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In the anime and manga series, Naruto, summons are powerful entities conjured up by the user to aid them in battle or to perform a technique that the summoner cannot perform as easily by themselves.

Typically called forth with Summoning Technique, or any number of variations therein, the user gives a bit of their own blood and chakra to summon a creature. The amount of chakra required to summon the creature is directly proportionate to its size, such as Gamabunta a Kage-level feat, but the amount of blood required is only a few drops regardless of the summon. Summons have their own abilities that they can use by themselves or in conjunction with the summoner. Some summons are so powerful that they may even challenge the summoner, or will demand something in order to contribute to the battle. Summons tend to be unique between individuals or groups of individuals, as they must sign a contract with the creature in order to summon it. This also makes it impossible for anyone who hasn't signed the contract to summon the same creature.

Contents 1 Doki 2 Enma 3 Gama family 3.1 Gama 3.2 Gamabunta 3.3 Gamakichi 3.4 Gamatatsu 3.5 Unnamed toad 4 Gennou's Bird 5 Kamatari 6 Katsuyu 7 Kyodaigumo 8 Ninkame 9 Ninken 9.1 Pakkun 10 Nin-fish 11 Shiromari 12 Snakes 12.1 Kyodaija 12.2 Manda 13 Suzumebachi's Giant Queen Bee 14 Umibozu 15 Sources

The Doki ("Angry Demons") are three demons summoned by Tayuya. Their eyes, ears, and mouths are all covered, though they can hear just fine regardless. Tayuya uses her flute and Demon Flute: Illusionary Warriors Manipulating Melody to control them. All three are incredibly strong and rather fast despite their size. In addition, they can open their mouths to release a many-mouthed, snake-like creature that consists almost entirely of spiritual energy, making them impossible to hit. These "spirit snakes" are attracted to physical energy, and absorb it on contact, allowing them to weaken an opponent.

• Seiyu: Hiroshi Naka
• Voice Actor Michael McConnohie

Enma (猿猴王・猿魔, Enkōō: Enma^?, literally "Monkey King: Enma") is the personal summon of the Third Hokage and king of the monkeys. He possesses great physical strength and fighting ability, as seen when he fights off both the First and Second Hokages. In addition, Enma is capable of transforming himself into a large staff (a Ru Yi Bang or nyoi-bō) that is as hard as adamantine, which he can elongate at will. He can also produce various body parts, such as eyes or arms, from the staff. Additionally, Enma can still move in the staff form, allowing him to return to the Third Hokage. Enma can even clone himself in his staff form, turning him into any number of smaller staffs that Enma uses for Adamantine Prison Wall.

Enma is fiercely loyal to Sarutobi, though he doesn't always approve of his actions. Sarutobi's actions in regards to Orochimaru is something Enma keeps reminding Sarutobi of. Enma would have preferred to kill him the first time. Enma is seen in a flashback of Orochimaru's defection, urging Sarutobi to kill Orochimaru, thus his current attitude. He's also quick to anger, as seen when he simply tries to strangle Orochimaru after Orochimaru injures Sarutobi.

Enma's first appearance was his summoning during the battle with Orochimaru to even the odds against the resurrected First and Second Hokages, now Orochimaru's minions due to his Summoning: Impure World Resurrection. With Enma on hand, Sarutobi was able to hold his own until he realized that his resurrected opponents would never die. Therefore, Sarutobi decided to seal both their souls and Orochimaru's, ending their threats forever. As Sarutobi attempted to seal Orochimaru's soul, Orochimaru tried to plunge his Kusanagi sword through Sarutobi's chest. At the same time, he restricted Enma with some of his snakes. As a result, Enma was only able to catch the sword after it had impaled Sarutobi. He held it back until Sarutobi sealed Orochimaru's arms, at which point he pulls out the sword before vanishing, claiming that Sarutobi died a "true shinobi warrior" and a "great third Hokage."

Trivia

• Enma (and his weapon form) bears resemblance to Sun Wukong (or in Japanese,"Son Goku"), the Monkey King of classical Chinese literature Journey to the West. Enma is the usual Japanese form of Yama, the Hindu god of death and "ruler of Hades", but, in this instance, is spelled with the kanji meaning "Monkey Demon".

