Third Raikage

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   The greatest RaikageDebut Arc · Ten-Tails Revival

   The Cloud's finest leader

   A takes the hat of Kumogakure as its Third Raikage, and grows into the most powerful leader the village has ever had — a name spoken with awe across the shinobi world.

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   Strongest spear and shield

   The paradox in one man

   The Third Raikage carries both halves of an old paradox — the One-Finger Nukite, a thrust nothing can withstand, and a body so durable that nothing can pierce it.

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   Black Lightning

   A technique of his own

   The Third Raikage develops Black Lightning — a unique, black form of Lightning Release, a technique that exists nowhere else and that he keeps almost entirely to himself.

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   Against ten thousand

   One man, an army

   The Third Raikage's legend is sealed in a single feat — facing an army of ten thousand ninja alone, and battling even a tailed beast to a standstill.

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   A warrior's death

   Felled by his own strike

   Nothing in that army could pierce the Third Raikage's body. He falls only when, exhausted past his limit, he is run through by his own One-Finger Nukite — dying on his feet.

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   Reanimated, and sealed

   Rest, once the young prove themselves

   Brought back by Edo Tensei in the Fourth Shinobi World War, the Third Raikage fights the alliance — and, once the next generation has proved its worth, accepts being sealed away to rest.

The Third Raikage fought as a one-man army, and the village's old paradox explains why. His body was the strongest shield — durable enough that no weapon, no jutsu, nothing could pierce it. His One-Finger Nukite was the strongest spear — a single finger thrust hard enough to sever a tailed beast's tails. Together they made a shinobi who could simply out-endure a war, and a Black Lightning all his own besides.

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• Who is the Third Raikage?+

  The Third Raikage, named A, was the third leader of Kumogakure and is remembered as the greatest Raikage the village ever had. He was the father of the Fourth Raikage, and a shinobi of legendary power.
• What are the Third Raikage's strongest spear and shield?+

  The phrase comes from an old paradox. The Third Raikage's "strongest spear" was his One-Finger Nukite, a thrust that could sever a tailed beast's tails; his "strongest shield" was a body so durable that only that thrust could pierce it.
• What is Black Lightning?+

  Black Lightning is a unique black form of Lightning Release created by the Third Raikage. He taught it to only one other shinobi — Darui of Kumogakure — making it a technique passed down a single line.
• How did the Third Raikage die?+

  The Third Raikage died holding off an army of ten thousand ninja by himself. Because nothing else could pierce his body, he fell only when, exhausted, he was run through by his own One-Finger Nukite — dying on his feet.
• How strong was the Third Raikage?+

  The Third Raikage is held to be the most powerful Raikage in history. He fought ten thousand shinobi alone, battled a tailed beast to a standstill, and earned the praise even of the Eight-Tails for his strength and resilience.
• Has the Third Raikage been a Narutodle answer?+

  The Third Raikage 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 Raikage in Narutodle?+

  The Third Raikage's Kumogakure village is uncommon and narrows the board, and his Kage rank narrows it again. His Nature column is Lightning-led, and his Attributes hold Edo Tensei.