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Jiraiya (??? - literally "young thunder"), the title character of the Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese folktale Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari (???????, "The tale of the gallant Jiraiya"), is a ninja
Ninja

In history of Japan, a is a warrior specially trained in a variety of unorthodox arts of war. These include assassination, espionage, and various martial arts....
 who uses shapeshifting
Shapeshifting

Shapeshifting is a common theme in mythology and folklore, as well as in science fiction and fantasy. In its broadest sense, it is a :wikt:metamorphosis of a person or animal....
 magic
Magic (paranormal)

Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a conceptual system that asserts human ability to control or predict the nature through Mysticism, paranormal or supernatural means....
 to morph into a gigantic toad
Toad

A toad can refer to a number of species of amphibians in the order Anura. A distinction is often made between frogs and toads by their appearance, prompted by the convergent evolution among so-called "toads" to dry habitats....
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Jiraiya (??? - literally "young thunder"), the title character of the Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese folktale Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari (???????, "The tale of the gallant Jiraiya"), is a ninja
Ninja

In history of Japan, a is a warrior specially trained in a variety of unorthodox arts of war. These include assassination, espionage, and various martial arts....
 who uses shapeshifting
Shapeshifting

Shapeshifting is a common theme in mythology and folklore, as well as in science fiction and fantasy. In its broadest sense, it is a :wikt:metamorphosis of a person or animal....
 magic
Magic (paranormal)

Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a conceptual system that asserts human ability to control or predict the nature through Mysticism, paranormal or supernatural means....
 to morph into a gigantic toad
Toad

A toad can refer to a number of species of amphibians in the order Anura. A distinction is often made between frogs and toads by their appearance, prompted by the convergent evolution among so-called "toads" to dry habitats....
. The heir of a powerful clan in Kyushu
Kyushu

or Kyushu is the third-largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its Japanese Archipelago. Its alternate ancient names include Kyukoku , Chinzei , and Tsukushi-no-shima ....
 of the same name, Jiraiya fell in love with Tsunade
Tsunade

Tsunade , featured in the Japanese folktale Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari , is the wife of the gallant ninja Jiraiya. She is mastered in slug magic and is able to summon an enormous slug....
, a beautiful young princess who masters snail
Snail

The word snail is a common name for almost all members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled animal shells in the adult stage. When the word snail is used in a general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails....
 magic. His arch-enemy was his one-time follower, Orochimaru
Orochimaru

Orochimaru , featured in the Japanese folktale Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari, is the arch-enemy of the ninja Jiraiya. He was once named Yashagoro and was one of Jiraiya's followers, but he was overtaken by Serpent magic....
, who mastered snake
Snake

Snakes are elongate legless carnivore reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears....
 magic.

Influences on Fiction

  • In the first game of the Tengai Makyou
    Tengai Makyou

    is a widely popular series of traditional console RPGs that are available in Japan and Taiwan .Though originally intended to be only three games, it has grown to encompass a number of remakes, gaidens and genre spin-offs across a variety of platforms....
     series, Tengai Makyo: Ziria for the PC-Engine console, Jiraiya's name is spelled Ziria. He's a ninja from the Fire Clan who fights with a kodachi
    Kodachi

    for other uses see:Kodachi A , literally translating into "small or short tachi ", is a Japanese sword that is too short to be considered a long sword but too long to be a dagger....
     sword and has a pet frog which grows several times its size when Ziria summons it in combat. Tsunade is a ninja girl from the Roots Clan (the archenemies of the Fire Clan) who uses snails and a huge axe in her attacks and is in love with Orochimaru, a wandering warrior and poet who wields a naginata
    Naginata

    Naginata is a pole weapon that was traditionally used in Japan by members of the samurai class. It has become associated with women and in modern Japan it is studied by women more than men; whereas in Europe and Australia Naginata is practiced predominantly by men - this is however only simply a refection of the martial arts de...
     and snake magic. These characters all returned in a spin-off fighting game called Kabuki Klash for the Neo-Geo.


