Post by Exaundra C. on Feb 16, 2011 15:10:29 GMT -5
Kage's
Kage - The highest level of Ninja that can achieved, Kages are extremely powerful, and know many different techniques. There can only be one Kage per village, and this Ninja is the one in charge of that village. Having strength matched by virtually no one (except perhaps a Sage), they are extremely respected by others. Each of Ninja villages calls their Kage a slightly different name. Here are the names used by the villages, along with what that name means. Ho (Fire), Kaze (Wind), Mizu (Water), Rai (Lightning), Tsuchi (Earth). Each of those names is put infront of the word Kage. For example, Ho (Fire), would be Hokage, and Kaze (Wind), would be Kazekage.
Kage list and description
Hokage-The leader of Konoha, the Hidden Leaf. They are generally the strongest in the village, although ideology and renown plays a large part in their being chosen for the position.
Mizukage-The leader of Kirigakure, the Village Hidden in the Mist. Their word holds sway over all political and military issues that present themselves regarding Kiri and its inhabitants. The Mizukage's residence, where they inhabit and hold office, is the widest and largest landmark in Kirigakure, bearing the kanji for Mizu(water).
Kazekage-The leaders of Sunagakure, Village Hidden in the Sand. Feared and respected across the world, they are responsible for making Sunagakure a powerful and great village, despite its small size. However, being responsible for raising so many great shinobi seems to come at a heavy price, as all the Kazekage, including the current, so far have met untimely deaths at the hands of assassins. For this reason, the Kazekage lineage is sometimes considered cursed.
Tsuchikage-The leader of Iwagakure, the Hidden Stone Village, and as such is the most powerful shinobi in the entire village. The Tsuchikage resides in a building bearing the kanji for Tsuchi(Earth) with a cone shaped roof.
Raikage-The leader of Kumogakure, Village Hidden in the Clouds. They are generally known as the strongest in the village. The Raikage lives inside a central blue structure inside Kumogakure.
Takikage-The Takikage, or Waterfall leader, is the kage over the hidden Waterfall village. It is a position that can be tricky at best and handles only the most basic tasks and does not qualify as one of the greater shinobi often relying from help by their allies Konoha village. This makes them very concerned about keeping their village hidden even from their allies.
Rank Listings
Highest to lowest
Sage - Also known as a sennin, this rank of Ninja consists of Ninjas who are close to, or possibly stronger than that of a Kage Ninja. This type of Ninja was usually choose to live outside of their own village, but are forced to keep in touch with it, so not become a Missing-Nin and get hunted down. 3 examples of Ninjas who fall into this rank of ninja are Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru.
Hunter-Nin - Also known as Body Erasers, these Ninjas and trained for the soul purpose of hunting down Missing-Nins and killing them. This is to prevent a Missing-Nin from ever leaking out important information about their home village. Hunter-Nins when trained are taught how to kill people, and learn things like where the weak points in a person's body is. All Hunter-Nins wear face masked and they're identity is not revealed.
Missing-Nin - This is the title given to any ninja, regardless of whatever rank they currently belong to, that have left and abandoned their home village. Because they have left their village, and could leak out important information to enemy villages, they are hunted down and killed. Leaving a village is acceptable, aslong as you are to stay affiliated with it. The Unmei are Missing-Nin.
Special Elite - The same as a Jounin, but specializes in a certain field, like medicine or chakra manipulation. In some ways this can be easier to achieve than a regular Jounin, because you only need to be really good at one aspect of being a Ninja, where Jounins need to be really good and lots of different things. Anbu captains would fall under this category since they are also very specialized.
Anbu - Greatly skilled, Anbu Ninjas specialize in 3 categories; Assassination, Espionage, and Protection. You could almost think of this ninja level as a sub-ranking within Special Elites. Like Hunter-Nins, the identity of these ninjas are never revealed. Like Genins, Anbu Ninjas are split into groups of 3 and lead by a higher ranking ninja, which in this case is a Special Elite.
Jounin -This level of Ninja is extremely hard to achieve, and is quite an accomplishment if achieved. This is the next level above a Chuunin, and just like the jump from Genin to Chuunin, the jump from Chuunin to Jounin is big. To become a Jounin you have to have a certain amount of A and S-rank missions, and you must master your Nature Chakra. Jounin take on the highest ranked missions and are sometimes required to teach Genin (i.e. Kakashi with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura).
Chuunin-Once becoming this level of a Ninja, much more skill and responsibility is required. Chuunin now not only protect themselves in a mission, but the team assigned to them. Chuunin usually have less time to train themselves, and spend their days serving the Kages and teaching Academy Students. Becoming a Chuunin is an extremely hard thing to do, and if accomplished shows a great amount of skill in a ninja.
Genin-This is the stage an Academy Student reaches after successfully graduating the Academy. They are now considered an official ninja. When this happens the passing students from the academy are split into groups of 3 people; each group with their own Jounin instructor. The instructor will supervise them on missions and help prepare them for becoming a Chuunin. Genin missions usually consist of more tedious / unskillful tasks like Weeding, Finding Lost Pets and so on.
Academy Students - This is where everyone interested in becoming a Ninja must first start out. It's almost like a pre-ninja stage. You aren't officially considered a ninja yet, but you're in the training of becoming one. This is usually the stage where you'll see all the little kids. Academy Students usually graduate around the age of 12. During the training of the academy, students don't do any missions, but learn about what becoming a ninja means and practicing basic techniques that everyone should know before becoming a real ninja.
Well, that's the guide to the ranks. Hope you find it helpful!
