Third Kazekage

Please note that this is the Narutopedia's article on the former leader of Sunagakure, if you are looking for the article on the Naruto: Shippūden episode then you should head to The Third Kazekage; if you are looking for the article on the Human Puppet created by Sasori then you should head to Third Kazekage.

editThird Kazekage
三代目風影 Sandaime Kazekage
Debut
Manga	Naruto Chapter #690
Anime	Naruto Shippūden Episode #457
Game	Naruto Shippūden: Ninja Council 4
OVA	Naruto Shippūden: UNSG anime cutscenes
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Game
Voice Actors
Japanese	Minoru Kawai
English	Benjamin Diskin
Personal
Sex	Male
Status	Deceased
Kekkei Genkai	Magnet Release
Occupation	Kazekage
Affiliation	Sunagakure
Rank
Ninja Rank	Part II: Kage
Nature Type Magnet Release Wind Release Earth Release
Jutsu Iron Sand Drizzle Iron Sand Gathering Assault Iron Sand World Method
Tools Iron Sand

The Third Kazekage (三代目風影, Sandaime Kazekage, literally meaning: Third Wind Shadow) was once the leader of Sunagakure and is hailed as the village's strongest Kazekage.

Background

After studying the host of the One-Tailed Shukaku of the time, he recreated its sand-manipulating powers by combining his own magnetic chakra and iron powder, which produced the Iron Sand technique. It was for this very ability that he was noted as the strongest Kazekage in the entire history of Sunagakure.

Sasori kidnapped and killed the Third Kazekage in order to turn him into a Human Puppet. The effort involved in the Third's capture made it his favourite puppet. Sunagakure did not know this and searched earnestly for his whereabouts. Their actions are suggested to have sparked the Third Shinobi World War. With the war's outbreak the village was forced to give up the search and choose a Fourth Kazekage, though there would be other search attempts in later years.

Abilities

While alive, the Third Kazekage was hailed the strongest in the village's history, and even a immensely powerful shinobi like Sasori claimed that he had trouble killing him. He also appeared to have possessed a high level of intelligence as he was able to comprehend One-Tail's unique powers and produce his own version of the same.

Nature Transformation

The Third possessed the kekkei genkai Magnet Release which allowed him to convert his chakra into magnetic forces and magnetise an object. Combined with his research of Shukaku's powers, he crafted his own version of "sand-manipulation", the Iron Sand, by combining his magnetic force control with iron powder; this was the main reason why he was considered the strongest Kazekage there was. His magnetic control also granted him immunity from all metallic weapons, as well as the ability to nullify opposing puppets by clogging their joints with sand. With this "sand", he could make any weapon to fit any occasion, thereby making this a very versatile technique, which Chiyo considered to be the "most feared weapon in the history of Sunagakure".

Part II

Kazekage Rescue Arc

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The Third Kazekage as Sasori's puppet.

The Third's fate was discovered during Sasori's battle with Sakura and Chiyo, when Sasori brought out the Kazekage puppet to use against them. After a long, fierce battle, Sakura managed to destroy the puppet. In the anime, after Sakura punched the puppet to pieces, Chiyo attempted to use the head to attack Sasori, as she had sneaked a chakra string onto it during the battle, but Sasori simply incinerated it before it could reach him.