NARUTO -ナルト- Shippuden

Trivia #1: Kushina's name was possibly inspired によって the mythological Kushinada-hime (櫛名田比売), Susanoo's wife. When she was about to be devoured によって the serpent Yamata no Orochi, Kushinada-hime was saved によって Susanoo in exchange for becoming his wife. Susanoo transformed the girl into a comb and placed her in his hair, then defeated the serpent. He afterwards built a palace in Izumo where he married her.

Trivia #2: As Kushina was nicknamed after a red pepper, and Minato was famed as the "Yellow Flash", Naruto's appropriate self-styled タイトル of "Orange Hokage" refers to the fact that the...

Born into the famed Uzumaki clan of Uzushiogakure, Kushina lived most of her youth being caught-up in war, making her seek for a daily "peace". At a young age she was sent to Konoha and enrolled in the Academy.
Wanting to make a strong first impression, she proclaimed to her class that she would be the first female Hokage. The other kids laughed at her statement, and began calling her Tomato because of her then-round face and fiery red hair. This prompted her to lash out and pummel the kids who teased her. This, in addition to her red hair flowing wildly around her, earned her the nickname of...