Xiao San

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

Josuke meets Xiao San as a Little Three-Tails and gives him the name “Little Three,” claiming it belonged to a powerful figure from his hometown. Xiao San takes the story seriously. After hearing about his abilities, Josuke decides to keep him, and the two agree to look after each other 57 58.

Xiao San later helps Josuke approach Amegakure by interfering with Pain’s rain-based surveillance. Pain notices that many of his connections to the rain have stopped providing useful information 90 91. During Josuke’s rescue of Jiraiya, Xiao San brings him a severed White Zetsu arm for the treatment 92.

During the Fourth Great Ninja War, Xiao San senses the Yang-attribute chakra that he identifies as his other half. He subsequently joins Josuke in training and deploying combined techniques against the Ten-Tails 152 163 180. Years later, while playing in Konoha, he learns of Genya’s disappearance and immediately alerts Josuke 228.

Appearance

Xiao San is a small, turtle-like version of the Three-Tails 69 73.

• Three tails — they stand upright when he is angry 88.
• Small eyes — noted when Josuke explains his new name 57.
• Blue chakra — surrounds him when he demonstrates his Water Style enhancement 58.

Personality

Xiao San likes eating, sleeping and having fun, and Josuke considers the idea of him betraying their partnership absurd 58 73. He boasts about his strength but readily admits that fighting all Six Paths of Pain would be dangerous, particularly because the Preta Path can absorb Tailed Beast chakra 88.

He also watches over Josuke. Xiao San urges him to protect his deteriorating eyesight, notices when he is depressed, and tries—sometimes unsuccessfully—to comfort him 88 90 240.

Abilities and Skills

Water control

Xiao San can enhance his host’s Water Style. Josuke values this ability because he primarily trains in Water Style techniques 58.

• He claims he can keep Pain’s Rain Tiger at Will Technique from detecting them; Pain subsequently receives disrupted and unhelpful information from the rain 90 91.
• His contribution to Josuke’s combined Great Buddha technique adds Water Release’s healing properties and improves its recovery 163.

Tailed Beast chakra

Xiao San has more chakra than Josuke initially expects, though less than a complete Tailed Beast. He says he can improve by eating other Tailed Beasts’ chakra and can provide a Tailed Beast Cloak 58.

• His early Tailed Beast Ball can shatter a basketball-sized rock, but Josuke considers it weak 57.
• He trains with Josuke until Josuke can fire Tailed Beast Balls 88.
• Xiao San’s chakra is identified as the Yin half of the Three-Tails; he later senses its Yang half 69 152.

Summoning and combined techniques

Josuke can summon Xiao San into battle. Xiao San says his summoning has no time limit and only a fifteen-second cooldown, although insufficient chakra initially prevents him from appearing in his complete form 58.

• He offers repeated rolling attacks alongside his summoner 58.
• He participates in Josuke’s Susanoo-covered True Several Thousand Hands technique 163.
• Josuke later covers Xiao San’s enlarged form with Susanoo armor 180.

Relationships

• Josuke Uchiha — Xiao San’s summoner and closest companion. They train together, trust each other in combat, and argue over Josuke’s safety 58 88 90 163.
• The Three-Tails’ Yang-attribute half — the other half of the Three-Tails’ chakra, which Xiao San senses during the war 56 152.
• Genya — Josuke’s son. Xiao San reports his disappearance to Josuke and helps guard the rescue scene 228.