CryptoNinja Partners is an NFT collection that consists of 22,222 NFTs with generative profile pictures stored on the Ethereum blockchain. The NFT serves as a "membership card" that grants access to the benefits generated by NinjaDAO, which is a community consisting of more than 100,000 individuals. The pre-sale mint of the collection began on May 15, 2022 and all of the items were sold out within 80 minutes. ^[1][2][3]

Overview

Initially, the original artwork consisted of four primary characters: Leelee the panda, Mitama the ghost, Narukami the bird, and Orochi the snake. However, a new character named Luna the bunny was introduced at the end of July 2022, and a sixth character called Yama the imp was also introduced. ^[3]

The purpose of creating CNP was to enhance and solidify the Ninja DAO community. As the primary collection of the community, CryptoNinja has a limited number of NFT releases, with only thirty-three available as of now. In order to make the collection accessible to all investors, the DAO decided to develop a generative collection that was affordable with a mint price of 0.001ETH. ^[3]

Characters

• LeeLee the panda, is the partner of another character called Xiaolan, a ninja from Koka. Whenever Xiaolan calls upon her, Leelee can transform into a giant panda. Within the CNP, Leelee has taken on 71 distinct forms, and since its release, has gained popularity for its cute and charming appearance. ^[4]

• Mitama the ghost, is the partner of Saika’s ninja Seori. Within the CNP, Mitama has the ability to transform into 71 distinct forms. ^[5]

• Narukami the hawk, is the partner of the Iga ninja Hayate.Within the CNP, Narukami has the ability to transform into 72 unique forms. Currently, a CNP Manga featuring Narukami as the primary character is under development. ^[6]

• The white snake Orochi is the partner of the Fuma ninja Janome. Orochi has the ability to transform into 74 distinct forms within the CNP. ^[7]

• Luna is the partner of Oto, a ninja from Koka. She is a rabbit that can transform into 36 unique forms. Luna made its first appearance in CNP rather than CryptoNinja, and its name was chosen by the CNP owners through a voting process. ^[8]

• Yama is the partner of the Fuma ninja Ibuki. In CNP, it transforms into 36 forms. Yama was unveiled before his master Ninja Ibuki. ^[9]

CNP Toys

A new NFT collection was launched under the popular CryptoNinja Partners (CNP) project on LINE's NFT marketplace on January 21, 2023, as announced by its Japan-based distributor Bucket. ^[11]

The collection, called "CNP Toys," went on sale at noon on February 21, featuring three characters: "LeeLee" the panda, "Mitama" the ghost, and "Orochi" the white snake. The sales period lasted until February 22. ^[11]

After the sale period was over, items in the new series could be transacted. The second batch was scheduled for release on February 22. ^[11]

NinjaDAO

The team behind CryptoNinja Partners is NinjaDAO, which is composed of the following members: ^[10]

• Komesuke (Head Designer): Creator and cartoonist - winner of illustration competitions, Elf Masters and Flower Lolita @comes_k_NFT
• Ikehaya (Lead Marketer): Business and NFT influencer (450k followers). The founder of NinjaDAO and Ikehaya Cryptocurrency Lab(ICL) @IHayato
• Road (Founder): Entrepreneur and business developer. The founder of web marketing company Bucket Ltd @road_ninjart
• Syou (Engineer): A Web3 software engineer. Joint Representative of the Pixel Heroes NFT collection @nft_syou
• CryptoBox (Publicist): Assistant Project Manager. Responsible for PR and media publications @cryptobox_jp