Top 10 strongest Naruto Characters (Part one)

This will be my list of the top 10 strongest characters from part one of Naruto. This is based on what we have SEEN and implied in part one ONLY, not from Shippuden. Placement would be changed if Shippuden feats were included, but this is only considering what we SAW in the 220 episodes.

10.) Zabuza

Zabuza Momochi is the main antagonist in the Land of Waves Arc. His power was very evident through the fear that he gave people and respect that he earned on his name. Being one of the 7 ninja swordsmen of the mist, he is very skilled with his sword, the executioners blade. He was pretty closely matched with Kakashi Hatake in their fights, who is higher on this list, as he trapped him in a water prison. He is tough, with a good chakra pool and a variety of water style jutsu.

9.) Kabuto

Kabuto is Orochimaru's assistant and is a very skilled medical Ninja. Not only is he highly intelligent, but he has great charka control which allows him to precisely strike and severe a person's chakra system and flow. He is stated to be relative to Jonin level, and on the same level as Kakashi.

8.) Might Guy

Might Guy is a taijutsu specialist who can access the 8 inner gates, which gives the user increased physical abilities when opened. Although Might Guy was not seen a whole lot in action, he is also implied to be equal to Kakashi, also being Kakashi's rival.

7.) Kakashi

Kakashi Hatake is the Jonin leader of team 7, and is a wielder of a singular sharingan. The sharingan gives great visual prowess, however it is not his own so he is very limited with it. It takes a lot of chakra for him to use, and he does not have large chakra reserves to begin with. On another hand, he is very intelligent, fast with great senses, and has copied over a 1000 jutsu, so he has 1000 jutsu in his arsenal.

6.) Kisame

Kisame Hoshigaki is someone we did not see fight a lot in part one, but is implied to incredibly strong with the chakra reserves of a tailed beast. He also is a 7 ninja swordsman of the mist as he wields samehada. He is also in the bingo book and ranked S class, making him very dangerous. He would be higher on the list if we saw more from him in part one.

5.) Tsunade

Tsunade is proclaimed to be and is the best medical Ninja/kunoichi in the entire world. She possess monster physical strength in her arms and legs and is also very smart. She takes on the role of being the 5th Hokage after the death of the third. Her physical strength, with her healing abilities to herself and others make her valuable. She is also apart of the legendary sannin, who are known for being incredibly strong.

4.) Jiraya

Jiraya is also one of the Legendary sannin. He is the mentor of Naruto, and has a very high intelligence and battle feel. He has a very large arsenal of Jutsu with good chakra reserves. We see his respect and power amongst the shinobi world when he fights Orochimaru and when he fends off Itachi and Kisame. His summoning, intelligence, and experience makes him one of the strongest characters in the show. He was offered to be Hokage, but he declined, not wanting the work load. He then seeks out Tsunade for the job. This speaks to his strength.

3.) Hiruzen

The Third Hokage was killed by Orochimaru, but put up a very impressive fight to defended the village against his attack. He was very old, so he was not at his prime, but he managed to fight off and seal the reanimation of the first and second Hokage, battle, and steal the arms of Orochimaru. His experience and well rounded aresnal earns him the title of the strongest hokage. However, that title is given to multiple of the Hokage so it really is debatable. However, being Hokage is a big feat and for him to be as respected as he is says something He is intelligent and has a very strong summoning of king monkey Enma.

2.) Itachi Uchiha

Itachi Uchiha is known for slaughtering his entire clan and deserting the leaf village, leaving only Sasuke alive. A true prodigy of the Uchiha, he has the strongest eyes in the show. He strikes fear into his pears hearts through his eyes. He is a true wielder of the sharingan, and is very skilled with them. This is shown when he put Kakashi in a genjutsu with ease and knocked him out cold. Not only is his eyes powerful, but he has very intelligent and has a wide range of jutsu. He is deceptive and dangerous. He would be number one if we saw more from him.

1.) Orochimaru

The one spot goes to Orochimaru due to how much we have seen him do, and how much is implied about his strength. He raised an attack on the village, killing the 4th Kazekage, and killing the third Hokage. He also completely rattles Kakashi during the chunin exams while Kakashi was sealing Sasuke's curse mark, implicating just how strong Orochimaru is. He also fights Jiraya and Tsunade by himself with no arms. He has the reanimation jutsu that can summon powerful deceased shinobi, he can jump from body to body, he has minions to run errands and do missions for him. He was also second in the running to be the fourth hokage, but was not choosen. He just has a lot shown in part one that make him the biggest antagonist in part one.