

In short, Yukimi was saved by Yamato after she went back to Orochimaru during Kakashi and Yamato's fight.Īfter being assigned by Tsunade as Captain Yamato to lead Team 7, Yamato became his new name. After Yukimi visited "outside" for the first time, Yamato ran away with Yukimi in order to prevent her from dying from Orochimaru.

Yukimi ran away with Yamato, lovingly calling him Tenzō in memory of her younger brother Tenzō, who with Yamato, was sent to Orochimaru for experiments. Yamato was sent there by Danzō, while he was still known as Kinoe, to give the clan's leader and affiliate of Orochimaru Gotta information. The name Tenzō was given to him by Yukimi, a girl and only child of the Iburi Clan, which was being manipulated by Orochimaru to do research on their powerful kekkei genkai which allowed them to turn into smoke. After defecting from Root and joining the Anbu Black Ops, becoming a good guy, he adopted the name Tenzō. As a member of Root, also known as The Foundation, he was given the codename Kinoe, which he originally used as his name.

Instead of being giving a nickname to use for the rest of his life, Yamato has instead used multiple codenames on his assignments ever since being a member of Danzō Shimura's Root at a young age. He is, however, also prone to being a victim of a cruel joke when given misleading information, as witness his visible fear and subsequent annoyance when Killer B maliciously joked about the dangers of a jinchūriki trying to control their tailed beast.įor the simplicity of this section, he will be referred to as Yamato. Naruto, especially, is easily terrified by it, and stated that it felt like Yamato was controlling him with fear - something Yamato himself has noted that he has no qualms with. Aside from his obviously intimidating skills as a ninja, however, this "terror" has so far primarily consisted of casting a creepy "ghoul-eyes" expression at his charges. While he has been good-natured so far, Yamato claims to be a different sort of leader than Kakashi, one who is not above "ruling by the use of terror" when his team misbehaves. This skill to incorporate his hobby with his kekkei genkai was also seen after Pain's assault on Konoha where he was key in recreating the village. Yamato also takes great interest in architecture which can be seen when he goes out on missions and creates a house to "camp out" in. He takes his missions very seriously, even insisting on being referred to by whatever his current codename. He projects a calm, stoic demeanour in stressful situations. Yamato is a very discreet, cautious, careful, and well prepared person. In addition to that, he has a happuri-style forehead protector that frames his face, similar to that of Tobirama Senju. He also still retains two hip pouches strapped to his lower back instead of just one. The differences between his attire and that of the standard one is that his does not have the Uzushiogakure crest on the shoulders of the sleeves, and the neck of his shirt is form fitting and goes up to his chin. When he meets up with Naruto, Sakura, and Sai for the first time, however, he has changed into a variation of the standard attire of a Konoha-nin, with a flak jacket. When he débuted, Yamato wore the standard attire of the Anbu, with a sword strapped to his back, a mask that resembles a cat's face covered in green, and red markings, and the Anbu tattoo on his left shoulder. While still a child and test subject of Orochimaru, he had long hair going past his shoulders. Yamato has short brown hair and black, almond-shaped eyes.
