Haku* Age: 15 (deceased)
* Rank: Kazekage
* Height: 155.9 cm
* Weight: 43.2 kg
* Birthday: January 9
* Blood Type: O
* Seiyu: Mayumi Asano
* Voice Actor: Susan Dalian, Mona Marshall (child)
Haku (白, Haku? written in jōyō kanji, meaning "white") is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto. In the Malaysian dub, Haku's given name was changed to Shiro in episode 15, leading to the belief that this was in fact his surname. Haku has never been given one, however.Haku has a heavily androgynous appearance, leading to confusion about his gender both within and outside the show. Naruto Uzumaki in particular notes Haku's feminine appearance, claiming that he's even cuter than Sakura Haruno after Haku reveals he is actually male.
Despite only playing a prominent role at the beginning of the series, Haku has made several appearances in flashbacks throughout the series, including one in the second part of the manga. He also ranks consistently high in official character polls, though he's no longer in the top ten.
Haku was born in a perpetually snowy village in the Land of Water. Before he was born, civil wars ravaged the Land of Water, and since those with kekkei genkai were commonly used as the most terrifying tools of war, many people irrationally feared them. Haku's mother was one of those with a kekkei genkai, and attempted to hide that fact, eventually marrying and giving birth to him. While they were able to live in peace for a time, Haku eventually discovered that he had inherited his mother's gift, and accidentally revealed their secret to his father while toying with his newfound power. Haku's father rallied a small mob and had his wife murdered. He would have done the same to Haku, but Haku inadvertently created a field of icicles through the house in a panic, killing both the mob and his father, leaving him orphaned.
After this event, Haku wandered the Land of Water as a beggar child until he was found by Zabuza Momochi, who agreed to take him in, warning Haku not to expect any companionship. Haku, for his part, accepted this readily, devoting his life to becoming the ultimate weapon for Zabuza. Haku was fiercely protective of and devoted to the older ninja to an extreme, actually crushing Gato's arm when he attempted to grab Zabuza. He was referred to as Zabuza's "consort" in the English translation of the manga and in essence became Zabuza's possession, even asking Naruto to kill him when he feared he could no longer be useful to Zabuza.
Haku was kind but straightforward, a drastic contrast from Zabuza. His personality doesn't seem to have changed from that of his childhood, which suggests that Zabuza's personality never rubbed off on him, but that is understandable. Zabuza didn't treat Haku as family, but rather as a tool to be used and then cast off when no longer useful. Haku secretly suffers from peer pressure of both being kind to both Zabuza and the people around him. He himself admitted that he had trouble accepting the entire shinobi philosophy as it requires killing, something which Haku avoided doing if possible. It is obvious that Haku did not like to kill other enemies, from the fact that he did not try to harm Naruto when he met him, passed out in the forest. Instead of trying, Haku simply told Naruto to wake up, worrying about his health status. As an addition to not harming the hot-headed ninja, he gave Naruto tips on how to become stronger.
Haku's kekkei genkai, known as Hyoton, came from his unique ability to use both wind and water-based chakra at the same time, creating ice. Additionally, Haku is the only character in Naruto to be portrayed as being able to perform jutsu using one-handed seals, while all other characters use two-handed seals. Haku also had an amazing gift of observation and deviation, being able to learn the nature of the Sharingan and devising a way to counter it after seeing it only once.
Haku knew a great deal about human anatomy, and could incapacitate or kill a person with a single needle. Kakashi Hatake notes that ANBU members are taught to know every single detail of the human body, making it possible that Haku was trained as one. It is equally possible, however, that he could have learned these skills from Zabuza, who was a member of the Kirigakure ANBU before defecting.
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