First Animal Path (character)

He was a ninja that fought Jiraiya during his journey for his disciple. His body was used by Nagato years later as the first Animal Path. In the anime, the character Naruto's fight with the ninja in Jiraiya's story is slightly based off Jiraiya's fight with this Fūma ninja.

Appearance
His hair had a light green colour when he was alive, tied back in a long ponytail with a fringe hanging down from the right side of his head. This Fūma clan member had received a scar on his forehead during an encounter with Jiraiya, which was usually obstructed by the Animal Path's forehead protector.

This body belonged to a member of the Fūma clan, due to this many citizens of Amegakure believed Pain to be from the Fūma clan. The first Animal Path, like all of the Six Paths, possessed Nagato's Rinnegan. It had orange hair, which was a light green colour while it was alive, tied back in a long ponytail with a fringe hanging down from the right side of its head. It had a large bridge piercing through its upper nose which was attached on each cheek with a circular stud, one stud on its upper nose, six studs around the bottom of its face, and one stud on each ear. It does not have eyebrows. While being examined by Konoha, the body was shown to have multiple piercings on its chest and legs as well.

Abilities
As the corpse through which the Animal Path ability was channelled, this body had the ability to summon the animals under the control of Pain such as a snake-tailed chameleon, a crab, a dog, and a bird. Along with these it could also summon the other Six Paths of Pain corpses and Konan.

Itachi Pursuit Arc
Activated to confront the person that had infiltrated the village, the Animal Path comes face to face with Jiraiya. After a brief exchange of words, the Animal Path summons a giant crustacean which it has wash away the oil that covered Konan's body. As the battle ensued, the Animal Path summoned several more offensive and defensive type animals into battle against Jiraiya but is later seemingly defeated until the other three of the Six Paths of Pain arrive. The Animal Path is subsequently sucked into Jiraiya's Gourd Toad where it is taken to Konohagakure.

Invasion of Pain Arc
By the time of the invasion, this Animal Path was replaced with another. This Animal Path was taken to Konohagakure and autopsied by Shizune, Oyone and Kumadori. The Preta Path was sent after the body to retrieve the chakra receivers and subsequently used it as a shield when confronted by Tsume Inuzuka and Kuromaru.