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After the Great Fourth Shinobi World War, all the Kages are heavily injured,
especially the 4th Raikage who lost his hand (which was answered nicely by
Ankit Sharma [here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/40776/36522)).

Now, the 5th Raikage selected was Darui, a shinobi of Kumogakure and the
right-hand-man of the 4th Raikage. He may be capable of this position & may
have proved his worth in the War.

On the other hand, here is what I think of Killer Bee:

  1. He is also a good & talented Shinobi.
  2. He is the brother of the 4th Raikage.
  3. He is a jinchuriki.
  4. He has a well-controlled of his tailed beast. He even taught it to Naruto.
  5. Even Minato, the 4th Hokage also praised Killer Bee on a fight with the 4th Raikage.
  6. He's the master/sensei of Omoi, Samui, and Darui.
  7. Having a good relationship with all other Kages.
  8. Unique fight style which I absorbed.

Considering this, why wasn't Killer Bee recognized as the 5th Raikage?


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Why wasn't Killer Bee recognized as the 5th Raikage?


I do not believe Kishimoto wrote anything in regards to transition of the 4th
to the 5th Raikage, but the selection of the
[Raikage](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Raikage) is not touched on a whole lot
and is unclear to us.

> How the Raikage is selected isn't clear; after the Third Raikage died, his
> son automatically became Fourth Raikage, a decision made many years earlier

It is possible [Killer B](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Killer_B) was nominated
for the position, but we may never know. I can say that Killer B has no
passion to being a Kage - his passion is music and his goal is to be greatest
rapper. If he was nominated, Killer B may have turned it down, like Jiraiya,
to pursue his passions

> Despite being responsible for the village's protection, B aspires to be the
> world's greatest rapper.

While there have been, and currently are, Kage who are jinchūriki, this does
not automatically make them the next in line a Kage position. It is merely
tradition for the next jinchūriki to be a relative of the current
[Kage](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kage).

> Because jinchūriki were so important to their village, it was a tradition
> for a jinchūriki to be a relative of the current Kage, both to strengthen
> the jinchūriki's loyalties to the village and to display the Kage's might.

Given that Killer B is the (adoptive) brother of the 4th Raikage, he became
the jinchūriki for his brother.

> According to Motoi, the reason behind him becoming a jinchūriki was for the
> sake of his brother, even if it meant being shunned by the villagers


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