Lightning Beast Running Technique
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Name
Kanji	雷獣走りの術
Rōmaji	Raijū Hashiri no Jutsu
Literal English	Lightning Beast Running Technique
Games	Lightning Beast Running Jutsu
Debut
Manga	Chapter #421
Anime	Naruto Shippūden Episode #159
Game	Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
Appears in	Anime, Manga and Game
Data
Classification	Ninjutsu
Type	Lightning Release
Class	Offensive
Range	All ranges
Users Kakashi Hatake

By manipulating lightning chakra into their hand, the user can make the lightning expand to create the form of a hound. The hound remains connected to the user's hand, allowing them to control it during its attack.

Trivia

• Raijū is a mythological creature in Shintō religion, companion to the Shintō god of lighting, Raijin. Raijū has many common representations, with a white and blue wolf sometimes engulfed in lightning being among them, akin to the form Kakashi's technique takes.
• The technique's name is derived from the game Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2.

See Also

• Lightning Release: Black Panther