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I am not familiar with the contents of any of the movies. Keeping this in
mind, can anyone tell me if Naruto ever gets the promotion to chūnin (or Jōnin
for that matter). Since he is clearly the Hokage in the last chapter of the
manga, I wonder if he was made such while officially still a genin.


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Does Naruto ever hold the rank of chūnin?


No, it was never shown in anime or OVA or manga (at the time of this answer)

Naruto didn't become chūnin in first chūnin exam, he missed the second chūnin
exam due to his training with Jiraiya.

There is third chūnin exam mentioned in an OVA:

[Chūnin Exam on Fire! Naruto vs.
Konohamaru!](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ch%C5%ABnin_Exam_on_Fire!_Naruto_vs._Konohamaru!)

Where Naruto only got one hit but lost due to getting disqualified for using
sage mode. But the same OVA also shows him qualified too:-

> In the end, Kakashi, Gaara and the others comfort Naruto by letting him know
> he can become a chūnin anytime he wants, as he has already surpassed his
> contemporaries, including Kakashi himself.


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No Naruto never becomes chunin in the series nor is he ever chunin. After the
war and Kakashi becomes hokage, Naruto studies to become straight to jonin
(anime) bypassing the chunin stage. It obviously makes sense that Naruto never
becomes chunin as he is well over jonin level by the end.


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