>>> My Theory on Minato's age of Death <<<

[Thatoneguy]

Ok, this theory is split into 3 main sections; Jiraiya and the 2nd Shinobi war & Nagato, Kakashi Gaiden and then all converging to prove what I believe to be Minato's age. If you're too lazy to read the whole thing, skip to the end and read the timeline summary.

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Spoiler

28 yrs before the start of the series, Jiraiya was 22. This is because at the start of the series,the Sanin were 50 years old, and this is confirmed by the manga as it was said that tsunade was 50 years old. Jiraiya was 51 before the time skip, and he turned that age over the course of the series.

Jiraiya fought Hanzo when Nagato was 7/8. It was after that battle that they found Nagato, Yahiko and Konan as orphans I believe.

Nagato was actually around the same age as Minato - 1 year older MAX. He was 10 when jiraiya left them on their own (this was when Nagato had mastered all 5 nature transformations), and apparently, from the timeline, Jiraiya would have gotten back within the same year and began training minato, who was also 10 years old.

This all means that nagato was... (10 +24 + 4 =) 38 years old when he died.
- 10 years from Jiraiya's departure.
- 24 years until the series started.
- 4 years and some months until when Pein was defeated.

When Jiraiya started to train Minato, he was 26, and Minato was 10. This was only a few months after he'd left the orphans. This is because Minato graduated from the academy at age 10. Now, assuming that jiraiya became his teacher afterwards, it would mean that Jiraiya became Minato's teacher 24 years before the series started. He would've served as his jounin teacher for no more than 7 years after that point. We know it should be no more than 7 years after that because by the time Minato was about 17 he was a Jounin and was head of Team Minato. About 4 years later, he was fighting in the times of Kakashi gaiden.

About 13-14 yrs before the start of the series, Minato fought in the 3rd Shinobi war; this makes him 21 at that time. He is appointed hokage shortly after at 21. This is shortly after Orochimaru fled the village, and also the time when Jiraiya decided to pursue him. 12 years before series start (1 yr after he is appointed) minato dies at about 22 in the Kyuubi attack.

Remember, Naruto is 12 when the series starts, and we know that Minato died very shortly after naurto was born. Therefore, 24-12 = 12 years + 10 years (Minato's age at the time jiraiya became his teacher assuming he triainned right out of the academy); 22 years old.

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Here is the timeline of the events up until Naruto's birth. Naruto's birth is Year 0.

Spoiler

-33
March
- Tsunade (6), Orochimaru (6) and Jiraiya (6) graduates and begin training under Sandaime Hokage (23).

-22
January 25
Minato Namikaze is born.

-20
May
- Jiraiya (18) hears the prophecy and travels the world, starts writing books and encounters some of the future Paths of Pein
November 8
Sasori is born.

Killer bee is born between April -20 to April -19

-17
July
- The 2nd great shinobi war begins.
December
- Tsunade (22) effectively counters Chiyo's (41) poisons.
December
- Sakumo Hatake kills Sasori's (3) parents.

-16
March 18
Kisame Hoshigaki is born.
August 10
- Tsunade's (23) brother Nawaki (12) dies during the war.
November
- Tsunade (23), Orochimaru (23) and Jiraiya(22) fight Hanzo and are become recognize as the Sannin.
December
- Jiraiya (23) stays back to train the Ame Orphans (9).
December
- Tsunade's (23) lover Dan (27) dies during the war. She develops a fear of blood.

-15
January
- The 2nd great shinobi war ends.
November
Sasori (5) makes '' Mother and Father ''

-14
February 10
May
Killer Bee becomes Hachibi's host.
Obito Uchiha is born.
September 15
Kakashi Hatake is born.

-12
October
- Jiraiya (26) is back to Konoha and starts to train Minato (10).

-10
August 10
Yamato is born.

-9
August
- Sasori (10) completes '' Crow ''

-8
February
Orochimaru (30) abducts 60 childrens, one of them is Yamato (2)
June

-7
June
- Sasori (12) completes '' Black Ant ''

-6
July
- Sasori (13) completes '' Salamander ''
October
- Orochimaru (32) takes 10 kids as test subjets for the curse seal, including Anko Mitarashi (7). Only her survives and becomes Orochimaru's apprentice.


