Who are the characters on Naruto rise of ninja

The characters are basically all the characters from the series of Naruto i.e. Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Shikamaru, Choji, Ino etc.
The character you will play mostly is obviously Naruto however as the story progresses you can play as different characters. If you wish to find the entire list of characters in the game follow this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto_rise_of_a_ninja