| “ | Those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum.
— Kakashi Hatake
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Kakashi Hatake is a shinobi of Konohagakure's Hatake clan. Famed as Kakashi of the Sharingan and Copy Ninja Kakashi, he is one of Konoha's most talented ninja, regularly looked to for advice and leadership despite his personal dislike of responsibility. A talented teacher, Kakashi tutored Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, both of whom went on to become legendary ninja in their own right. After the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kakashi became Konoha's Sixth Hokage.
Kakashi was raised by his father Sakumo. During one of Sakumo's missions Sakumo made the decision to save the lives of his teammates rather than complete the assignment. This costed Konoha dearly and Sakumo was shunned. Unable to take the pressure, Sakumo committed suicide. Seeing what his father went through, Kakashi decided that following the Shinobi Rules must always take priority. Upon becoming a genin, Kakashi, and his classmates Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara were placed under the tutelage of Minato Namikaze.
Konoha eventually became embroiled in the Third Shinobi World War. As part of the war effort, Team Minato was assigned to destroy the Kannabi Bridge in Kusagakure. Minato was needed on the front lines at the time, leaving Kakashi in charge. During the mission, Rin was captured, and Kakashi elected to abandon her. Obito ignored Kakashi's orders and left to save Rin. Kakashi ultimately decided that Obito was right and returned to aid his team. During the ensuing battle, Kakashi lost his left eye and Obito was trapped underneath some rubble. To give his friends a chance to escape, Obito told Rin to transplant his sharingan and transplant it to Kakashi. This allowed the pair to fight off their attackers for a while, but had to abandon Obito who presumably succumbed to his wounds.
During a later mission, Rin was kidnapped by Kirigakure. Kakashi was eventually able to rescue her and started taking her back to Konoha. Along the way, Rin revealed that Kiri had sealed the Three-Tails into her body with the intention to have it unleashed on the village to destroy it. Rin begged Kakashi to kill her, but he refused. When Kiri-nin caught up with them, Kakashi fought them off. During one of these attacks, Rin jumped in front of Kakashi's attack. The trauma of this caused his Sharingan to evolve into a Mangekyō Sharingan shortly before Kakashi passed out. He was later found by Konoha reinforcements.
Kakashi suffered through a deep depression because of these events and would later join the Anbu black ops, before becoming a teacher at the Ninja Academy. There he came to lead his own team of students including Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura Haruno, whom he would lead on many missions. During the outbreak of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kakashi was put in charge of the Third Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces. He would eventually battle Obito, who turned out to be alive all along and assisting the revived Madara Uchiha to put the world under the Infinite Tsukuyomi, and assisted Naruto and Sasuke in fighting Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, during which he lost his Sharingan.
After the war, Kakashi was given the mantle of Hokage, but would eventually relinquish the position to Naruto and continue his career as a teacher.
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