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Kurama first came into being in the waning days of the [[Sage of the Six Paths]], who used his [[Creation of All Things]] ability to separate the [[Ten-Tails]]' chakra from its body and divide it into nine separate constructs that would come to be known as [[tailed beasts]] in order to ensure that it would never resurface after his death.
''Naruto'' chapter 467, pages 15-16
''Naruto'' chapter 510, pages 11-12
Some time after being created, the Sage sat down with all the young tailed beasts and told them that they would always be together even when separated, and that one day they would become one entity again with different names as well as forms than they did then when the time came for them to understand what true power is.
''Naruto'' chapter 572, pages 10-11
Over the centuries, Kurama has gained a reputation as an age-old natural disaster, appearing suddenly out of nowhere to attack areas that have breeding grounds for the darkest aspects of human nature.
''Naruto'' chapter 149, page 9
''Naruto'' chapter 370, page 14
Kurama first came into being in the waning days of the [[Sage of the Six Paths]], who used his [[Creation of All Things]] ability to separate the [[Ten-Tails]]' chakra from its body and divide it into nine separate constructs that would come to be known as [[tailed beasts]] in order to ensure that it would never resurface after his death.
''Naruto'' chapter 467, pages 15-16
''Naruto'' chapter 510, pages 11-12
Some time after being created, the Sage sat down with all the young tailed beasts and told them that they would always be together even when separated, and that one day they would become one entity again with different names as well as forms than they did then when the time came for them to understand what true power is.
''Naruto'' chapter 572, pages 10-11
Over the centuries, Kurama has gained a reputation as an age-old natural disaster, appearing suddenly out of nowhere to attack areas that have breeding grounds for the darkest aspects of human nature.
''Naruto'' chapter 149, page 9
''Naruto'' chapter 370, page 14
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[[File:Kurama Swallows Kinkaku and Ginkaku.png|thumb|left|Kurama vs. Ginkaku and Kinkaku.]]
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[[File:Kurama Swallows Kinkaku and Ginkaku.png|thumb|Kurama vs. Ginkaku and Kinkaku.]]
At one point during the time of the formation of the shinobi villages, the [[Gold and Silver Brothers]] of [[Kumogakure]] were assigned to capture Kurama, but they were both swallowed whole by the fox. However, the two brothers managed to survive and gain some of its [[Kinkaku's Jinchūriki Forms|power]] by eating the flesh of its stomach for two weeks, which caused Kurama to regurgitate them.
''Naruto'' chapter 527, page 5
''Naruto'' chapter 529, pages 3-4
''Naruto'' chapter 594, page 6
At one point during the time of the formation of the shinobi villages, the [[Gold and Silver Brothers]] of [[Kumogakure]] were assigned to capture Kurama, but they were both swallowed whole by the fox. However, the two brothers managed to survive and gain some of its [[Kinkaku's Jinchūriki Forms|power]] by eating the flesh of its stomach for two weeks, which caused Kurama to regurgitate them.
''Naruto'' chapter 527, page 5
''Naruto'' chapter 529, pages 3-4
''Naruto'' chapter 594, page 6
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[[File:Hashirama Senju VS Madara Uchiha.png|thumb|The battle between Madara and Hashirama, with Kurama under Madara's control.]]
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[[File:Hashirama Senju VS Madara Uchiha.png|thumb|left|The battle between Madara and Hashirama, with Kurama under Madara's control.]]
After that event, when [[Madara Uchiha]] defected from Konoha, he used his [[Sharingan]] to control and use Kurama to help him fight against [[Hashirama Senju]], the First [[Hokage]], to exact his revenge. During their battle, Madara combined his [[Susanoo]] with Kurama to increase the latter's offensive and defensive capabilities.
''Naruto'' chapter 621
However, Hashirama was able to [[Top Transformed Buddha|remove]] Susanoo from Kurama and [[Hokage-Style Sixty-Year-Old Technique — Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands|released]] it from Madara's control as well as subduing it.
