Takeshi Suzu

Takeshi Nohara Genin-level ninja of Konohagakure, a talented Medical-nin, and member Team 10.

Background
During his early years in the Academy, Takeshi was frequently bullied by others due to his large forehead. To try and combat this, Takeshi used his bangs to hide his forehead, fuelling the other kids' teasing by indicating he was sensitive about it. Ino Yamanaka, realising this, helped Takeshi by giving him a black bandanna that he used as a way of drawing attention away from his forehead, which helped Takeshi overcome his insecurity. The two became best friends and Takeshi grew more confident, developing his own unique personality under Ino's guidance. One day about five years ago while searching for Ino to have lunch with, he spotted her, along with Shikamaru Nara and Chōji Akimichi stealing bits of food from others. Curious as to what they were doing, he followed them, discovering that they were bringing the food to a mysterious young child named Yota. Later, his genuine appreciation for Ino's friendship turned into love. Later, when Takeshi found out that Ino also had a crush on Sasuke Uchiha, Takeshi like Naruto did for Sakura tried to up stage Sasuke every chance he had and, thus beginning a bitter rivalry between the two.

Personality
As a child, Takeshi lacked self-confidence and was highly self-conscious about his large forehead. As such, he would cover his forehead with his bangs. It was not until he met Ino Yamanaka who would later defend him against his bullies and tell him that if she hid her forehead, it would only make it stand out more. It was after this that the two became inseparable friends and Takeshi started to become more bold and self-confident. As a student, Takeshi was noted to be an honour student, and even to this day, Sakura's scholastic intelligence is hardly rivalled by any of her peers.

In Part I. Takeshi is a sweet and friendly boy who cares deeply for his comrades as well as his village. He has been described as a kind boy and often playes the role of peacemaker during Sakura and Ino's many spats while remaining objective. Takeshi is also an intellectual individual, witnessed by his ability to self-teach as well as use medical ninjutsu at such a young age. He is a devoted person as seen in her unwillingness to abandon Team 7 and Team 8 even when his own life was in great peril.

Appearance
Takeshi is a young boy of average height. He has spiky brown hair like Naruto, and brown eyes. He also has a rectangular red marking on either sides of his cheeks. He wares a long-sleeved black top and white shorts. He also wore the standard Konoha forehead protector as a belt, along with a pair of brown boots. While on missions, Takeshi Nohara Genin-level ninja of Konohagakure, a talented Medical-nin, and member Team 10.

Background
During his early years in the Academy, Takeshi was frequently bullied by others due to his large forehead. To try and combat this, Takeshi used his bangs to hide his forehead, fuelling the other kids' teasing by indicating he was sensitive about it. Ino Yamanaka, realising this, helped Takeshi by giving him a black bandanna that he used as a way of drawing attention away from his forehead, which helped Takeshi overcome his insecurity. The two became best friends and Takeshi grew more confident, developing his own unique personality under Ino's guidance. One day about five years ago while searching for Ino to have lunch with, he spotted her, along with Shikamaru Nara and Chōji Akimichi stealing bits of food from others. Curious as to what they were doing, he followed them, discovering that they were bringing the food to a mysterious young child named Yota. Later, his genuine appreciation for Ino's friendship turned into love. Later, when Takeshi found out that Ino also had a crush on Sasuke Uchiha, Takeshi like Naruto did for Sakura tried to up stage Sasuke every chance he had and, thus beginning a bitter rivalry between the two.

Personality
As a child, Takeshi lacked self-confidence and was highly self-conscious about his large forehead. As such, he would cover his forehead with his bangs. It was not until he met Ino Yamanaka who would later defend him against his bullies and tell him that if she hid her forehead, it would only make it stand out more. It was after this that the two became inseparable friends and Takeshi started to become more bold and self-confident. As a student, Takeshi was noted to be an honour student, and even to this day, Sakura's scholastic intelligence is hardly rivalled by any of her peers.

