Carbon Costume

Itachi (voiced in Japanese by Hideo Ishikawa and in English by Skip Stellrecht) is a major character in the Naruto franchise.

He is Sasuke Uchiha’s older brother, a former member of the Anbu, and a prominent member of the Akatsuki after defecting from the village of Konoha. While part of Akatsuki, he is partnered with Kisame Hoshigaki.

Itachi has long black hair, worn down in the front in long side-draped bangs, and his eyes, with deep set bags underneath them, are a dark greyish black, though more often he’s shown using the Sharingan, turning his eyes red. He wears a slashed version of the Konoha headband, signifying his status as missing nin, as well as a metal circled necklace, blackish purple nailpolish, and a ring like the rest of the Akatsuki, with his being red with the kanji ‘shu’. His under layer is typical ninja wear like the majority of the rest of the cast, with a slightly meshed dark top with elasticized matching capri pants, as well as typical ninja sandals with white spats on top. He wears an Akatsuki cloak over top of all of this.

Shino Aburame (voiced by Shinji Kawada and Darek Stephen Prince) is a character from the anime and manga series Naruto.  He is a member of Team 8, under Kurenai Yuhi, alongside Hinata Hyuga and Kiba Inuzuka.  He can control bugs that live inside his body as part of his clan’s special technique.  Members of the Aburame clan are known for wearing dark glasses that obscure their eyes, and Shino is no exception.  In the original series, he also wears brown pants and a grey-green jacket with a high collar that covers his mouth.  When creating your costume, try to find a jacket with a high-stand collar.  In the later episodes of Shippuden, Shino wears a green hooded jacket with a black shirt beneath instead having the collar that covers the lower portion of his face. A cowl neck zip-up can serve this purpose well.  During the Fourth Shinobi War, he also wears a Konoha standard-issue flak vest.  No matter which version you choose, don’t forget your forehead protector, kunai pouch, sandals, and round sunglasses.

Ino Yamanaka (voiced by Ryoka Yuzuki and Colleen Villard) is a character from the Naruto series.  Ino is one-third of the iconic Ino-Shika-Cho formation and is a member of Team 10 under Asuma Sarutobi.  She is a friend and romantic rival of Sakura Haruno.  Ino has long blonde hair she wears in a ponytail and pale blue eyes.  In the original series, she wears a purple uniform with white arm warmers and bandages wrapped around her upper legs.  In Shippuden, her style updates to include chainmail arm and leg guards and a crop top.  You can use a cosplay set for either version of Ino’s uniform, or build your own.  Whatever you decide, you’ll also want to purchase shinobi sandals in either blue or black, a long blonde wig, and accessorize with a kunai pouch and kunai.  If you DIY your costume, don’t be afraid to take a pair of scissors to whichever skirt you choose to make it look more like Ino’s from the series.

Kushina Uzumaki (voiced by Emi Shinohara and Laura Bailey) was a jonin of Konohagakure, though she originally hailed from Uzushiogakure.  Kushina became a jinchuriki for the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox before the tailed beast was eventually sealed within the body of her son Naruto at the time of his birth.  Kushina was known for her hot-blooded temper, often intimidating even her husband Minato, the Fourth Hokage.  When not wearing her jonin uniform, Kushina wore a long green dress over a white shirt with grey shinobi sandals.

Minato Namikaze (voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa and Tony Oliver) was the Fourth Hokage of Konohagakure.  Also known as the Yellow Flash, Minato was a powerful ninja who died while protecting his village.  Despite being only mentioned for much of the series, Minato plays a key role in the story as the husband of Kushina, father of Naruto, and former sensei of Kakashi Hatake, Obito, and Rin.  Minato wears the standard Konoha jonin uniform, with his Yondaime cape over top.  He often uses kunai knives in tandem with his Flying Thunder God technique in battle.

In Naruto, Asuma Sarutobi is a well known member of the Sarutobi clan and a former member of the Twelve Guardian Ninja.  He is also the husband of Kurenai Yuhi and father of her child.  As the leader of Team 10, Asuma is responsible for teaching and training Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, and Choji Akimichi.  Asuma is a smoker who is never seen without his trusty lighter.  His wind-based ninjutsu techniques are made all the more lethal with the use of chakra blades.

Madara Uchiha was one of the founders of Konohagakure. Madara saved and trained Obito Uchiha, and entrusted the latter with his plans and his name upon his eventual death, leading to Obito using the name Madara throughout much of his life. Madara wears a cowl neck robe and shinobi pants, with red samurai armor over top. Finding red armor can be difficult, so using red paint over light colored armor can help you achieve the same look.

In Naruto, Kurenai Yuhi is the wife of Asuma Sarutobi and an experienced kunoichi who specializes in genjutsu.  Kurenai has bright red eyes, fair skin, and unruly black hair.  It is revealed after her husband Asuma is killed in action that Kurenai is with child, and she later gives birth to a daughter named Mirai.