4 Moments That Prove Minato Is Bad at Naming His Jutsu!

Minato Namikaze is one of Konoha’s ninjas and even a very talented and strong Konoha hero.

He can create and develop jutsu new skills, including learning difficult techniques such as the Uzumaki clan seal.

Even though he is talented, Minato’s ability to name his moves actually needs to be corrected, here are four moments!

1. Minato created the Rasengan, initially he called it “Kourin Reika Hakkitsu Muji-Jiraiya Soushikinogan”

Shueisha/Masashi Kishimoto

Minato succeeded in creating one jutsuwhere he forms and focuses a vortex chakras in his hand.

Now this move is known as Rasenganbut initially Minato named this move “Kourin Reika Hakkitsu Muji-Jiraiya Soushikinogan“, which if translated into Indonesian is “Ball ring of light frozen snack (ice cream) resolution of the double formula of Jiraiya’s head navel”.

He made the name of his move very, very literal, because at that time he succeeded in making it because of his two navels and the ice cream that Jiraiya brought. Luckily, Kushina corrected this name Rasengan which means spiral ball.

2. There is a technique Minato has not fully demonstrated, he calls it “Rasen Senkō Chō Rinbukō Sanshiki”

Pierrot/Naruto Studios

This is one of Minato’s techniques with a long name and still a mysterious technique. The reason is because in the series, when Minato uses this technique it is not shown, apart from Kunai which was thrown.

So what is the meaning of “Rasen Senkō Chō Rinbukō Sanshiki“? In Indonesian, the meaning is “Third Style Super Howling Dance Spiral Flash”, who knows what it means, only Minato and Kishimoto know.

3. He named the combination of Hiraishin with Tobirama “Hiraishin Goshun Mawashi no Jutsu”

Pierrot/Naruto Studios

When Naruto and Sasuke combined their techniques (which were named long also by Minato), the two users Hiraishin there, Tobirama and Minato support Naruto and Sasuke.

When Tobirama and Minato used Hiraishin almost simultaneously to trick Obito into being hit by Naruto-Sasuke’s attack, Minato named him “Hiraishin Goshun Mawashi no Jutsu“.

If the name is translated into Indonesian, it is “God of Flying Thunder (Hiraishin) Used in Conjunction with the Spinning Technique”, very literally.

4. He named Naruto and Sasuke’s combination move “Shakuton: Kōrin Shippū Shikkoku no Ya Zeroshiki”

Pierrot Studios/Naruto Shippuden

In the Fourth Ninja World War, Naruto and Sasuke successfully combined their two techniques consisting of two natural elements, wind and heat (fire).

Minato witnessed it and was amazed, he called the technique “Shakuton: Kōrin Shippū Shikkoku no Ya Zeroshiki“, quite a long name.

The meaning is “Scorch Element: Zero Style Black Storm Circle Arrow” which again is very literal, plus added Zeroshiki aka zero style, either because this is the first move in this element or just to be cool.

That was the moment that proved that Minato had bad naming skills. What do you think?

Article first published on July 18, 2023, re-released on March 23, 2024.