Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique

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Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Image 1 Image 2 As a ball of flames. As a continuous flame-thrower.
Name
Kanji	火遁・豪火球の術
Rōmaji	Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu
Viz print manga	Fire Style: Blaze of Glory
English anime	Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu
Alternative names	Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu
Debut
Manga	Naruto chapter 7
Anime	Naruto episode 5
Novel	Naruto: Innocent Heart, Demonic Blood
Movie	Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
Game	Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō
OVA	Find the Four-Leaf Red Clover!
Appears in	Anime, Manga, Novel, Game, Movie
Data
Classification	Ninjutsu
Nature	Fire Release
Rank	C-rank
Class	Offensive
Range	Short range (0-5m)
Hand seals	Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger
Other Jutsu
Derived Jutsu ● Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation ● Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction ● Fire Release: Great Flame Flower ● Susanoo: Great Fireball Technique
Users
Original Universe: ● Fugaku Uchiha ● Hidari (Manga only) ● Itachi Uchiha ● Madara Uchiha ● Obito Uchiha ● Sarada Uchiha ● Sasuke Uchiha ● Izuna Uchiha (Anime only) ● Kakashi Hatake (Anime only) ● Shisui Uchiha (Novel only) ● Victor (Anime only) ● Hiruzen Sarutobi (Game only) ● Rōshi (Game only) Fanon Universe: ● Atsuko Uchiha ● Kenshin Uchiha ● Murasaki Uchiha ● Rojuro Uzumaki ● Yoshino Kusugi ● Zanto Uchiha

A technique where chakra kneaded inside the body is converted into fire and expelled from the mouth either as a massive orb of roaring flame or as a continuous flame-thrower. The scope of the attack is altered by controlling the volume of chakra that is mustered. The released flames will engulf their target, capable of leaving a crater in the ground's surface and extensive burns on living targets.

The Uchiha clan uses this technique as a "coming of age" rite, and as such, is a common and favoured technique amongst them.

Trivia

• According to Kakashi Hatake, this technique was originally created by the Uchiha clan, becoming one of their favoured moves at which they became very adept.
• The characters for Fireball (火球) also means a "bolide", a "comet", and a "shooting star".
• While in the manga this technique is portrayed to be unique to the Uchiha clan, the anime has portrayed it as a common Fire Release technique used by several non-Uchiha.
• During his battle with Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura and Chiyo, Itachi was seen using the hand seals: Boar, Horse, and Tiger to create this technique.

See Also

• Blaze Release: Great Fireball Technique
• Cat Flame Roaring Fire