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{{Looking for|Sasori's puppet armour|the villain of Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire|Hiruko (missing-nin)|Hiruko}}

Hiruko: Article Text

{{translation|'''Hiruko'''|ヒルコ|Hiruko}} is a puppet used by the [[Akatsuki]] shinobi, [[Sasori]]. As a puppet, he served as Sasori's "puppet armour", as Sasori was capable of hiding inside of it. Sasori even adorned Hiruko with the Akatsuki's robes, and hid inside it so often that others came to recognise him only when he was wearing it. In the anime, Hiruko is a [[human puppet]] made from the corpse of a [[Hiruko (shinobi)|renowned shinobi]].<ref name="NS20">''Naruto Shippūden'' episode 20</ref> According to [[Chiyo]], Hiruko was Sasori's {{translation|favourite|十八番|ohako}} puppet.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 265, page 5</ref>

== Abilities and Weapons ==
[[File:HirukoSasori.png|thumb|left|Sasori and his Hiruko puppet.]]
All weapons installed in Hiruko were coated in Sasori's special brand of [[poison]], which would kill the victim after three days of painful paralysis.
* Extendible iron tail provided offence by stabbing and defence by rotating around the body.
* Heavy back shell for additional defence. A new addition since Chiyo last saw it 20 years ago.
* [[Prepared Puppet: Eight Waves of Needles|Rapid launching]] of [[senbon]] from the mouth.
* [[Puppet Technique: Prosthetic Arm Senbon|Torpedo-shaped left arm]] that launches shrapnel of senbon in all directions. A new addition since Chiyo last saw it twenty years ago.
* Granted Sasori a gruffer voice.

== Trivia ==
* {{translation|''Hiruko''|蛭子}} can be translated to "leech child".
* Hiruko is a [[Wikipedia:Ebisu (mythology)|Japanese Fisherman god]]. It can also be translated into "[[Ebisu]]".
* Hiruko's tail was seen in a flashback of Sasori's childhoods as a part of an unfinished puppet. It had a split end.
* Hiruko was erroneously called Sasori's eighteenth puppet in the anime.<ref name="NS20"/> This was because {{translation|"''favourite''"|十八番|ohako}} literally translates to "number eighteen".
* Both the puppet Hiruko and the [[Third Kazekage (puppet)|Third Kazekage]] were stated to be Sasori's favourite.

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