Naruto Headband - Integral Part of the Naruto Costumes

The Naruto Headband is an integral part of the costume of Naruto. The Naruto Headband can be defined more precisely as forehead protector. This headband has different kinds of functions but the most important one is to protect the forehead during the time of battle. The main focus of wearing the headband id is to show the allegiance or it is to show pat allegiance to some of the villages in the Naruto anime. Some people thing that there is some kind of special significance of wearing this forehead band on the part of the body but it is not true. Wearing this band on forehead has no significant meaning.

The headband of Naruto consists of a cloth that is wrapped around the forehead and then tied at the back of the forehead. At the front of the forehead protector there is a plate made of metal and is affixed on to the cloth of the headband and is designed is such a manner so as to protect forehead from any kind of damage particularly during war time. This Naruto headband is specially designed for the deflection of the sharp projectiles and other kind of sharp objects.

It is not that all the characters of the Naruto anime series wear this headband but intentionally some of the characters wear this headband and some do not wear it. Generally the female characters of this anime series are not required to wear these headbands. The female characters generally wear the headband as an accessory and not as a necessity. For example the character of Ino wears this headband as a belt and the character of Sakura wears this as a headband. The character of Naruto always wears this headband. In fact you will never see this character without the headband on the forehead. Naruto wears this headband as a symbol of pride and honor. There are some other characters such as Rock Lee and Shikimaru that don't wear this forehead protector as a necessity but just wear it. It is believed in the anime that as long as the headband is visible on any part of the body then every thing is alright.

An important thing about the Naruto Headband in the Naruto costumes is that this headband is meant to show allegiance for the village or allegiance against the village. The plate of the metal that is fount at the front of the headband is inscribed with the sign of some village from where the ninja that is wearing the headband belongs too. In this way this headband also helps in identifying the ninja. It also helps in distinguishing the ninja from a friend village and ninja from enemy village.

This Naruto headband is the most interesting and most talked part of the costume of the Naruto costume and it is in fact the first item that the people purchase when preparing for Naruto cosplay. There are some kind of characters that don't wear this headband and such characters mostly include civilians and rogue ninjas.