Kishimoto's Q & A
**About the sensei**
Q. How do you choose the characters' names?
A. I think about Japanese nouns and decide which ones might be good as names.
Q. What character would you like as your girlfriend?
A. No one. It's characters I create, after all...
Q. If you were a girl, who would you like as your boyfriend?
A. Shikamaru. He's smart and looks like he might be successful in life.
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**About the characters**
Q. Do members of Akatsuki pairs sleep somewhere at night?
A. They get two single rooms.
Q. Now that Gaara doesn't have the Ichibi anymore he's unable to use the sand, right?
A. Both the sand and the rings around his eyes are there for good, they can't be taken away.
Q. If a Hyuuga and an Uchiha had a child together, what eyes would s/he get?
A. His right eye would be a Sharingan. Meaning that the left one would be a Byakugan!
Q. If I drank Suigetsu would I get diarrhea?
A. He would just come out from your bottom.
Q. Why is Naruto able to summon Gamakichi if he signed the contract with Gamabunta?
A. Because signing a contract with Gamabunta means that he's able to summon not only him but any toad.
Q. What is Naruto's "new erotic ninjutsu"...?
A. I'd like to draw it one day. I can do it anytime, I just need the editor's approval.
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**About the mysteries**
Q. Why did the Kyuubi's seal gradually fade?
Q. Why was Naruto able to grow up to four tails?
Q. What did Karin do to Sasuke in the past?
Q. Is Kushina alive?
Q. How did Kakashi awaken his Mangekyou Sharingan?
A. It's a secret!! Just keep on reading the manga!
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Taken from Naruto Databook Stats