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長門NagatoPain (ペイン, Pein)

Debut (Manga)

* Chapter 238 (Hologram)
* Chapter 363 (In Person)

Debut (Anime)

* Naruto 135 (Hologram)
* Naruto Shippuden 114 (In Person)

Appears in

Anime and Manga

Seiyū (Japanese)

* Ken'yū Horiuchi

Voice actor(s) (English)

* Dave Wittenberg

Classification

S-Class

Birthdate

September 19
Age

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Height

176.5 cm (Deva path)
Weight

57.2 kg (Deva path)
Gender

Male
Blood type

A

Ring

零 (nothing, zero)
Ring position

Right thumb


Partner

Konan
Affiliation

* Akatsuki
* Amegakure

Previous team(s)

Ame Orphans
Occupation

* Akatsuki Leader
* Village Leader

Nature Type

* Wind
* Water
* Fire
* Lightning
* Earth
* Sixth form of Nature Transformation, likely Yin-Yang

Jutsu

* Banshō Ten'in
* Chakra Disruption Blades
* Chibaku Tensei
* Fierce Raining at Will
* Five Seals Barrier
* Flaming Arrow of Amazing Ability
* Illusionary Dragon Nine Consuming Seals
* King of Hell
* Magic Lantern Body Technique
* Mirrored Sudden Attacker
* Outer Path: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique
* Sealing Technique Absorption Seal
* Shapeshifting Technique
* Shinra Tensei
* Six Paths of Pain
* Soul Removal (Unnamed)
* Summoning: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path
* Summoning Technique (Multiple)
* Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm

During the war in Amegakure, two Konoha shinobi broke into Nagato's house looking for food, thinking that the house had been abandoned. His parents, believing they were going to be killed, attacked the two strangers so Nagato could escape. Thinking that they were enemy ninja, the Konoha shinobi killed Nagato's parents, prompting Nagato to awaken his Rinnegan and dispose of the intruders. He would come to consider this incident the first great pain of his life.[2]

Having no-one left to call family, Nagato left his home after burying his parents, and began wandering aimlessly with nothing but a few supplies, along with meeting and befriending a stray dog, which he named 'Chibi'. He later grouped up with fellow orphans, Konan and Yahiko, and they looked after each other.[3] One day, the three friends got caught in the crossfire of a battle between the Legendary Sannin and Hanzō, resulting in Chibi dying in Nagato's arms. This infuriated Yahiko, to the point of declaring that he would become a god to stop all madness, which eventually became Nagato's desire.

After the Great War ended, Nagato and his friends met the Sannin, who at first were less than willing to help them. Orochimaru even suggested to kill them, as they were orphans of war, and as such would only live their lives full of misery. Jiraiya, on the other hand, decided that he would take care of them, to compensate for what the Sannin did.

One night, at dinner, Nagato cried because eating together with his master and friends reminded him of his family. Later that night, he ran away with Yahiko. The two were attacked by an Iwagakure chunin, who injured Yahiko. To his horror, Nagato activated his Rinnegan, and killed the ninja. When Jiraiya found out about this, he decided to train them in ninjutsu.[4] Nagato was very emotional about killing the ninja, and asked Jiraiya for help so he could protect Konan and Yahiko. Jiraiya's response was for Nagato to grow up. He also revealed the truth behind Nagato's Rinnegan: that his eyes might be the key to finding the peace they both desired for the world.

After three years, Jiraiya felt they were strong enough to fend for themselves, so he began to head home. Jiraiya believed Nagato to have later died with the other orphans under unexplained circumstances,[5] but had told Konan that, whenever their names were mentioned outside their village, it was always about someone being killed when they opposed them.

In truth, Nagato, Konan, and Yahiko began a quest to find the peace that they desired, just as Jiraiya had done. While becoming full-fledged Rain ninja, they followed their own path, and began gathering several supporters, with Yahiko as their leader. Unfortunately, then Amegakure leader, Hanzō, viewed Yahiko's gang as a threat to his position as leader and schemed with Danzo and Konoha's Foundation to eliminate them. Luring Yahiko's group into a trap under the guise of three-way peace talks with the Land of Fire, Land of Wind, and Land of Earth, Hanzō took Konan hostage, and used her life as a bargaining chip to try and force Nagato to kill Yahiko. Faced with a horrible decision, and with both Konan and Yahiko showing their willingness to die for the sake of the other, Nagato struggled with himself, until Yahiko physically forced Nagato to kill him by placing the kunai in his hand and guiding it. With Yahiko's dying breath, he told Nagato to survive, because he believed in Jiraiya's words that Nagato would become the world's saviour. This would become the second great pain of Nagato's life.

After Yahiko's death, Hanzō ordered his shinobi to kill Nagato as well, but Nagato managed to unleash his Shinra Tensei to repel their kunai. As Nagato rescued Konan, Hanzō captured him with exploding tags, severely burning his legs and hands in the resulting explosion. However, Nagato continued to hold his ground, and returned Konan to safety, telling her to take hold of Yahiko's body. Nagato then performed Summoning: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, despite Konan's pleas, and used the Illusionary Dragon Nine Consuming Seal statue to decimate both Hanzō and Danzo's forces. The technique didn't kill Hanzō and Danzo, as they were able to flee. However, it left Nagato emaciated, with numerous chakra rods embedded in his back, which, along with the injuries from the explosion, seemed to necessitate his future use of a robotic transport. Leadership of the gang passed on to Nagato as he scratched through the symbol of his Amegakure forehead protector, presumably indicating both the origin of the rebellion that would lead to civil war, and the beginning of his teaching of enlightenment through pain.

Upon adopting the alias "Pain", Nagato led the rebelling forces in the Amegakure civil war, and took control of the village by assassinating Hanzō, then solidified his leadership by systematically killing anyone who had direct ties to the former leader. The members of Pain's faction then wore their forehead protectors with scratches through them (a practice shared by the members of Akatsuki), to symbolize their rebellion, and continued to wear them even after gaining control of the country, despite no longer being rogue ninja, to symbolize their victory in the conflict.[6]