Name:
Kabuto Yakushi
Name:
Kabuto Yakushi
Birthday: February 29th
Age: 19
Hair: Gray
Eyes: Black
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 143 lbs.
Blood Type: AB
Status: Jounin (disguised as Genin on introduction), Missing Nin
Current affiliation: Sound
Previous Affiliations: Leaf, Akatsuki, various others
Anime: Naruto
Voice: (English) Henry Dittmen (Japanese) Nobutoshi Kanna
History and Personality: Kabuto Yakushi is Orochimaru's personal medic, assistant, and general right-hand man. As a young boy, Kabuto was found amongst the enemy dead after the battle of Kikyo Pass by a chief medical officer of the Konoha Medical Unit Squad. The officer brought Kabuto with him back to Konoha, raised him as a son, and taught him medical jutsu when he got older. Kabuto acted as a spy for many different villages and groups for many years before being recruited by Sasori of Akatsuki, who sent him to spy on Orochimaru. Orochimaru discovered this, freed Kabuto from Sasori's influence, and persuaded Kabuto to side with him instead. Kabuto has since used his numerous other affiliations to spy for Orochimaru; when acting as Sasori's subordinate, he is able to gather intelligence on Akatsuki's doings. As a former inhabitant of Konoha, he was also able to acquire the rank of Genin and enter the biannual Chunin Exams, using the first few phases of the exam to gather information on his fellow participants for Orochimaru's use. Although his known sources of information have since been lost, Kabuto remains with Orochimaru and fights on his behalf whenever necessary.
Despite his apparent loyalty to Orochimaru, Kabuto's true personality is difficult to discern. He frequently changes face without warning, switching from a lighthearted and polite teenager to a twisted and sadistic maniac that enjoys playing mind games with his opponents. Orochimaru himself seems to have a hard time determining Kabuto's thoughts, as seen when he orders Kabuto to kidnap Sasuke Uchiha and wonders if perhaps Kabuto will kill Sasuke instead. Even in this instance, Orochimaru has great confidence in Kabuto's loyalty, laughing at the prospect that Kabuto would betray him. While Kabuto does generally obey Orochimaru's orders, he is not above healing Orochimaru's enemies or trying to strike up polite conversations with Naruto Uzumaki when they meet, whose willingness to try and overcome the monster within him inspires Kabuto. Orochimaru has suggested that Kabuto has motives differing from his own, seen when instructing him to kidnap Sasuke; as Kabuto leaves to carry out the task, Orochimaru reminds him that killing Sasuke is the only way he can stop him from accomplishing his goals. While Orochimaru quickly writes this off as a joke, Kabuto is visibly shaken by the suggestion. Despite his unclear motives, Kabuto seems to be content in following Orochimaru, even integrating Orochimaru's remains into his body (which have since begun to try and take control) as a means to become more powerful and to no longer be the mere tool of others.
Kabuto is a talented ninja, being compared to Kakashi Hatake in ability on more than one occasion, as well as being shown capable of killing ANBU members with relative ease. One of the more advanced jutsu he is seen using is the Temple of Nirvana Technique, which is capable of putting everyone within an area to sleep. The bulk of Kabuto's fighting ability, however, lies in the medical jutsu taught to him by his adoptive father. Through his allegiance to Orochimaru he has also gained many bodies that he can experiment on, allowing him to take his medical abilities to new levels. With his extensive knowledge of the human body he can use Secret Healing Wound Destruction to reactivate dead cells in a concentrated area and grow new ones. While he uses this ability in battle to immediately recover from attacks, it can also be used during his experiments to keep test subjects alive for much longer than is feasible. Kabuto can even use the Dead Soul Technique to temporarily reanimate a corpse for use as an ally or a decoy. During Tsunade's battle with him, she remarks that his fighting and healing abilities surpass her own when she was his age.
Relationships: Kabuto appears to have no friends, or even companions, though he does have teammates when he enters the Konoha Chuunin exams in disguise. Kabuto's only relationship is with Orochimaru, to whom he seems fairly loyal, though even this is questionable. Kabuto does protect Orochimaru when he is injured, however it is unclear whether this is for Orochimaru's sake, or if Kabuto believes that in the long run it will serve his own purposes. It is possible he feels soem gratitude to Orochimaru for freeing him from Sasori's control.
Techniques: Kabuto specializes in medical jutsu, and is particularly skilled at self-healing. Kabuto's most well known jutsu are listed below.
Temple of Nirvana - a genjutsu capable of putting everyone within an area to sleep.
Secret Healing Wound Destruction - reactivates dead cells in a concentrated area and grow new ones.
Dead Soul Jutsu - temporarily reanimates a corpse for use as an ally or a decoy.
Trivia: "Kabuto" can mean "helmet" and is also the last part of the Japanese name for aconite, a plant which can either alleviate pain or kill, while the characters for "Yakushi" literally mean "medicine user".
Why we love him: He's ambiguously evil... which gives us hope that someday he won't be. And he's just so darn cute and talented. I love the way he pushes his glasses up on his nose. I fell in love with him when we thought he was good, and I just can't seem to give him up... sorry.
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