Jiraiya (literally "Young Thunder"), also known as Ogata Shuma Hiroyuki, was the protagonist of the Japanese folktale The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya. He was a ninja skilled in shapeshifting magic and could morph into a gigantic toad. He was the heir of a powerful clan in Kyūshū of the same name.

Jiraiya fell in love and married Tsunade, a beautiful maiden snail magic master. His nemesis was his one-time follower Yashagorō, later known as Orochimaru, who had mastered snake magic.

* Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari ("The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya")

* Jiraiya (1914)
* Nidaime Jiraiya (1917),
* Jiraiya Gōketsu Tan (1918)
* Gōketsu Jiraiya (Jiraiya the Hero, 1921)

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiraiya Wikipedia]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TnacAyzpf-M Watch Jiraiya the the Hero (1921) on Youtube]
*[https://comicvine.gamespot.com/jiraiya/4005-126611/ Comic Vine]
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