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Before diving, let’s consider the ninja ranks and the promotion system:
Academy Students undergo a final exam where they have to perform a basic ninjutsu technique. In the case of the Rookies, it was a clone technique.
After passing the exam they get put in a genin team and go through a Genin Certification Exam carried out by their assigned jōnin team leader. For example, Team 7’s was the bell test. If they fail, they are sent back to the Ninja Academy.
Genin (下忍) complete the countless missions, large and small, that constantly pour into the village and would never been completed without their aid.
When their leader considers they are eligible for promotion, they participate in the Chūnin Exams, which happen twice a year, to test if they have the capabilities to lead a team.
Chūnin (中忍) are in the center of the ranking, but their abilities require them to have good leadership skills and good judgement as commanders. Skilled chūnin usually monitor the Chūnin Exams and others are team leaders for the village's specific units. They represent the majority of the village shinobi so they usually cover many roles and are members of different units as the workforce.
If one of these chūnin is particularly adept in one area but doesn't have the overall skills required of elites, they could be appointed to Tokubetsu/Special Jōnin (特別上忍). They usually complete missions in a team and not by themselves, and some are asked to lead village departments. A few selected can also lead genin teams.
On the other hand if one of these chūnin has developed elite skills in all or most areas (ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, etc), they could be appointed to Jōnin (上忍). The highest rank has influence over the state of the village and many political decisions. Their role is normally mission-bound and they complete the most difficult ones by themselves like A-rank or S-rank, or even instruct genin teams. Jōni are also expected to command military divisions during large-scale conflicts and they are the ones who lead village departments if they aren't bound in the battlefield. They are represented by the Jōnin Commander.
Any shinobi eligible for the Kage (影) title is or are selected by the village Council, a group consisting of the heads/leaders of ANBU and Medical Department, the Jōnin Commander and the daimyō of the country. The candidate is later approved by the Jōnin Council.
Naruto Uzumaki (Genin/Kage):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 7. He didn’t get a promotion due to leaving Konoha before the second Chūnin Exams, unlike his classmates.
Scans from the first, third and fourth databook. He is a Genin (下忍). He is also genin in the second.
Studio Pierrot wrote a filler episode during the end of Naruto Shippūden in 2016/2017 where Naruto was encouraged to study in order to be promoted to the next ranks before being allowed to become Kage. The animation studio is infamous for coming ahead of manga pace or author statements.
Officially, Naruto is a genin and recognized as one until the time he was appointed Kage of Konoha between the Blank Period and Boruto: Naruto the Movie.
Scans from Retsu no Sho, he is a Genin (下忍) and Zai no Sho, he is Hokage (火影).
In an interview from Boruto: Naruto the Movie in 2015, Masashi Kishimoto confirmed that Naruto was never promoted to either chūnin or jōnin before he was named Kage.
Translation by honyakusha-eri. You can find the interview here.
In Boruto: Naruto Next Generations episode 48, Naruto confirmed that he had never been promoted and is indeed considered a genin, with Studio Pierrot backtracking and rectifying their mistake in Naruto Shippūden to follow Masashi Kishimoto's original statement.
Screenshots from Boruto: Naruto Next Generations episode 48 where Naruto reiterates that he never received promotions.
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Sasuke Uchiha (Genin/No rank/Nukenin):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 7. He didn’t get a promotion due to going rogue before the second Chūnin Exams, unlike his classmates, so Konoha no longer considered Sasuke as a ninja.
Scan from the first databook. He is a Genin (下忍). He is also a genin in the second.
In the rest of databooks, Sasuke’s rank appears blank and is considered to be a rogue ninja/nukenin.
Scans from the third, fourth databook. He is -.
Scans from Retsu no Sho and Zai no Sho. He is -.
In an interview from Boruto: Naruto the Movie in 2015, Masashi Kishimoto confirmed that Sasuke was never promoted to either chūnin or jōnin before he was branded as a rogue ninja/nukenin.
Translation by honyakusha-eri. You can find the interview here.
