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Sannin
	(伝説の三忍, Densetsu no Sannin, literally meaning: Legendary Three Ninja)
Debut
Manga	Naruto Chapter #139
Anime	Naruto Episode #83
Movie	Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Will of Fire
Game	Naruto: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! 4
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Game, Movie
Team Info
Leaders	Hiruzen Sarutobi ;
Members	Jiraiya ; File:Gender Various.svg Orochimaru ; Tsunade ;
Affiliations	Konohagakure; ;
Team Jutsu

Revision as of 23:03, 11 April 2016

The Sannin (伝説の三忍, Densetsu no Sannin, literally meaning: Legendary Three Ninja) are renowned ninja from Konohagakure, hailed as three of the greatest shinobi of their time.

History

As genin, the three were the students of Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage. During their time under Hiruzen's tutelage, they all learned to use the Summoning Technique, which they perform with their left hands. Despite being a team and having accomplished great things together, the three members were always in constant disagreement with one another, which Tsunade referred to as a "three-way deadlock". Once they became skilled ninja able to look after themselves, Hiruzen's team was disbanded.

	Hanzō names the "Sannin".

Despite the official dissolution of their team, the three continued to work together during the Second Shinobi World War. During one battle with Hanzō of the Salamander, they were the only Konoha ninja to survive Hanzō's attacks. As a reward for this, Hanzō dubbed them "Konoha's Legendary Sannin", a title that would follow them for the rest of their lives and which they themselves would use with pride. However, that same battle was the last one they fought together; happening upon a group of war orphans demanding training, Orochimaru proposed to kill them in order to end their suffering. Jiraiya however, chose to remain in Ame with them. By the time he had returned to Konoha, Tsunade had abandoned the life of a ninja and departed Konoha. Orochimaru, having been caught performing unethical experiments on his fellow shinobi, deserted the village. Jiraiya failed to stop Orochimaru from leaving and later left the village himself to track his and the Akatsuki's movements.

Because of their legendary skills and prowess, each of the Sannin have been considered for the position of Hokage at one time or another. Jiraiya was Hiruzen's preference for the position of Fourth Hokage, but he wasn't interested in the responsibilities. Orochimaru applied for the position, but Hiruzen did not believe Orochimaru had the village's best interests at heart and was passed over in favour of Jiraiya's student, Minato Namikaze. Hiruzen again wanted Jiraiya to become Hokage after the Fourth's death, but Jiraiya once again refused. After Hiruzen's death, the Konoha Council asked Jiraiya to assume the position once more. Jiraiya declines once again, feeling unworthy of the title for failing to save the Third or Fourth, and feeling that the Hokage's duties would cut into his "research" time. However, Jiraiya offered to bring Tsunade back to the village, where she became the Fifth Hokage.

The three were never on good terms again following Second Shinobi World War, and even though Jiraiya and Tsunade were frequently at odds with Orochimaru when they did meet, the three ever-remained deeply attached to each other. When rumours of Orochimaru's death reach Konoha, Jiraiya and Tsunade are saddened by the news, although relieved that he was no longer a threat. When Jiraiya once again ventured to Amegakure to investigate Pain, Tsunade bet that he would die, so that her legendary terrible luck would ensure his survival. Upon learning that Jiraiya was killed by Pain, Tsunade privately mourned for his loss.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, Tsunade and Orochimaru, along with a reincarnated Hiruzen, worked together once again, with Tsunade claiming that had Orochimaru changed sooner, Jiraiya might still be alive. Orochimaru responded that anyone can change given enough time, and that it was better for Jiraiya to have died than have changed.

Renown

Tsunade - granddaughter of the First Hokage; addicted to gambling but chronically unlucky; revolutionised the medical-ninja system and the entire system of rules that medical ninja abide by; trained Shizune and Sakura Haruno, among others, in the art of medical ninjutsu; eventually becomes Fifth Hokage.
Orochimaru - called the prodigy of his generation; endeavoured to gain immortality via means of kinjutsu in order to learn every technique in existence; defected from Konoha, joined Akatsuki, and founded Otogakure; taught Anko Mitarashi (and the other members of Team Orochimaru), Kabuto Yakushi, and Sasuke Uchiha.
Jiraiya - wandered the world and trained under the toads; author of The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi and the Icha Icha series of novels; became the teacher of the Ame Orphans, Minato Namikaze (and the other members of Team Jiraiya), and Naruto Uzumaki; died while investigating Pain, but not before gaining intel that contributed to Pain's ultimate defeat.

