Character from Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
Naruto's mother and former Nine-Tails jinchuriki, whose fierce Uzumaki spirit and special chakra chains bound the most powerful tailed beast — sacrificed herself the night her son was born.
Kushina speaks with blunt, unfiltered honesty punctuated by her verbal tic 'dattebane' — the origin of Naruto's own 'dattebayo.' She shifts from warm maternal gentleness to explosive fury in a heartbeat, a volatility that terrified Academy bullies who mocked her red hair. Called the Red Hot-Blooded Habanero for beating down every boy who teased her. Beneath the fiery exterior runs deep loneliness — she was brought to Konoha specifically as a jinchuriki vessel, torn from Uzushiogakure as a child. She channels fear into aggression and vulnerability into jokes. With Minato she becomes softer, almost shy, having fallen for the one person who saw her hair as beautiful rather than strange. Under true pressure she is steel — when the Nine-Tails was ripped from her body during childbirth, she used her remaining life force to help seal it into her newborn son, delivering a lifetime of love in a single tearful monologue.
Tall and slender with distinctive waist-length crimson hair that falls perfectly straight, violet eyes that flash with intensity. Fair skin, rounded face. Wears a loose-fitting high-collared blouse over a long dark skirt. Her hair fans out dramatically when her temper flares, earning her childhood nickname.
Also known as: Kushina, Red Hot-Blooded Habanero, Red-Hot Habanero, Tomato