The Stone Carver is the mason responsible for chiselling each Hokage's likeness into the Hokage Rock. A perfectionist about his craft, he finds his work repeatedly upended by the shifting fortunes of Konoha's leadership.
His black hair is cropped short and tapers into sideburns that meet a very short beard, and a bushy moustache sits above his lip. Around his forehead he ties a small headband of twisted, rope-like cord.
He is devoted to his trade to an almost obsessive degree, studying a subject's face closely and even dreaming of it so his carving will be flawless. That same devotion turns to fury when his labour is wasted, as when Danzō Shimura falls in battle before the mason can so much as start on his likeness.

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Around the time of the Five Kage Summit, he is set to carve the face of the Sixth Hokage candidate when his assistant brings word that Danzō has been killed, leaving him incensed after all the effort spent perfecting his mental image of the man. He next latches onto Kakashi Hatake, pulling him aside before an urgent meeting with the Fire Daimyō to measure his face and lay down thin coats of plaster for a mould, and he insists Kakashi lower his mask, arguing a hidden face makes for a poor monument. Before he can finish, his assistant returns once more to report that Kakashi is no longer Hokage, the Fifth having woken from her coma, to the carver's renewed frustration. The character for stone is stitched onto the back of his garb.
In Naruto, the Stone Carver is the mason responsible for chiselling each Hokage's likeness into the Hokage Rock. He is a perfectionist known for studying a subject's face closely, even dreaming about it, so his carving comes out flawless.
The Stone Carver has short black hair that tapers into sideburns meeting a short beard, along with a bushy moustache. He ties a small headband of twisted, rope-like cord around his forehead.
The Stone Carver was set to carve Danzō Shimura's face onto the Hokage Rock as a Sixth Hokage candidate, but Danzō was killed before the carving could even begin, leaving the Stone Carver incensed after all the mental preparation he had put into perfecting the likeness.
The Stone Carver pulled Kakashi Hatake aside before an urgent meeting with the Fire Daimyō to measure his face and apply thin coats of plaster for a mould, insisting Kakashi lower his mask since a hidden face would make a poor monument.
No, the Stone Carver was unable to finish Kakashi Hatake's likeness. His assistant returned to report that Kakashi was no longer Hokage after Tsunade woke from her coma, leaving the carver frustrated once more.
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