Playable Characters
| Character | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Heroes | Heroes 2 | Heroes 3 | Impact | Storm | Storm 2 | Generations | Storm 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anko Mitarashi | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N3 6 | N | N3 | N |
| Asuma Sarutobi | N3 | N3 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N3 | N3 6 | Y | Y | Y |
| Asuma Sarutobi (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Ay (Fourth Raikage) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| Ay (Kage Hat) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Chiyo | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Chiyo (with Mother and Father Puppets) | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Chōji Akimichi | N | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y1 | Y |
| Chōji Akimichi (Butterfly form) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Danzō Shimura | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| Danzō Shimura (Kage Hat) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Darui | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N3 | Y |
| Deidara | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Deidara (Akatsuki Hat) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Deidara (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Dotō Kazahana | N | Y2 | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Fū | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Fū (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Fū (Seven Tails Form) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Gaara (Fifth Kazekage) | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 |
| Gaara (Miniature Shukaku form) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Gaara (Kage Hat) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Haku | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Haku (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Han | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Han (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Han (Five Tails Form) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Hanabi Hyūga | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Hanzō (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Hashirama Senju (First Hokage) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N3 6 | N | Y | Y |
| Hidan | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Hidan (Jashin Ritual Form) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Hinata Hyūga | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 |
| Hinata Hyūga (Activated Byakugan) | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Hinata Hyūga (Road to Ninja costume) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Hinata Hyūga (School Uniform) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Hinata Hyūga (Swimsuit) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Hiruzen Sarutobi (Third Hokage) | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y |
| Ino Yamanaka | N | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y1 | Y |
| Ino Yamanaka (School Uniform) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Ino Yamanaka (Swimsuit) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Itachi Uchiha | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Itachi Uchiha (Akatsuki Hat) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Itachi Uchiha (Anbu Uniform) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Itachi Uchiha (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Jiraiya | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Jiraiya (Sage Mode) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Jiraiya (Sannin Era) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Jirōbō | N | N3 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N3 6 | N | N3 | N |
| Jirōbō (Second State Curse Mode) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Jūgo | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Kabuto Yakushi | N3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Kabuto Yakushi (Snake Cape) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Kakashi Hatake | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Kakashi Hatake (Anbu Uniform) | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Kakashi Hatake (School Uniform) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Kakashi Hatake (Young) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Kakuzu | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Kakuzu (Earth Grudge Mode) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Kankurō | N | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y1 | Y |
| Karin | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Kiba Inuzuka | N | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y1 | Y |
| Kidomaru | N | N3 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N3 6 | N | N3 | N |
| Kidomaru (Second State Curse Mode) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Killer Bee | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Killer Bee (Eight Tails Form) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Killer Bee (Samehada) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Kimimaro | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y |
| Kimimaro (Second State Curse Mode) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y |
| Kisame Hoshigaki | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Kisame Hoshigaki (Samehada Fusion) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| Kisame Hoshigaki (Akatsuki Hat) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Konan | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Konohamaru Sarutobi | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Kurenai Yūhi | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | N3 6 | N | N3 | N |
| Lars Alexandersson | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N |
| Madara Uchiha | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Madara Uchiha (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Mei Terumī (Fifth Mizukage) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Mei Terumī (Kage Hat) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Mifune | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Might Guy | N3 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Minato Namikaze (Fourth Hokage) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Nagato (Pain) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y4 | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Nagato (Pain) (Torn Cloak) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Nagato (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Naruto Uzumaki | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Nine-Tails Cloak) | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Naruto Uzumaki (One-Tailed Form) | N | N | Y | Y1 | Y | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Four-Tailed Form) | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Six-Tailed Form) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Nine-Tails Chakra Mode) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Sage Mode) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Hokage) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y |
| Naruto Uzumaki (The Green Beast) | N | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Student) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Samurai) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Goku Costume) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Cowboy) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Gondolier) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Kimono) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Lederhosen) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Matador) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Naruto Uzumaki (Pirate) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Neji Hyūga | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 |
| Obito Uchiha (Tobi) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Obito Uchiha (Masked Man) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Obito Uchiha (Tobi) (Rinnegan) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Obito Uchiha (Young) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Ōnoki (Third Tsuchikage) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Ōnoki (Kage Hat) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Orochimaru | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Orochimaru (Sealed) | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Orochimaru (Sannin Era) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Rock Lee | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 |
| Rock Lee (Loopy Fist) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Rōshi | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Rōshi (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Rōshi (Four Tails Form) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Sai | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Sakon | N | N3 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N3 6 | N | N3 | N |
| Sakon (Second State Curse Mode) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Sakura Haruno | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 |
| Sakura Haruno (Swimsuit) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Sakura Haruno (Schoolgirl Uniform) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Sakura Haruno (Hello Kitty) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Sasori (Hiruko Puppet) | N | N | N | Y | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | N |
| Sasori (with Third Kazekage) | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Sasori (Human Puppet Form) | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Sasuke Uchiha | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 |
| Sasuke Uchiha (Second State Curse Mode) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 |
| Sasuke Uchiha (Taka) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Sasuke Uchiha (Susanoo) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y |
| Sasuke Uchiha (Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Sasuke Uchiha (Kimono) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Sasuke Uchiha (Student) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Sasuke Uchiha (Road to Ninja Costume) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Sasuke Uchiha (Napoleon) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Shino Aburame | N3 | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y1 | Y |
| Shikamaru Nara | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y1 | Y |
| Shizune | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | N | N3 6 | N | N3 | N |
| Suigetsu Hōzuki | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | N3 | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Tayuya | N | N3 | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N3 6 | N | N3 | N |
| Tayuya (Second State Curse Mode) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N |
| Temari | N3 | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 | N | N | Y | N | Y | Y | Y1 | Y |
| Temari (Swimsuit) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Tenten | N3 | Y | Y | Y1 | Y1 | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y1 | Y |
| Tobirama Senju (Second Hokage) | N | N | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N3 6 | N | Y | Y |
| Tsunade (Fifth Hokage) | N | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Tsunade (Swimsuit) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Tsunade (Sannin Era) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Utakata | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Utakata (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Utakata (Six Tails Form) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Yagura (Fourth Mizukage) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Yagura (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Yagura (Three Tails Form) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Yamato | N | N | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Yamato (Anbu Uniform) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y6 |
| Yugito Nii | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Yugito Nii (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Yugito Nii (Two Tails Form) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Zabuza Momochi | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Zabuza Momochi (Reanimated) | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Y |
Notes:
- 1. ^ This marks a character playable in post and/or pre-timeskip forms.
- 2. ^ Doto Kazahana was in the Japanese version of Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2 but not in the US/PAL version.
- 3. ^ These characters are only available as support.
- 4. ^ Only the Deva, Animal, and Asura Paths of Pain are playable while the rest of the Pains appear in jutsus.
- 5. ^ Lars Alexandersson from Tekken 6 appears as a special guest in Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2.
- 6. ^ Available via DLC
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