What it does
This technique is a speciality of Konohagakure's Inuzuka clan.
Hand seals
Tiger
Description
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Like its two-headed version, Kiba calls this technique by its full name, Inuzuka-Style Human Beast Mixture Transformation — Three-Headed Wolf (犬塚流人獣混合変化 参頭狼, Inuzuka-Ryū Jinjū Kongō Henge — Santōrō).
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The Three-Headed Wolf transformation is based on the Greek myth of Cerberus, a three-headed dog that guards the entrance of the underworld.
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''Rock Lee's Springtime of Youth Full Power Ninja Chronicles'' previewed this attack for comedic sake, with Rock Lee jumping in the middle of Kiba and Akamaru's transformation to become the third head during the pet-sitting episode.
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In Naruto: Shippūden episode 403, it was revealed Kiba was inspired to create this technique from watching Naruto use multiple shadow clones at once. While originally wanted to created dozens of heads for the technique, Kiba lacked enough chakra to maintain more than one clone for the technique.