Gama (蝦蟇, Gama^?) is a mid-level toad that first appears when Jiraiya is introduced. It is first summoned to tongue-whip Ebisu (because Ebisu annoyed Jiraiya) at the hot springs. Later on, it's summoned once again to give the contract scroll for the Gama family to Naruto. Its last summoning was to deflect Kisame's attack on Naruto Uzumaki. In this instance, it appears in samurai armor. Whether or not these are entirely different toads is unclear, but all look basically the same, differing only in size.

Trivia

• Gama (or Gama-Chan) is also the name of Naruto's frog wallet, as stated in episode 91.

• Seiyu: Takeshi Watabe
• Voice Actor: Michael Sorich

Gamabunta (ガマブン太, Gamabunta^? literally "Toad King") is the boss of the toads that are summoned. He is huge (about 100 meters high) and is summoned for battles with the biggest of enemies. His sons are Gamakichi and Gamatatsu. Naruto can only summon him with his demon fox chakra. Without it, Naruto can only call upon some of Gamabunta's smallest children. Gamabunta is first seen in the premiere of the series, where he and the Fourth Hokage face off against the demon fox. He is not given a speaking role until he is first summoned by Naruto in the month long training session with Jiraiya. Jiraiya pushed him over a cliff in order to induce life-threatening fear in Naruto so that the demon fox chakra could come out, but never expected Naruto to summon Gamabunta. Given that Gamabunta wasn't happy about appearing at the bottom of a canyon, Jiraiya quickly fled.

Gamabunta is a grumpy and highly apathetic character. He doesn't like to take orders from anyone, unless the summoner is highly talented and earns his respect. Jiraiya, Naruto and the Fourth Hokage are three of the few people that he has allowed to ride on top of his head without question (although Jiraiya admits that he can't completely control Gamabunta, and Naruto had to struggle for Gamabunta to accept him). He uses some Japanese words that only a yakuza gangster would use, but he is portrayed as an ultimately powerful and positive force. He is fiercely protective of his kin and he hates to be underestimated by anyone, both of which take precedence over his normal apathy. Often, it is one or a combination of these two factors that entices him to fight. Overall, despite his grumpy exterior, he shows respect towards Naruto as if he were a son. He even explained to Jiraiya that he's aware of Naruto's talents and potential. He and Jiraiya seem to be good friends and, as implied in the series, drinking buddies, despite Jiraiya's admitted lack of control over Gamabunta. However, he will scold him on occasion.

When Naruto first summoned Gamabunta, Gamabunta didn't believe that a little kid like Naruto could summon him. Naruto, angry at the comment, claimed that, as Gamabunta's summoner, he was the toad's master. This made Gamabunta lose his patience with Naruto, and he threatened to kill him. This scared Naruto into submission and, after Naruto apologized, Gamabunta accepted him as a subordinate. It is not until Gamabunta sees the summoning contract scroll that he believes that Naruto actually summoned him, though he is not overly surprised by the fact. After Naruto passes out from summoning Gamabunta, the toad boss takes Naruto to the hospital, leaving his footprint as a signature.

During the attack on Konoha, Naruto summoned Gamabunta to save himself from being crushed by Gaara's Desert Funeral. Gaara was in his full Shukaku form, though Gaara's personality was still dominant at the time. Gamabunta was his usual grumpy self, and told Naruto that they couldn't have a subordinate/mentor relationship until they shared sake, despite the fact that Naruto wasn't old enough to drink. Gamakichi, who had been accidentally summoned by Naruto earlier, told his father that Gaara bullied him and that Naruto had saved him. Gamabunta is impressed with Naruto, and he officially accepts Naruto as his subordinate. At first, Gamabunta was able to hold his own, but this quickly changed when Gaara forced sleep upon himself, allowing Shukaku to take over. This unleashes Shukaku's full power, which is too much for Gamabunta to handle. However, Naruto and Gamabunta use a combination transformation to take on the form of a giant fox, allowing Gamabunta to get Naruto close enough to Gaara to wake him up. Gamabunta was once again impressed with Naruto and even lamented that he would not be able to see the end of this battle because he had reached his limit.

During the battle between Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, Gamabunta is summoned along with Katsuyu to counter Manda, Orochimaru's giant snake. Manda and Gamabunta seem to be old rivals as they taunted each other before the battle. He also seems to have respect for Katsuyu, as he rescued her from Manda.

