Minato Namikaze Cosplays were popular the moment the character got introduced into the series. The fourth Hokage and father of our favorite prankster in all of Konoha knows how to leave an impression on someone. His legacy is one of the reasons the story takes the direction we are introduced to, and his influence is made palpable before his introduction in the series.
His first was going to be when Orochimaru reanimated past Hokages to fight Sarutobi, the Hokage at that time. But Sarutobi couldn’t hold all of them, so he made sure to block one reanimation. But after seeing what Minato is capable of, it truly was a wise decision to block him.
We formally get introduced to Minato as a person and see what he looks like in Naruto Shippuden episode 167. And he became an iconic character the moment he showed up. Revealing himself to be Naruto’s father and the one who purposefully sealed the Nine-Tailed fox inside despite knowing it would cause him suffering.
But Naruto forgives him for his intentions were pure, and it did help him become a better person in a way. Fans, too, forgave him; they even revered him and his design. Having an iconic white coat with letters on the back that said the fourth Hokage, this design holds up even today, and Naruto’s Hokage coat is similar to it.
Top 10 Minato Namikaze Cosplays
We will focus on Minato Namikaze Cosplays that brings those designs to life and other rendition of characters’ design as they were shown in the series. There are quite a many of them, but we settled down on the one that had the best of the character’s aesthetics brought to life.
10) Two Handed Rasengan Minato
This cosplay by AmethystPrince displays Minato in his younger days when he was a Jounin and under a mission. A common cosplay that’s complemented by the addition of small details. For one, the uniform in this cosplay is spot on, along with the character’s aesthetics. Minato was a fair skin blonde with slim features. And this cosplay gives us just that, but it would have been the end of it were it not for the environment added into the mix.
Amethyst is preparing his Rasengan to use on someone in the middle of a dark forest at night. And what’s peculiar is how he is not using one but two hands to form his Rasengan. We know chakra nature could be applied to chakra attacks, and Naruto applied him to make Rasenshuriken. It indicates that Rasengan formed could be of a higher level that is unlike anything we have seen in anime.
We never learned what his version of Rasen shuriken looked like. But it was one of the things that Naruto did first for us in the series, and Kishimoto intended to keep it that way. Though, Minato is still the first one to take control of Nine Tails Power the fastest.
9) Fourth And Second Hokage to the war!
We have seen Minato fight a few times in the series, but all those times were in the past. The fact that he is long gone will always be true and hurt the fans as they learn more and more about him. However, that doesn’t mean the character will lose his charm if he were to come back. When he was reanimated along with other Hokages, he showcased his skills that put everyone in awe. First, his mastery of flying Raijin helped him turn the tide of war in a few minutes. Second, his instant use of Nine Tails’ power was such a hyped moment for fans that many who watched it were overjoyed.
Then there is the second Hokage, whose main contribution to the series is creating Jutsu and scenarios that orchestrated problems that no one could foresee. He was also the least forgiving when someone else made mistakes, even though many were forgiving of him. But the fourth war was a way for him to repent, and with his successor, he contributed to apprehending Madara along with the Shinobi alliance. Still, it would be nice if people in Narutoverse would recognize the damage Tobirama had done.
8) The Yellow Flash!
Minato gained that name for one reason, his ability to travel great distances in a short amount of time anywhere. When it comes to individual abilities, he is still the fastest in the Naruto universe and unrivaled in speed. Sure, Naruto caught up to him without the flying Raijin technique, but he had to use Kurama’s power to do that. However,h Naruto’s power without Kurama is nothing to scoff at. His father truly is something else as he survived and thrived without the use of it. Naruto may have the colossal power of Kurama, but he doesn’t have the prowess and speed his father possesses at the base.
This Minato Namikaze cosplay also reminds me of the time when A(fourth Raikage) went against Minato for the first time in the third Shinobi war. Even then, Minato was fearless and was not afraid to take on him and his brother Killer Bee alone even then. It would be nice to see what was the power level of Minato at each point in the series because that is one thing many would find interesting, as the character’s power level is not exactly fixed. But, he would have earned the yellow title flash and struck fear in the heart of his enemies.
7) Father And Son On A Mission
Naruto,o as a series, plays a lot around with the what-ifs and how things could have been. Because at its heart Shinobi world is a world of tragedy where the more you learn, the more you realize things could have been better. Like Obito not falling in the mission and being manipulated by Madara rest of his life. And him eventually becoming the Hokage of the village. Rin is alive and possibly ends up with Kakashi ( or Obito). Nagato didn’t have tragedy in his life, and he didn’t awaken Rinnegan, and so forth.