''Naruto'' chapter 626
Hashirama deemed Kurama too dangerous to be allowed to walk free and [[Mito Uzumaki]] sealed the fox within herself, becoming its first [[jinchūriki]].
''Naruto'' chapter 500, page 5
''Naruto'' chapter 568, page 8
After that event, when [[Madara Uchiha]] defected from Konoha, he used his [[Sharingan]] to control and use Kurama to help him fight against [[Hashirama Senju]], the First [[Hokage]], to exact his revenge. During their battle, Madara combined his [[Susanoo]] with Kurama to increase the latter's offensive and defensive capabilities.
''Naruto'' chapter 621
However, Hashirama was able to [[Top Transformed Buddha|remove]] Susanoo from Kurama and [[Hokage-Style Sixty-Year-Old Technique — Kakuan Entering Society with Bliss-Bringing Hands|released]] it from Madara's control as well as subduing it.
''Naruto'' chapter 626
Hashirama deemed Kurama too dangerous to be allowed to walk free and [[Mito Uzumaki]] sealed the fox within herself, becoming its first [[jinchūriki]].
''Naruto'' chapter 500, page 5
''Naruto'' chapter 568, page 8
Over the period of time which included the first two Shinobi World Wars, Mito kept Kurama at bay except for one occasion when the seal had weakened as she was going through childbirth.
''Naruto'' chapter 500, page 9
Toward the end of her life, Mito passed on this status and responsibility to another member of [[Uzumaki Clan|her clan]], [[Kushina Uzumaki]], who later became the wife of [[Minato Namikaze]], the Fourth Hokage. Although Kushina was terrified with the responsibility of containing Kurama, Mito assured her successor that the fox's hatred was powerless against her love.
''Naruto'' chapter 500, pages 4-6
Over the period of time which included the first two Shinobi World Wars, Mito kept Kurama at bay except for one occasion when the seal had weakened as she was going through childbirth.
''Naruto'' chapter 500, page 9
Toward the end of her life, Mito passed on this status and responsibility to another member of [[Uzumaki Clan|her clan]], [[Kushina Uzumaki]], who later became the wife of [[Minato Namikaze]], the Fourth Hokage. Although Kushina was terrified with the responsibility of containing Kurama, Mito assured her successor that the fox's hatred was powerless against her love.
''Naruto'' chapter 500, pages 4-6
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[[File:Kurama sealed within Kushina.png|thumb|left|Kurama sealed within Kushina.]]
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[[File:Kurama sealed within Kushina.png|thumb|Kurama sealed within Kushina.]]
Twelve years before the start of the series, after the end of the [[Third Shinobi World War]], the [[Third Hokage]] and his [[Biwako Sarutobi|wife]] made preparations to ensure that Kurama would remain sealed within Kushina as she gave birth to [[Naruto]]. However, despite keeping her childbirth a secret, [[Obito Uchiha]] discovered Kushina's location, killed her escorts and managed to [[Tailed Beast Extraction Technique|break the seal]], seizing control of Kurama.
''Naruto'' chapter 501, pages 7-11
Since Kushina survived the extraction, Obito tried to have Kurama kill her before Minato got her and their son to safety. Soon afterwards, Obito [[Summoning Technique|summoned]] Kurama into [[Konoha]] and ordered it to [[Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha|destroy the village]].
''Naruto'' chapter 502, pages 3-5
Twelve years before the start of the series, after the end of the [[Third Shinobi World War]], the [[Third Hokage]] and his [[Biwako Sarutobi|wife]] made preparations to ensure that Kurama would remain sealed within Kushina as she gave birth to [[Naruto]]. However, despite keeping her childbirth a secret, [[Obito Uchiha]] discovered Kushina's location, killed her escorts and managed to [[Tailed Beast Extraction Technique|break the seal]], seizing control of Kurama.
