What are the Sannin??

[Deblas]

Just want to know what are the Sannin and what do they do

[Eurasian]

The Sannins refer to the team trained under the 3rd Hokage (but back then he wasn't a hokage yet). They are Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru. And they are all suppose to be 50 years old.

They are Legendary because they all are very very very powerful. i guess not every memeber of a team is going to be strong (e.g. sakura is a weakest in team 7). each sannin is near impossible to defeat cuz that's just how powerful they are.

[Deblas]

nice, thanks eurosian

[Lenas]

Wasn't he Hokage when he was training them? How could he not have been? It showed Sarutobi becoming Hokage at a very young age in a flashback during the Konoha invasion.

[kaigan]

yes, he was hokage when he was training them.

[Coolman]

They are just 3 legendary people, known for their strenght. Although they aren't impossible to defeat, a few characters release could take them on at the moment.

[Kale Ironfist]

slightly wrong Coolman, the legendary 3 were known for their great strength and unbeatableness (that a word?) in their prime (20s to 30s)

[koreanriceboi]

the 3 ninjas: oro, jirai, and tsun

[Stoopider]

Originally posted by: kaigan
yes, he was hokage when he was training them.

He was a Hokage? Have to watch back the old clips.

I would think that he was a Jounnin at that time though. Was he wearing his dumb hat?

[Kale Ironfist]

he was around 30 at the time... probably not Hokage yet

[SK]

sarotobie (sp?) was named to be the 3rd at a very young age, but im not sure at what age he was when he started really performing Hokage duties, so he was Hokage when he trained the Sannin.

[Eurasian]

i don't think hokages train teams. jounins train teams. isn't that the rule??

[Kale Ironfist]

no, just the norm

[Tofu #2]

hokages can train teams if they want. they are hokage and have the power.

[Deblas]

well did the 1st and 2nd die before the 3rd trained the sannins? if so then he was performing hokage duties by that time

[Knives122]

the people are basically called Legendary Sannins b/c they were trained by the third, and since San=3 and Nin=ninja; you can basically that the Legendary Sannins are in fact the 3rds ninjas

[Lefty]

I think Sannin deals with that were three of them, so three ninja's. It could be taken either way.

[Eurasian]

i agree w/ lefty that the "sannin" refers to them as THE three ninjas. not just because they trained under 3rd. but it's open for debate.