Among all the possible futures, many fans wondered what Naruto’s life would have been if his parents hadn’t died in the tragic accident all those years ago. A majority of Naruto’s life had been less sufferable, and he would have learned a lot from his father, including Rasengan. Most importantly, they would have gone to missions together and spent some quality time as fathers and so as we see in the cosplay above.
Another thing that would have also been certain about Naruto is his different kit. In the present timeline, he relies a lot on shadow clones, but in the alternate, he would have know Uzumaki seals instead. Sadly, it will never come to fruition, and the author doesn’t want to touch on them either.
6) Minato Master’s Rasengan!
It took Minato three years to make and master Rasengan, and despite not being the one shown to use it as much, it has become a signature technique for the series. Without it, it can be said the series wouldn’t have many of the key moments that Naruto had with it. But the technique was complete, he had intended to fuse it with chakra, but life’s misfortune didn’t let him. This was why it was a great spectacle when Naruto mastered the technique and even infused it with Chakra nature. Truly inherited the Jutsu and made it his own.
One of the things that Minato said after seeing Naruto use Shuriken was,” It took me three years to master that technique, and my son learned it in a week; I feel cheated beyond belief.” With a hint of pride that you wouldn’t see him display anywhere else in the series. But we, as the audience, never got to see the moment he devised the Jutsu. It can be said it was harder for him to devise the Jutsu because he had to start from basic and had nothing to go on other than an idea. Perhaps it looked like just like the cosplay we see above.
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5) Minato On A Normal Day
We have seen Hokages do impossible things and find monsters that could topple the world all by themselves. It is not true for just Hokages but all Kages, and they are all impressive in their own right. However, it was always hinted that the job of Hokage is not as great as it sounds. Though they are recognized by everyone in the village, the work they do on a daily basis can be called nothing more than mundane. Sitting full day and going through paperwork. It is hard to imagine Naruto going through that, no matter how you look at it. And he wasn’t the only one that gave us that vibe, and other powerful Kages also had to do stuff like that.
This must be Minato going through his duties and taking time off, and sometimes all one needs is to sleep under the tree and enjoy the breeze. Though it can be argued he should spend some time with the family to be in the peace and serenity of the village you work hard for is a reward that every Hokage is entitled to. We just hope they don’t overdo it and burden those below him with their work!
4) Minato, Ready For Battle
As you might have seen in the list, a similar face is popping up in a few of Minato Cosplays. This is the user Copycat Cosplay who has made quality cosplay over the years, and his Minato Namikaze cosplays are one of the best out there. But he does too many of them that it becomes hard to pick a single one, which is why we picked multiple entries.
The above cosplay is him being angry and ready to take on hoards of enemies that have harmed his family or friends, or comrades. The cosplayer describes it as the nicest man of Konoha out for blood. He also adds how the character has a face similar to the angry Winter Soldier, a person similar yet opposite to Minato in many ways.
3) On The Precipice Of Death
This Minato Namikaze cosplay has the cosplayer’s face covered in blood as if they were in a deadly fight, similar to his state when he was fighting Kurama. That was the first time we saw Minato fight someone and see what made him the legendary Hokage that saved the village all those years ago. To say the fight was breathtaking would be an understatement; Minato exceeded everyone’s expectations in a flash( pun intended). We also learned of the tragedy that led to Naruto becoming an orphan, and itt was sad to see Kushina and Minato die together. Were it not for Kurama, at least Kushina would have been there to raise Naruto.
2) Fourth Hokage Ready To Go
Minato Namikaze Cosplays aren’t hard to get. The character is so popular there are hoards of cosplay companies. This cosplay by Twitter user weed is one of them. And it is a perfect display of how easy it has become to get cosplays these days. Though cosplays required one to stitch on their version( many professional cosplayers still do that), we have grown so much as a fandom that we have companies now that are giving us pre-made cosplays. Although, no Cosplay in the world is close to the one in our last entry.
1) Best Cosplay In All of Konoha; Himawari Cosplaying As Minato
Cosplays are a hobby where one dresses as their favorite character in a way to honor them or just for fun. This does not mean the craft is limited to people in the real world, and fictional can have favorites they want to honor too. Or it could be a school event where they are dressing up for an event. The same is the case with Himawari, who does a mini Minato Namikaze Cosplay in the class and pays homage to her grandfather. This moment took place in Boruto Episode 93. Though many were happy to see it happen, few were not happy with it as they saw she was chosen for heritage rather than talent or skill.
Still, it was nice to see little Uzumaki play out her grandfather and even get to know him a little. She is never likely to meet Minato unless it is done through Edo Tensei. Though, it has been made throughout the series’s run that the Jutsu is immoral in every aspect and leads to problems most of the time. Perhaps, Himawari can ask her father what little time he spends with Minato.
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