In the Sea Country filler arc, Naruto summoned Gamabunta to battle against Umibozu, the Sea Boss. Gamabunta wasn't happy about being summoned in seawater (toads are freshwater creatures), but fought anyway because he was underestimated by his opponent. He and Naruto defeated the otherwise indestructible water creature by evaporating it. Gamabunta then threw Naruto into the air as punishment for summoning him in seawater.

Trivia

• In the English anime, instead of Gamabunta saying he can't accept Naruto as his master unless they've shared sake, he stated they haven't "sealed the deal" yet, due to the censorship of alcoholic references.

• Seiyu: Yuji Ueda
• Voice Actor: Dave Wittenberg

Gamakichi (ガマ吉, Gamakichi^? literally "Propitious Toad") is one of Gamabunta's children. He was first summoned by Naruto because Naruto couldn't focus his chakra during the beginning of the battle with Gaara. However, he is intelligent enough (more so than Gamatatsu) to be aware of the situation around him and realize when it's time to flee. He was accidentally summoned again by Jiraiya while he was fighting with Orochimaru because Tsunade had secretly fed Jiraiya a chakra-disrupting potion. He was summoned again by Jiraiya for a scouting mission during the Orochimaru's Lair arc, as well as by Naruto during the Noroimusha and Sea Country arcs.

Recently, a poster of Naruto (post-timeskip) riding a large, grownup version of Gamakichi was featured in an issue of Weekly Shonen Jump. [1] It is currently unknown if this is meant to be a reflection of Gamakichi's growth over the timeskip, and/or a teaser for a possible future appearance.

• Seiyu: Tomo Shigematsu

Gamatatsu (ガマ竜, Gamatatsu^? literally "Toad Dragon") is the weak, inexperienced, younger brother of Gamakichi, and another son of Gamabunta. He was summoned for the first time by Naruto while he was fighting with Orochimaru because he was unable to call on his Demon fox chakra. Gamatatsu fixates on snacks after a comment made by Gamakichi that made him think he'd get one. Gamatatsu was also summoned by Naruto during the events of the Bird Country and the Noroimusha arcs. Gamatatsu accidentally stumbled upon the black kites that the Noroimusha was using to appear as if he was floating like a ghost in the middle of the night. His overall personality is extremely dense, and he often has to be dragged away from danger by Gamakichi, who is always summoned before Gamatatsu.

During the attack on Konoha, Jiraiya summoned a giant, orange-brownish toad with two hiltless katana strapped onto its back in a crisscross manner (although it has never been seen wielding them) using a jutsu called Summoning: Food Cart Destroyer Technique. Jiraiya mentions it being a snake hunter. It also appears in a filler arc where Jiraiya, Naruto, and Sakura explore Orochimaru's former lair. It is slightly smaller than Gamabunta. Another unnamed toad is seen at the end of the Sasuke Retrieval arc when Jiraiya arrives at the hospital to talk to Naruto.

This giant bird summon was seen twice during Gennou's battle of wits with the Konoha Eleven. At first, it drops all of the plans Gennou had stolen on Konoha, leaving Choji and Naruto to pick them up. Later, Gennou summons it as a last resort, fixing exploding tags to its feet and ordering it to fly into the Hokage monument. Choji, Hinata, and Naruto defeat it before it can accomplish its mission.

Kamatari (カマタリ, Kamatari^?) is a human-sized, seemingly one eyed, weasel holding a sickle with which it can cause a lot of destruction in a short amount of time. Its sickle is almost as big as itself. This mysterious weasel has only been seen twice for a few seconds after its summoning. After it starts moving, it can't be seen by the unaided human eye. It was summoned by Temari with Summoning: Quick Beheading Dance, after which it sliced down an entire forest which Tayuya was trying to hide in. The resulting collapse also had the secondary result of killing Tayuya with falling debris.

In episode 218 of the anime, Temari summons Kamatari again to finish off one of the Shiitenshounin who is trapped by Shikamaru Nara's Shadow Imitation Technique.

Trivia

• This weasel is a Kamaitachi (鎌鼬, "Sickle weasel"). This is the same name as Temari's Cutting Whirlwind Technique. It comes from the phenomenon wherein people claim to have been knocked down by a great gust of wind only to find they have been cut. Some say they have seen weasels wielding sickles that attack in groups knocking a person down and cutting them, even occasionally healing a wound so that they can attack again.