Known Missions

Assassinate Hiruko (Movie only)

Rank: Unknown
Status: Failure

Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru were assigned by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen, to locate Hiruko and assassinate him for conducting illegal experiments. This failed, as Hiruko escaped with his research from the village by the time the Sannin reached his lab.

Trivia

Each of the Sannin has trained one member of Team Kakashi: Jiraiya has trained Naruto, Tsunade has trained Sakura, and Orochimaru has trained Sasuke.
- Team Konohamaru has a direct relationship with Team Hiruzen. In the case of Sarada and Boruto, one or both of their parents were trained by a Sannin. In the case of Mitsuki, his father was a Sannin. Their team leader Konohamaru, is Hiruzen's grandson.
The Sannin are named after the characters in the Japanese folktale 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.

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-'''Sannin''' is the collective name of three renowned ninja from [[Konohagakure]], who are hailed as three of the greatest shinobi of their time. While all three eventually left the village at some point for their own reasons, they all retained their renown from the title of {{Translation|''Legendary Three Ninja''|伝説の三忍|Densetsu no Sannin}}.
+The {{translation|'''Sannin'''|伝説の三忍|Densetsu no Sannin|lit meaning=Legendary Three Ninja}} are renowned ninja from [[Konohagakure]], hailed as three of the greatest shinobi of their time.
 == History ==
+[[File:Team hiruzen.png|thumb|left|Team Hiruzen.]]
-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.
+As [[genin]], the three were the students of [[Hiruzen Sarutobi]], the Third [[Hokage]]. During their time under Hiruzen's tutelage, they all learned to use the [[Summoning Technique]], which they perform with their left hands. Despite being a team and having accomplished great things together, the three members were always in constant disagreement with one another, which Tsunade referred to as a "three-way deadlock". Once they became skilled ninja able to look after themselves, Hiruzen's team was disbanded.
-[[File:Team hiruzen.png|thumb|left|Hiruzen and the young Sannin.]]
+{{ImgRight|Hanzo and Sannin.png|Hanzō names the "Sannin".}}
+Despite the official dissolution of their team, the three continued to work together during the [[Second Shinobi World War]]. During one battle with [[Hanzō]] of the Salamander, they were the only Konoha ninja to survive Hanzō's attacks. As a reward for this, Hanzō dubbed them "[[Konoha]]'s Legendary Sannin", a title that would follow them for the rest of their lives and which they themselves would use with pride. However, that same battle was the last one they fought together; happening upon a group of [[Ame Orphans|war orphans]] demanding training, Orochimaru proposed to kill them in order to end their suffering. Jiraiya however, chose to remain in Ame with them. By the time he had returned to Konoha, Tsunade had abandoned the life of a ninja and departed Konoha. Orochimaru, having been caught performing unethical experiments on his fellow shinobi, deserted the village. Jiraiya failed to stop Orochimaru from leaving and later left the village himself to track his and the [[Akatsuki]]'s movements.
-Every member of this team grew to become [[Kage]]-level ninja and, with the exception of [[Jiraiya]] (who twice 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]].
+Because of their legendary skills and prowess, each of the Sannin have been considered for the position of Hokage at one time or another. Jiraiya was Hiruzen's preference for the position of Fourth Hokage, but he wasn't interested in the responsibilities. Orochimaru applied for the position, but Hiruzen did not believe Orochimaru had the village's best interests at heart and was passed over in favour of Jiraiya's student, [[Minato Namikaze]]. Hiruzen again wanted Jiraiya to become Hokage after the Fourth's death, but Jiraiya once again refused. After Hiruzen's death, the [[Konoha Council]] asked Jiraiya to assume the position once more. Jiraiya declines once again, feeling unworthy of the title for failing to save the Third or Fourth, and feeling that the Hokage's duties would cut into his "[[Icha Icha|research]]" time. However, Jiraiya offered to bring Tsunade back to the village, where she became the Fifth Hokage.
