Nejiri is a fictional character in the popular manga and its anime adaptation, the Naruto series, written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto.
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Nejiri is a character in the Naruto series that appeared (Heard, not shown) in Naruto episode 24, titled “Start Your Engines: The Chūnin Exam Begins!” Nejiri is a genin of Sunagakure, also known as the Village Hidden in the Sand.
Name | Nejiri |
First Appearance in Anime | Naruto Episode 24: Start Your Engines: The Chūnin Exam Begins! |
Japanese Voice Actor | Ichirota Koizumi |
English Voice Actor | Henry Dittman |
Birthdate | Unknown |
Gender | Male |
Status | Presumed Alive (Based on his last status) |
Affiliation | Sunagakure (Village Hidden in the Sand) |
Team | NA |
Clan | Unknown |
Not a lot is known about Nejiri’s early years. In the anime, Nejiri was introduced as a genin of the Hidden Sand Village.
Nejiri made his debut in the genin Exams arc and participated in the first phase of the genin Exams alongside Naruto Uzumaki and the others. He sits beside Sakura Haruno during the written test of the Chunin Exams.
Nejiri asks Ibiki Morino how many teams will be allowed to pass, but he changes his mind and retracts his question after realizing the answer won't help him. This little detail about his life is the only information about Nejiri available to the series' fans.
The information concerning Nejiri’s personality is not available. However, he did show concern and wondered how many teams could pass the exams.
Nejiri is a young Sunagakure genin with a light skin tone and a short crop of spikey black hair and black eyes. He wears a greenish, full-sleeved shirt paired with a bog collar and some pants. He also wears a Sunagakure forehead protector.
Nejiri is a full-fledged genin of Sunagakure, indicating he has the potential to survive in the shinobi world. However, the information concerning his full potential is unavailable.
In addition to the Naruto manga and its anime adaptation, Nejiri also appeared in the game Naruto Mobile.
"Nejiri" is the Japanese word for “torsion.”
In the anime, Nejiri is taken aback when Ibiki informs him that points will be deducted for each failed cheating attempt.
In the anime, Nejiri’s hair is also unusual, and his forehead protector identifies him as a Konoha genin rather than a Sunagakure genin.
A.Nejiri is a character in the Naruto series that appeared (Heard, not shown) in Naruto episode 24, titled “Start Your Engines: The Chūnin Exam Begins!” Nejiri is a genin of Sunagakure, also known as the Village Hidden in the Sand.
A. Ichirota Koizumi voices Nejiri in the original Japanese anime version. In the English dub of the anime, Nejiri is voiced by Henry Dittman.
A. Naruto Uzumaki is the main character of the beloved Naruto series, and he is a citizen of Konoha, also known as the Hidden Leaf Village in the Land of Fire. He is the son of Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, and Kushina Uzumaki.
A. Hayase is a chunin-ranked shinobi of Konoha. He and Okei were inserted in the first phase of the Chunin exams so that the participant genins could cheat off of their answer sheets.