-5
January
Sakumo Hatake, Kakashi Hatake's (8) father, kills himself.
June 9
Itachi Uchiha is born.
June
- Minato Namikaze (17) is put in charge of a genin team, which include Kakashi Hatake (8)

-4
February
- Sasori (15) develops human puppet : Hiruko.
March
- Orochimaru (34) is denied Hokage title/Sandaime Hokage (52) discovers his experiments. He flees Konoha. Yamato(5) is found alive.
May
- Jiraiya (34) leaves Konoha to keep an eye on Orochimaru.
September
- Sasori (15) leaves his village and turns himself in an human puppet soon after.

-3
December
- Tsunade (36) leaves Konoha with Shizune (13).

-2
January
- Sasori (17) kills Sandaime Kazekage.
March
- The 3rd great shinobi war begins.
March
Yahiko (23) starts Akatsuki.
November
- Sasori (18) is earning his nickname : Sasori of the red sand.

-1
February
- Yahiko (24) dies.
October
- Minato Namikaze (21) and Kakashi Hatake (13) succeeded to destroy the Kannabi Bridge
November
- The 3rd great shinobi war ends.
*- Minato Namikaze (22) is named Yondaime Hokage.

0
February
*- Minato Namikaze (22) is named Yondaime Hokage.
May
- Kisame Hoshigaki (16) meets Madara Uchiha for the first time as the one controlling the Mizukage
October 10
- Yondaime Hokage (22) fights Tobi, dies sealing the Kyuubi.

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I conclude that Minato was 22 when he died. Very young. Thoughts?

+rep! Good effort

 

[ajpn920]

Ok, this theory is split into 3 main sections; Jiraiya and the 2nd Shinobi war & Nagato, Kakashi Gaiden and then all converging to prove what I believe to be Minato's age. If you're too lazy to read the whole thing, skip to the end and read the timeline summary.

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler

28 yrs before the start of the series, Jiraiya was 22. This is because at the start of the series,the Sanin were 50 years old, and this is confirmed by the manga as it was said that tsunade was 50 years old. Jiraiya was 51 before the time skip, and he turned that age over the course of the series.

Jiraiya fought Hanzo when Nagato was 7/8. It was after that battle that they found Nagato, Yahiko and Konan as orphans I believe.

Nagato was actually around the same age as Minato - 1 year older MAX. He was 10 when jiraiya left them on their own (this was when Nagato had mastered all 5 nature transformations), and apparently, from the timeline, Jiraiya would have gotten back within the same year and began training minato, who was also 10 years old.

This all means that nagato was... (10 +24 + 4 =) 38 years old when he died.
- 10 years from Jiraiya's departure.
- 24 years until the series started.
- 4 years and some months until when Pein was defeated.

When Jiraiya started to train Minato, he was 26, and Minato was 10. This was only a few months after he'd left the orphans. This is because Minato graduated from the academy at age 10. Now, assuming that jiraiya became his teacher afterwards, it would mean that Jiraiya became Minato's teacher 24 years before the series started. He would've served as his jounin teacher for no more than 7 years after that point. We know it should be no more than 7 years after that because by the time Minato was about 17 he was a Jounin and was head of Team Minato. About 4 years later, he was fighting in the times of Kakashi gaiden.

About 13-14 yrs before the start of the series, Minato fought in the 3rd Shinobi war; this makes him 21 at that time. He is appointed hokage shortly after at 21. This is shortly after Orochimaru fled the village, and also the time when Jiraiya decided to pursue him. 12 years before series start (1 yr after he is appointed) minato dies at about 22 in the Kyuubi attack.

Remember, Naruto is 12 when the series starts, and we know that Minato died very shortly after naurto was born. Therefore, 24-12 = 12 years + 10 years (Minato's age at the time jiraiya became his teacher assuming he triainned right out of the academy); 22 years old.

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Here is the timeline of the events up until Naruto's birth. Naruto's birth is Year 0.

Spoiler

-33
March
- Tsunade (6), Orochimaru (6) and Jiraiya (6) graduates and begin training under Sandaime Hokage (23).

-22
January 25
Minato Namikaze is born.

-20
May
- Jiraiya (18) hears the prophecy and travels the world, starts writing books and encounters some of the future Paths of Pein
November 8
Sasori is born.

Killer bee is born between April -20 to April -19

-17
July
- The 2nd great shinobi war begins.
December
- Tsunade (22) effectively counters Chiyo's (41) poisons.
December
- Sakumo Hatake kills Sasori's (3) parents.

-16
March 18
Kisame Hoshigaki is born.
August 10
- Tsunade's (23) brother Nawaki (12) dies during the war.
November
- Tsunade (23), Orochimaru (23) and Jiraiya(22) fight Hanzo and are become recognize as the Sannin.
December
- Jiraiya (23) stays back to train the Ame Orphans (9).
December
- Tsunade's (23) lover Dan (27) dies during the war. She develops a fear of blood.

