The Rinnegan
The legendary dōjutsu Madara secretly gave Nagato as a boy. It grants every nature transformation, sight of chakra, and the full set of the Six Paths techniques.
Amegakure
Nagato
ナガト · 长门
Also known as Pain, Pein, Deva Path, Tendō…
Quick facts
- Gender
- Male
- Clan
- Uzumaki
- Ninja Rank
- Rogue Ninja
- Vital Status
- Deceased
- Debut Arc
- Pain's Assault on Konoha
- Birthday
- 09-19
- Height
- 175 cm
- Village
- Amegakure
Dossier · 02 — Registry Summary
Who Is Nagato?
Registry summary
Nagato is a shinobi of Amegakure and a descendant of the Uzumaki clan, best known by the name Pain. A war orphan who wielded the legendary Rinnegan, he founded the Akatsuki with his friends to end conflict — and, after losing them, became the man who destroyed Konohagakure in the name of a brutal kind of peace.
Dossier · 03 — Origins
Background & Origins
Nagato grew up in Amegakure, a small country worn down by the wars its larger neighbours fought across it. He was a gentle, quiet child, quick to cry and slow to harm anyone. He was also, without knowing it, carrying the Rinnegan — the rarest of the great dōjutsu, secretly transplanted into him as an infant by Madara Uchiha.
When Konoha shinobi broke into his home during the war and killed his parents, the terrified Nagato killed them in return — the Rinnegan acting before he understood what he was doing. Orphaned and starving, he wandered until he found two other orphans, Yahiko and Konan.
The three grew up together, and were trained for a time by the Sannin Jiraiya. When Jiraiya left, they founded the Akatsuki — not the criminal organisation it later became, but a movement meant to end the wars that had taken everything from them.
Dossier · 04 — Growth
Nagato: Story Arc
- The gentle boy
A child who hated to hurt anyone
Nagato grows up quiet and tender-hearted in war-torn Amegakure. The Rinnegan wakes for the first time the night Konoha shinobi kill his parents — and the frightened boy kills them back before he understands what his eyes have done.
- War orphans
Three who survived together
Orphaned and starving, Nagato wanders until he meets Yahiko and Konan, two other war orphans. The three become a family of their own, scraping through a country that has no place for them.
- Jiraiya's students
Taught to stand
The Sannin Jiraiya takes in the three orphans and trains them for a few years before moving on. He marks Nagato, with his Rinnegan, as the child his master's prophecy foretold.
- The original Akatsuki
A dream called Akatsuki
The three found the Akatsuki — not yet the criminal organisation, but a movement to end war and bring peace to their country. The charismatic Yahiko leads; Nagato is its quiet strength.
- Yahiko's death
The day the dream broke
Hanzō of Amegakure, backed by Konoha's Danzō Shimura, ambushes the group and uses Konan as a hostage. Yahiko throws himself onto Nagato's blade to save her. Grief, and the masked Obito's words, turn Nagato toward a darker idea: that peace can only come through shared pain.
- PainDebut Arc · Pain's Assault
The God of Amegakure
His body crippled, Nagato fights through the Six Paths of Pain — six corpses he controls remotely, the first of them Yahiko's. As Pain he leads the new Akatsuki and levels Konohagakure searching for Naruto.
- Reached by Naruto
A choice at the end
Naruto refuses to answer Nagato's pain with more pain, and asks him to believe in a different answer. Nagato does. He gives his life to the Outer Path to revive everyone he killed in Konoha, and dies entrusting the dream to Naruto.
Dossier · 05 — Combat
Abilities & Signature Jutsu
Nagato's power is the Rinnegan, the rarest and most powerful of the three great dōjutsu, implanted in him as a child by Madara Uchiha. Through it he commands all five basic natures and the Six Paths of Pain — six reanimated corpses, each carrying one of the Rinnegan's abilities, that he controls remotely as extensions of himself. As a descendant of the Uzumaki clan his life force is vast, which is part of how one body could drive six.
Six Paths of Pain
Nagato channels his chakra into six corpses fitted with black receivers, each holding one Path of the Rinnegan. He fights through them from a distance, his own crippled body hidden away.
Shinra Tensei
The Deva Path's pinnacle technique — a wave of repulsive force. At full power, a single Shinra Tensei flattened all of Konoha into a crater.
Chibaku Tensei
Nagato forms a black core that drags earth and rubble around it into a small moon, sealing whatever is trapped inside.
Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life
A technique that rules over life and death itself. Nagato uses it once — to revive everyone he killed in Konoha — and it costs him his life.