+The three were never on good terms again following Second Shinobi World War, and even though Jiraiya and Tsunade were frequently at odds with Orochimaru when they did meet, the three ever-remained deeply attached to each other. When rumours of Orochimaru's death reach Konoha, Jiraiya and Tsunade are saddened by the news, although relieved that he was no longer a threat. When Jiraiya once again ventured to Amegakure to investigate [[Pain]], Tsunade bet that he would die, so that her legendary terrible luck would ensure his survival. Upon learning that Jiraiya was killed by Pain, Tsunade privately mourned for his loss.
+During the [[Fourth Shinobi World War]], Tsunade and Orochimaru, along with a [[Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation|reincarnated]] Hiruzen, worked together once again, with Tsunade claiming that had Orochimaru changed sooner, Jiraiya might still be alive. Orochimaru responded that anyone can change given enough time, and that it was better for Jiraiya to have died than have changed.
+== Renown ==
+* [[Tsunade]] - granddaughter of the [[First Hokage]]; addicted to gambling but chronically unlucky; revolutionised the [[medical-ninja]] system and the entire system of rules that medical ninja abide by; trained [[Shizune]] and [[Sakura Haruno]], among others, in the art of medical [[ninjutsu]]; eventually becomes Fifth [[Hokage]].
+* [[Orochimaru]] - called the prodigy of his generation; endeavoured to gain immortality via means of [[kinjutsu]] in order to learn every [[technique]] in existence; defected from Konoha, joined [[Akatsuki]], and founded [[Otogakure]]; taught [[Anko Mitarashi]] (and the other members of [[Team Orochimaru]]), [[Kabuto Yakushi]], and [[Sasuke Uchiha]].
+* [[Jiraiya]] - wandered the world and trained under the [[toads]]; author of ''[[The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi]]'' and the ''[[Icha Icha]]'' series of novels; became the teacher of the [[Ame Orphans]], [[Minato Namikaze]] (and the other members of [[Team Jiraiya]]), and [[Naruto Uzumaki]]; died while investigating [[Pain]], but not before gaining intel that contributed to Pain's ultimate defeat.
 == Known Missions ==
-;Assassinate [[Hiruko (missing-nin)|Hiruko]] (Movie only)
+;Assassinate [[Hiruko (missing-nin)|Hiruko]] ([[Naruto Shippūden the Movie: The Will of Fire|Movie only]])
 * '''Rank:''' Unknown
 * '''Status:''' Failure
-Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru were assigned by the Third Hokage Hiruzen to locate Hiruko and assassinate him for conducting [[Chimera Technique|illegal experiments]]. This failed, as Hiruko escaped with his research from the village by the time the Sannin reached his lab.
+Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru were assigned by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen, to locate Hiruko and assassinate him for conducting [[Chimera Technique|illegal experiments]]. This failed, as Hiruko escaped with his research 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 is renown for revolutionising the [[medical-ninja]] system settin up the organisational system and guidelines which all medical-nin abide by. She later became famous during the shinobi 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 [[technique]] in existence. He taught [[Anko Mitarashi]] (and the other members of [[Team Orochimaru]]), [[Kabuto Yakushi]], 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]]" and the ''[[Icha Icha]]'' series of novels. Later, he became the teacher of [[Yahiko]], [[Konan]], [[Nagato]], [[Minato Namikaze]] (and the other members of [[Team Jiraiya]]), 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]] has trained [[Sasuke]].
+* Each of the Sannin has trained one member of [[Team Kakashi]]: [[Jiraiya]] has trained [[Naruto]], [[Tsunade]] has trained [[Sakura]], and [[Orochimaru]] has trained [[Sasuke]].
+** Team Konohamaru has a direct relationship with Team Hiruzen. In the case of Sarada and Boruto, one or both of their parents were trained by a Sannin. In the case of Mitsuki, his father was a Sannin. Their team leader Konohamaru, is Hiruzen's grandson.
-* 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.
-* Interestingly, the Hidden leaf village's [[Forehead Protector]] were not worn by Sanin after gaining the title Sannin of Konohagakure as they were respected in their village. [[Jiraiya]] wore a modified forehead protector which also shows his affiliations to [[Mount Myōboku]].
-* 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 to find ''The Child of the Prophecy'', and Tsunade lost all confidence in her healing abilities 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 the Movie: The Will of Fire]]''.
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