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Chakra originally belonged to the Shinju. When Kaguya Ōtsutsuki ate the fruit that Shinju bore, she became the first person in history to wield chakra. With her new-found power, she ended all the wars that plagued the lands. Her sons, Hamura and Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, were the first people to be born with chakra.[1] Hagoromo spread chakra to others through a practice called ninshū, intending to create peace by using the chakra to connect people's spiritual energy so that they would understand one another without even talking. However, the people did not use chakra in the way Hagoromo hoped, instead using it to connect their inner spiritual and physical energies. They kneaded their inner chakra to amplify and weaponise it, creating what is now known as ninjutsu.[2]


Chakra Moulding Diagram (Normal)

The two components of chakra: physical energy and spiritual energy.

Since being spread by Hagoromo, better known as the Sage of the Six Paths, chakra has become a form of life energy that all individuals produce to some degree; those who run out of chakra will die. Produced within the "chakra coils" that mainly surround and connect to each chakra-producing organ, the energy circulates throughout the body in a network called the "Chakra Pathway System", which is similar to the cardiovascular system. Certain groups, such as shinobi, have learned to generate more chakra and release it outside their bodies through pressure points called tenketsu in order to perform jutsu. Chakra is not normally visible to the human eye, though it can be seen in situations where a person releases as much of their chakra as possible. This is rarely seen due to the restrictions of eight specific tenketsu known as the Eight Gates, which limit the amount of chakra an individual can release at a single given time.


At any given time, a ninja will have a "maximum" amount of chakra that they can form and use before it runs out and they need to rest to replenish it. With practice this maximum can be increased, but to a certain extent they are limited to the quantity and strength of chakra that their genetics grants them;[3] Kakashi Hatake has large chakra reserves, but no amount of training can grant him the same amount of chakra as Naruto Uzumaki was born with.

Each person's chakra is different and as such gives off a unique chakra signature, which sensor type ninja are able to detect. Chakra signatures are passed genetically, allowing a person's clan to be identified by their chakra;[4] over time, entire populations can have perceptibly different chakra.[5] One's chakra signature can be altered by absorbing DNA from multiple people, mixing various chakra signatures together to become a whole new one.[6] Each person's chakra also has a unique "color" that can be seen by those with dōjutsu (the anime tends to colour all normal chakra light blue).


Chakra Control




  • Shape transformation deals with controlling the form, movement, and potency of chakra.
  • Nature transformation deals with changing the physical properties of chakra into an element. There is also the nature transformation of Yin and Yang, which deals with changing the ratio of spiritual and physical energies within chakra.


Types of Chakra

Tailed Beast Chakra

Naruto kyuubi

Tailed beast chakra.

Main article: Tailed Beasts The tailed beasts (尾獣, bijū), sometimes referred to as "Chakra Monsters" (チャクラのバケモノ, Chakura no Bakemono),[8] are the nine titanic living forms of chakra created by the Sage of the Six Paths.[9][10] They are differentiated by the number of tails they have, ranging from one to nine. A tailed beast's chakra is coloured red.

Senjutsu Chakra

Chakra Moulding Diagram (Senjutsu)

The three components of senjutsu chakra: physical energy, spiritual energy, and natural energy.


Six Paths Chakra

Naruto and Sasuke obtain Rikudo Power

Hagoromo giving his Six Paths Chakra to Naruto and Sasuke.

Six Paths chakra (六道チャクラ, Rikudō Chakura) is the unique chakra of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki. Six Paths chakra can be acquired from Hagoromo directly or by combining the chakra of his sons - Indra and Asura - to form the Rinnegan.[11] What exactly the special chakra is or how it works is unclear, but it dramatically improves the strength of the user's jutsu, enough to be a match for the jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails.


Hamura's Chakra

Twin Lions Crumbling Attack

Hinata using Hamura's chakra.


Gift of the Hermit Group

Gift of the Hermit Group

Gift of the Hermit Group chakra.


Star Chakra

Mysterious Peacock Method

Mysterious Peacock Method chakra.


Dark Chakra

Shadow arms

The Zero-Tails' shadow arms.


Priestess Chakra

Protective Sphere of Light

The priestess light chakra.




  1. Chapter 646, pages 6-9
  2. Chapter 665, pages 6-7
  3. Chapter 671
  4. Chapter 525, page 3
  5. Chapter 547, page 2
  6. Chapter 667, page 2
  7. Chapter 151, page 11
  8. Chapter 404, page 14
  9. Chapter 256, page 14
  10. Chapter 467, pages 14-17
  11. Chapter 681, page 3

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