However, Sasuke does consider himself a Konoha shinobi and states so in the novels and anime.
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Sakura Haruno (Jōnin):
She graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 7.
Scan from the first databook. She is a Genin (下忍). She is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of her generation’s first Chūnin Exams, she participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 14 with the rest of her generation, a rank she maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Screenshot from Naruto chapter 247.
Scans from the third and fourth databook. She is a Chūnin (中忍).
Between the ages of 17 and 19, after the Fourth Shinobi World War and before the Blank Period, Sakura became the only one of Konoha’s kunoichi to be promoted to jōnin, and second of her generation after Temari. She was promoted together with Shikamaru Nara.
Scans from Retsu no Sho and Zai no Sho. She is a Jōnin (上忍).
In Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, it is also reiterated in episode 171 despite being a known fact.
Screenshot from Boruto: Naruto Next Generations episode 171 telling Sarada that she is a Konoha jōnin.
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Sai (Chūbu):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at 9, became a chūnin at age 10 and as a member of ANBU Root, became an ANBU, a rank he maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Scans from the third and fourth databook. He is ANBU (暗部).
Between the ages of 17 and 19, after the Fourth Shinobi World War and before the Blank Period, Sai became a chūbu because ANBU had been dissolved due to the creation of the Shinobi Union and the peaceful times, however this rank is exclusive to him and does not belong to the official shinobi rank system. Chūbu means something like “aid branch”. Sai was probably never given a proper ninja rank due to being raised by Root, but it doesn't explain why he obtained a rank of his own despite achieving the rank of chūnin by official means.
Scans from Retsu no Sho and Zai no Sho. He is a Chūbu (柱部).
Despite currently being the Chief of ANBU, Sai's rank has never been addressed in the Boruto era, so he is a chūbu despite having seniority and ANBU continuing to be an official organization within the sequel. Chūbu must be a rank inferior to jōnin because his rank can never be above Shikamaru's, who is second in command after the Hokage and whose rank is jōnin.
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Neji Hyūga (Jōnin):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 3.
Scan from the first databook. He is a Genin (下忍). He is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of his class’ second Chūnin Exams, he participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 15 with the rest of his generation (remember Team 3 are one year older than the rookies).
Between the ages of 15 and 17, during Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, Neji was the first shinobi of his class and Konoha’s generation to be promoted to jōnin, and the only one of his generation with Suna’s Kankurō (and Temari).
Screenshot from Naruto chapter 247.
Scans from the third and fourth databook. He is a Jōnin (上忍).
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Rock Lee (Jōnin):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 3.
Scan from the first databook. He is a Genin (下忍). He is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of his class’ second Chūnin Exams, he participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 15 with the rest of his generation, a rank he maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Scans from the third and fourth databook and Retsu no Sho. He is a Chūnin (中忍).
Between the ages of 17 and 33, after the Blank Period and before Boruto: Naruto the Movie, Rock Lee was the second shinobi of his class and fourth in Konoha’s generation to be promoted to jōnin after Neji Hyūga, Sakura Haruno and Shikamaru Nara.
Scan from Zai no Sho. He is a Jōnin (上忍).
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Tenten (Chūnin):
She graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 3.
Scan from the first databook. She is a Genin (下忍). She is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of his class’ second Chūnin Exams, she participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 15 with the rest of her generation, a rank she maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Due to her last rank data being in the Blank Period and not being shown in the Zai no Sho databook, and the lack of information in the anime, manga, databooks, novels or official material published by Studio Pierrot, Tenten’s rank remains to be chūnin and she was never promoted.
Scans from the third and fourth databook and Retsu no Sho. She is a Chūnin (中忍). She does not appear in Zai no Sho.
In the DLC of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4, Road to Boruto, Tenten is introduced to Boruto as a "Hidden Leaf Jōnin". However, her official character profile in the Boruto skin indicates that she is chūnin.
