

In addition to the typical forehead protector, she also wears a small pendant that looks like a snake fang and a wristwatch.Īs a child, Anko wore a sleeveless fishnet mesh shirt, fishnet armbands that reached to her elbows, dark shorts, and knee-length boots. Over this, she typically wears a tan overcoat with a purple in-seam and a pocket on each side, a dark orange mini-skirt, a dark blue belt, and pale grey shin guards. She usually wears a fitted mesh body suit that covers her from neck to thigh.

Her hair - black with a blue tint in the manga and violet in the anime - is styled in a short, spiky, fanned-out ponytail. The Third Hokage insists that Anko shouldn't blame herself for anything that Orochimaru does.Īnko is a average-sized, young woman who was of slender frame. This is particularly true in matters relating to Orochimaru: although she admired him when she was a child and aspired to be like him when she was older, she now believes it is her obligation to use the same jutsu he taught her to bring him to justice. Despite her personality quirks, Anko has a strong commitment to her village and mission, often choosing to face threats alone in order to buy time for her allies to escape or for backup to arrive. Naruto himself is somewhat unsettled by her because, when he mocked her during their first meeting, her immediate response was to throw a kunai at him and lick the blood from his resulting wound. Eventually due to her skill she was able to become a tokubetsu jōnin by the time she was twenty years old.Īnko is noted to be similar to Naruto Uzumaki, both being loud, stubborn, and prone to acting without thinking. Having already achieved the rank Chūnin at age twelve, she had excelled in ninjutsu and have high degree of sharpshooting capabilities. Since then she had always held an grudge against the Sannin due to what she has done, and vowed to someday stop him and his actions. As she continued her genin life, Orochimaru became more interested in her and taught her his signature set of techniques, which eventually she was the last to be subject of Orochimaru's tests involving the Cursed Seal of Heaven and be only one out of ten to survive.Īfter being subugated as an test subject, she then refused to follow with Orochimaru who then alted her memory to think she wasn't ideal to fuel the curse mark. Lead by Orochimaru with fellow genin Takahashi Yamamoto and Kai Haruto, she woud soo attend the Chūnin Exams and soon face off against Hayate Gekkō, Ibiki Morino and Tokara in the Forest of Death. She would attended the Academy and soon be placed in a genin team lead by one of the Sannin, Orochimaru. Thanks to her husband, they formed Hyōgakure and established the Land of Hail, where she was promtoed to Jōnin and holds the position of Jōnin Commander, such she holds an position in the Hyō Council ( 雹ご意見番, Hyō Go-Ikenban, literal meaning: "Hail Honoured Opinion Watch").Īnko is suspected to been born in Konohagakure and raised by two unknown parents. She'd soon got together with Tengoku and had their first child before they went away from Konoha, eventually finding themselves in the now-called Land of Hail.


She's the hushand of Tengoku Yuki and thus is officially an member of the Yuki Clan, mother of Hayate Yuki and Garaki Uchiha. Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique ( Anime only)Īnko Yuki ( ゆきあんこ, Yuki Anko, née Mitarashi (みたらし)) was a tokubetsu jōnin kunoichi of Konohagakure, and now the Jōnin Commander of Hyōgakure.
