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Wind Release: Rasenshuriken[1]

Fūton Rasenshuriken
Kanji 風遁・螺旋手裏剣
Rōmaji Fūton: Rasenshuriken
Literal English Wind Release: Spiralling Shuriken
English TV Wind Style: Rasen Shuriken
Manga Chapter #339
Anime Naruto Shippūden Episode #87
Movie Naruto Shippūden 3: Inheritors of the Will of Fire
Game Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3
OVA Naruto x UT
Appears in Anime, Manga, Game and Movie
Classification Ninjutsu, Kinjutsu
Rank S-rank
Class Offensive
Range All ranges
Other jutsu
Parent jutsu
Derived jutsu




By manipulating the wind-natured chakra of the Wind Release: Rasengan, Naruto was able to create four large points, causing the Rasengan to take on the appearance of a giant fūma shuriken, with the Rasengan in the centre remaining a perfect sphere. The technique gives off a loud bell-like screech after being formed. In order to perform it, Naruto requires the aid of two shadow clones; he provides the chakra, one clone is responsible for the shape transformation, and the other provides the nature transformation.

Severing Chakra Cells2

The Rasenshuriken's effect.

The Rasenshuriken creates countless microscopic wind-blades that damage the body on a cellular level. It produces so many individual strikes that even Kakashi Hatake is unable to count them all with his Sharingan.[2] The wind blades sever nerve channels in the body, leaving the target unable to move after being struck. They also attack the chakra circulatory system, which cannot be repaired by any form of medical ninjutsu. Depending on the severity of the damage, the victim may not be able to perform a technique ever again. Because the Rasenshuriken does cellular damage to Naruto's arm when he first uses the technique without throwing it, Tsunade labelled it a kinjutsu and likens the technique's effects to poison.[3]


The wind sphere created on impact.

When Naruto first uses the Rasenshuriken against Kakuzu, the latter is caught in a vortex of wind blades. Other than the damage done to his cells, Kakuzu's body is left intact after being struck. After Naruto learns to throw the Rasenshuriken, the damage is greatly increased; not only is it capable of cutting through rocky mountains,[4] but when Pain's Human Path is struck by it, most of its body is disintegrated, leaving only the top of its head.[5] Even though it can now be thrown, it can still be thrust into the opponent.


Rasen Expansion

A thrown, expanded Rasenshuriken.

Naruto later perfects the Rasenshuriken with Sage Mode. This allows him to throw it at his opponents, and removes the threat of damaging himself with the technique. Another improvement is that the shuriken now expands after it has been thrown, compensating for imprecise aim or fleeing opponents by widening the area of effect. However, he can throw the Rasenshuriken quickly enough that this is rarely necessary. When thrown, the Rasenshuriken becomes Naruto's quickest and strongest attack,[6] able to cross an entire Chibaku Tensei crater — which was roughly the size of a small mountain range — in a single second. When it exploded, it took up a large part of that same area.[7]

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Naruto can also create and throw this technique in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode; in this form, he can use the extra chakra arms in place of Shadow Clones to create the Rasenshuriken. He can also form a smaller version of it, developed during his training with Killer B. Using his chakra arms, he can guide the Rasenshuriken towards the enemy, allowing him to redirect it back at them, should the initial attack fail.


The Rasenshuriken requires a great deal of chakra to perform, and after creating it three times, using his own chakra, left Naruto extremely fatigued. However, it requires a good deal more chakra to both create and then throw it, which, while in Sage Mode, can be used twice in addition to other Rasengan variants. This indicates that a thrown Rasenshuriken takes up approximately half his sage chakra. He must then re-enter Sage Mode before using the technique again.



Naruto Artbook2 Rasenshuriken



  1. Third Databook, pages 298-299
  2. Naruto chapter 341, page 18
  3. Naruto chapter 346, pages 10-14
  4. Naruto chapter 442, page 8
  5. Naruto chapter 434, page 15
  6. Naruto chapter 551, pages 12-14
  7. Naruto chapter 442, pages 5-8
  8. Second Artbook, page 15
  9. Third Databook, page 5

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