-15
January
- The 2nd great shinobi war ends.
November
Sasori (5) makes '' Mother and Father ''

-14
February 10
May
Killer Bee becomes Hachibi's host.
Obito Uchiha is born.
September 15
Kakashi Hatake is born.

-12
October
- Jiraiya (26) is back to Konoha and starts to train Minato (10).

-10
August 10
Yamato is born.

-9
August
- Sasori (10) completes '' Crow ''

-8
February
Orochimaru (30) abducts 60 childrens, one of them is Yamato (2)
June

-7
June
- Sasori (12) completes '' Black Ant ''

-6
July
- Sasori (13) completes '' Salamander ''
October
- Orochimaru (32) takes 10 kids as test subjets for the curse seal, including Anko Mitarashi (7). Only her survives and becomes Orochimaru's apprentice.


-5
January
Sakumo Hatake, Kakashi Hatake's (8) father, kills himself.
June 9
Itachi Uchiha is born.
June
- Minato Namikaze (17) is put in charge of a genin team, which include Kakashi Hatake (8)

-4
February
- Sasori (15) develops human puppet : Hiruko.
March
- Orochimaru (34) is denied Hokage title/Sandaime Hokage (52) discovers his experiments. He flees Konoha. Yamato(5) is found alive.
May
- Jiraiya (34) leaves Konoha to keep an eye on Orochimaru.
September
- Sasori (15) leaves his village and turns himself in an human puppet soon after.

-3
December
- Tsunade (36) leaves Konoha with Shizune (13).

-2
January
- Sasori (17) kills Sandaime Kazekage.
March
- The 3rd great shinobi war begins.
March
Yahiko (23) starts Akatsuki.
November
- Sasori (18) is earning his nickname : Sasori of the red sand.

-1
February
- Yahiko (24) dies.
October
- Minato Namikaze (21) and Kakashi Hatake (13) succeeded to destroy the Kannabi Bridge
November
- The 3rd great shinobi war ends.
*- Minato Namikaze (22) is named Yondaime Hokage.

0
February
*- Minato Namikaze (22) is named Yondaime Hokage.
May
- Kisame Hoshigaki (16) meets Madara Uchiha for the first time as the one controlling the Mizukage
October 10
- Yondaime Hokage (22) fights Tobi, dies sealing the Kyuubi.

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I conclude that Minato was 22 when he died. Very young. Thoughts?

makes sense..+ rep This is what I believe and I think that he is 15 yrs older than Itachi when he died.

edit: sorry bro for some reason I can't spread rep at this time..I'll do it later

 

[~MC117~]

Could be possible

 

[ShineOnYaMind]

very cool. He died before his prime, that much is sure.

 

[Bogard]

Honestly i didn't read but i think kishimoto is the only one who can tell us. Why was he so mysterious with his age? I don't know, but we can't confirm something at all since everything could be possible since then

 

[Ryuu..]

Honestly i didn't read but i think kishimoto is the only one who can tell us. Why was he so mysterious with his age? I don't know, but we can't confirm something at all since everything could be possible since then

This, I believe, is an accurate estimation.

 

[partha420]

Thanks Ryuu.

 

[Jiraiya the womanizer]

Very detailed.... Great work! +rep

 

[Ngylle]

26-30

 

[Ryuu..]

26-30

Are you just saying that or.........?

 

[shukuzu]

do any of you guys do your school work the same way you research things for naruto?

 

[Prime Rib]

he died at the age of 30

 

[Ryuu..]

he died at the age of 30

Great evidence you provided ^^

 

[milesmccray]

時間を費やしてくれてありがとう。ものをクリアしました。 (Thanks for spending the time. Cleared stuff up.)

 

[Uchihas with Big Guns]

Nope

I did the math he died at 27

Minato & the parents of kohona 11 are the same age
13 years older than kakashi who is 14 years older than kohona 11
He became hokage at 26 during his short term as kage he turned 27
Minato if alive would be 42 to 43 depends on what month it is
Naruto currently 15 -16 + 26 - 27 = minato currently

 

[Ryuu..]

Nope

I did the math he died at 27

Minato & the parents of kohona 11 are the same age
13 years older than kakashi who is 14 years older than kohona 11
He became hokage at 26 during his short term as kage he turned 27
Minato if alive would be 42 to 43 depends on what month it is
Naruto currently 15 -16 + 26 - 27 = minato currently

Where does it say he's the same age as the parents of Konoha?