Neither CyberConnect2 or Namco-Bandai are affiliated to Shueisha, Studio Pierrot or Masashi Kishimoto so this information is not canon. CyberConnect2 has already stated that they usually take some liberties in the adaptation of the original story.
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Shino Aburame (Chūnin):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 8.
Scan from the first databook. He is a Genin (下忍). He is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of his generation’s first Chūnin Exams, he participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 14 with the rest of his generation, a rank he maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Screenshot from Naruto chapter 247.
Due to his last rank data being in the Blank Period and not being shown in the Zai no Sho databook, and the lack of information in the anime, manga, databooks, novels or official material published by Studio Pierrot, Shino’s rank remains to be chūnin and he was never promoted.
Scans from the third and fourth databook and Retsu no Sho. He is a Chūnin (中忍). He does not appear in Zai no Sho.
This settei circulating from a Japanese manga shop that listed Shino as jōnin is an old draft from Studio Pierrot that never made it to the story and is information never made public by the animation studio in any book or material, that is why people who have come across it said it was "by accident" and that is "very difficult to find". Mandarake is a retail shop that sells doujin, merchandising, second hand manga, games, etc. They purchase items from anime studios and animators and sell them, in other words, animators sell their portfolio and Mandarake sells them in a pack. Several anime drafts displayed by this shop have also never made the final cut in the anime, like the family chart that revealed Tenten and Rock Lee as divorcees or other stills from Boruto: Naruto the Movie. Furthermore, the anime confirmed in episode 6 that "Shino sensei has jōnin-level skills", not that he's a jōnin, meaning he is a chūnin with jōnin-level skills (Academy teachers are chūnin), more confirmation that they corrected and discarded their own draft but at one point they considered giving him an anime-only promotion (but decided against it), otherwise Studio Pierrot would be giving contradictory information and we would need to follow what they have made readily available for everybody. There are currently no manga panels, anime episodes, novels or databook sources that hint the chart is canon. Shino is a chūnin according to all official and available sources.
Screenshot from Boruto: Naruto Next Generations episode 6 indicating Shino [is a chūnin that] has jōnin-level skills.
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Kiba Inuzuka (Chūnin):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 8.
Scan from the first databook. He is a Genin (下忍). He is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of his generation’s first Chūnin Exams, he participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 14 with the rest of his generation, a rank he maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Screenshot from Naruto chapter 247.
Due to his last rank data being in the Blank Period and not being shown in the Zai no Sho databook, and the lack of information in the anime, manga, databooks, novels or official material published by Studio Pierrot, Kiba’s rank remains to be chūnin and he was never promoted.
Scans from the third and fourth databook and Retsu no Sho. He is a Chūnin (中忍). He does not appear in Zai no Sho.
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Hinata Hyūga (Chūnin):
She graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 8.
Scan from the first databook. She is a Genin (下忍). She is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of her generation’s first Chūnin Exams, she participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 14 with the rest of her generation, a rank she maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Screenshot from Naruto chapter 247.
Scans from the third and fourth databook and Retsu no Sho. She is a Chūnin (中忍).
After the age of 19, Hinata retired a chūnin and has lived as a common housewife according to Naruto Shinden and Naruto Retsuden.
Scans from Zai no Sho. and Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child Day. She is a Chūnin (中忍).
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Shikamaru Nara (Jōnin):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 10.
(There are no raw scan from the first databook but he is a Genin (下忍). He is also a genin in the second.)
After the failure of his generation’s first Chūnin Exams, he was promoted to chūnin at age 13, the only shinobi to achieve it, a rank he maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Screenshot from Naruto chapter 172.
Scans from the third and fourth databook. He is a Chūnin (中忍).
Between the ages of 17 and 19, after the Fourth Shinobi World War and before the Blank Period, Shikamaru became the first shinobi of his class and second in Konoha’s generation to be promoted to jōnin after Neji Hyūga. He was promoted together with Sakura Haruno.
Scans from Retsu no Sho and Zai no Sho. He is a Jōnin (上忍).
