

Akimichi Chōji is a member of the Akimichi clan, one of the four noble clans in Konohagakure. As one of the 'Rookie Nine', Chōji became genin in the same year as Uzumaki Naruto. Together with Nara Shikamaru and Yamanaka Ino, he was assigned to Sarutobi Asuma's Team 10. Chōji, Shikamaru and Ino call themselves the "Ino-Shika-Chō Trio", just like their fathers before them.

As an Akimichi, Chōji has learned the clan's secret jutsu, "Baika no Jutsu (The Art of Expansion, literally "Multi Size Technique")", and many related jutsu. He is easily motivated when food is mentioned and becomes agitated when somebody calls him fat.

Chōji and Shikamaru:

Chōji has a longstanding friendship with Nara Shikamaru. The two have complete trust in each other and Shikamaru is probably the only one who can see Chōji's true strength. Chōji has an unconditional faith in Shikamaru and, if necessary, would give his life for him.

Sasuke Retrieval Arc:

Chōji was one of the genin Shikamaru chose for the mission to return Uchiha Sasuke. This mission, however, was complicated by, and ultimately failed because of, the Sound Four. Chōji took on the powerful Jirōbō by himself and was only being able to defeat him thanks to the Akimichi clan's special Sanshoku no Ganyaku (三色の丸薬, "Three coloured pills"). The pills, colored green, yellow, and red, gave the user increasingly large boosts of chakra at the cost of health. The red pill alone was said to be fatal to the consumer; Chōji consumed all three. In the field, he was kept alive for a short while by the friendship of his teammates, who had faith that he would defeat Jirōbō and left messages for him to catch up. If it weren't for the legendary medical skills of Tsunade, and the Nara family's Medical Manual, he would have died.

Naruto II Arc:

Chōji bringing Shikamaru his lunch in Part 2Chōji makes his Naruto II debut in Chapter 283; he now wears armor on his torso, arms, and upper legs similar to his father. On the front of his chest armor is the kanji for food.

It also seems that he now has improved skills, including the ability to enlarge his body parts without much concentration. This is as compared to the past where he needs more concentration to bring about a change in his body part size.

Trivia

-"Chōji" means "A butterfly (Chō-)" and "the second son (-ji)" added together. Butterflies are insects known to eat sweets. Slim Ino has a name meaning a "boar" and plump Chōji is "a butterfly".

-"Ino", "Shika" and "Chō" are the name of three cards needed for a highly prized trick of "Inoshikacho" in the Hanafuda.

-According to the offical databook Chōji’s favourite foods are Korean barbeque, snacks and sweets. His least favourite foods are inedible things. His hobby is buying snacks and his favorite phrase is "Meat".

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