• Seiyu: Mamiko Noto

Katsuyu (カツユ, Katsuyu^?) is the slug queen summoned by Tsunade. Compared to Gamabunta and Manda, the summons of Jiraiya and Orochimaru, respectively, Katsuyu is quiet and more subservient to her master. She has the ability to create mini-clones of herself, as well as separate and reassemble into a large number of clones. She can also spit acid that can melt through rock.

She is summoned again in a filler episode to mess with a pair of outsiders impersonating Might Guy and Rock Lee. In this instance, she had a cold and the two impersonators, along with a clueless Naruto, were forced to help out.

The name Katsuyu apparently comes from 蛞蝓, or slug in kanji, read in on'yomi.

Kyodaigumo (巨大蜘蛛, Kyodaigumo^? literally "Giant Spider") is a giant spider and the personal summon of Kidomaru. It has the ability to lay a seemingly infinite number of spider eggs that hatch in under a minute. The hatched spiders are roughly the size of a small dog. Kyodaigumo can also explode into webbing if hit.

• Seiyu:: Katsuhiro Kitagawa
• Voice Actor:: Skip Stellrecht

Ninkame (忍亀, Ninkame^? literally "Ninja Tortoise") is a large red tortoise and Might Guy's personal summon. Ninkame watches over Rock Lee when Guy isn't around. He hasn't been seen since his first appearance in the series, but he is seen on the front cover of Volume 10. Ninkame is one of the few instances which indicates that Guy can use ninjutsu in the series (Ninkame is summoned off-screen, so Guy's not actually seen using ninjutsu). Ironically, Ninkame can be seen as a sort of antithesis of Guy - Guy is a devout believer in the power of youth and is shown moving at incredible speeds, whereas Ninkame, being a tortoise, can be associated with old age and incredibly slow speed.

The Ninken (忍犬, The Ninken^? literally "Ninja Dogs") are eight ninja dogs that Kakashi summons. All of the Ninken have a face-shaped design on their backs called a Henohenomoheji (へのへのもへじ), which is the sound made when all the characters in the face are put together. Appropriately enough, children use this design as the face for their scarecrows, which is kakashi in Japanese. The dogs themselves also seem to resemble other characters in the series, with two closely resembling Naruto and Gaara.

They are mostly used for tracking purposes, such as when Kakashi needed to find Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki during the Sasuke Retrieval arc. He can summon them separately, as he does so with Pakkun, or all together. He can also summon them for special purposes, like he does with his Summoning: Earth Release: Tracking Fang Technique. With this technique, the dogs can actually travel through the ground, emerging when they find their target. This was used to track down Zabuza Momochi and immobilize him in the mist while he was battling Kakashi.

• Seiyu: Shinpachi Tsuji
• Voice Actor: JB Blanc

Pakkun (パックン, Pakkun^?) is a petite pug and the smallest of Kakashi's Ninken. Pakkun is seemingly the most intelligent of the ninken, and has the ability to speak. In the anime, he reveals that he uses Floral Green shampoo (Minty Rainforest Mist Shampoo with extra body in the English dub), which is also used by Sakura Haruno (Sakura is comically traumatized at the thought of using the same shampoo as a dog). When first summoned to lead Sakura, Naruto, and Shikamaru to Sasuke, Shikamaru refuses and Pakkun tells him if he completes this mission he will let him touch the pads on his feet. He claims they are really soft and supple. This offering is a reference to modern Japanese culture, in which a dog's paw is considered its cutest aspect; the idea of a animal's paw being "cute," however, applies mainly to puppies and kittens.

Also in accordance to the anime, Pakkun was able to say Kakashi's name at four months of age. This implies that Kakashi's Ninken may have been all raised from a young age by him.

Pakkun makes his Part II debut during the Rescue Gaara arc, where he is summoned to track Gaara's scent. Kakashi dismisses him after his task is done because Pakkun believed that he would only be in the way of the mission if they fight the Akatsuki. He later appears in chapter 338 when he's summoned by Kakashi to help Sakura and Sai back up Shikamaru in his fight against Hidan.

These filler arc summons were used by one of the three shinobi who took over the Greenery country. After imprisoning his enemies in a water globe, the ninja summoned piranhas into the water to eat his opponent alive. He also had a vest-wearing shark summon. Both require water to survive, so the ninja had to draw in water from his surroundings to keep them summoned.

