A shinobi of Konohagakure’s Hatake clan. Famed as Kakashi of the Sharingan, Kakashi Hatake is one of Konoha’s most talented ninja. His peers regularly looked to him for advice and leadership despite his personal dislike of responsibility.

Kakashi has a strong resemblance to his father, so much so that they are sometimes mistaken for each other. He has spiky silver hair often oriented to his left-side, dark grey eyes, and typically a relaxed and lazy expression.

During the Third Shinobi World War, his left eye was damaged, leaving a vertical scar from the injury. The eye was shortly replaced with a Sharingan afterwards, which he covers with his forehead protector when he isn’t using it. After his original eye was restored by Naruto during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kakashi returned to wearing his forehead protector balanced above his forehead. Since early childhood and near-constantly, he wears a mask that prevents most of his face from being visible. Even his ninken have seen his face so sparingly that most of them don’t remember what he looks like unmasked. On the few occasions he exposes his full face, he has a narrow jaw-line and a beauty mark under the left corner of his mouth. Overall, he is considered very handsome as seen from Teuchi and Ayame’s reaction to seeing his face.

Since his early childhood, Kakashi was very independent and self-confident, at times even appearing arrogant and condescending. Despite that, Kakashi was very perceptive and intuitive, quickly realizing the situation for what it was.

After his father’s death, Kakashi became more stern, aloof, and cold toward others, following all the rules to the letter, chastising any who disobeyed them, and being willing to abandon his comrades to finish missions.

Kakashi typically has a relaxed and almost bored attitude, not prone to getting too worked up about anything or by anyone. Despite his increasingly growing reputation and prowess as a ninja, Kakashi has shown no signs of arrogance, and is rather modest about his abilities. He is habitually tardy, showing up when it suits him, using excuses that convince nobody, and later leaving for equally poor reasons. Though Kakashi wants others to believe this is how he always acts, he only does so for matters that aren’t of particular importance.