10.0/10 1 votes#1 - Counterattack of the Curse Mark
Season 5 Episode 109 - Aired 5/14/2009
The Sealing Team prepared to start sealing the Three-Tails and tell Sai to take Yūkimaru somewhere safe, but he gets attacked by Kabuto's men. Kabuto meanwhile prepares his plans while Lee, Tenten, and Kiba are also attacked. Rinji finds his men and converts them back to his side, ordering them to attack the Sealing Team; they're stopped by Kakashi, Yamato and Shino. Rinji then makes Yūkimaru eat the pills to control the Three-Tails, which Naruto and Guren learn about.
Director: Shigeharu Takahashi
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#2 - The Wanderer
Season 7 Episode 144 - Aired 1/21/2010
After failing to bring back Sasuke, the Leaf ninja start heading back to the Hidden Leaf Village. Tsunade, however, sends Katsuyu to inform them that the barrier of Mount Katsunagi of the Tsuchigumo Clan, which holds a powerful forbidden jutsu, is broken. While Kakashi and Team 8 head back to the Leaf Village, Team 7, lead by Yamato, must check out what events are taking place.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#3 - Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage's Legacy ~ Part 1
Season 8 Episode 170 - Aired 7/29/2010
The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, left behind his legacy before he passed away. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke attempt to find Minato's legacy before the other shinobi teams can get to it.
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#4 - Big Adventure! The Quest for the Fourth Hokage's Legacy ~ Part 2
Season 8 Episode 171 - Aired 7/29/2010
Naruto, Sakura, Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji continue to search for the Fourth Hokage's Legacy while chasing off some unexpected visitors.
Director: Yuki Kinoshita
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#5 - Kakashi Hatake, The Jonin in Charge
Season 9 Episode 179 - Aired 9/30/2010
Kakashi has a flashback back when he was assigned to be the sensei of Team 7. In a bid to know his students, Naruto, Sasuke & Sakura, better, Kakashi spies on them and to see how they would all get along as a group. Angered by Sakura's talk about calling Naruto a brat and that he has no family to tell him right or wrong, Sasuke tells Sakura she is annoying. Realizing Sakura's sadness, Naruto goes to battle Sasuke, but gets defeated. It then goes back to the present and Kakashi claims that it is up to him to stop Sasuke.
Director: Hiroshi Kimura
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#6 - Gutsy Master and Student: The Training
Season 9 Episode 187 - Aired 11/25/2010
During the two-and-a-half-year time period in which Naruto was training under Jiraiya, the latter decided that it was time for Naruto to learn how to repel genjutsu. During this training session, the two traveled to a village which Jiraiya had previously been associated with, but they discovered that something dark was amidst.
Director: Atsushi Nigorikawa
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#7 - Record of the Ninja Gutsy Master and Student
Season 9 Episode 188 - Aired 11/25/2010
After having discovered that the village was under the control of rebels from the Hidden Rain Village, led by Hanzo, Naruto and Jiraiya decided to take action to help save the women and children taken hostage and free the village from the Rain's tyrannical control.
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#8 - The Young Man and the Sea
Season 11 Episode 223 - Aired 8/4/2011
Tsunade sends out Naruto under the guise of a top-secret mission to keep him hidden away from the Akatsuki. Unfortunately, Naruto, Yamato, Gai, and Aoba are stuck at the pier due to a report of a monster attacking ships.
Director: Mitsutoshi Sato
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#9 - The Closed Route
Season 11 Episode 231 - Aired 10/6/2011
Shikamaru begins to feel the pressure of shouldering the lives of his friends in the upcoming Fourth Shinobi World War. To help ease his mind, Shikaku sends his son along with Tenten on a mission to Mokuzu Island to replenish supplies.
Director: Kenichi Nishida
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#10 - Naruto's Favorite Pupil
Season 11 Episode 234 - Aired 10/27/2011
Konohamaru is eager to fight alongside his senior ninja in the coming war, but his young age prevents him from being assigned to the battlefield.
Director: Masaharu Watanabe
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#11 - Kakashi, My Eternal Rival!
Season 11 Episode 241 - Aired 12/22/2011
As the Leaf ninja’s ship heads toward their final stop for supplies before entering the Land of Lightning, Yamato warns the crew to stay alert for enemies who could mimic both the appearance and chakra of their closest allies.
Director: Yusuke Onoda
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 2 votes#12 - Target: Nine Tails
Season 12 Episode 247 - Aired 2/2/2012
Sixteen years ago, Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and his wife Kushina are expecting their first child, much to the delight of the young couple.
Director: Hisashi Ishii
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 2 votes#13 - The Fourth Hokage's Death Match!