---Admins Fallen and Flame
-Information from www.naruto2.com, well, most of it anyway.-
Kage - The highest level of Ninja that can achieved, Kages are extremely powerful, and know many different techniques. There can only be one Kage per village, and this Ninja is the one in charge of that village. Having strength matched by virtually no one (except perhaps a Sage), they are extremely respected by others. Each of Ninja villages calls their Kage a slightly different name. Here are the names used by the villages, along with what that name means. Ho (Fire), Kaze (Wind), Mizu (Water), Rai (Lightning), Tsuchi (Earth). Each of those names is put infront of the word Kage. For example, Ho (Fire), would be Hokage, and Kaze (Wind), would be Kazekage.
Kage list and description
Hokage-The leader of Konoha, the Hidden Leaf. They are generally the strongest in the village, although ideology and renown plays a large part in their being chosen for the position.
Mizukage-The leader of Kirigakure, the Village Hidden in the Mist. Their word holds sway over all political and military issues that present themselves regarding Kiri and its inhabitants. The Mizukage's residence, where they inhabit and hold office, is the widest and largest landmark in Kirigakure, bearing the kanji for Mizu(water).
Kazekage-The leaders of Sunagakure, Village Hidden in the Sand. Feared and respected across the world, they are responsible for making Sunagakure a powerful and great village, despite its small size. However, being responsible for raising so many great shinobi seems to come at a heavy price, as all the Kazekage, including the current, so far have met untimely deaths at the hands of assassins. For this reason, the Kazekage lineage is sometimes considered cursed.
Tsuchikage-The leader of Iwagakure, the Hidden Stone Village, and as such is the most powerful shinobi in the entire village. The Tsuchikage resides in a building bearing the kanji for Tsuchi(Earth) with a cone shaped roof.
Raikage-The leader of Kumogakure, Village Hidden in the Clouds. They are generally known as the strongest in the village. The Raikage lives inside a central blue structure inside Kumogakure.
Takikage-The Takikage, or Waterfall leader, is the kage over the hidden Waterfall village. It is a position that can be tricky at best and handles only the most basic tasks and does not qualify as one of the greater shinobi often relying from help by their allies Konoha village. This makes them very concerned about keeping their village hidden even from their allies.
Rank Listings
Highest to lowest
Sage - Also known as a sennin, this rank of Ninja consists of Ninjas who are close to, or possibly stronger than that of a Kage Ninja. This type of Ninja was usually choose to live outside of their own village, but are forced to keep in touch with it, so not become a Missing-Nin and get hunted down. 3 examples of Ninjas who fall into this rank of ninja are Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru.
Hunter-Nin - Also known as Body Erasers, these Ninjas and trained for the soul purpose of hunting down Missing-Nins and killing them. This is to prevent a Missing-Nin from ever leaking out important information about their home village. Hunter-Nins when trained are taught how to kill people, and learn things like where the weak points in a person's body is. All Hunter-Nins wear face masked and they're identity is not revealed.
Missing-Nin - This is the title given to any ninja, regardless of whatever rank they currently belong to, that have left and abandoned their home village. Because they have left their village, and could leak out important information to enemy villages, they are hunted down and killed. Leaving a village is acceptable, aslong as you are to stay affiliated with it. The Unmei are Missing-Nin.
Special Elite - The same as a Jounin, but specializes in a certain field, like medicine or chakra manipulation. In some ways this can be easier to achieve than a regular Jounin, because you only need to be really good at one aspect of being a Ninja, where Jounins need to be really good and lots of different things. Anbu captains would fall under this category since they are also very specialized.
Anbu - Greatly skilled, Anbu Ninjas specialize in 3 categories; Assassination, Espionage, and Protection. You could almost think of this ninja level as a sub-ranking within Special Elites. Like Hunter-Nins, the identity of these ninjas are never revealed. Like Genins, Anbu Ninjas are split into groups of 3 and lead by a higher ranking ninja, which in this case is a Special Elite.
Jounin -This level of Ninja is extremely hard to achieve, and is quite an accomplishment if achieved. This is the next level above a Chuunin, and just like the jump from Genin to Chuunin, the jump from Chuunin to Jounin is big. To become a Jounin you have to have a certain amount of A and S-rank missions, and you must master your Nature Chakra. Jounin take on the highest ranked missions and are sometimes required to teach Genin (i.e. Kakashi with Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura).
Chuunin-Once becoming this level of a Ninja, much more skill and responsibility is required. Chuunin now not only protect themselves in a mission, but the team assigned to them. Chuunin usually have less time to train themselves, and spend their days serving the Kages and teaching Academy Students. Becoming a Chuunin is an extremely hard thing to do, and if accomplished shows a great amount of skill in a ninja.
Genin-This is the stage an Academy Student reaches after successfully graduating the Academy. They are now considered an official ninja. When this happens the passing students from the academy are split into groups of 3 people; each group with their own Jounin instructor. The instructor will supervise them on missions and help prepare them for becoming a Chuunin. Genin missions usually consist of more tedious / unskillful tasks like Weeding, Finding Lost Pets and so on.
Academy Students - This is where everyone interested in becoming a Ninja must first start out. It's almost like a pre-ninja stage. You aren't officially considered a ninja yet, but you're in the training of becoming one. This is usually the stage where you'll see all the little kids. Academy Students usually graduate around the age of 12. During the training of the academy, students don't do any missions, but learn about what becoming a ninja means and practicing basic techniques that everyone should know before becoming a real ninja.
Well, that's the guide to the ranks. Hope you find it helpful!
---Admins Fallen and Flame
-Information from www.naruto2.com, well, most of it anyway.-
