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Jiraiya
443px-Jiraya magicien Yoshitoshi
Jiraiya riding a giant toad, depicted in an 1866 print by Yoshitoshi

Real Name

Jiraiya/Ogata Shuma Hiroyuki

First Appearance

Unknown

Original Publisher

Japanese Folklore

Created by

Numerous

Golden Age Origin

400px-Eight Hundred Heroes of Our Country s Suikoden 12

Ogata Shuma Hiroyuki later known as Jiraiya

Jiraiya (literally "Young Thunder"), also known as Ogata Shuma Hiroyuki, was the protagonist of the Japanese folktale The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya. He was a ninja skilled in shapeshifting magic and could morph into a gigantic toad. He was the heir of a powerful clan in Kyūshū of the same name.

Jiraiya fell in love and married Tsunade, a beautiful maiden snail magic master. His nemesis was his one-time follower Yashagorō, later known as Orochimaru, who had mastered snake magic.

Public Domain Literary Appearances

  • Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari ("The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya")

Public Domain Film Appearances

  • Jiraiya (1914)
  • Nidaime Jiraiya (1917),
  • Jiraiya Gōketsu Tan (1918)
  • Gōketsu Jiraiya (Jiraiya the Hero, 1921)

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