Currently, from Boruto: Two Blue Vortex chapter 1, Shikamaru is the acting Eighth Hokage.
Scan from Boruto: Two Blue Vortex chapter 1. He is the acting Hokage (火影).
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Chōji Akimichi (Chūnin):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 10.
Scan from the first databook. He is a Genin (下忍). He is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of his generation’s first Chūnin Exams, he participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 14 with the rest of his generation, a rank he maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Screenshot from Naruto chapter 247.
Due to his last rank data being in the Blank Period and not being shown in the Zai no Sho databook, and the lack of information in the anime, manga, databooks, novels or official material published by Studio Pierrot, Chōji’s rank remains to be chūnin and he was never promoted.
Scans from the third and fourth databook and Retsu no Sho. He is a Chūnin (中忍). He does not appear in Zai no Sho.
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Ino Yamanaka (Chūnin):
She graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team 10.
Scan from the first databook. She is a Genin (下忍). She is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of her generation’s first Chūnin Exams, she participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 14 with the rest of her generation, a rank she maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Screenshot from Naruto chapter 247.
Due to her last rank data being in the Blank Period and not being shown in the Zai no Sho databook, and the lack of information in the anime, manga, databooks, novels or official material published by Studio Pierrot, Ino’s rank remains to be chūnin and she was never promoted.
Scans from the third and fourth databook and Retsu no Sho. She is a Chūnin (中忍). She does not appear in Zai no Sho.
This settei circulating from a Japanese manga shop that listed Ino (and Shino) as jōnin is an old draft from Studio Pierrot that never made it to the story and is information never made public by the animation studio in any book or material, that is why people who have come across it said it was "by accident" and that is "very difficult to find". Mandarake is a retail shop that sells doujin, merchandising, second hand manga, games, etc. They purchase items from anime studios and animators and sell them, in other words, animators sell their portfolio and Mandarake sells them in a pack. Several anime drafts displayed by this shop have also never made the final cut in the anime, like the family chart that revealed Tenten and Rock Lee as divorcees or other stills from Boruto: Naruto the Movie. Furthermore, the anime confirmed in episode 6 that "Shino sensei has jōnin-level skills", not that he's a jōnin, meaning he is a chūnin with jōnin-level skills (Academy teachers are chūnin), more confirmation that they corrected and discarded their own draft but at one point they considered giving him an anime-only promotion (but decided against it), otherwise Studio Pierrot would be giving contradictory information and we would need to follow what they have made readily available for everybody. Chūnins are team leaders. There are currently no manga panels, anime episodes, novels or databook sources that hint the chart is canon. Ino is a chūnin according to all official and available sources.
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Gaara (Chūnin/Kage):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team Baki.
Scan from the first databook. He is a Genin (下忍). He is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of his generation’s first Chūnin Exams, he participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 14 with the rest of his generation.
Between the ages of 14 and 16, Gaara was named Fifth Kazekage, a rank he maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto. It was never confirmed whether he also obtained the promotion to jōnin.
Screenshot from Naruto chapter 248 (although his rank was properly revealed in chapter 247).
Scans from the third and fourth databook and Retsu no Sho. He is a Kazekage (風影). He does appear in Zai no Sho (see Kage below).
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Kankurō (Jōnin):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team Baki.
Scan from the first databook. He is a Genin (下忍). He is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of his generation’s first Chūnin Exams, he participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 16 with the rest of his generation.
Between the ages of 16 and 18, during Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, Kankurō was promoted to jōnin with Temari and became the only one to become one with Konoha’s Neji Hyūga, a rank he maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Screenshot from Naruto chapter 247.
Scans from the third and fourth databook. He is a Jōnin (上忍). He does no appear in Retsu no Sho and Zai no Sho.
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Temari (Jōnin):
She graduated from the Ninja Academy at 12 and became a genin member of Team Baki.
Scan from the first databook. She is a Genin (下忍). She is also a genin in the second.
After the failure of his generation’s first Chūnin Exams, she participated in a second examination and was promoted to chūnin at 17 with the rest of her generation.
