Third Kazekage

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   The strongest KazekageDebut Arc · Kazekage Rescue

   The hat of the Hidden Sand

   The Third takes the hat of Sunagakure and rises to become its most powerful leader — a shinobi whose name the whole of the Hidden Sand learned to speak with awe.

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   Studying the One-Tail

   Iron Sand, invented

   The Third studies the sand-manipulation of the One-Tail, Shukaku, and builds his own version of it — combining his Magnet Release with iron powder to make Iron Sand.

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   A feared, peerless reign

   Nearly impossible to counter

   Iron Sand makes the Third all but uncounterable — immune to metal weapons, able to shape sand into any form. He becomes the most feared shinobi the Hidden Sand has known.

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   Vanished

   A leader simply gone

   The Third Kazekage disappears from his own village. No body, no answer — only the unsolved wound of the Hidden Sand's strongest leader vanishing without a trace.

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   Killed, and made a puppet

   The truth of his fate

   The truth surfaces years later: Sasori of the Akatsuki had kidnapped the Third Kazekage, killed him, and turned the Kazekage's corpse into a Human Puppet.

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   A weapon in another's hands

   His body, against his own

   Sasori wields the Third Kazekage as his prized puppet, keeping its Iron Sand and Magnet Release — and turns the Hidden Sand's greatest leader against the Hidden Sand itself.

The Third Kazekage built the most feared technique in the Hidden Sand's history. His Magnet Release turned his chakra into magnetic force; from it, and from a study of the One-Tail's sand, he made Iron Sand — magnetised iron powder he could shape into weapons, walls, and inescapable binds. The same magnetism made every metal weapon turned against him useless, and left almost no answer to the man who wielded it.

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• Who is the Third Kazekage?+

  The Third Kazekage was the third leader of Sunagakure, and is remembered as the strongest Kazekage in the village's history. He invented the feared Iron Sand technique.
• What is Iron Sand?+

  Iron Sand is the Third Kazekage's signature technique. By studying the One-Tail's sand-manipulation, he combined his Magnet Release with iron powder to create magnetised sand he could shape into weapons, walls, and binds.
• Why is the Third Kazekage called the strongest?+

  The Third Kazekage's Iron Sand was nearly impossible to counter, and made him immune to metal weapons. He was held to be the most feared shinobi the Hidden Sand ever produced, his reputation standing for decades after his death.
• How did the Third Kazekage die?+

  The Third Kazekage was kidnapped and killed by Sasori of the Akatsuki, who then turned the Kazekage's corpse into a Human Puppet. For years, the village knew only that its strongest leader had simply vanished.
• Did Sasori turn the Third Kazekage into a puppet?+

  Yes. Sasori used the Third Kazekage's body as his prized Human Puppet, retaining its Iron Sand and Magnet Release — and used it in the Kazekage Rescue arc against the Hidden Sand and Konoha.
• Has the Third Kazekage been a Narutodle answer?+

  The Third Kazekage 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 the Third Kazekage in Narutodle?+

  The Third Kazekage's Magnet Release is a rare Kekkei Genkai signal, and his Kage rank narrows the board. His Sunagakure village trims further, and his Nature column pairs Earth with Lightning.