is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto.
"Kankuro" is the name of a famous ninja, and he often was pictured as a ninja with a crow (Karasu) as his pet. "Kankuro" is also the name of many famous Kabuki actors which shows in his face paint and quirky style of speech in the original Japanese versions.
In the Viz English translation of the manga, Kankuro's puppet Karasu, or "Crow", is instead referred to as "Scarecrow", whic...
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is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto.
"Kankuro" is the name of a famous ninja, and he often was pictured as a ninja with a crow (Karasu) as his pet. "Kankuro" is also the name of many famous Kabuki actors which shows in his face paint and quirky style of speech in the original Japanese versions.
In the Viz English translation of the manga, Kankuro's puppet Karasu, or "Crow", is instead referred to as "Scarecrow", which is what Kakashi would translate into. Whether this was intentional or a mistranslation is unknown.
As the oldest son of the Fourth Kazekage, Kankuro is the brother of Gaara and Temari, and a ninja from Sunagakure who specializes in ninja puppetry. In the Japanese version, Kankuro often ends his sentences with "jan", ￣ﾁﾘ￣ﾂﾃ￣ﾂﾓ. This is from Yokohama dialect. In his first appearance, he carries a large marionette wrapped in bandages on his back called Karasu (ﾃﾏ, "Crow"). In combat, Kankuro tends to use Karasu in combination with a...
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