Between the ages of 17 and 19, during Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, Temari was the first kunoichi of her generation to promoted to jōnin, a rank she maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Screenshot from Naruto chapter 247.
Scans from the third and fourth databook and Retsu no Sho. She is a Jōnin (上忍). She does not appear in Zai no Sho.
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Jūgo (No rank/Nukenin):
It is unknown if he graduated from the Ninja Academy..
At the time of his debut in Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, he was a nukenin at age 18, a rank he maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Due to his last rank data being in the fourth databook and not being shown in the Retsu no Sho and Zai no Sho, and the lack of information in the anime, manga, databooks, novels or official material published by Studio Pierrot, Jūgo’s rank remains to be nukenin. It is unlikely that he will ever hold an official rank.
Scans from the third databook and fourth databook. He is -.
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Suigetsu (No rank/Nukenin):
It is unknown if he graduated from the Ninja Academy..
At the time of his debut in Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, he was a nukenin at age 17, a rank he maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Due to his last rank data being in the fourth databook and not being shown in the Retsu no Sho and Zai no Sho, and the lack of information in the anime, manga, databooks, novels or official material published by Studio Pierrot, Suigetsu’s rank remains to be nukenin. It is unlikely that he will ever hold an official rank.
Scans from the third databook and fourth databook. He is -.
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Karin (No rank/Nukenin):
She graduated from the Ninja Academy at an unknown age and became a genin, although the databook profile does not reveal at which age, she participated in the same Chūnin Exams as the Konoha 12 and Sand Siblings.
At the time of her debut in Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, she was a nukenin at age 16, a rank she maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Due to her last rank data being in the fourth databook and not being shown in the Retsu no Sho and Zai no Sho, and the lack of information in the anime, manga, databooks, novels or official material published by Studio Pierrot, Karin’s rank remains to be nukenin. It is unlikely that she will ever hold an official rank.
Scans from the third databook and fourth databook. She is -.
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Karui (Chūnin):
She graduated from the Ninja Academy at an unknown age and became a genin.
At the time of her debut in Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, she was a chūnin at age 16, a rank she maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Due to her last rank data being in the fourth databook and not being shown in the Retsu no Sho and Zai no Sho, and the lack of information in the anime, manga, databooks, novels or official material published by Studio Pierrot, Karui’s rank remains to be chūnin and she was never promoted.
Scan from the fourth databook. She is a Chūnin (中忍).
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Omoi (Jōnin):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at an unknown age and became a genin.
At the time of his debut in Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, he was a chūnin at age 16, a rank he maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Scan from the fourth databook. He is a Chūnin (中忍).
In Boruto: Naruto Next Generations episode 166, it was said that a group of jōnin from Kumogakure confronted Deepa, Omoi being one of them. This could imply that Omoi was promoted to jōnin between the ages of 17 and 32.
Screenshots from Boruto: Naruto Next Generations episode 165 and 166 where Omoi and a group of other Kumo jōnin fight Deepa.
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Hanabi Hyūga (Jōnin):
She graduated from the Ninja Academy at an unknown age and was a genin at the age of 14 during the Blank Period.
Scan from Retsu no Sho. She is a Genin (下忍).
In Boruto: Naruto Next Generations she became the leader of a genin team, so she must have been at least a Tokubetsu Jōnin in order to become a sensei.
In the second Boruto novel written by Ukyō Kodachi, she is confirmed to be a Jōnin (上忍) but the novel never obtained an English tranlation.
Screenshot from Boruto: Naruto Next Generations episode 38 where Hanabi meets her team for the first time.
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Konohamaru Sarutobi, Udon Ise and Moegi Kazamatsuri (Jōnin):
They graduated from the Ninja Academy at an unknown age and were a genin at the age of 12 during Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, a rank they maintained until the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Scan from Retsu no Sho. He is a Genin (下忍). Konohamaru and his teammates all got promotions simultaneously.
