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The '''Nine Masked Beasts''' are entities created by [[Menma (movie)|Menma]] through the use of the [[Black Nine-Tails]]' chakra. Five of these beasts are described as {{translation|divine beasts|神獣|shinjū}}, while the other four are referred to as {{translation|divine priests|神官|shinkan}}.<ref>{{translation|'''Naruto Stealth Volume: Road to Ninja'''|ＮＡＲＵＴＯ―ナルト―巻ノ忍　ＲＯＡＤ　ＴＯ　ＮＩＮＪＡ|Naruto Maki no Shinobi: Road to Ninja}} page 77</ref>

Menma summons them by forming a tiger seal, declaring {{translation|"Nine Mask Svāhā"|「九面蘇婆訶」|"Kumen Sowaka"}} and chanting the [[Wikipedia:Kuji-in|kuji-in]], which conjures a massive mandala featuring each kanji of the kuji-in encircled by nine rings, arrayed in the same cross pattern he wears on his cloak. Each of the masked beasts emerges from a specific ring.

* {{translation|'''Seiryū'''|青龍|lit meaning=Azure Dragon}}, a dragon that resembles a [[Wikipedia:seahorse|seahorse]]. Emerges from the ring bearing the kanji {{translation|青|sei|"azure"}}.
* {{translation|'''Byakko'''|白虎|lit meaning=White Tiger}}, a lean and slender tiger. Emerges from the ring bearing the kanji {{translation|白|byaku|"white"}}.
* {{translation|'''Suzaku'''|朱雀|lit meaning=Vermilion Bird}}, a bird with elegant and dramatic plumage. Emerges from the ring bearing the kanji {{translation|朱|shu|"vermilion"}}.
* {{translation|'''Genbu'''|玄武|lit meaning=Black Tortoise}}, a tortoise with a shell made of overlapping plates. Emerges from the ring bearing the kanji {{translation|玄|gen|"black"}}.
* {{translation|'''Kinja'''|金蛇|lit meaning=Golden Snake}}, a massive serpent with golden scales. Emerges from the ring bearing the kanji {{translation|玉|gyoku|"jewel"}}.
* {{translation|'''Tennyo'''|天女|lit meaning=Celestial Maiden}}, an angelic priestess with flowing robes. Emerges from the ring bearing the kanji {{translation|空|kū|"sky"}}.
* {{translation|'''Shinigami'''|死神|lit meaning=Death God}}, a priest that resembles a skeleton and carries a scythe. Emerges from the ring bearing the kanji {{translation|三|san|"three"}}.
* {{translation|'''Hokuto Sennin'''|北斗仙人|lit meaning=Northern Sage}}, a priest with a fox staff. Emerges from the ring bearing the kanji {{translation|北|hoku|"north"}}.
* {{translation|'''Nanto Sennin'''|南斗仙人|lit meaning=Southern Sage}}, the matching counterpart of Hokuto Sennin. Emerges from the ring bearing the kanji {{translation|南|nan|"south"}}.

When defeated, they revert to their true forms, which are nine masked {{translation|fox kits|子狐|kogitsune}} that each possess a single tail. They can also convert back into chakra that will arc through the air from their present location back to Menma. Once they collide with Menma, they reform into the Black Nine-Tails.

== Trivia ==
* While summoning the Nine Masked Beasts, Menma refers to {{translation|[[Wikipedia:Svāhā|svāhā]]|薩婆訶|sowaka}}, a Buddhist term roughly meaning "calling" which is used in mantras. He also chants the [[Wikipedia:Kuji-in|kuji-in]], which are featured as kanji on nine of the rings worn by the Akatsuki members.
* Among the Nine Masked Beasts, four of the divine beasts are based on the [[Wikipedia:Four Symbols (Chinese constellation)|Four Symbols]], a set of Chinese constellations, and two of the divine priests are based on the [[Wikipedia:Tennin|heavenly messengers]] and [[Wikipedia:Shinigami|death god]] of Japanese folklore. Kinja, which somewhat resembles [[Wikipedia:Huang Long|Huang Long]], and Hokuto Sennin and Nanto Sennin, which are named after the [[Wikipedia:Ursa Major|Northern]] and [[Wikipedia:Sagitarrius (constellation)|Southern Dippers]], are original concepts designed to round out the group. The nine kanji from the portals that the nine beasts emerge corresponds to the ones on the rings [[Akatsuki]] members wore.
* Menma uses the Nine Masked Beasts to overwhelm his opponents with numbers, similar to [[Naruto]]'s use of the [[Shadow Clone Technique]] or [[Nagato]]'s use of the [[Six Paths of Pain]].

== See Also == 
* [[Creation of All Things]]
* [[Six Paths of Pain]]

== References == 
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