Editing: Sannin Back to page http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb1/messaging/images/f/f1/Greenbutton.png [http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Signup?returnto=Sannin CLICK HERE TO LOG IN OR CREATE AN ACCOUNT] http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb1/messaging/images/f/f1/Greenbutton.png Image: Sannin.PNG English name: Unnamed Kanji name: Romaji name: Literal name: Other names (,): References: Affiliation(s): Leader(s): Debut: Manga Chapter #: Anime Episode #: Shippuden Game: Movie: OVA: Appears In: Anime Manga Game Movie Sannin: Article Text '''Sannin''' is the collective name of three renowned ninja from [[Konohagakure]], who are hailed as three of the greatest ninja of their time. While all three eventually left the village at some point for their own reasons, they all retained their renown from their title of {{Translation|''Legendary Three Ninja''|伝説の三忍|Densetsu no Sannin}}. == History == The group is comprised of the three [[genin]] from '''Team Hiruzen''' — which was led by [[Hiruzen Sarutobi]]. When the team was formed, the three genin were only six years old and Hiruzen was already the Third [[Hokage]]; they used the [[bell test]] to serve as their promotion to genin. When the three shinobi were promoted, as customary, the team disbanded. The three would however work together during the [[Second Shinobi World War]]. During their battle with [[Hanzō]] of [[Amegakure]], according to Hanzō himself, the three put up a courageous battle against him. Having survived the battle, Hanzō named them, as a reward, earning them the title {{translation|'''Sannin'''|伝説の三忍|Densetsu no Sannin|lit meaning=Legendary Three Ninja}} of [[Konohagakure]]. The three would later become legends in the shinobi world, though the Sannin as a team dissolved with Orochimaru's defection from the village. [[File:3sannin.jpg|thumb|left|The Sannin and Hiruzen in their youth.]] Every member of this team grew to become [[Kage]]-level ninja and, with the exception of [[Jiraiya]] (who turned down the position of Hokage), later became [[village head]]s. All of them, at one point or the other ended up leaving the village for various reasons, though Tsunade and Jiraiya would remain loyal to the village. Orochimaru would later join the [[Akatsuki]] and after leaving that group, would move on to found [[Otogakure]]. [[Tsunade]], after suffering great losses during the Second and [[Third Shinobi World War]], would travel the world alongside her apprentice, [[Shizune]], while [[Jiraiya]] would covertly follow Orochimaru's actions and later Akatsuki's, with the goal to protect Konoha from any future external threats. Hiruzen would retire as Hokage, naming [[Minato Namikaze]] the Fourth Hokage until the latter's death during the [[Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha]], which forced him to resume office as the Third. He would remain the presiding Hokage until Orochimaru's [[Invasion of Konoha]], which ended in his death. With this, Tsunade took up office as the Fifth Hokage at Jiraiya's — who had declined the position — behest. Three years later, Orochimaru would be permanently [[Sword of Totsuka|sealed]] by [[Itachi Uchiha]], and Jiraiya would be killed by his former student, [[Pain]], leaving Tsunade as the only surviving Sannin until Orochimaru was [[Evil Unsealing Method|revived]] by [[Sasuke Uchiha]]. == Known Missions == ;Assassinate [[Hiruko (missing-nin)|Hiruko]] (Movie only) * '''Rank:''' Unknown * '''Status:''' Failure Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru were assigned to locate Hiruko and assassinate him for conducting [[Chimera Technique|illegal experiments]]. This failed, as Hiruko escaped from the village by the time the Sannin reached his lab. == Renown == * [[Tsunade]], the granddaughter of the [[First Hokage]] and grandniece of the [[Second Hokage]], possesses a terribly unlucky addiction to gambling. She became famous during the ninja wars as the world's greatest [[medical-nin]], and she trained [[Shizune]] and [[Sakura Haruno]] in the art of medical [[ninjutsu]]. She later took on the title of Fifth [[Hokage]]. * [[Orochimaru]], called the prodigy of his generation, defected from Konoha, joined [[Akatsuki]], and founded [[Otogakure]]. He sought to gain immortality via means of [[kinjutsu]] in order to learn every [[jutsu]] in existence. He taught [[Anko Mitarashi]] and [[Sasuke Uchiha]], the latter of whom absorbed him. He was initially [[Sword of Totsuka|sealed]] away by [[Itachi Uchiha]], but was later [[Evil Releasing Method|revived]] by [[Sasuke]]. * [[Jiraiya]], an eccentric man, wandered the world, discovered and trained under the [[toads]] and wrote "[[The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi (novel)|The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi]]" and the ''[[Icha Icha]]'' series of novels. Later, he became the teacher of [[Yahiko]], [[Konan]], [[Nagato]], [[Minato Namikaze]], and [[Naruto Uzumaki]]. He died while investigating [[Pain]] but in turn defeated and captured the [[First Animal Path (character)|Animal Path]] and left invaluable intelligence that contributed to Pain's ultimate defeat. == Trivia == * Each member of Team [[Hiruzen]] has trained one member of [[Team Kakashi]]: [[Jiraiya]] has trained [[Naruto]], [[Tsunade]] has trained [[Sakura]], and [[Orochimaru]] trained [[Sasuke]]. * The Sannin are all masters of the [[Summoning Technique]] and summon using their left hand. * All three of the Sannin have, at one point, been eligible for the position of Hokage. * On more than one occasion, Team Hiruzen has been shown to wear similar type of clothing, ranging from the same flak jacket model to robes with fishnets, a trait not very common amongst other teams. * Despite being three of the most powerful shinobi Konoha has ever produced, each of them departed from Konoha for different reasons. Orochimaru left to join Akatsuki and further develop his [[kinjutsu]], Jiraiya went to gather information on Orochimaru, Akatsuki's movements, and find ''The Child of the Prophecy'', and Tsunade lost all confidence in her healing ability and went into self-imposed exile. * The Sannin are named after the characters in the Japanese folktale ''[[Wikipedia:Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari|Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari]]''. * The world wide game "scissors, paper, stone" originated from China during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), invented by the warlords of that period. Except instead of paper, they used the open palm symbol to represent cloth, so it's "Scissors, Stone, Cloth". The game reached Japan in the early 1640s and one variation of the game was the "Slug, Snake, Frog" variation. In this variation, the Frog is afraid of the Snake, the Snake is afraid of the Slug, and the Slug is afraid of the Frog. This is influenced by the ''Sansukumi way of thinking'' where it keeps the three objects in a deadlock. The fact that the Sannin use these three animals as summons may be the author hinting that there is no stronger one among them, and that their strength is more or less equal. * The Sannin once had a friend named [[Hiruko (missing-nin)|Hiruko]] who later became a missing-nin that appeared in ''[[Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire]]''. [[de:Legendäre Sannin]] [[ru:Три легендарных Саннина]] Summary: Minor edit Follow this page Cancel
