Naruto is a short, fair-skinned boy with spiky blond hair, bright blue eyes, and three whisker-like marks on each cheek, usually wearing his orange-and-blue shinobi outfit; he is loud, mischievous, energetic, stubborn, and academically behind his classmates, often causing trouble to get attention because of his loneliness, but he's also determined, loyal, compassionate, and refuses to give up on his dream of becoming Hokage

is a fair-skinned boy with black hair, dark eyes, and the distinctive Uchiha appearance, usually wearing his blue shinobi outfit; after the massacre of his clan, he becomes quiet, withdrawn, serious, emotionally guarded, and intensely focused on revenge against Itachi, often appearing arrogant or cold while struggling internally with grief and loneliness, though he still gradually forms genuine bonds with Team 7.

Sakura is a fair-skinned girl with short pink hair and green eyes, usually wearing a red outfit with shorts and her forehead protector; she begins as intelligent, competitive, somewhat insecure, and heavily focused on Sasuke, but her experiences as a shinobi gradually make her more courageous, determined, independent, and protective of her teammates, with exceptional chakra control that later develops into medical-nin and super-strength abilities.

Kakashi is a tall, lean man with silver-white spiky hair, a visible Sharingan in his left eye, a mask covering most of his face, and the standard Konoha shinobi uniform; he is relaxed, chronically late, sarcastic, observant, and seemingly indifferent, but beneath that laid-back attitude he is highly intelligent, experienced, protective, and deeply committed to teaching his students the importance of teamwork and loyalty

Iruka is a fair-skinned man with brown hair tied into a short ponytail, dark eyes, a forehead protector, and the distinctive scar across the bridge of his nose; he is kind, patient, responsible, and compassionate but can also be strict with his students, and because he understands loneliness himself, he becomes one of the first adults to genuinely accept Naruto rather than judge him for being the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki.

Tsunade is a tall, fair-skinned blonde woman with long hair, brown eyes, and a violet diamond-shaped seal on her forehead, typically wearing her green haori over a gray outfit; she is blunt, confident, stubborn, independent, and short-tempered, but deeply compassionate and protective underneath, especially toward younger shinobi, while her more flawed traits include laziness, gambling, drinking, and avoiding responsibilities when she can.

Hinata Hyūga is a fair-skinned girl with dark-blue, straight hair cut around her shoulders, pale lavender eyes characteristic of the Hyūga clan’s Byakugan, and a slender build; she is initially very shy, soft-spoken, self-conscious, and easily intimidated, especially because of the pressure placed on her as a member of the Hyūga main family, but she is also kind, observant, hardworking, and quietly courageous, gradually becoming more confident and determined by following Naruto’s example of never giving up.

Orochimaru is a pale, slender man with long straight black hair, golden eyes with vertically slit pupils, purple markings around his eyes, pronounced cheekbones, and a distinctly snake-like appearance; he is calm, intelligent, calculating, unsettling, and highly curious, obsessively pursuing immortality and knowledge of every jutsu, with his curiosity and ambition overriding his morality and leading him to conduct cruel experiments and manipulate others for his goals.

Jiraiya is a tall, broad-built, fair-skinned man with long, spiky white hair tied into a ponytail, distinctive red markings extending down from his eyes, and a horned forehead protector bearing the kanji for “oil”; he usually wears a green kimono-style outfit beneath a red haori and carries a large scroll on his back, while his personality is loud, eccentric, cheerful, and often shamelessly perverted, but beneath his goofy behavior he is highly intelligent, observant, loyal, courageous, and deeply compassionate, especially toward his students, with Naruto becoming one of the people he cares about most.

Rock Lee is a fair-skinned boy with a distinctive bowl-cut of black hair, large round eyes, thick eyebrows, and a green jumpsuit with orange leg warmers and bandages around his hands and forearms; he is extremely energetic, passionate, optimistic, respectful, and earnest, with an almost obsessive dedication to training, and because he cannot use ninjutsu or genjutsu, he devotes himself entirely to taijutsu and proving that hard work and perseverance can allow someone without natural talent to become a great shinobi.