| Oda Inagara | |
| いながら オダ, Inagara Oda | |
| Debut | |
| Anime | Naruto Episode #23 |
| Appears in | Anime |
| Voice Actors | |
| Japanese | Yūto Kazama |
| English | Kirby Morrow |
| Personal | |
| Birthdate |  January 17th
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| Gender |  Male
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| Age | Part I: 14 Part II: 17 - 18 The Last: 20 Epilogue: 31 New Era: 34 |
| Height | Part I: 165 cm - 167.6 cm Part II: 173.7 cm |
| Weight | Part I: 43.1 kg - 44 kg Part II: 46 kg |
| Blood type | A |
| Occupation | Captain of Kusagakure's Police Force |
| Affiliation |  Kusagakure
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| Faction | Grass Flower |
| Team | Team Takato Team Yon-Tao Team Oda  Kusa Police Force
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| Clan |  Inagara Clan
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| Rank | |
| Ninja Rank | Part I: Genin Part II: Jōnin |
| Academy Grad. Age | N/A |
| Chūnin Prom. Age | 16 |
Nature Type
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Tools
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Oda Inagara (いながら オダ, Inagara Oda) is a jōnin of Kusagakure’s Inagara clan. He is a member of Team Yon-Tao with Kazō Yakusho and Kasumi Mitou. He and Kazō are also former members of Team Takato with Avaki. After the time skip, he became the leader of Team Oda, made up of Rika Inoue, Takeru Kido, and Bō Tenjin. He has taught himself nintaijutsu to allow himself fight. Years after the fourth war, he became the captain of Kusa's newly established police force.
Background[]
Oda was born to Odaiba and Fūko Inagara. Just after his birth, Oda’s father had a falling out with the rest of their clan for becoming a ninja. The clan disowned him, causing him to take Fūko and leave to live on their own on other side of the village. Soon after, Odaiba left the village altogether, becoming a rogue ninja. Fūko was left alone to raise Oda by herself.
As Oda grew, he started showing signs of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. He had trouble moving around much due to the pain in his joints. Daily tasks proved challenging, even to the point of him becoming immobile whenever it rained.
Even with the difficulty, Oda was able to have a relatively comfortable life. He had no knowledge of his clan or memories of his father, and his mother didn’t talk about him much. It wasn’t until he was a bit older that he began to ask about his father. Reluctantly, Fūko told him about the shinobi. She still left out the clan, as well as the reasons his father left the village. What she did tell him piqued his interest in the ninja lifestyle. However, when he tried to learn more, she scolded him. Since he couldn’t be very active, she didn’t want him trying to become a ninja and hurting himself. What she hid from him was that she feared he would get into trouble for being a rouge ninja’s son.
Eventually Oda found ways to learn about shinobi, the majority of them being through books and scrolls. When he learned about chakra, he naturally tried to tap into his own reserves. Over time he was able to accomplish this, though he couldn’t utilize it in any way without getting hurt. It was then that he had an idea. If his chakra was just energy, then maybe he could use it to heal his arthritis. Through much effort, he finally learned to channel his chakra to his joints. It actually eased the pain, allowing him freer movement. The arthritis wasn’t healed, but he did have relief from the majority of problems it caused. Excited at his new chance of becoming a ninja, he even tried practicing some fighting movements. This proved to be too much for him to handle though, and he just wound up hurting himself. Naturally he got scolded when his mother found out what he’d been up to.
By the time he was twelve, Oda had gotten better at using his chakra. He could now live as easily as if he didn’t even have arthritis. Although his mother still disapproved of what he was learning, she was happy he could finally live a more normal life. She still refused to allow him to do any form of training, so he occasionally snuck out to train in private. It was still a challenge to exert himself, but he was confident that he could make it work. It was around this time that he met Takato Kishimi. The man first saw him walking home, reading a book. He was so focused on the book that he failed to realize some other children in his path. Right before he ran into them, he effortlessly swerved around them and jumped up onto a ledge. Takato was impressed that a villager could react so quickly. It wasn’t until a few days later that he realized the boy was Odaiba Inagara’s son. He later chose Oda to become a member of Team Takato. When his mother found out, she was less than excited for him. She was worried people might give him a hard time since he was beginning to follow the same path as his father. However, when he became good friends with his new teammates, Kazō and Avaki, she began to see how happy this path made him and began to support him.
