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In chapter 700 of Naruto manga (last chapter) it was shown that [Uzumaki
Naruto](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki) finally reached his dream
of becoming Hokage. It was also shown that he didn't achieve it immediately
after the 4th Shinobi War ended as [Hatake
Kakashi](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kakashi_Hatake) was the 6th Hokage and
Naruto was the 7th.

AFAIK, even when fighting [Otsutsuki
Kaguya](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kaguya_%C5%8Ctsutsuki), Naruto was a
Genin as he never passed the Chuunin nor Jounin exam (as far as the manga is
concerned). There is an anime where [Naruto took the Chuunin
exam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1eWFKjFdtU), but he failed after
disqualified due to using Sage Mode.

It was shown in Naruto the Movie "Road to Ninja", that to become Jounin, one
must become a Chuunin first. However it is also to be noted that [double
promotion is also
possible](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/19371/is-it-possible-for-
a-genin-to-become-a-jonin/19479#19479).

4th, 5th, and 6th Hokage were all Jounin prior to being Hokage. I'm not sure
about the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Hokage, although strength-wise they are stronger
than your average Jounin. The [next
Hokage](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hokage) was chosen either by the current
Hokage, or the Daimyou of the Land of Fire. No other requirements was listed
on the Wikia.

So, to the question, has Naruto reached the rank of Jounin when he was
selected as the 7th Hokage? Or was he still a Genin, since it didn't actually
matter much considering that everyone knows who he is, that he was the hero
who saved Konoha from Pain, and more importantly the world from Infinite
Tsukuyomi.


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At the end, did Naruto skip Chunnin and Jounin rank before becoming Hokage?


> In regards to Naruto's rank which remains as the lowest one, Genin, due to
> Naruto spending most of his Part II's time fighting and training, Kishimoto
> decided Naruto would skip the following ranks to become the Hokage, which he
> felt was appealing.

Taken from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki), which
references [Cinema Today: "Boruto: Naruto the Movie" (in
Japanese)](https://www.cinematoday.jp/page/A0004639).


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The thing that he studied for the written test was a very long time ago. Don't
forget that he did take the exam as a kid but it got cut short by orochimaru
and only shikamaru got promoted.

TBH Naruto didn't need to; Kakashi admitted that he had already surpassed all
the past Hokages and he saved all the villages. If he takes the Chunin exam he
would be way too overadvantaged over everyone.

The chunin exam only tests the abilty, and naruto has shown that he has a lot
more than the capability of any chunin or jounin. He didn't need the exam.


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While it is true that we never see him get promoted even to chuunin, notice
that in one of the episodes after the end of the fight between him and Sasuke
(around Shippuuden 490), Kakashi tells him that he would be promoted to jounin
after studying hard for it, since Naruto already proved that he had enough
strength and skill, but lacked knowledge.

We're shown that he became Hokage, but we're not shown that he finally became
a jounin. Maybe I've skipped something though.


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