Season 12 Episode 248 - Aired 2/9/2012
Minato is forced to use his Flying Raijin jutsu and leave his wife Kushina behind to save their newborn son, Naruto, from a masked assailant.
Director: Masaaki Kumagai
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 3 votes#14 - Thank You
Season 12 Episode 249 - Aired 2/9/2012
The Nine Tails, having been released from Madara's control, continues to wreck havoc in the city. The Third Hokage summons the Monkey King Enma and drives the Nine Tails away from the city. Minato then returns to the city and with the help of the toad Gamabunta is able to restrain the Nine Tails long enough for him to teleport it along with his family to the outskirts of the village. Kushina binds the Nine Tails and as Minato prepares to do the Reaper Death Seal to seal away half of the Nine Tails Chakra and seal the rest inside Naruto using the Eight Trigrams Seal. He also seals a bit of Kushina's chakra to help Naruto tame the Nine Tails. All of this is witnessed by the Third Hokage and a few other ninja.
Director: Chikara Sakurai
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#15 - Meeting
Season 12 Episode 257 - Aired 4/5/2012
Part One of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - A look back into the early years when Naruto and Sasuke first met.
Director: Shigeki Kawai
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#16 - Rivals
Season 12 Episode 258 - Aired 4/12/2012
Part Two of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - During the Chunin Exam, Sasuke witnesses Naruto’s growth as a shinobi.
Director: Kiyomu Fukuda
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#17 - Rift
Season 12 Episode 259 - Aired 4/19/2012
Part Three of the Four Week Long Special Project for the Broadcast's Tenth Anniversary - Sasuke’s defeat to Gaara, and later Itachi, forces him to realize that he is not strong enough to get revenge against his older brother.
Director: Noriyuki Abe
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#18 - The Helmet Splitter: Jinin Akebino!
Season 13 Episode 284 - Aired 10/18/2012
Kakashi assigns Sai to take over for the Sealing Corps, who are recovering from sealing the reanimated shinobi. But Sai is not sure if he can handle the responsibility. Soon afterwards, the Third Company is attacked by Jinin Akebino.
Director: Hiroyoshi Kishikawa
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#19 - Things You Can't Get Back
Season 13 Episode 286 - Aired 11/1/2012
Still coping with the loss of her loved ones, Tsunade indulges in gambling and drinking. Around the same time, the Raikage Ay and his men are on a mission to steal a scroll from a certain village.
Director: Mitsutaka Noshitani
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#20 - One Worth Betting On
Season 13 Episode 287 - Aired 11/1/2012
The Raikage Ay and his team suffer critical injuries during an enemy attack. Unwilling to sacrifice any more of his men, Ay seeks medical help from Tsunade, who just happens to be in the area.
Director: Sumito Sasaki
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#21 - A Mask that Hides the Heart
Season 16 Episode 349 - Aired 2/6/2014
After the end of the Third Great Ninja War, the Leaf Village is divided over who should become the next Hokage.
Director: Naoki Horiuchi
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#22 - Hashirama's Cells
Season 16 Episode 351 - Aired 2/20/2014
At the Foundation, Kakashi meets a boy who uses Wood Style, a jutsu that only First Hokage Hashirama was capable of using. Kakashi goes to Third Hokage Hiruzen’s library to seek answers and discovers records regarding Hashirama’s cells.
Director: Kazuya Iwata
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#23 - Kakashi's Resolve
Season 17 Episode 362 - Aired 5/15/2014
Kakashi desperately tries to reach out to Obito, but his words fall on deaf ears. Obito instead accuses Kakashi of being trash, which angers Naruto, forcing him to step in and defend his Sensei.
Director: Takuma Suzuki
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#24 - Obito Uchiha
Season 18 Episode 385 - Aired 11/6/2014
Naruto objects to Obito’s claim that he is the second Sage of Six Paths and declares that he is Obito Uchiha.
Director: Kazunori Mizuno
Writer: Junki Takegami
10.0/10 1 votes#25 - I'm Always Watching
Season 18 Episode 386 - Aired 11/13/2014
Pressed by Naruto, Obito remembers the time he, Kakashi, and Rin teamed up for the Chunin Exam and when he promised Rin that he would become Hokage.
Director: Kazuya Iwata
Writer: Junki Takegami
The Best Episodes Written By Junki Takegami
Every TV Episode Written by Junki Takegami Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Junki Takegami Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Junki Takegami is "Counterattack of the Curse Mark", rated 10/10 from 1 user votes. It was "directed by Shigeharu Takahashi". "Counterattack of the Curse Mark" aired on 5/14/2009 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "The Wanderer".