Konan is from the iconic foundational Japanese manga — a modern formation. A modern American baby name in the broader Japanese anime heritage aesthetic. Konan — *iconic foundational female character in the foundational Japanese manga/anime franchise Naruto + Naruto: Shippuden; created by Masashi Kishimoto; widely considered one of the most-iconic female anime characters of the 21st century; the iconic foundational Naruto manga has sold over 250 million copies worldwide; the iconic Konan is the foundational only female member of the iconic foundational S-rank criminal organization Akatsuki + the foundational co-leader of Amegakure (Hidden Rain Village) alongside iconic foundational Nagato (Pain); widely considered one of the foundational warrior female characters in modern shonen anime + the foundational example of female leadership in a male-dominated organization; her foundational Paper Release (Kami no Jutsu) — the iconic foundational origami-based ninjutsu technique — became one of the foundational unique-ability female characters in modern shonen anime; widely known as the iconic foundational Angel of Amegakure (Ame no Tenshi) + the foundational God's Angel*; her foundational tragic backstory — orphaned in the iconic foundational Second Shinobi World War + raised by iconic foundational Jiraiya alongside Yahiko + Nagato — is widely considered one of the foundational emotional backstories in modern shonen anime; her foundational climactic battle against iconic foundational Tobi (Obito Uchiha) — releasing 600 billion paper bombs over Lake Amegakure for 10 minutes — is widely considered one of the foundational climactic battles in modern shonen anime; her foundational iconic blue hair + foundational paper flower + foundational Akatsuki cloak aesthetic became one of the foundational anime character designs of the 2000s. Princess Konan — modern Japanese-anime heritage naming.
Featured throughout Japanese anime.
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Konan reduces to eight.