In Naruto Gaiden character descriptions, they are all described as Jōnin (上忍) and Konohamaru is described as a Jōnin (上忍) in Zai no Sho.
Scans from Naruto Gaiden and Zai no Sho. They are Jōnin (上忍).
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Kurotsuchi (Jōnin/Kage):
She graduated from the Ninja Academy at an unknown age and became a genin.
At the time of her debut in Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, she was a jōnin at age 18. She was already a Kage when the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Between the ages of 18 and 33, after Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II and Boruto: Naruto the Movie, Kurotsuchi had become the Third Tsuchikage.
Scans from the fourth databook, she is a Jōnin (上忍) and Zai no Sho, she is Tsuchikage (土影).
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Chōjūro (Jōnin/Kage):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at an unknown age and became a genin.
At the time of her debut in Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, he was a jōnin at age 19. He was already a Kage when the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Between the ages of 19 and 34, after Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II and Boruto: Naruto the Movie, Chōjūro had become the Sixth Mizukage.
Scans from the fourth databook, he is a Jōnin (上忍) and Zai no Sho, he is Mizukage (水影).
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Darui (Jōnin/Kage):
He graduated from the Ninja Academy at an unknown age and became a genin.
At the time of her debut in Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II, he was a jōnin at age 26. He was already a Kage when the manga ended and the story continued in future projects written by Masashi Kishimoto.
Between the ages of 26 and 41, after Naruto Shippūden or Naruto part II and Boruto: Naruto the Movie, Darui had become the Fifth Raikage.
Scans from the fourth databook, he is a Jōnin (上忍) and Zai no Sho, he is Raikage (雷影).
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Katasuke Tōno (Tokubetsu/Special Jōnin):
At the time of his debut in Boruto: Naruto the Movie, he was a Jōnin (上忍).
However, the writer of the Boruto manga at the time, Ukyō Kodachi, changed his rank and demoted him to Tokubetsu/Special Jōnin (特別上忍) in chapter 11.
Scans from Zai no Sho, he is a Jōnin (上忍) and Boruto chapter 11, he is Tokubetsu/Special Jōnin (特別上忍).
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Other characters’ ranks who appear in Boruto have not changed:
- Kakashi Hatake and Tsunade are former Kage (影).
- Might Guy and Kurenai are still Jōnin (上忍).
- Ibiki Morino is still a Tokubetsu/Special Jōnin (特別上忍)
- Iruka Umino and Mirai Sarutobi are still Chūnin (中忍).
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Before anybody comments saying that some characters must have had their ranks updated because it has been a while since it was mentioned (their rank status), remember that the anime, manga, novels and databooks constantly change ranks of characters or simply reminds the viewers of ranks.
- Katasuke Tōno debuted as a jōnin and was demoted to tokubetsu/special jōnin in the manga.
- Omoi was a chūnin in Naruto and was later mentioned in a team of jōnin in the anime.
- Naruto Uzumaki confirmed his genin rank in the anime following Masashi Kishimoto's interview.
- Sakura Haruno has been a jōnin since Retsu no Sho, but the anime reiterated the fact.
- Shikamaru Nara has been a jōnin since Retsu no Sho and he is now a Kage in the manga.
- Shino Aburame was confirmed to retain his rank of chūnin despite being of jōnin level.
- Rock Lee and Konohamaru Sarutobi had their promotions in Zai no Sho.
- Ibiki Morino has been a tokubetsu jōnin since Naruto and confirmed again in the anime.
- Moegi Kazamatsuri and Udon Ise had their promotions in Naruto Gaiden.
- Hanabi Hyūga had her promotion in the second Boruto novel plus she has a genin team so she had to be above chūnin rank.
If the rank from any character in the list has not been mentioned in the anime, manga, databooks or novels it means their rank has not changed. Any chart from sources not affiliated to Studio Pierrot or Shueisha are not canon. If a character's new rank is not explicitly stated, it is not up to the fandom to scout the internet to find clues. All canon and information that Shueisha and Studio Pierrot want to release, will be released by them and published on official sites on social media by them.