When his teammates learned of his difficulty fighting, they were reluctant to use too much force on him. Takato did not share this view. After finding out the three of them were goofing off when he wasn’t around, he actually struck Oda instead of just striking Kazō and Avaki. He would not go easy on the boy, since the enemy would not go easy on him. When their training was fully underway, Oda found himself with more taijutsu ability than the disabled Kazō. This made Kazō a perfect sparring partner for him, since he still needed to work on building his stamina and pain tolerance. Avaki helped him train his agility, a trait he soon excelled in due to the chakra flowing to his joints. Eventually Takato began sparring with him. This was the most challenging task he had ever had to deal with, as the jōnin held little back. By the time they were ready for the Chūnin Exams, Oda had become the best physical fighter on the team.
Personality[]
Oda has a very serious demeanor making him come off as cold to those who meet him for the first time. This is partially from the trouble his arthritis causes him and partly from the trouble his father’s defection brought about for him. Even with Takato giving him the opportunity to be a ninja, he realizes he may not be trusted enough to get very far. His seriousness carries over into a bit of arrogance. He is quite proud of the fact that he taught himself to be a ninja, and believes he has a considerable amount of skill to show for it.
This trait continues, and is even more apparent, after the time skip. He has acquired a lofty goal of making it into the higher positions of authority in the village. He believes he can do as good a job, if not better than those already in power. This goal is a risky one, as some may see it as treasonous. Inari is one of those who don’t trust Oda. Even when the rest of her team befriends him, she doesn’t accept him, refusing to even call him by his first name. Oda understands he will have opposition. But he’s still determined to reach his goal, even proving he won’t follow his father’s path in the process. His determination is not overlooked by the village. After the time skip he is allowed to lead a genin team as a testament to his skill, even though he’s still young.
Oda is quite calm in battle, even when he’s angry. He refrains from outbursts and though he may gain an annoyed tone or raise his voice, he rarely yells at others. This collected attitude makes him a formidable fighter. However, in the rare case he does snap, he can be a bit scary. Once was when his genin subordinates almost ruined an investigation in Konohagakure, and another when Kazō accepted candidacy for a high ranking position that Oda saw as a step toward his goal. His response was to act upon a deal they had made as genin. The deal called for them to fight each other without holding back. This came about after Kazō held back during their Chūnin Exam fight. Oda was prepared to prove he was stronger, and thus a better candidate for the position. Kazō however, refused to fight, saying he gave up on the deal years ago. This only angered Oda more until Kazō was able to reason with him.
Although Oda is generally serious, he actually has a playful side. This is mostly shown when he hangs around Kazō and Avaki. He and Kazō share a similar sense of humor that allowed the two to become friends quickly. Like Kazō, Oda has impressive acting capabilities. However, unlike Kazō, it seems he can only effectively use them while they perform various skits. These skits are usually just ways to horse around when not training. However they’ve occasionally used them on missions, as seen when they distract a caravan while Avaki escaped with a girl the caravan had taken hostage.
To go along with this side of him, Oda seems to like creeping people out with his jutsu. A side effect to gaining painless movement is a constant cracking of his joints when he moves around excessively. Over time, cracking his joints became a habit, even when he’s just sitting or standing. This tends to freak some people out, as the cracking is very noticeable and may sound like he’s hurting himself.
Oda’s fighting and general movement is affected by his arthritis. Because of this, he hates the cold. When the temperature drops, his joints become stiff and he has trouble moving well, even with his chakra. If he ever has to travel to cold places like the land of snow, he becomes practically useless. Naturally, some of his favorite spots are bathhouses, as the hot water loosens his joints up without the need for chakra. He tends to have trouble with staying in the water too long.
Appearance[]
Oda in Part I
Oda in Part II
Oda is pale and thin, almost to the point of looking unhealthy. He is the lightest member of team Takato and also weighs less than Kasumi, a fact that seems to annoy her quite a bit. Oda shares his mother’s narrow face and his father’s hair and eyes. His hair is white and he has beady white eyes with black patches surrounding them. These two characteristics are common to all Inagara clan members. His thin build and Inagara features give Oda a skeletal appearance that some may find strange.
