Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique

Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Techniqueedit
火遁・鳳仙火の術­ (Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu)
Name
Viz print media	Fire Style: Art of the Dragon's Breath, Phoenix Technique
English anime	Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu
English games	Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Jutsu
Debut
Manga	Volume #6, Naruto Chapter #46
Anime	Naruto Episode #28
Game	Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
OVA	Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village!
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Game
Data
Classification	Ninjutsu
Nature	Fire Release
Rank	C-rank
Class	Offensive
Range	Short range (0-5m)
Hand seals	Rat → Tiger → Dog → Ox → Rabbit → Tiger
Derived jutsu
Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Nail Crimson
Users
Itachi Uchiha Sasuke Uchiha Fūka (Anime only) Hōki (Anime only) Obito Uchiha (Anime only)

This technique creates a volley of small fireballs, which are sent flying in an unpredictable manner assaulting the enemy. In addition, the flames are controlled one by one with chakra, so avoiding them all is extremely difficult. Shuriken can also be concealed within the flames, creating an unexpected secondary surprise attack. Like the flames, the shuriken can be controlled with chakra. For the most part, however, this technique is used as a distraction.

Trivia

• This technique's name is a pun on balsam (鳳仙花, Hōsenka, literally meaning: phoenix sage flower), a type of flower. In fact, when the technique was first used in chapter 46, it was written as "Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Flower Technique" (火遁・鳳仙花の術, Katon: Hōsenka no Jutsu).
• In an anime cutscene of Kakashi Hatake's storyline in Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations, Obito Uchiha performs the technique on his teacher Minato during his bell test.