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Chiriku
地陸 Chiriku
Debut
Manga Naruto Chapter #314
Anime Naruto Shippūden Episode #57
Game Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 (Mentioned)
Appears in Anime, Manga, Game
Voice Actors
Japanese
English
Personal
Birthdate Astrological Sign Cancer July 1
Sex Gender Male Male
Age
  • Part II: 31
Status Deceased
Height
  • Part II: 179 cm1.79 m <br />5.873 ft <br />70.472 in <br />
Weight
  • Part II: 59.1 kg130.293 lb <br />
Blood type A
Classification
Occupation
  • Head Monk
Affiliation
Team
Jutsu

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Chiriku (地陸) was a ninja monk from the Fire Temple. He was also one of the Twelve Guardian Ninja guards for the Land of Fire's daimyō.

Background[]

Asuma And Chiriku

Chiriku and Asuma as part of the Twelve Guardian Ninja.

He was once part of the Twelve Guardian Ninja, indicated by the sash on his waist, at which time he developed a strong friendship with Asuma Sarutobi. During this time, some underground organisation put a 30 million ryō bounty on his head.[2]

When six of the members tried a coup d'etat, he fought against them along with the other five members of their group. Chiriku, Asuma, and Kazuma were the only survivors of the fight. Following the group's destruction, he became head monk at the Fire Temple, an elite monastery that is home to monks with special abilities. In the anime, it is revealed that Chiriku was once a student of Chūkaku. He apparently surpassed his master at some point.[3]

Personality[]

Chiriku was a seemingly calm and composed individual described as being unaffected — hardly letting anything phase him. Despite this, Chiriku was a righteous man that when angered, would display it greatly. He was also described as being a sincere individual.[1]

Appearance[]

Chiriku was a bald man with dark eyes, and very thick eyebrows. He wore the standard attire of the ninja monk along with the sash worn by members of the Twelve Guardia Ninja group and went barefoot.

Abilities[]

Raigō Senjusatsu

Chiriku using Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder.

Chiriku was a highly capable fighter, having been a member of the Twelve Guardian Ninja earned a bounty of 30,000,000 ryō in the underground black market. As the head of the Fire Temple, Chiriku was well-versed in all of the Fire Temple's secret teachings. Likewise, he was a master of the Fire Temple's secret taijutsu style, able to compete defend and counter Hidan and Kakuzu's simultaneous assault for a period. In the anime, his abilities were great enough that Kabuto Yakushi wanted to reincarnate him for use in the Fourth Shinobi World War.[3]

Ninjutsu[]

Having studied under and surpassing his master, Chūkaku, Chiriku had advanced knowledge of chakra and sealing formulas.[3] Chiriku was proficient in barrier ninjutsu, able to create a powerful barrier around the Fire Temple to protect it from intruders. He achieved mastery for the Fire Temple's ultimate technique, the Welcoming Approach: Thousand-Armed Murder. He also seemed to be skilled with fūinjutsu, as seen when he and several other monks attempted to suppress Sora's demon chakra.

Part II[]

Twelve Guardian Ninja[]

Main article: Twelve Guardian Ninja (Arc) In the anime, when it was discovered that the graves of his fallen allies were robbed, Chiriku contacted Konohagakure for help. It was also revealed that since the failed coup d'etat, Chiriku had been looking after and training Kazuma's only child, Sora. Ashamed of Kazuma's decision to join the coup d'etat, Chiriku chose to never tell Sora the truth. Despite how the rest of the Fire Temple felt and treated Sora, Chiriku was sympathetic to Sora's hardship and did what he could to keep his morale up, yet at the same time keep him in line.

After an attempt to retrieve the stolen corpses failed and it became clear that Sora's demonic side was becoming more uncontrollable, Chiriku decided to have Sora join Team Yamato return to Konoha under the guise of filling in for the injured Sai, where in truth it was for Sora to be better watched after.

Akatsuki Suppression Mission[]

Main article: Akatsuki Suppression Mission

Akatsuki vs Chiriku

Chiriku confronts Kakuzu and Hidan.

After entering the Land of Fire, Hidan and Kakuzu of Akatsuki arrive at the Fire Temple believing that such a religious place would perhaps house the country's jinchūriki. They completely wiped out the monks and the temple and Kakuzu took Chiriku's body to a black market exchange point to get the bounty for his body.

In Other Media[]

Video Games[]

Chiriku is a playable character in the following video games:

Game nameJapanese releaseEnglish release
Naruto Mobile20162016
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing14 July 201624 August 2016
Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippū Ranbu27 July 2015
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Online14 April 201320 July 2016

Trivia[]

  • Chiriku's name comes from chi meaning "earth", and riku meaning "land".
  • According to the databook:
  • In Naruto: Shippūden episode 76, when Kakuzu and Hidan arrive at the bounty station and the bounty exchange master flips through his bingo book, Chiriku is listed as being 5'11" and having an AB blood type, which conflicts with his databook profile.
  • Chiriku's face appeared on a lantern in the ending omake of Naruto: Shippūden episode 129.
  • In the anime, Kabuto Yakushi wished to reincarnate Chiriku. However, he ultimately failed.

Quotes[]

  • (To Hidan and Kakuzu) "I am Chiriku of the Fire Temple, and I won't lose to the likes of you!"[4]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Third Databook, page 103
  2. Naruto chapter 320, page 3
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Naruto: Shippūden episode 316
  4. Naruto: Shippūden episode 73
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