''Naruto'' chapter 501, pages 7-11
Since Kushina survived the extraction, Obito tried to have Kurama kill her before Minato got her and their son to safety. Soon afterwards, Obito [[Summoning Technique|summoned]] Kurama into [[Konoha]] and ordered it to [[Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha|destroy the village]].
''Naruto'' chapter 502, pages 3-5
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[[File:Konoha's destruction by Kyuubi.png|thumb|Kurama attacks Konoha.]]
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[[File:Konoha's destruction by Kyuubi.png|thumb|left|Kurama attacks Konoha.]]
While Kurama was rampaging in the village and decimating the [[shinobi]] forces that tried to repel it, Minato managed to place a [[Contract Seal]] on Obito during their fight to free the fox from the masked man's control. Despite no longer being in Obito's control, Kurama still harbored a deep hatred for Konoha for viewing it as nothing but a mindless beast and sealing it away for decades and resolved to destroy the village without orders from Obito. Before Kurama could annihilate Konoha, Minato [[Summoning: Food Cart Destroyer Technique|summoned]] [[Gamabunta]] on top of the fox, and later teleported it to Kushina and Naruto's location, while letting its [[Tailed Beast Ball]] detonate away from the village. Soon afterwards, Kushina used her [[chakra chains]] to subdue Kurama, planning to seal it back inside her before she dies. However, Minato, knowing that Kurama would revive without a host and a threat the masked man still was to the village, came up with a different plan to give Konoha the means to combat him if he should ever attack the village again.
''Naruto'' chapter 503, pages 13-19
While Kurama was rampaging in the village and decimating the [[shinobi]] forces that tried to repel it, Minato managed to place a [[Contract Seal]] on Obito during their fight to free the fox from the masked man's control. Despite no longer being in Obito's control, Kurama still harbored a deep hatred for Konoha for viewing it as nothing but a mindless beast and sealing it away for decades and resolved to destroy the village without orders from Obito. Before Kurama could annihilate Konoha, Minato [[Summoning: Food Cart Destroyer Technique|summoned]] [[Gamabunta]] on top of the fox, and later teleported it to Kushina and Naruto's location, while letting its [[Tailed Beast Ball]] detonate away from the village. Soon afterwards, Kushina used her [[chakra chains]] to subdue Kurama, planning to seal it back inside her before she dies. However, Minato, knowing that Kurama would revive without a host and a threat the masked man still was to the village, came up with a different plan to give Konoha the means to combat him if he should ever attack the village again.
''Naruto'' chapter 503, pages 13-19
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[[File:Kurama's initial cage.png|thumb|left|Kurama within Naruto.]]
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[[File:Kurama's initial cage.png|thumb|Kurama within Naruto.]]
Since Minato himself couldn't fully seal Kurama as it was, he used the [[Dead Demon Consuming Seal]] to seal its [[Yin]] chakra within the death god and then prepared the [[Eight Trigrams Seal]] to imprison the fox, along with its [[Yang]] chakra, within Naruto.
''Naruto'' chapter 370, pages 11-12
Kurama realised Minato's intention and attempted to stop the process by killing Naruto while Kushina was weakened, but both the parents sacrificed themselves to protect their newborn child and completed the sealing, with Kurama cursing the pair during its last moments of freedom.
''Naruto'' chapter 504, pages 5-9
Since Minato himself couldn't fully seal Kurama as it was, he used the [[Dead Demon Consuming Seal]] to seal its [[Yin]] chakra within the death god and then prepared the [[Eight Trigrams Seal]] to imprison the fox, along with its [[Yang]] chakra, within Naruto.
''Naruto'' chapter 370, pages 11-12
Kurama realised Minato's intention and attempted to stop the process by killing Naruto while Kushina was weakened, but both the parents sacrificed themselves to protect their newborn child and completed the sealing, with Kurama cursing the pair during its last moments of freedom.
''Naruto'' chapter 504, pages 5-9