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Hiruzen also started leading his own team of new Ninja Academy graduates consisting of Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Tsunade.

Tobirama however volunteered himself instead, and before going to his death he had appointed Hiruzen as the Third Hokage.Īt some point, Hiruzen married Biwako and they had a son, Sarutobi Asuma, and at least one other child who, later on in his life, gave Hiruzen a grandson, name Konohamaru. Hiruzen volunteered to be the decoy, by boasting that, as the strongest of their group, that he stood the best chance of surviving the encounter nevertheless, he asked Danzo to look after the others. During a mission they were started to be pursued by Kumogakure's Kinkaku Force, an enemy that somebody would need to distract and inevitably die at the hands of in order for the rest of the team to escape unharmed and to get back to Konoha safety. Hiruzen early on has displayed prodigious talent in the ninja arts, thus earning him additional training from Senju Hashirama, the First Hokage at the same time, Danzo also became very jealous of Hiruzen's skills and started to have a one sided rivalry with Hiruzen in an effort to surpass him.ĭuring the First Shinobi War, Tobirama, by that time as the Second Hokage, had led a large team consisting of Hiruzen, Homura, Koharu, Danzo, Uchiha Kagami, and Akimichi Torifu. Hiruzen was part of the first generation of ninja produced by Konoha where he, along with Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu were all placed on a team under the tutelage of Senju Tobirama, the future second Hokage. The Sarutobi clan was one of the first clans to settle in the newly created Konohagakure, where Hiruzen had struck up a friendship with the Shimura clan's Shimura Danzo. Hiruzen Sarutobi was born on the day of Febuary 8th as the only child and son of the late Sarutobi Sasuke and his unnamed wife.

A young adult Hiruzen (right) with Danzo (left).

Naruto ninja council 3 black sasuke sprites