In Part I. Takeshi is a sweet and friendly boy who cares deeply for his comrades as well as his village. He has been described as a kind boy and often playes the role of peacemaker during Sakura and Ino's many spats while remaining objective. Takeshi is also an intellectual individual, witnessed by his ability to self-teach as well as use medical ninjutsu at such a young age. He is a devoted person as seen in her unwillingness to abandon Team 7 and Team 8 even when his own life was in great peril.

Appearance
Takeshi is a young boy of average height. He has spiky Purple hair like Naruto, brown eyes. She also had a rectangular purple marking on either sides of her cheeks. She wore a long-sleeved black top and a light purple apron-skirt, under which she wore black shorts. He also wore the standard Konoha forehead protector, along with a pair of Brown boots. While on missions, Takeshi carries around a backpack instead of a pouch containing his equipment.

Abilities
Takeshi is a very capable Ninja and a highly talented medical-nin. His abilities were acknowledged by many. Naruto and Hinata both had better Taijutsu skills then he had.

Chakra Control
At a very young age, Takeshi discovered that he had an excellent control over her chakra even for a Nohara, and as such he had an innate ability to use techniques to their maximum efficiency without wasting any chakra. Asuma pointed out that his ability to gather chakra from every part of the body and then using it with great timing made him superior to his team-mates in that respect. His control has been noted multiple times as very similar to the prowess of Tsunade. Even Shizune, a fellow student of Tsunade's, admitted to Takeshi control being much greater than hers. This particular ability was put to great use in Part I and II, his chakra control became a focal point of Takeshi's fighting style and medical abilities in the series. He also has shows he can transfer his chakra into multiple people at once.

Taijutsu
While claiming to have lesser skill in taijutsu, Takeshi has shown himself to be proficient enough to hold his own against Neji Hyūga, a skilled taijutsu fighter known for his gentle fist, after tiring him out and consuming a Military Rations Pill. His main style of taijutsu is to use the chakra scalpel, which allows him to form his chakra into a blade and hit his target's muscles, pressure points, and other key points of their body.

Medical Ninjutsu
Takeshi self-trained him self in medical ninjutsu with scrolls and books he got from the Hidden Leaf Library. As a medical-nin, Takeshi's primary duty on missions is to give support to his team-mates which he does great aptitude and was even able to teach his team-mates basic first aid. Despite his age, he has displayed great skill with medical ninjutsu. Takeshi has proven to be skilled enough to be able to diagnose the severity of an attack with just a glance or during healing.

Nature Transformation
Takeshi had the ability to use water-based techniques, although the one example of this shown in the series was Water Release: Wild Water Wave, in which he was able to shoot a jet of water from his mouth. he demonstrated considerable control in manipulating the water as shielding pillars. Takeshi shows proficiency in other water-based techniques, using both Water Clone Technique and Water Release: Great Waterfall Flow against enemy's.

Intelligence
One of Takeshi's defining characteristic is his intelligence, as seen with his consistently high test scores while in the Academy. Takeshi has a keen talent for observation and analysing, which he uses to overcome most forms of deception. Moreover, in the first phase of the Chūnin Exams, Takeshi was able to answer all the questions on the paper test quickly, even though the examiner Ibiki Morino later commented that they were designed to be too difficult for a genin to answer, displaying his exceptional scholastic aptitude. Takeshi could also cleverly set traps, that could be triggered by himself to attack the opponent, and even use obvious traps as decoys to lead opponent's into other traps.

Introduction Arc
Upon being assigned as a member of Team 10, Takeshi spent much of his time brooding not being on the same team a Ino. All the while, Naruto was doing the same not being on the same team as Sakura. But when Asuma administered a test on the three to see if they would be allowed to become genin, Takeshi sucked it up and with Hinata and Naruto worked together and got the two bells but Takeshi and Hinata said they would not stay with out Naruto on their team.

After Asuma gave the a congratulations to them for this, Asuma told they would need to work as a team, even if that meant breaking the rules. This revelation having been the goal of the test, Kakashi passed the three, Team 7 being the first group to have ever passed his test.