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Character Profile: Jiraiya

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Name
Jiraiya Jiraiya Jiraiya (Naruto)
Alias
Pervy Sage(by Naruto) Ero-Sennin("Old Pervert")(by Naruto)
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Frog Hermit Frog Hermit
Race
Human Human
Gender
Male Male
Age
50+ years(born November 11) 50+ years(born November 11)
Hair
White White
Eyes
   
Height
6'3" 191 cm
Weight
193 lbs 87.5 kg
Blood
Type B Type B
Status
Sannin(legendary ninja) Sannin(legendary ninja)
Quote
"All the girls in Konoha are so hot these days." "I'm not just a pervert...I'M A SUPER PERVERT"
Voice
David Lodge Houchu Ohtsuka
Debut
Episode 52 Episode 52
Anime
Naruto Naruto
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Naruto Hurricane Chronicles Naruto Shippuuden

Last I checked, this character's cosplay outfit was available at Moon Costumes.

Character Description: Jiraiya

Jiraiya-sama is known as the Ero-Sennin by Naruto. Jiraiya is the creator of Love Love Paradise (also known as Come Come paradise), the book that Kakashi is always reading.

The technique Jiraiya uses the most is his Summoning no Jutsu. This technique can summon a Toad of any size. One of the toads that he summons is called Gamabunta the Frog Boss. Two other smaller frogs he can summon are Gamabunta's children, Gamakichi and Gamakichi's younger brother Gamatatsu.

Jiraiya is known to everyone as one of the legendary ninjas of the leaf country. Jiraiya-sama is also the one who taught the Fourth Hokage most of his techniques. One of the techniques that he learns from the Fourth Hokage is the Rasengan, which he teaches to Naruto.

The symbol on his forehead protector means oil (as can be seen at Kanji Land).

Jiraiya was killed by Pein when he traveled to the Village of the Rain to get some information. Pein revealed his six bodies to Jiraiya, and they brought Jiraiya to death's door. But before Jiraiya died, he realizes something about Pein, and gives this information to the elder toad he summoned, so that it could be passed on to Naruto.

Editor's Note: Sennin means "hermit", which is different from "Sannin", which is a title that Hanzou gives Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya. In Japanese, "san" means "three" and "nin" means "person".

Character Description: Jiraiya

Jiraiya is best known as Ero-Sennin by Naruto. He is the author of Come Come Paradise. To most people, however, he is known as one of the Three Legendary Sannins. Sannins, a title only comparable to a Hokage, is a rank given to legends who did something extraordinary. The other two sannins are Orochimaru and Tsunade. Jiraiya is also the replacement tutor of Naruto. He replaced Ebisu as a teacher after defeating him with his frog summon. Ebisu was teaching Naruto how to control chakra in his feet above the hot springs until he found Jiraiya looking through the girl's hot springs. Jiraiya is known for his love for women. Naruto often tried to lure Jiraiya into teaching him seriously without looking at naked women by transforming into one. Jiraiya is known to many because of his famous peeking technique. He boasts that he never was caught. Jiraiya was also the teacher of the Fourth Hokage. The sennin would often tell Naruto how he was similar to the Fourth in order to make him train harder.

It is possible to compare Jiraiya with Naruto for he is almost like the mirror image of him. During the survival test, both Jiraiya and Naruto were placed onto the log. The point of the test is to steal the bells from the teachers before it becomes 12 o' clock. There are two bells and three competitors, therefore, one is bound to get stuck to the log. Both teachers of the two characters also said "You shouldn't fall for such obvious traps" to them.

Jiraiya is very serious when it comes to fighting. His fighting style is extremely unique. Famously known as the Toad Sage, Jiraiya has the ability to summon a toad into battle. Depending on the size, the toad's attacks are extremely affective. The largest and strongest of the toads is Gamabunta (the chief of toads), who's size is comparable to Gaara's demon (Shukaku), Orochimaru's snake (Manda), and Tsunade's slug (Katsuyu). Jiraiya also knows the Rasengan, which is a devastating move that is stronger than the Chidori. It is basically forming a small typhoon of chakra on the palm of the hand and pushing it full force. It is an extremely hard jutsu only used by one Hokage. It too the Fourth 3 years to learn (however, Naruto figured out how to do it in a matter of weeks). Jiraiya would teach both the Toad Summoning and Rasengan to Naruto. Jiraiya also has the ability to use his hair as a whip-like weapon or as a shield against attacks. Lastly, he knows how to create a giant lake of oil, similar to the one used to stop a large snake summoned by Orochimaru.

Note: For the term "Sannin", the actual wording used in the manga and anime is "densetsu no san-nin", which translates as "three ninja of legend", whereas the term Sennin basically means hermit or wise man, which is what Jiraiya will use to refer to himself.

Visitor Comments

Average Rating: Total comments: 36 (page 1 of 4)

Flag[admin]#36 - Posted by hexkitten2424 on Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 at 10:26am:

WAT?!HE'S DEAD?WHO DID IT?

Flag[admin]#35 - Posted by KuroOkami on Thursday, March 8th, 2012 at 7:23am:

his b-day is the same day as mine take that u losers, hmmm!

Flag[admin]#34 - Posted by Ayame-Uchiha on Monday, February 27th, 2012 at 2:04pm:

too bad he died. :( lol one of my fave quotes was when he's trying to get naruto to go with him to find tsunade and he's like 'anyway the woman im looking for is really hot. you wanna see hr, right?!'

Flag[admin]#33 - Posted by goofly ayra on Monday, January 9th, 2012 at 7:15pm:

he's pervet hermit alright if he looks at mine stuff i'll turn black, devil black, dead black
weirdo
but he's funny

Flag[admin]#32 - Posted by animeagesorlover on Sunday, September 18th, 2011 at 6:01am:

he is a pervy sage i agree with naruto there

Flag[admin]#31 - Posted by k9 on Wednesday, July 27th, 2011 at 11:27pm:

he so cool

Flag[admin]#30 - Posted by sasukexxsai on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 at 3:00pm:

DUDE WAT's WRONG WITH U

Flag[admin]#29 - Posted by Miku O_O on Saturday, June 4th, 2011 at 3:14pm:

SASUKE-KUNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!! >U<

Flag[admin]#28 - Posted by mia123 on Friday, February 11th, 2011 at 10:01am:

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITS SO SAD HE DIES.but he was a perv so........... at least he died protecting something and didn't die for nothing!!!!!!!!!!OHHH JIRAIYA WHY DID YOU DIE? YOU WERE MY FAVORITE CHARACTER :(

Flag[admin]#27 - Posted by kiba on Friday, January 28th, 2011 at 6:08pm:

PRAVSAGE WERE IS YOUR FROG YOU PRIVERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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