What is the name of the seven-tailed beast?

His name is Chomei, also referred to by his rank, Nanabi. He nicknames himself "Lucky Seven Chomei," a nod to the lucky number 7.

What animal does Chomei look like?

A gigantic dark blue armored rhinoceros beetle: six wing-shaped appendages plus one real tail. He is the only tailed beast able to fly.

Who is Chomei's jinchuriki?

Fu, a kunoichi of Takigakure (the Hidden Waterfall Village) — the only jinchuriki not to come from one of the Five Great Ninja Nations.

How was Chomei captured by the Akatsuki?

The Akatsuki first seizes his jinchuriki, Fu of Takigakure, before extracting Chomei from her to seal him inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path — an extraction that costs Fu her life. The anime attributes the capture to Kakuzu and Hidan; the manga, for its part, never shows the captors. Chomei will remain locked inside the statue until the Fourth Great Ninja War.

What becomes of Chomei at the end of the war?

After being sealed and then recovered during the war, he is finally set free by Hagoromo, like all the tailed beasts.

Chômei, le Nanabi : le démon à sept queues

Chomei, the Seven-Tails: The Seven-Tailed Beetle in Naruto

July 11, 2026

1351 words | Reading time: 7 min

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Six wings, a single real tail, and the only flying tailed beast. Chomei, the Seven-Tails (Nanabi) nicknamed Lucky Seven, takes the form of a dark blue rhinoceros beetle and covers his opponents in a blinding scale powder. The profile also introduces his jinchuriki, Fu of Takigakure, the only host to come from a village outside the Five Great Nations, and retraces the journey of the most cheerful of the nine tailed beasts, from the Akatsuki to the war.

The only tailed beast able to fly, and the most cheerful: meet Chomei, the "Lucky Seven", and his jinchuriki Fu. A profile of the seven-tailed beast.

A Giant Beetle
The Only Flying Tailed Beast
Fu, the Kunoichi of the Hidden Waterfall
One of the Nine Tailed Beasts
From the Akatsuki to the War
"Lucky Seven," the Most Cheerful Tailed Beast
Summary Table
FAQ

A Giant Beetle

Chomei is the Nanabi (the "Seven-Tails"), one of the nine tailed beasts. His form is that of a gigantic rhinoceros beetle (kabutomushi), dark blue and armored. Notable detail: his "seven tails" are in fact six wing-shaped appendages plus a single real tail.

Giant insect armored in dark blue, with a frontal horn and mandibles, seen from the front, its large wing-shaped appendages spread wide — An armored rhinoceros beetle: six of his seven "tails" are actually wings.

The Only Flying Tailed Beast

Chomei is presented as the only tailed beast able to fly; he can even give his host insect wings. His signature ability is the release of a scale powder that blinds, to which a defensive cocoon is added.

A kunoichi with sea-green hair blows a cloud of glittering particles that fills an undergrowth — The scale powder, Chomei's signature ability: a shining cloud that blinds the opponent.

Fu, the Kunoichi of the Hidden Waterfall

Chomei's last known host is Fu, a kunoichi from Takigakure, the Hidden Waterfall Village. The pair is unique of its kind: no other tailed beast, no other jinchuriki comes from a village outside the Five Great Ninja Nations.

Fu is herself a figure apart among the bearers of tailed beasts: cheerful, eager for friendship, the opposite of the isolation and mistrust in which most of the other hosts grew up.

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A young kunoichi with sea-green hair, sitting on the floor of a wooden room, talking with a man with long brown hair — Fu, of Takigakure: where jinchuriki grow up isolated, she seeks connection.

One of the Nine Tailed Beasts

Like his fellow beasts, Chomei was born from the division of the Ten-Tails' chakra by Hagoromo, the Sage of the Six Paths, who gave each beast a name.

Nine creatures of different sizes and shapes gathered in a circle, seen from above — The nine beasts were born from one and the same chakra, that of the Ten-Tails divided by Hagoromo.

From the Akatsuki to the War

Chomei is torn from his host by the Akatsuki and sealed inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path. The extraction kills Fu; the anime attributes the capture to Kakuzu and Hidan, while the manga does not show the captors.

The war briefly places him back inside his host, reanimated by Edo Tensei (Reanimation Jutsu), under Obito's control, against Naruto and Killer Bee. He comes out of it free, like the eight other tailed beasts.

A glowing green insect form rises from a glowing red winged creature, pulled upward by purple chains — The extraction of the tailed beast leaves its host no chance: Fu does not survive it.

"Lucky Seven," the Most Cheerful Tailed Beast

Chomei has a temperament that is playful, almost carefree, which he shares with his host. When he introduces himself to Naruto in the shared consciousness of the tailed beasts, he announces himself as "Lucky Seven Chomei": a nod to his seven tails and to the lucky number. He also slips the word lucky just about everywhere in his lines.

He is also the only tailed beast to have changed appearance permanently. At his creation, he was only a larva that was entirely green, with red eyes and seven real tails. The blue-armored adult, six of whose tails have become wings, is the product of an insect metamorphosis.

His arsenal is not limited to flight. He has an enormous chakra reserve that he can lend to others, and he knows how to form a Tailed Beast Bomb. He fights like an insect: biting, charging with his horn. His durability is considerable, to the point of withstanding being pinned to the ground by the Nine-Tails.

Once the war is over, he keeps his distance from humans. When Urashiki begins coveting the chakra of the tailed beasts and Naruto organizes a telepathic meeting, Chomei declines, along with Matatabi and Kokuo, for fear of being captured and used one more time — despite the trust he places in Naruto.

Green larva with a domed back, two red eyes, and yellow appendages standing up all around it — At his creation, Chomei was only this green larva with seven real tails; the armor and the wings come from a metamorphosis.

Summary Table

Aspect	Details
Name / rank	Chomei, the Nanabi (seven-tailed beast), "Lucky Seven"
Form	Dark blue rhinoceros beetle: six wings + one real tail
Distinctive trait	The only tailed beast able to fly; blinding scale powder
Jinchuriki	Fu, kunoichi of Takigakure — the only one from outside the Five Great Nations
Fate	Extracted by the Akatsuki (Fu's death), then Fu reanimated by Edo Tensei

FAQ

What is the name of the seven-tailed beast?
His name is Chomei, also referred to by his rank, Nanabi. He nicknames himself "Lucky Seven Chomei," a nod to the lucky number 7.
What animal does Chomei look like?
A gigantic dark blue armored rhinoceros beetle: six wing-shaped appendages plus one real tail. He is the only tailed beast able to fly.
Who is Chomei's jinchuriki?
Fu, a kunoichi of Takigakure (the Hidden Waterfall Village) — the only jinchuriki not to come from one of the Five Great Ninja Nations.
How was Chomei captured by the Akatsuki?
The Akatsuki first seizes his jinchuriki, Fu of Takigakure, before extracting Chomei from her to seal him inside the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path — an extraction that costs Fu her life. The anime attributes the capture to Kakuzu and Hidan; the manga, for its part, never shows the captors. Chomei will remain locked inside the statue until the Fourth Great Ninja War.
What becomes of Chomei at the end of the war?
After being sealed and then recovered during the war, he is finally set free by Hagoromo, like all the tailed beasts.

In summary

Cheerful, winged, and one of a kind, Chomei brings a touch of lightness to the bestiary of the tailed beasts — before Fu's fate recalls the cruelty of the ninja world.