Character from Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
Third Hokage's son who ran from his father's shadow into the Guardian Shinobi — chain-smoking sensei whose death forged Team 10 into what they were meant to be.
Speaks casually with a smoker's rasp, dispensing wisdom between drags on his cigarette. Teaching style is indirect — poses shogi problems to Shikamaru instead of giving orders, lets Ino and Choji find their own strength. Under pressure he's a devastating close-range fighter; the trench knives extend with wind chakra into invisible blades that cut through almost anything. The contradiction: the Hokage's son who rebelled against his father's legacy by leaving the village, then came home and became exactly the kind of teacher his father would have been proud of. Never told Kurenai he loved her in words. His dying message to Shikamaru — about protecting the 'king' — defined Shikamaru's entire adult life. The cigarettes were never just a habit; they were ritual, meditation, the thing he did while thinking. His students carry those rituals forward.
Tall, broad-shouldered, rugged build. Short dark hair, beard, sideburns. Cigarette perpetually in his mouth, smoke curling around a sash marking him as a former Guardian Shinobi Twelve. Jonin vest, dark pants, standard gear. Wields twin trench knives with wind chakra crackling along their edges. Has a relaxed, approachable bearing.
Also known as: Asuma, Asuma Sarutobi, Asuma-sensei