Jiraiya

1. 1
   Team Hiruzen

   The clumsy one of three

   Jiraiya trains under Hiruzen Sarutobi alongside Tsunade and Orochimaru. He is the slowest of the three to find his footing — the student nobody yet expects much from.

2. 2
   The Sannin

   A legend by survival

   During the Second Shinobi World War, the three of them survive a battle with the Ame leader Hanzō, who names them the Legendary Sannin. Jiraiya goes on to train in senjutsu at Mount Myōboku and becomes its Toad Sage.

3. 3
   The prophecy

   Three orphans in the rain

   The Great Toad Sage foretells that Jiraiya will teach a student who reshapes the world. Carrying guilt for the war, Jiraiya stays in Amegakure to train three war orphans — Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan — then leaves them behind.

4. 4
   The wandering sage

   Spy, author, godfather

   Jiraiya turns down the role of Hokage, letting Minato take it. He becomes Konoha's spymaster and a bestselling novelist, travels constantly, mentors Minato, and stands as godfather to Minato's son.

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   Master and studentDebut Arc · Tsunade Search

   Two and a half years

   After Sasuke's defection, Jiraiya takes Naruto on a long training journey, teaching him toad summoning and the Rasengan. Somewhere along the way he decides Naruto, not Nagato, is the true Child of Prophecy.

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   The gallant end

   The tale ends in the rain

   Jiraiya goes alone into the Hidden Rain to spy on the Akatsuki's leader, and finds Pain is the path his own former student took. Ambushed and killed, he uses his last strength to send back a coded message that lets Konoha undo Pain.

Jiraiya is ranked among the strongest shinobi Konoha ever produced. He signed the toad contract as a boy and trained in senjutsu at Mount Myōboku, which lets him enter Sage Mode and fight with natural energy. He commands earth, fire, and water release and a heavy toad-style taijutsu — and he wrote a bestselling novel series on the side.

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• Who is Jiraiya?+

  Jiraiya is one of Konohagakure's three Legendary Sannin and the Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku. He was a spy, a novelist, and a renowned teacher who trained the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and later Naruto Uzumaki.
• How does Jiraiya die?+

  Jiraiya dies during the "Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant" arc of Naruto: Shippūden. He travels alone into the Hidden Rain to spy on the Akatsuki, is ambushed by the Six Paths of Pain, and is killed in the fight — but not before sending a coded message that lets Konoha later defeat Pain.
• What did Jiraiya teach Naruto?+

  Over a two-and-a-half-year training journey, Jiraiya taught Naruto chakra control, toad summoning, and the Rasengan — the technique invented by Jiraiya's own student, Minato. He also passed on his belief that a true shinobi works toward peace.
• Why is Jiraiya one of the Sannin?+

  Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru earned the title "Legendary Sannin" after surviving a battle against Hanzō during the Second Shinobi World War. Jiraiya later trained in senjutsu with the toads of Mount Myōboku, which earned him the separate title Toad Sage.
• Why does Narutodle list Jiraiya as a Jōnin?+

  Narutodle freezes characters at the end of Naruto: Shippūden. Jiraiya declined the role of Hokage and remained a Jōnin-rank shinobi his whole career, so that is his recorded Ninja Rank. His vital status is recorded as deceased.
• Has Jiraiya been a Narutodle answer?+

  Jiraiya is in the daily answer pool of 210 characters. The Previous Narutodle Appearances list on this page shows every date he was the Classic answer, each linking to a replayable archive puzzle.
• How do you guess Jiraiya in Narutodle?+

  Jiraiya's Attributes column is the giveaway — it reads Legendary Sannin, a title held by only three characters in the roster, alongside Sage Mode and a summoning contract. His Senjutsu jutsu type supports it; the rest of his profile is a fairly common Konoha Jōnin.