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I know that the villagers of Konoha were afraid of the Kyuubi because of its
rampage on the village, and that the Fourth Hokage saved the village by
sealing it inside Naruto. Based on this
[answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/574/1677), the Third Hokage hid his
identity to protect him.

Did the Third Hokage hide only Naruto's relation with the Fourth, or also him
being the Kyuubi jinchuriki? If so, did the villagers find out because Naruto
went out of control with the Kyuubi's chakra?

**Edit:** To make clear what I am exactly curious about.

Why didn't they also hide Naruto's identity as a jinchuriki so the villagers
will not hate him?


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How did the villagers know about Naruto being the Kyuubi's jinchuriki?


They know Naruto is the Jinchuuriki. What the Third Hokage hid from the rest
of the villagers is his relation to Minato and the fact that the village was
attacked by Tobi. Many people did not know the kyuubi disaster was because
Tobi had attacked and caused it. Instead, they thought the kyuubi had just
gone loose.


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This might not really satisfy you.  
But when naruto was trying to get control of kurama's charka kushina popped
out.  
That time kushina told naruto what had happened during the sealing.  
Minato had made a barrier like structure which blocked others from entering
it.  
They showed that sarutobi and some other shinobi from the leaf were there,
watching minato die :(  

![Sarutobi and other ninjas](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EZv3H.png)

Now as you can see that there had been many other people who witnessed the
scene of sealing the kyuubi.  
There can be a possibility that someone else could have leaked the information
that the kyuubi was sealed in naruto.  
It could also have been that sarutobi himself told them to do so, to protect
naruto in some way.  


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The villagers know that Naruto is the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki because Sarutobi
Hiruzen told them!

Here's why: In one of the earliest chapters, Hiruzen tells Iruka that the
Fourth Hokage had died hoping the villagers would see Naruto as a hero, who
sealed the Kyuubi. The only way Hiruzen could make it happen is by telling the
villagers that Naruto was the kid that the Fourth Hokage sealed the Kyuubi
into.

However, he decided not to reveal Naruto's relation to the Fourth Hokage. Note
also that Kushina's pregnancy was a highly classified information, known only
to Hiruzen, Biwako, Minato, a few ANBU members and some others. Hiruzen could
have made up a story that Naruto was a random kid that Minato picked to seal
the Kyuubi (or something like that), and few would have suspected or
questioned him.

PS: A little plot hole there is that on growing up, Naruto's close resemblance
to Minato, along with the Kyuubi story, should have raised a few eyebrows, but
Kishimoto probably decided it was not important enough for the "plot" to
require an explanation.


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The reason to y narutos parentage was hidden was so that the fourth hokages
ememies wouldn't target him, as he is his child. They didn't hide the part
where he was a jinchuriki was so that, Naruto would be more protected while he
was sent on missions and given more importance. Every hidden village in the
five great nations has a tailed beast which holds a lot of power. Since every
tailed beast is an important part in their villages military they have to be
protected and given more importance at times. When Naruto goes on missions, he
has to be given more importance , if a situation where someone has to be left
behind to let the others escape. Now they can't let an important part of their
villages military strength sacrificed or let it get captured by the other
villages shinobi. A jinchuriki might face a lot of ill treatment but is given
more protection and importance in matters of military purposes


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From what I've seen from a video discussing the Itachi novels, there was a
retcon where Naruto actually had a normal life at first, but his Jinchuriki
status was leaked by Danzo. The reason why Naruto can't recall this, is
because he was too young to the remember that there was a time that he wasn't
hated.


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