Shiromari is a chameleon summon that takes the form of a castle. It was summoned over fifty years prior to Naruto's visit to the castle with Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka in the The Cursed Haunted Castle filler arc. As a last resort, the dying lord of the castle summoned Shiromari and had it devour anyone who approached. The lord died before he could release the summoning, and thus it remained bound to the contract scroll used to summon it. From then on, it devoured anyone who came close. During a mission to find a group of missing people, Hinata, Kiba, and Naruto stumble upon this summon. After being swallowed by it, they realize just what it is. While attempting to find the contract scroll that is keeping it summoned, the spirit of the castle lord appeared and led them to it, because the lord felt sorry for the creature spending fifty years guarding his castle, and wanted to set it free. The summoned creature is very loyal to his summoner, having protected his summoner's castle for so long. Naruto destroyed the scroll to disperse the summon. The anime does not show Shiromari's form, but instead, a picture.

The Kyodaija (巨大蛇, The Kyodaija^? literally "Giant Snakes") are giant snakes, often summoned by Orochimaru during battle. There are many different kinds of Kyodaija. For instance, the three Kyodaija that were summoned during the invasion of Konoha had marks on their skin similar to the Cursed Seal of Heaven, while the ones summoned by Orochimaru in the Forest of Death had no such marks. Anko Mitarashi also summoned a blue-colored snake of similar size during the Sea Country filler arc to protect Naruto, Shino, and Ino from a cave-in. The four took shelter within its mouth as it broke free of the cave.

Manda (マンダ, Manda^?) is Orochimaru's largest and most powerful summoned snake. He demands one hundred human sacrifices ready for him for after his help in combat. Should he not receive his sacrifices, or if the person who summoned him isn't Orochimaru himself, Manda would not hesitate to kill his summoner. On top of that, it is only Orochimaru's power that he respects, not Orochimaru himself – Kabuto Yakushi believed that Manda would have turned on (or at least abandon) Orochimaru had he learned that the latter couldn't use jutsu at the time. Some of his greatest abilities include his unbelievable speed, and the fact that he is able to shed his skin as a use of a Body Replacement Technique. He has a very poor disposition, and he clearly doesn't like either Gamabunta or Katsuyu, and only savors killing both of them. After Jiraiya and Tsunade teamed up to fight him, which resulted in Tsunade sealing Manda's mouth shut with Gamabunta's sword, Manda disclosed to Orochimaru and Kabuto that he would most definitely eat them the next time he is summoned.

In the Bikochu arc of the anime, Suzumebachi (雀蜂, Suzumebachi^? literally "Hornet") of the Kamizuru clan had the ability to summon a giant queen bee. In addition to being able to move quickly despite its size, it could also cocoon people in wax. Naruto defeated it with his Spiraling Sphere.

Umibozu (海坊主, Umibōzu^?) is the boss of the sea. It was used by Amachi to terrorize the Sea Country in the Sea Country arc. Umibozu itself is nothing more than water that has been gathered and held together by chakra, making it virtually indestructible unless it is completely evaporated. It was defeated by Naruto Uzumaki and Gamabunta.

Trivia

• Umibozu is named after a Japanese sea monster.

1. First Official Data Book (秘伝・臨の書キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, Hiden: Rin no Sho Character Official Data Book^?)
2. Second Official Data Book (秘伝・闘の書キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, Hiden: Tō no Sho Character Official Data Book^?)
3. Jump's 2nd Great Hero Book's Mini Data Book (秘伝・翔の書オフィシャルキャラクターデータBOOK mini, Hiden: Shō no Sho Official Character Data Book mini^?)
4. Naruto manga chapters and anime episodes

Characters in Naruto v • d • e
Ninja:	Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno & Kakashi Hatake Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka & Asuma Sarutobi Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuga & Kurenai Yuhi Rock Lee, Neji Hyuga, Tenten & Might Guy Gaara, Kankuro & Temari Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Tsunade & the Third Hokage Zabuza Momochi & Haku • Kabuto Yakushi • Sai & Yamato
Ninja groups:	Genin • Chunin • Jonin • Hyuga clan • Uchiha clan • Other clans • Minor enemies
Akatsuki:	Organization • Hidan • Kakuzu • Sasori • Other members
Countries:	Land of Fire • Land of Sound • Land of Wind • Land of Waves
Animals:	Tailed beasts • Summons