Tenten



Name: Tenten, テンテン
Age: 13 at beginning, now 16
Date of birth: 9 March
Height: 155,6 cm at beginning, now unknown cm
Weight: 43,1 kg at beginning, now unknown kg
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Blood type: B
Registration #: 012573
Rank: Chūnin
Jutsu/Kekkei genkai: Weapon specialist, Sōshōryū (Twin Rising Dragons) (anime only)
Current affiliation: Konohagakure (Hidden Leaf)
Current team: Team Gai (Maito Gai, Hyuga Neji, Rock Lee, (Tenten)
Previous affiliation: N/A
Previous team: N/A
Relatives: Unknown

Background

Originally a Genin level ninja who graduated the academy a year before Naruto did and now a Chūnin, Tenten is a student of Maito Gai together with Rock Lee and Hyūga Neji. She has an incredibly accurate aim when throwing weapons, being able to hit ten out of ten targets. Not much is known about her techniques, other than that she masters the use of dozens of various types of weapons in battle by raining them on her opponent. Furthermore, she is an expert in the use of melee weapons such as the three section staff, and summons them as needed. She also uses chakra strings to control her weapons. Her technique is useless against Temari, and opponents using natural elements to their advantage.

Tenten feels very strongly about both her teammates, as she especially idolizes Neji and could be seen staring with pride at Lee during his training with Gai at one occasion. She is often seen sparring with Neji, often to train Neji's Hakkeshō Kaiten (Eight Trigram Palms Heavenly Spin).

Her goal as a kunoichi is to be as great as Tsunade, one of the legendary Sannin. She trains hard to achieve her dream. She is considered one of the best female ninja in the village. Tenten also strongly believes that female ninjas are just as good as male ninjas.

Naruto II Arc

Two and a half years later, Tenten and her teammates are sent as backup as Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi go on a mission to rescue Gaara from the criminal organization Akatsuki. Tenten is now a Chūnin, and has changed her outfit.

Trivia

-According to the official databook Tenten's hobby is astrology (fortune-telling and horoscopes). Her favourite food is Chinese food and sesame dumplings (Sesame Dango). She dislikes eating Umeboshi, or dried plums.
The name "Tenten" has no particular meaning, but repeating the same syllable twice is a popular naming scheme for pandas. Repeated names are used affectionately in China, although the official Chinese dub dubbed her name as "Tian-Tian.".
-One of the meanings of "Ten" ("Tian" in Chinese Pinyin, which is pronounced almost identically to 'Ten'.) in Chinese/Japanese is "heaven" or "sky".
-"Tenten" can sometimes mean "sporadically" in Japanese (an amusing coincidence, considering her infrequent and insubstantial appearances in both the manga and anime).
"Tenten" can also mean "here or there" in Japanese.
In some foreign subtitles Tenten has been referred to as Ama, from the term "Ama kudari", which means "descending from heaven". This has caused some fans to mistakingly conclude that "Ama" is her last name.
-Very little is known about her past. In fact, she is the only genin in Naruto whose past has never been mentioned, whether in the anime or manga.

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