same, but wears larger wrist-guards and his boots reach his calves.[13] Years later, Chōji's hair grew shoulder length and slicked back with some strands worn as braids. He also sports a full goatee around his mouth.

Chōji intercepts Jirōbō's attack after using the Butterfly Chōji Mode.

At the start of the series, Chōji's taijutsu was passable, and could be used to great effect with his clan's size-enhancing techniques to greatly increase the striking power of his blows. He is a 'power' type, using his massive physical strength enhanced with his clan's techniques to inflict crippling blows. When he fought against Jirōbō, after the consumption of the Green Pill, he was able to flip him with ease. After taking the Red Pill and forming his butterfly wings, Chōji could easily catchJirōbō's Cursed Seal Level 2-enhanced fist, and kill him with a single punch, forming a large crater underneath. After the time-skip, Chōji's taijutsu improved immensely, being able to effortlessly destroy a few of Sai's lions with his Partial Multi-Size Technique. He could also stun two of Kakuzu's masks after growing to tremendous size and using the Super Open Hand Slap technique. By Pain's assault on Konoha, he was nearly able to destroy Deva Path with a massive punch, and due to his massive physical strength he was key in restraining the Path after Shinra Tensei was used. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Chōji could get into striking range of a reincarnated Asuma twice, but was unable to land a blow due to his hesitation to hurt his