Dossier · 06 — Bonds
Nagato's Key Relationships
Bond
Yahiko
Nagato's closest friend and the leader of the original Akatsuki. His death broke Nagato — and afterward Nagato kept him close in the worst way possible, as the Deva Path body and the face of Pain.
Bond
Konan
The third of the orphan trio, and the one who stayed at Nagato's side through everything — the dream, the fall, and the years as Pain — to the very end.
Mentor
Jiraiya
The Sannin who took in three starving orphans and trained them. Years later, Nagato — as Pain — killed his old teacher, a loss that struck both of them hard.
Bond
Naruto Uzumaki
A fellow Uzumaki, and the one person who answered Nagato's pain with something other than more pain. Naruto's refusal to hate him is what finally reached Nagato.
Rival
Obito Uchiha
The masked man calling himself Tobi, who appeared after Yahiko's death and turned Nagato's grief into a doctrine — steering the new Akatsuki toward his own ends.
Rival
Madara Uchiha
The man who secretly transplanted the Rinnegan into the infant Nagato, intending to recover the eyes — and a path back to life — long after.
Rival
Hanzō
The leader of Amegakure who ambushed the original Akatsuki and forced the death of Yahiko. Nagato's hatred of him shaped everything Pain became.
Rival
Danzō Shimura
The Konoha elder who backed Hanzō's ambush. To Nagato, he was proof that the Hidden Leaf itself was a source of the suffering he meant to answer.
Dossier · 07 — Game Tip
Nagato in Narutodle
Classic grid profile
Gender
Male
ClanRare
Uzumaki
VillageRare
Amegakure
Rank
Rogue Ninja
Jutsu
Ninjutsu, Senjutsu, Fūinjutsu
NatureRare
Fire, Water, Wind, Lightning, Earth, Yin, Yang
Kekkei GenkaiRare
Rinnegan
Attributes
Akatsuki, Edo Tensei
Debut
Pain's Assault on Konoha
Nagato is one of the easiest characters to pin down once a rare column shows. His village is Amegakure, a hidden village almost no other roster character belongs to. He carries the Rinnegan, the rarest Kekkei Genkai on the board, and through it every one of the five basic chakra natures. He also belongs to the Uzumaki clan, a small bloodline. His village, clan, and Kekkei Genkai are all rare, so a single green on any one of them narrows the pool to a handful. Nagato debuts during Pain's Assault on Konoha, fairly late, so the Debut Arc arrow tends to point up.
Previous Narutodle Appearances
Dates Nagato has been the daily Classic answer, newest first. Each link opens that day's replayable archive puzzle.
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Dossier · 08 — In His Words
Nagato: Notable Quotes
Those who do not understand true pain can never understand true peace.
Know pain.
You and I are not so different. I will place my faith in you, Naruto Uzumaki.
Dossier · 09 — Questions
Nagato FAQ
Who is Nagato?
Nagato is a shinobi of Amegakure and a descendant of the Uzumaki clan. A war orphan who wielded the Rinnegan, he founded the Akatsuki to end conflict, and later — under the name Pain — became its leader and the man who attacked Konohagakure.Is Pain the same person as Nagato?
Yes. "Pain" is the identity Nagato created. The figure usually seen as Pain is the Deva Path — the reanimated body of Nagato's dead friend Yahiko. The real Nagato controlled all six Paths remotely from a hidden location, his own body crippled by overusing the Rinnegan.Why did Pain attack Konoha?
Nagato believed Konoha's shinobi had caused much of the suffering in his life, including the deaths of his parents and his friend Yahiko. As Pain, he attacked Konoha to capture Naruto — and to teach the world, through shared pain, what he believed was the only path to peace.What are the Six Paths of Pain?
The Six Paths of Pain are six corpses Nagato controls remotely through black chakra receivers. Each holds one ability of the Rinnegan — the Deva, Asura, Human, Animal, Preta, and Naraka Paths. The Deva Path, made from Yahiko's body, is the one most often seen.What is Shinra Tensei?
Shinra Tensei, or Almighty Push, is the Deva Path's signature technique — a wave of repulsive force that pushes everything away. At full power, channelling all his chakra into one Path, Nagato used a single Shinra Tensei to flatten all of Konoha into a crater.Has Nagato been a Narutodle answer?
Nagato 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 Nagato in Narutodle?
Nagato's village, clan, and Kekkei Genkai are all rare. Amegakure is a village almost no other character shares, the Uzumaki clan is small, and the Rinnegan is the rarest dōjutsu on the board. A single green on any of those three columns points almost directly at him.
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