Oda in The Last
Before the time skip, Oda wore loose fitting, long sleeved clothes due to his arthritis. Both his shirt and pants were a dark navy color, and he had a matching hat his mother made him wear to hide some of his Inagara features. When Takato gave him a ninja headband, he had the metal plate sewn into his hat. During Part II, Oda wears a simple long sleeved grey shirt and black pants. He no longer wears his hat, as he refuses to hide his identity as Odaiba’s son. He now wears a black headband in its place.
Two years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, around the time of events in The Last: Naruto the Movie, Oda has changed a bit. He is taller and his spiky hair is pushed back. He has become the head of Kusa's new police force, made up of members of the Inagara clan. These members wear a darker shade of Kusa's new shinobi attire, which is similar in style to the Konoha version. Oda wears a large pouch on his stomach that holds his chakra spheres, and keeps his chakra whip on his waist. He also carries his Chakra Gauntlets strapped to his back waist. Years later, he is seen wearing a green open-collared shirt when not working.
Abilities[]
Nintaijutsu[]
In order to fight, Oda learned how to concentrate his chakra around his joints. In learning this, he also gained the ability to completely loosen his joints with the chakra. This allows him to twist his joints past their normal extension and thus makes him able to bend in ways normal people cannot. He calls this jutsu his Chakra Skeleton, and it is a combination of ninjutsu and taijutsu. It presumably utilizes yang nature chakra to achieve this.
When using this ability, Oda tends to fight recklessly. This sets him up for potentially hurting himself afterwards. Because of his arthritis, this ability often causes his joints to crack when he moves around excessively. This makes it difficult for him to accomplish stealth missions, due to the noise.
Being able to gather chakra like this serves as a sort of protection. Not only is he able to withstand high amounts of torque on his body, but the chakra even dampens some of the force his body sustains when struck.
The full extent of this ability is shown during his preliminary match of the Chūnin Exams. His opponent was a strong taijutsu user who broke Oda’s neck partway through their fight. Before the match could be called, Kazō yelled at Oda for messing around too much. Oda proceeded to stand up and snap his neck back in place, much to the shock of the observers. At this point, he nimbly eluded his opponent’s strikes by contorting his body. This angered the foe substantially, and he was able to grab Oda by the head and slam his skull into the ground, cracking the floor in the process. Even his teammates thought he wasn’t getting up after that move. However, he eventually recovered, albeit with much pain. Viewing Oda through his Byakugan, Neji Hyūga realized Oda had surged chakra to his neck and skull at the last second, cushioning the impact. Oda was able to defeat his opponent, but he did suffer from a mild concussion afterwards.
Nature Transformation[]
Just before the time skip, Takato decided to test Oda for a chakra nature. The testing revealed an affinity for fire release. It wasn’t long before Oda could use skills like the Great Fireball Technique. After the time skip he has gained a number of new skills. His Blazing Land Technique uses a stream of flames he breathes out to set fire to the surrounding land.
His fire nature can also be used with his Chakra Skeleton. By molding fire-nature chakra inside his body and sending it to his joints instead of expelling it, Oda has created a new nintaijutsu ability. It’s called Fire Release Internal Flame, and it turns his body into a weapon without him even having to fight. With flames inside of him, his body heats up around the joints. When touched, his body will actually burn the enemy. Of course he can also strike the foe to burn them. This jutsu is one of his most versatile, but it is also his most dangerous. Since the fire can burn his opponents, it will naturally burn himself in the process. The first time he attempted this move, he suffered minor burns over most of his body. He has been told to limit the use of this jutsu as much as possible for his safety.
Years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, he has also learned earth and lightning releases. And whether or not his nintaijutsu abilities use yang release, he has shown have it as an adult.
Inagara Clan Chakra Tools[]
Over the time skip, Oda acquired some of his father’s ninja tools. The tools are creations of the Inagara clan and they utilize and augment the wielder’s chakra nature. There are different tools for each nature. Oda’s father was given his own while he was still a member of the clan. After he left the village, some of his ninja equipment was left behind. Oda broke into his father’s room and found some lead spheres. Though intended for earth nature chakra, Oda channels his fire nature to make his own fighting style. The spheres can be thrown at an opponent to sear the target or they can be slammed into the ground to cause a burst of fire to erupt out. He can also have them lying around to ignite when the enemy gets close to them. After the war, he occasionally uses them with his newly acquired earth release, as intended.
