Kumogakure
The Hidden Cloud Village, home of the Raikage and of the Eight-Tails' host.
Kumogakure, the Hidden Cloud Village, is a ninja village led by the Raikage. Its ninja include Killer Bee, the Jinchuriki of the Eight-Tails Gyūki, his adopted brother Ay, the Fourth Raikage, and Darui, who becomes the Fifth Raikage between the end of the war and the epilogue.
Lore & Background
A, the Third Raikage, is remembered as the greatest Raikage: he dueled the Eight-Tails, and during the Third Great Ninja War he held off an army of 10,000 shinobi for three days so that his team could escape. Years before the series, a Kumogakure head ninja tried to kidnap the young Hinata Hyuga; the resulting Hyuga Affair threatened the treaty between Konohagakure and Kumogakure.
Reader's Guide
Killer Bee, expected to act as the village's guardian, fakes his capture by the Akatsuki to pursue a singing career, is brought back to Kumogakure and helps teach Naruto to control Kurama's power. During the Fourth Great Ninja War the headquarters of the Shinobi Alliance is stationed in Kumogakure, Darui leads the First Division, and Killer Bee fights as Naruto's main partner.
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