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The jinchuriki (English dub meaning "Demon Hosts"; Literal meaning "Power of Human Sacrifice") are humans that have a tailed beast sealed within them. They exhibit extraordinary powers, and in some cases are wiser than their tailed beasts, because they have the intelligence to use the beast's powers effectively.

The Second Kazekage of Sunagakure was the first to research the jinchuriki, with the other villages following soon after. Each village has used a different seal when creating their jinchuriki, resulting in different levels of access to the beast's chakra. For example, Konohagakure used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, while Akatsuki, an organization whose role in the series is to capture the jinchuriki, uses the Illusionary Dragon Nine Consuming Seals to extract the tailed beasts, and seal it away for future use. They have so far captured seven of the tailed beasts, the first through the seventh.

In the case of Sora, an anime-only character, he only had a tailed beast's chakra sealed within him, not an actual beast. This made him a "pseudo-jinchuriki". Even though he was granted similar advantages to a real jinchuriki, his were vastly inferior.

Jinchuriki are typically lonely people, viewed by those around them as the beast that has been sealed within them, leading to prejudice and being hated and feared. According to Akatsuki, the first two jinchuriki they captured loathed humanity, and their villages were in fact glad to be rid of them. However, certain villages treat their jinchuriki with respect, thus leading them to have different personalities than those who are shunned. Such examples are Yugito and Killer Bee.

As the jinchuriki draws on more of their beast's power, their personality tends to corrode into animalistic instincts. Because their survival depends on the safety of their hosts, the tailed beasts are very protective, and will act whenever their hosts' life are in danger.

Jinchuriki have access to a unique fighting style, depending on their tailed beast: Gaara controls sand, Yugito controls fire, and Roshi controls lava. By training, they can gain additional access to their tailed beast and its chakra, such as Killer Bee being able to synchronize with his beast, and transform himself into it. Not all jinchuriki can retain control when transforming into their tailed beast; when Naruto taps into his four-tailed transformation, he loses the ability to discern between friend and foe, and attacks anything in sight. A tailed beast can also provide its host with constant advantages, such as Gaara's self-activating Shield of Sand which automatically protects him, even from self-injury and Naruto's healing factor that immediately activates as soon as he incurs wounds.

LIST OF JINCHURIKI'S

Gaara

* Beast: One-Tailed Shukaku
* Affiliation: Sunagakure
* Status: Captured and extracted by Akatsuki; later resurrected

Yugito Nii

* Beast: Two-Tailed Monster Cat
* Affiliation: Kumogakure
* Status: Captured and extracted by Akatsuki; deceased

Yagura

* Beast: Three-Tailed Giant Turtle
* Affiliation: Kirigakure
* Status: Extracted under unknown circumstances; deceased

Roshi

* Beast: Four-Tailed Monkey
* Affiliation: Iwagakure
* Status: Captured and extracted by Akatsuki; deceased

Han

* Beast: Five-Tailed Dolphin Horse
* Affiliation: Iwagakure
* Status: Captured and extracted by Akatsuki; deceased

Utakata

* Beast: Six-Tailed Slug
* Affiliation: Kirigakure
* Status: Captured and extracted by Akatsuki; deceased

Fu

* Beast: Seven-Tailed Horned Beetle
* Affiliation: Takigakure
* Status: Captured and extracted by Akatsuki; deceased

Killer Bee

* Beast: Eight-Tailed Giant Ox
* Affiliation: Kumogakure
* Status: Active

Naruto Uzumaki

* Beast: Nine-Tailed Demon Fox
* Affiliation: Konohagakure
* Status: Active

Sora (Pseudo-Jinchuriki; Anime only)

* Beast: Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's chakra
* Affiliation: Land of Fire
* Status: Inactive; chakra absorbed by Naruto Uzumaki