Rōshi

1. 1
   Sealed with the Four-Tails

   A beast carried since childhood

   Rōshi is made the jinchūriki of Son Gokū as a young child — and carries the Four-Tails for decades, longer than almost any host of his generation.

2. 2
   Leaving IwagakureDebut Arc · Kazekage Rescue

   The road, over the walls

   Rōshi leaves his home village. It is not desertion — it is a search, a deliberate step onto a lonely road to do what the village's walls could not help him do.

3. 3
   Seeking harmony with Son

   Understanding, not chaining

   Rōshi works to understand Son Gokū rather than imprison it — and, of all the jinchūriki of his era, comes nearer to a real harmony with his tailed beast than most.

4. 4
   The lava-armoured warrior

   Dangerous to so much as touch

   At his peak, Rōshi fights wrapped in a coat of lava — a warrior so hot to the touch that closing with him is a wound in itself.

5. 5
   Captured by Kisame

   The swordsman who found the gap

   The Akatsuki come for the Four-Tails. Kisame Hoshigaki confronts Rōshi alone, exploits his weakness to Water Release, and — after a hard fight — takes him.

6. 6
   Reanimated for a war

   Among the fallen hosts

   Brought back by Edo Tensei in the Fourth Shinobi World War, Rōshi fights the Allied Shinobi Forces alongside the other dead jinchūriki, his power turned against the living.

Rōshi fought the way his tailed beast did — with lava. Fusing Fire and Earth into Lava Release, he could spit molten rock in spreading volleys, and coat himself in a lava armour that burned anything it met and turned each of his blows searing. It made him dangerous even to approach. His one true gap was water — the weakness Kisame Hoshigaki found and used.

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• Who is Rōshi?+

  Rōshi is a shinobi of Iwagakure and the jinchūriki of the Four-Tails, Son Gokū. Made a host as a child, he left his village to learn to understand the beast within him.
• What tailed beast did Rōshi carry?+

  Rōshi was the jinchūriki of Son Gokū, the Four-Tails — a proud, lava-wielding great ape. He had carried the beast for over forty years by the time of the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• What is Rōshi's Lava Release?+

  Like his tailed beast, Rōshi could fuse Fire and Earth into Lava Release. He spat molten rocks in spreading volleys, and could coat himself in a lava armour that burned anything — or anyone — that touched him.
• How did Rōshi die?+

  Rōshi was hunted by the Akatsuki. Kisame Hoshigaki chose to fight him alone, exploited Rōshi's weakness to Water Release, and captured him after a hard battle. Rōshi died when Son Gokū was extracted.
• Did Rōshi get along with his tailed beast?+

  Rōshi left Iwagakure specifically to understand Son Gokū rather than simply contain it — and came nearer to harmony with his beast than most jinchūriki of his era ever did.
• Has Rōshi been a Narutodle answer?+

  Rōshi 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 Rōshi in Narutodle?+

  Rōshi's Jinchūriki attribute is a strong signal, and his Lava Release is a rare Kekkei Genkai hit. His Iwagakure village is uncommon, and his Nature column pairs Fire with Earth.