Despite his limited screen time in Naruto, Minato Namikaze is a well-loved fan favorite not only because of his relationship to Naruto, but also because of his strength, skill, and speed. He received notoriety as Konoha's Yellow Flash before becoming the village's Fourth Hokage. Together with his wife, Kushina, Minato sacrificed his life to save Konohagakure from the Nine-Tailed Fox's deadly attack.

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Before his tragic death led to the beginning of his son's story, Minato Namikaze had many achievements: becoming Hokage and saving Konohagakure are just a few. He also invented his own Kage-class jutsu, refined the Space-Time to a deadly art, and mastered multiple jutsu to serve in his deadly arsenal to protect Konoha, his wife, and his son.

10 Minato Used Shadow Clones For Nearly Every Jutsu

Minato Namikaze Creates Shadow Clones, Naruto Shippuden

The Shadow Clone jutsu allows a user to split their chakra and dispense it into an identical copy of themselves. These copies are autonomous, intelligent, and capable of coordinating attacks alongside their user or casting jutsu on their own. Performing the technique requires a large chakra reserve, as the amount of clones produced is directly proportional to the user's available chakra.

Like most Konohagakure shinobi, Minato utilized Tobirama Senju's Shadow Clone technique to supplement his own attack style. Minato incorporated Shadow clones into nearly every jutsu at his disposal, effectively doubling their power and ability to confuse his enemies.

9 Minato's Eight Trigrams Sealing Style Sealed Kurama Inside Naruto

Naruto Uses Eight Trigrams Sealing Style- Nine Tails Seal, Shippuden

The Eight Trigrams Sealing Style is a fuinjutsu technique developed by the Uzumaki clan; originally performed by Uzumaki clan members, it was invented to seal the Nine-Tailed Fox within a living jinchuriki. This host would then gain access to the Tailed-Beast's power in exchange for containing its destructive wrath from affecting Konohagakure.

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As the husband of one of the Uzumaki clan's last living members, Minato learned the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style from Kushina. He later used it to seal the Nine-Tailed Fox inside his newborn son, Naruto, in order to prevent the Nine-Tails from destroying Konohagakure. Later on, the shinobi world owed Minato a great debt for this choice, as Naruto single-handedly stopped its certain destruction with the power afforded to him as a jinchuriki.

8 He Could Copy Jiraiya's Summoning Toad Technique

Gamabunta The battle toad, Naruto

Summoning is only possible if a shinobi enters into a contract and signs it in blood. After the contract is made, they gain the ability to summon a variety of animals at their discretion; the size and power of the animals summoned are directly proportional to the user's power, strength, and chakra supply.

While under the tutelage of Jiraiya the Toad Sage, Minato learned his sensei's signature summoning technique. After entering into his own contract, Minato could summon the chief toad of Mount Myoboku, Gamabunta. He also formed a relationship with Gerotora, who he entrusted with the key to unlocking Naruto's Eight Trigrams Seal.

7 Minato Invented The Rasengan To Model Tailed-Beast Bombs

Minato Namikaze Holding A Rasengan, Naruto Shippuden

The Rasengan is a jutsu that represents the highest form of shape transformation. By shaping their chakra into a ball and spinning it, the user creates a high-density attack capable of being used at short range. Opponents struck with the Rasengan are sent flying off at high speed. As the Rasengan requires refined chakra control and mastery of shape transformation, very few shinobi are capable of replicating it.

Minato single-handedly created the Rasengan after studying the Nine-Tail's Tailed-Beast Bomb. It became a signature move in his arsenal of impressive jutsu before being passed down to his son, Naruto. His son improved this technique further by adding Wind Release, enabling the Rasengan to be thrown and manipulated as a projectile.

6 He Perfected Tobirama's Flying Raijin To An Art

Minato Namikaze Using Flying Raijin, Naruto Shippuden

The Flying Raijin is a Space-Time class jutsu that allows its user to teleport anywhere bearing the technique's formula. Originally developed by Tobirama Senju, the Flying Raijin is fast enough to avoid detection from dojutsu like the Sharingan. It also has no limit to the number of seals that can be active at once, essentially enabling its user's instant teleportation to anywhere in the world.

