Masashi Kishimoto has stated that he developed Naruto's character from a character that he created in a failed manga about magic and fox spirits, without any of the ninja theming of the current series. Liking the character, Kishimoto decided to keep using him in the future. The character Kishimoto drew then had very little difference from the Naruto Uzumaki he draws now, all of them minor details. In Naruto's original design, instead of zori, traditional Japanese sandals, Naruto wore boots, and also wore the goggles he had at the beginning of the current series. It is also because "drawing the goggles was a pain", Kishimoto says, that he came up with the idea of the hitai-ate, the headbands the ninja in Naruto wear. Naruto had also worn a frowning smiley over part of the jacket in the original design.
For the character's name, he chose "Naruto", in reference to a ramen topping called kamaboko, which is a sliced stick with a pink whirlpool-like design in the middle. The reason why he chose this name was because Ramen was the character's favorite food in the series. The character's surname "Uzumaki" is a pun on "spiral" (??), while "Uzumaki" refers to a three-dimensional spiral, like a whirlpool or vortex. A more accurate translation for spiral would be "Rasen". The series is seen to make frequent references to spirals, The Konoha village symbol for "leaf" is drawn with an arrow attached to a spiral. Also, Naruto's clothes adorn spirals; but mostly, the demonic seal around his navel is a spiral. One of Naruto's attacks later in the series is called the "Rasengan", which literally means "Spiraling Sphere". "Uzumaki" can also mean "whirlpool", in reference to the Naruto whirlpool (?????), named after the city of Naruto, Tokushima. Another reference to this can be found in Naruto's mother, Kushina Uzumaki, who hails from the Whirlpool Country.
October 10, Naruto's birthday, was Health and Sports Day ("Taiiku no hi") in Japan when his character was conceived – a holiday full of physical activity fit for a hyperactive kid. The holiday, however, was moved to the second Monday of October in 1999.
Kishimoto stated in an interview in the U.S. Monthly Shonen Jump that he got inspiration for the character from his own childhood while he was enrolled in school.
For the character's name, he chose "Naruto", in reference to a ramen topping called kamaboko, which is a sliced stick with a pink whirlpool-like design in the middle. The reason why he chose this name was because Ramen was the character's favorite food in the series. The character's surname "Uzumaki" is a pun on "spiral" (??), while "Uzumaki" refers to a three-dimensional spiral, like a whirlpool or vortex. A more accurate translation for spiral would be "Rasen". The series is seen to make frequent references to spirals, The Konoha village symbol for "leaf" is drawn with an arrow attached to a spiral. Also, Naruto's clothes adorn spirals; but mostly, the demonic seal around his navel is a spiral. One of Naruto's attacks later in the series is called the "Rasengan", which literally means "Spiraling Sphere". "Uzumaki" can also mean "whirlpool", in reference to the Naruto whirlpool (?????), named after the city of Naruto, Tokushima. Another reference to this can be found in Naruto's mother, Kushina Uzumaki, who hails from the Whirlpool Country.
October 10, Naruto's birthday, was Health and Sports Day ("Taiiku no hi") in Japan when his character was conceived – a holiday full of physical activity fit for a hyperactive kid. The holiday, however, was moved to the second Monday of October in 1999.
Kishimoto stated in an interview in the U.S. Monthly Shonen Jump that he got inspiration for the character from his own childhood while he was enrolled in school.
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