Minari Sennagawa

Minari Sennagawa (千長和ミナリ, Sennagawa Minari) is a shinobi of Konohagakure's Sennagawa clan and a descendant of the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan. She is the close friend of Naruto Uzumaki, being the only person who treated him normally since they were children. She is a year younger than the rest of the rookie 10 because of her early graduation from the ninja academy. She was then added to Team 7 as the fourth member by Iruka Umino who acted upon the orders of the Third Hokage.

Background
The Sennagawa clan was originally a small branch of the Senju clan. The former head of the clan, Kawada Senju (千手川田, Senju Kawada) was the cousin of Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju. But after he fell in love with a woman from the Uchiha clan, Honomi Uchiha (千長和帆乃実, Sennagawa Honomi, née Uchiha (うちは)), Butsuma Senju cast him out. Because of this, she is distantly related to the Senjus. After Konohagakure was founded by Hashirama and Madara Uchiha, they were finally able to return to their home, but at that time they had two kids already. Her father is Yahiro Sennagawa (宗正千長和ミ, Sennagawa Yahiro), and her mother is Mitsuki Sennagawa (千長和映妃, Sennagawa Mitsuki, née Ishimori (石森)). They are both Jounin

Personality
Despite her parents telling her to stay away from Naruto, Minari always played with him at the park and they ate ramen at Ichiraku together. She is a very kind and forgiving person, as shown when Gaara nearly killed Rock Lee during the Chuunin exams. Alongside Naruto, she easily befriended the red-haired boy and showed him that the world isn't so bad.

Appearence
Minari has pale skin, blue eyes, black hair that runs down to her bottom, and a short ahoge at the top of her head. In Part I, Minari wears a long-sleeve turtle-neck shirt, a skirt, blue sandals, and grey shorts. She wore her blue forehead protector around her neck. Later in Part II, she changes her outfit to a maroon sleeveless-turtleneck dress with long slits up the side that reveal grey shorts underneath. She has thigh-high black sandals that are folded down at the top. Around her waist is a grey belt that typically holds her pouch of supplies on the side of her waist.

Abilities
Because of her diverse bloodline, Minari is able to awaken the Sharingan, she is able to use Wood Release, and she is eventually taught to use the Rasengan. Her affinity is Fire Release, but she is also very proficient in using Wind Release, Lightning Release, and Yang Release.