  • Akimitsu Takagi
    Akimitsu Takagi

    , was the pen-name of a popular Japanese crime fiction writer in Showa period Japan. His real name was Takagi Seiichi....
    's detective novel The Tattoo Murder Case uses the character representations in tattoo
    Tattoo

    A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for identification or branding....
    s worn by three of the main characters: Kinue Nomura (Orochimaru, the snake), her brother Tsunetaro (Jiraiya, the frog) and sister Tamae (Tsunade, the slug; translated as Tsunade-hime), all set within a series of murders that takes all three's lives.


  • In Naruto
    Naruto

    is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. The plot tells the story of Naruto Uzumaki, an adolescent ninja who constantly searches for recognition and aspires to become a World of Naruto#Kage, the ninja in his village that is acknowledged as the leader and the strongest of all....
    , a popular manga
    Manga

    , , are comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century. In their modern form, manga date from shortly after World War II, but they have a long, complex pre-history in earlier Japanese art....
     and anime
    Anime

    is animation in Japan and considered to be "Japanese animation" in the rest of the world. Anime dates from about 1917.Anime, in addition to manga , is extremely popular in Japan and well known throughout the world....
     television series, Jiraiya
    Jiraiya (Naruto)

    is a Character in the Naruto World of Naruto created by Masashi Kishimoto....
    , Tsunade, and Orochimaru
    Orochimaru (Naruto)

    is a Character from the Naruto World of Naruto created by Masashi Kishimoto and developed into a media franchise, which consists of a series of manga, anime, soundtracks, Original video animation, Film, video games, and other collectibles....
     appear as three legendary ninja known as the Sannin. Narutos Jiraiya can summon toads into battle, up to and including Kaiju
    Kaiju

    File:Gojira 1954 poster 3.jpgFile:Jujin Yuki Otoko poster.jpg is a Japanese language word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English language as "monster." Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....
    -sized monsters. This summoning ability is predicated on Jiraiya having established a blood-contract with all species of toad-kind. Tsunade and Orochimaru in the Anime can also summon slugs and snakes (respectively), and Orochimaru is also capable of transforming into a snake.


  • In the tokusatsu
    Tokusatsu

    is a Japanese language word that literally means "special effects." It is primarily used to refer to live-action Japanese film and Japanese television drama that generally feature superheroes and make considerable use of special effects....
     movie     The Magic Serpent
    The Magic Serpent

    is a 1966 tokusatsu kaiju/ninja fantasy film produced by Toei Company. This film is a loose retelling of the famous Japanese folktale, Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari , using kaiju, which the hero Jiraiya and villain Orochimaru turn into dragons using ninja magic....
    , Jiraiya (also known as Ikazuchi-Maru) was the protagonist. He and his arch-nemesis Orochimaru
    Orochimaru

    Orochimaru , featured in the Japanese folktale Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari, is the arch-enemy of the ninja Jiraiya. He was once named Yashagoro and was one of Jiraiya's followers, but he was overtaken by Serpent magic....
     transform into two daikaiju
    Kaiju

    File:Gojira 1954 poster 3.jpgFile:Jujin Yuki Otoko poster.jpg is a Japanese language word that means "strange beast," but often translated in English language as "monster." Specifically, it is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment....
    , a toad and Oriental dragon, respectively, and have a duel to the death.


  • In the tokusatsu superhero series Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya
    Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya

    was the 1988 installment in Toei Company's Metal Heroes Series. It was aired from January 24, 1988 to February 11, 1989. Two episodes were later released on VHS, and a DVD version containing 245 minutes is scheduled for release in November 2008....
    , Jiraiya is the protagonist of the series. A Japanese professional wrestler uses the Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya character appearance as his gimmick.


  • One of the five characters in the Super Sentai
    Super Sentai

    The is the name given to the long running Japanese superhero team genre of shows produced by Toei Company, Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ....
     series     Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
    Ninja Sentai Kakuranger

    , translated into English language as Ninja Squadron Hidden Ranger, was Toei Company's eighteenth production of the Super Sentai television series....
     is named Jiraiya / NinjaBlack. Fittingly, as each Kakuranger is associated with an animal, Jiraiya's is a toad which reflects on all his mecha being toad-themed.


  • In the video game Persona 4, Yousuke Hanamura is able to summon a cartoony Jiraiya in a disco costume.


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