This man was a shinobi Jiraiya met during his journey to find his disciple. Manga debut: Naruto Chapter #379 Anime debut: Naruto Shippuuden Episode #127 In the anime, the Asura Path was shown to be a wandering puppeteer with insight to the world. His body was used by Nagato years later as the Asura Path. In the anime, when alive, he showed the ability to control a puppet with threads made out of chakra. As part of the Six Paths of Pain, the Asura Path is used for a number of different purposes over the years: all six Paths are used to overthrow and kill Hanzou; when Jiraiya infiltrates Amegakure in order to find out more about Akatsuki, the Asura Path fights him and ultimately contributes to his death; in the anime, Asura Path assists in the capture of the Six-Tails; it participates during Pain's Assault, and like the other Paths it is defeated by Naruto Uzumaki. (Source: Narutopedia)