Shikamaru Nara (奈良シカマル Nara Shikamaru) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto created by Masashi Kishimoto. He is a member of Asuma Sarutobi's Team 10, consisting of himself, Choji Akimichi, and Ino Yamanaka.

"Shika" can mean deer (鹿), and "-maru" (丸) means "round", "circle", or "well-developed", but is commonly used as a suffix in boys' names. The names "Ino", "Shika" and "Cho" are also a pun on the "Ino-Shika-Cho" winning combination in Hanafuda. His surname, Nara, is taken from Nara Park ( Nara ko-en), a park famous for deer whose antlers are used for medicines. Nara was also the era when Buddhism was introduced to Japan. The Buddhist monasteries founded in the Nara Prefecture took the deer as their symbolic protector, and made hunting deer illegal in the prefecture. Nara also refers to maple, which is the plant associated with the shika card in Hanafuda.

Kagemane no Jutsu (The Art of Me-and-My-Shadow)
Kage Kubi Shibari no Jutsu (Shadow Neck Bind Technique)
Kage Nui (Shadow Sewing)
Kagenane Shuriken no Jutsu (Shadow Imitation Shuriken Technique)
Kage Yose no Jutsu (Shadow Gathering Technique)