Horu Kurokiba

Horu Kurokiba (掘る黒牙, Kurokiba Horu) is a jōnin-level kunoichi of Iwagakure's Kurokiba Clan. She is the wife of Fetchi Kurokiba and the mother of Tamotsu Kurokiba.

Background
After marrying Fetchi Kurokiba, she settled down to become a housewife, raising their son Tamotsu. Years later, the death of her husband causes her to develop hæmophobia, which made her unfit to take part in any more battles. Every time Fetchi's name is brought up, she thinks back on their time together and mourns privately for the loss of her dear lover.

Appearance
Horu is a dark-skinned young woman with anber eyes. She wears very formal attire consisting of a long-sleeved, high-collared white dress shirt and skirt, along with a pair of long earrings and sandals. Horu wears her red hair pulled back into a bun with two bangs that fall on either side of her face.

Personality
Horu is a very gentle and kind woman, but could also be stern and strict when she needed to be. She loves and cares about her son deeply. Horu cared for and also held high respect for her husband as well and understood the importance of his position as the Kurokiba Clan leader. She also gave Tamotsu advice and tried to reassure him about becoming a Pseudo-Jinchūriki. She is a very good mother, seeing as how Tamotsu was able to talk to her better than his father. At one point, in order to cheer Tamotsu up, she says that when she and Fetchi are alone, Tamotsu is all he talks about.

Abilities
While little is known of her career as a kunoichi, she was presumably skilled enough to have been promoted to the rank of jōnin. In the past, she offered to help Tamotsu with his Kenjutsu training, this could imply that she was at least competent with Kenjutsu. As a member of the Kurokiba Clan, Horu employs the use of collaborative attacks alongside her beloved companion, Inushi. She is also proficient in the clan's Kekkei Genkai, Soil Release.

Sensory Ability
As a member of the Kurokiba Clan, she is blessed with an exceptionally unique sensory ability, which she would teach to Tamotsu. By concentrat chakra in her nose, it easy for her to distinguish people by the scent their chakra gives off. Noted by Inushi as a particularly skilled chakra-sensing ninja, Inushi goes on to state that her ability to sense chakra is unlike any other Kurokiba member. She can greatly expand her range to detect the presence of others and could pick up chakra from long distances.

Summoning Technique


Horu can summon dogs of varying sizes, although she has only ever been seen summoning Inushi.

Trivia
• Like all known Kurokiba members, Horu is named after an action performed by a dog (Dig).

• Before Inushi partnerd with Nasai, she was Horu's canine partner.