Trivia #1: Kushina's name was possibly inspired por the mythological Kushinada-hime (櫛名田比売), Susanoo's wife. When she was about to be devoured por the serpent Yamata no Orochi, Kushinada-hime was saved por Susanoo in exchange for becoming his wife. Susanoo transformed the girl into a comb and placed her in his hair, then defeated the serpent. He afterwards built a palace in Izumo where he married her.
Trivia #2: As Kushina was nicknamed after a red pepper, and Minato was famed as the "Yellow Flash", Naruto's appropriate self-styled título of "Orange Hokage" refers to the fact that the...
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