When Oda finally meets with the Inagara clan, they are quite angered that he has their tools. He refuses to give them up, even going as far as to ask them to train him so he can get better at using them. Years after the war, Oda has learned to wield the clan's chakra whip to properly use their fire techniques.
After Oda’s father became a ninja, he used the technology of the Inagara clan’s chakra tools to create his own weapon. The material twists around the forearms like gauntlets, allowing the user to channel elemental chakra around their fists. After his father’s death, Oda took the gauntlets for himself. He can use them to create fiery punches that power up his taijutsu.
Agility and Strength[]
Oda is shown to have a fair amount of strength. Most people are surprised to learn this because of his scrawny build. Since he has little in terms of defined muscle, it is unknown where he gets such strength. Nonetheless, he is able to catch a power packed punch with one hand and lift opponents who weigh much more than he does. He is also able to open the first of the eight gates. After coming across what he believed to be Kazō’s decapitated body, Oda faced off with the ninja responsible. In his anger, Oda unconsciously tapped into this power to increase his strength and break through the ninja’s armor with just his kicks.
Oda is also very agile. Thanks to his Chakra Skeleton, he can contort his body in ways normal people can’t. This allows him to effortlessly evade most attacks and even gives him openings that most taijutsu users wouldn’t be able to access without the unnatural fighting style.
Status[]
| Databook | Ninjutsu | Taijutsu | Genjutsu | Intelligence | Strength | Speed | Stamina | Hand seals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| Second | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Third | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 3.5 | 4 | 4.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 25.5 |
Part I[]
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Part II[]
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Blank Period[]
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New Era[]
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Trivia[]
First draft of Oda.
- Oda was initially created in 2006 during a math class. His face was doodled on the desk, and he was eventually fully drawn on paper. His village was undecided, so some generic lines served as the symbol. Strangely, these lines resembled Yugakure's symbol.
- Oda's name was chosen after hearing the name "Oda Nobunaga" in a history class. Later it was discovered that Oda was actually Nobunaga's last name.
- Oda had no last name until 5 or 6 years after his creation. Inagara was chosen purely because it sounded Japanese. It wasn't until later that the name was searched and found to be a real Japanese word.
- Oda means "rice field" and Inagara means "while sitting by".
- Oda's cracking joints were made because the creator always cracked his knuckles/back. This was later changed to be caused by arthritis and a jutsu when Oda's story was fleshed out more.
- Oda was given a hat due to the creator's inability to draw hair at first.
- Oda cannot swim. He was the first of Team Takato to learn to walk on water as compensation.
- According to the Databook(s):
- Oda’s hobby is lockpicking.
- Oda wants a rematch with Kazō and wishes to fight Konoha’s Rock Lee.
- Oda’s favorite food is mushrooms, while his least favorite is curry.
- Oda’s favorite phrase is __
- Oda has completed __ official missions in total: __D-rank, __ C-rank, 7 B-rank, 6 A-rank, 1 S-rank.
Quotes[]
(To Azusa) “... It's not easy, being seen for something a parent did... right?”
(To Azusa) “Don't be so down on yourself. How others see you shouldn't be based on things you can't control. If you don't like it, then change it.”
(While walking through Shimogakure) “This cold weather’s a pain in the neck… and the shoulders… and the back… and the knees… <sigh>… I wanna go home.”
(To Team Oda) “…and do you know what would have happened if it backfired?... I’d be dead!... The Leaf would be completely justified in executing me, and even if they didn’t, the Grass sure as hell would! I’m responsible for your actions, and if you three got caught, there’d be a criminal offense on MY head! I don’t have the same pull as the other jōnin, and I couldn’t talk my way out like Kazō. Telling them you’re just genin wouldn’t excuse it... Hell, the Leaf would probably imprison you!... We may have an alliance with them, but it’s actions like this that cause wars!”
(To Kazō) “Idiot! You knew I've been waiting for a chance like this. That this was my goal! You said you would support me... Why?... Why would you interfere!?”
(To Odaiba) “And how would I have known that?... It's not like I had anyone around to teach me.”
Reference[]
- Oda Inagara is an OC created by KusaNin.
- Images for Oda's part I and Next Gen appearances used pictures of genin and Next Gen Gaara respectively as a guide for body proportions and general pose. The Last image used The Last Shikamaru. Oda's Shippuden image used Shippuden Sai, and the sprite image was made using Pokemon sprites from The Spriter's Resource.