Minato's extensive use of Tobirama's jutsu gained him recognition as the world's fastest shinobi. He instantly appeared behind enemies using his Flying Raijin kunai, dispatching them before disappearing in a flash. Minato used Flying Raijin to instantly wipe out entire battlefields during his lifetime; after being reanimated, Flying Raijin was also essential in his efforts to defeat Madara and Obito Uchiha.

5 His Combination Attack, The Father-Son Rasengan, Devastated Opponents

Minato and Naruto Complete Parent and Child Rasengan, Naruto Shippuden

The Father-Son Rasengan is a technique which requires two shinobi, preferably a father and son pair. Each armed with the knowledge of how to create a Rasengan, the pair combine their individual jutsu to create a single, massive attack. This gargantuan Rasengan's power can be increased further through its user's transformation, be it in Sage Mode or while accessing Tailed-Beast chakra.

Minato Namikaze was able to use the Father-Son Rasengan with Naruto following his reanimation during the Fourth Shinobi World War. As both men contained partial chakra from the Nine-Tails, they were able to enter Nine-Tails Mode to enhance the jutsu's destructive power; it even proved strong enough to force Obito Uchiha back despite his being the jinchuriki of the Ten-Tails.

4 Minato's Spiraling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three Jutsu Crushed Enemies In Seconds

Minato Namikaze's Spiraling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Stage Three, Naruto Shippuden

The Spiraling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three begins with its user marking six kunai with the Flying Raijin formula. After throwing them simultaneously in a wide circle, the user teleports between the kunai at enough speed to generate flashes of lightning; any caught within the technique's range are thrown back and singed by the resulting friction.

Minato developed this long-winded technique to further utilize his Flying Raijin on the battlefield, wiping out entire squadrons with six well-aimed kunai. The jutsu's power and speed could be doubled with the use of Shadow Clones, allowing Minato's Spiraling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three to encompass a wider area.

3 He Mastered The Uzumaki's Greatest Sealing Technique, The Reaper Death Seal

Shiki Fujin Minato

The Reaper Death Seal allows a user to summon the shinigami of death using their soul as a medium. After activating the technique, the user can steal the soul of any opponent by sacrificing them to the shinigami; the target and user's souls are then bound within the shinigami's realm to suffer for eternity while their bodies are left behind to die.

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The Reaper Death Seal was the Uzumaki's ultimate sealing technique as it prevented an opponent from escaping while also preventing their reanimation. Minato learned to perform it while married to Kushina Uzumaki. He used the Reaper Death Seal for the first, and last, time when binding half the Nine-Tails' chakra within himself to save Naruto's life during the assault on Konoha.

2 He Learned Nine-Tails Chakra Mode After Sealing Kurama Inside Himself

Minato Namikaze In Nine Tails Chakra Mode, Naruto Shippuden

The Nine-Tails Chakra Mode is a unique transformation only available to those who possess all or part of the Nine-Tails' chakra. This transformation grants its user superior speed, enhanced strength, and healing abilities, all of which come from its distinctive yellow aura.

Minato gained access to the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode after stealing half of Kurama's chakra using the Reaper Death Seal. He accessed this transformation during his time as a Reanimation, using the enhanced capabilities to aid the Allied Shinobi Alliance in their fight against Madara and Obito Uchiha; due to its power, he managed to save the shinobi world from certain destruction more than once.

1 Minato's Flying Raijin: Guiding Thunder Intercepted Any Attack

Minato Namikaze Uses Flying Raijin- Guiding Thunder To Teleport Blast, Naruto Shippuden

The Flying Raijin: Guiding Thunder requires its user's mastery of Space-Time jutsu. This ultimate barrier technique utilizes the Flying Raijin technique formula to teleport anything it comes into contact with, be it ally or enemy jutsu. Regardless of its size or destructive power, the Flying Raijin: Guiding Thunder can instantly warp anything to another location at its user's discretion.

Minato used this jutsu immediately after arriving at the Fourth Shinobi World War; he intercepted the Ten-Tails' Tailed-Beast Bomb before it destroyed the Shinobi Alliance. Its ability to transport cataclysmic attacks anywhere, including highly-populated enemy villages, make this technique the best in class for Space-Time and Barrier jutsu.

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