Kanon Igaku

Kanon Igaku  ( 医学カノン , Igaku Kanon) is a kunoichi of Konohagakure.

Background
Kanon came from the Igaku family—a family known for the medicine they made located in the Land of Fire. She moved to Konoha to become a ninja.

During her early childhood years in the Academy, Kanon was frequently bullied by others due to her height. However, due to her short temper and violent attitude, she scared the others off, and because of her bad personality, she doesn’t have many friends.

After graduating, she was assigned to team Aoi, alongside her classmates Kurogane Mamoru and Eguchi Hisame, and her sensei Mizuhara Aoi.

Personality
Kanon is short-tempered, getting mad very easily, especially when someone calls her short. She is violent and rude, shaking Naruto violently after calling her short, even though she doesn’t know him yet. She hates to admit her faults, and doesn’t like to seem she needs others, getting embarrassed when thanking others, or asking for help.

Aside from those traits before, Kanon is forgiving, and cares a lot about her friends. However, she doesn’t like to show her concern directly.

Appearance
 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Kanon has a fair skin, large light brown eyes, and brown hair. Kanon was often bullied due to her height hence her nickname of “Ochibi” meaning short person.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">In part 1, she wore a pink short off-shoulder shirt and a long purple skirt that is cut off on the sides. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"> She wears bandages behind her shirt and white leggings under her skirt. She wears a pair of light grey standard ninja sandals. During the chunin exams, Kanon wears her forehead protector as a hair band like Sakura’s. However, she stopped using them after the exams ended.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">In part 2, Kanon’s hair was slightly shorter, she wears a purple short off-shoulder shirt with long sleeves that reveals her bare stomach, and a knee length light grey skirt that is cut off on the sides, under it was a pair of white leggings. She wears a pair of black sandals with low heels. During the Fourth Shinobi World War <span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">, she dons the standard uniform of the Alliance and a Konohagakure flak jacket.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">In The Last: Naruto the Movie, two years after the Fourth Great Shinobi War, Kanon’s hair was longer like in part 1.

Abilities
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Kanon is a capable kunoichi, made it to the final stage in the chunin exams.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Ninjutsu

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Poison Techniques and Weaponry

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Kanon uses poison most of the time in the series, she incorporates the use of poison-related techniques during combat. She is also skilled to use her poison in conjunction with her weaponry. She uses poisoned senbon rather than normal senbon or kunai in battles. In part 2, Kanon becomes poison resistant.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Intelligence

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Kanon has a very wide knowledge of poisons and herbs, able to memorize each one, and makes very effective antidote. She is even called a poison specialist. In the chunin exams, she was able to answer some of the questions, though doubting her answers and later erasing it.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Other Skills

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Kanon is fast enough to do surprise attacks without being noticed, and in the anime, she can aim the target in the right spot because of her acupuncture knowledge and can do a medical ninjutsu.

Part I
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Chunin Exams

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">By having not been allowed to participate the year before, her team took part in the Chunin Exams along with the Rookie Nine. After she overheard Naruto calling her short, she got mad and violently shook him. Before she could continue her action, her teammate Hisame stopped her. Not wanting to apologize, her teammates apologized, and later both teams introduced themselves.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">During the written exam, Kanon could answer some question doubtfully. However, when Ibiki gave the option to quit, she almost raised her hand, only to be stopped by Naruto’s words that wiped out her uncertainty. Her view of Naruto changed a bit, and, thinking that he saved her by wiping her uncertainty, she hesitantly thanked him after the written exam was over, though yelling at him afterwards, telling him not to get the “wrong idea”, which left Naruto confused.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">She was seen again during the second part of the exam in the Forest of Death with her team-mates. Their team decided to split up to find weaker teams to corner and take scrolls from. On the way, she saw a familiar green thing at the corner of her eyes, which later she recognized as an unconscious Rock Lee. Though hesitant to help Sakura, she saw Naruto, and for unknown reason, decided to help.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Team 10 decided to show up and help her out too, and Kanon managed to poison Zaku’s arm, paralyzing it. After beating Team Dosu with the help of team 10, she gave the scroll to Sakura, since she has the earth scroll, and quickly returned to her team spot, not wanting to appear kind and even told Sakura to just forget what she did to save her.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">In the preliminary matches of the exam, Kanon was pitted against Dosu after he defeated Choji. After exchanging words about earlier events, they began to fight. At first, Dosu is at advantage, though Kanon poisoned him and won the match.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">During the final rounds of the Chunin Exams, Kanon faced Temari after Shikamaru forfeited. Though Temari was at advantage, Kanon managed to hit her neck with a poisoned senbon. After she got badly injured from Temari’s wind technique, Kanon passed out. However, Temari was poisoned, and passed out as well, the match ends with a draw. <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Search for Tsunade

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">After meeting Sakura coincidentally, she followed her to the hospital. She is shown helping out the nurses about poisons, then when one of them jokingly asked her to help out at the hospital, she accepts. Coming to the hospital everyday to help make antidotes, she starts to like of Sasuke—who was at the hospital after getting beat up by Itachi, but she doesn’t want to admit it, even to herself.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">She was later got promoted to chunin because of her medical knowledge, with Tsunade believing she’d be a great medical ninja; which she replied that she doesn’t want to become a medical ninja. <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Land of Tea Escort Mission

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">With Konoha having a shortage of jonin due to Orochimaru’s failed invasion, Tsunade was forced to use genin for more dangerous missions than normally allowed. Team 7 was given an assignment to escort, however, Kakashi was away on another mission. Kanon, now a chunin, changed Kakashi’s position. In this arc, Kanon’s bond with team 7 improved greatly. <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Sasuke Recovery Mission

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">At the night before Sasuke’s defection, Kanon met him near his house. She asked where he’s going, which Sasuke replied he’s going on a secret mission. After awkwardly telling him to be careful and tell her when he comes back, she quickly left. However, she felt a weird feeling.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Waking up early in the morning, she decided to go find herbs and poisonous plants for her experiment. On the way, she met Sakura, and, asked her what’s wrong after seeing her puffy eyes. Sakura then explained the whole thing. After that, Kanon secretly chased the Sasuke retrieval team, and later found Sasuke walking away from Naruto. Kanon was reaching her hand and was about to call Sasuke, when she realized that, even Sakura and Naruto can’t stop him, and decided to stay quiet and let him go.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Pre-Shippuden Filler Arcs

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Kanon appears in various episodes of the Anime-only arc.

Part II
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">Kazekage Rescue Mission

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">An unconscious Kanon was found in the middle of the desert by Kankuro in his way finding Gaara. It was later revealed that before Deidara and Sasori could reach Sunagakure, she battled them, and Sasori, believing she’s already dead, left with Deidara. However, Kanon is immune to poison—something that had just introduced in part 2. It was shown later that she was knocked unconscious because of Deidara’s bomb.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">After Naruto commented her height that didn’t change much, she violently attacked him, and Naruto said that she hadn’t changed. After receiving treatment, Kanon went back to Konoha for another mission. more coming soon

Trivia

 * Her surname, "Igaku" means medicine
 * Kanon, if written in kanji (花音) means flower and sound
 * According to databook(s)
 * Kanon's hobby is experimenting herbs and poisons.
 * Kanon would like to fight Naruto
 * Kanon's favorite foods are honey and mochi, while her least favorites are pork and chicken
 * Kanon dislikes showing concern
 * Kanon is the shortest character in the series

Reference
Appearance pic--originally Sakura fanart from http://xsweetielovee.deviantart.com/art/Sakura-Haruno-Render-369831692

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