 

[BloodSeed]

Ok, this theory is split into 3 main sections; Jiraiya and the 2nd Shinobi war & Nagato, Kakashi Gaiden and then all converging to prove what I believe to be Minato's age. If you're too lazy to read the whole thing, skip to the end and read the timeline summary.

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Spoiler

28 yrs before the start of the series, Jiraiya was 22. This is because at the start of the series,the Sanin were 50 years old, and this is confirmed by the manga as it was said that tsunade was 50 years old. Jiraiya was 51 before the time skip, and he turned that age over the course of the series.

Jiraiya fought Hanzo when Nagato was 7/8. It was after that battle that they found Nagato, Yahiko and Konan as orphans I believe.

Nagato was actually around the same age as Minato - 1 year older MAX. He was 10 when jiraiya left them on their own (this was when Nagato had mastered all 5 nature transformations), and apparently, from the timeline, Jiraiya would have gotten back within the same year and began training minato, who was also 10 years old.

This all means that nagato was... (10 +24 + 4 =) 38 years old when he died.
- 10 years from Jiraiya's departure.
- 24 years until the series started.
- 4 years and some months until when Pein was defeated.

When Jiraiya started to train Minato, he was 26, and Minato was 10. This was only a few months after he'd left the orphans. This is because Minato graduated from the academy at age 10. Now, assuming that jiraiya became his teacher afterwards, it would mean that Jiraiya became Minato's teacher 24 years before the series started. He would've served as his jounin teacher for no more than 7 years after that point. We know it should be no more than 7 years after that because by the time Minato was about 17 he was a Jounin and was head of Team Minato. About 4 years later, he was fighting in the times of Kakashi gaiden.

About 13-14 yrs before the start of the series, Minato fought in the 3rd Shinobi war; this makes him 21 at that time. He is appointed hokage shortly after at 21. This is shortly after Orochimaru fled the village, and also the time when Jiraiya decided to pursue him. 12 years before series start (1 yr after he is appointed) minato dies at about 22 in the Kyuubi attack.

Remember, Naruto is 12 when the series starts, and we know that Minato died very shortly after naurto was born. Therefore, 24-12 = 12 years + 10 years (Minato's age at the time jiraiya became his teacher assuming he triainned right out of the academy); 22 years old.

----------------------------------------------------------------

Here is the timeline of the events up until Naruto's birth. Naruto's birth is Year 0.

Spoiler

-33
March
- Tsunade (6), Orochimaru (6) and Jiraiya (6) graduates and begin training under Sandaime Hokage (23).

-22
January 25
Minato Namikaze is born.

-20
May
- Jiraiya (18) hears the prophecy and travels the world, starts writing books and encounters some of the future Paths of Pein
November 8
Sasori is born.

Killer bee is born between April -20 to April -19

-17
July
- The 2nd great shinobi war begins.
December
- Tsunade (22) effectively counters Chiyo's (41) poisons.
December
- Sakumo Hatake kills Sasori's (3) parents.

-16
March 18
Kisame Hoshigaki is born.
August 10
- Tsunade's (23) brother Nawaki (12) dies during the war.
November
- Tsunade (23), Orochimaru (23) and Jiraiya(22) fight Hanzo and are become recognize as the Sannin.
December
- Jiraiya (23) stays back to train the Ame Orphans (9).
December
- Tsunade's (23) lover Dan (27) dies during the war. She develops a fear of blood.

-15
January
- The 2nd great shinobi war ends.
November
Sasori (5) makes '' Mother and Father ''

-14
February 10
May
Killer Bee becomes Hachibi's host.
Obito Uchiha is born.
September 15
Kakashi Hatake is born.

-12
October
- Jiraiya (26) is back to Konoha and starts to train Minato (10).

-10
August 10
Yamato is born.

-9
August
- Sasori (10) completes '' Crow ''

-8
February
Orochimaru (30) abducts 60 childrens, one of them is Yamato (2)
June

-7
June
- Sasori (12) completes '' Black Ant ''

-6
July
- Sasori (13) completes '' Salamander ''
October
- Orochimaru (32) takes 10 kids as test subjets for the curse seal, including Anko Mitarashi (7). Only her survives and becomes Orochimaru's apprentice.


-5
January
Sakumo Hatake, Kakashi Hatake's (8) father, kills himself.
June 9
Itachi Uchiha is born.
June
- Minato Namikaze (17) is put in charge of a genin team, which include Kakashi Hatake (8)

-4
February
- Sasori (15) develops human puppet : Hiruko.
March
- Orochimaru (34) is denied Hokage title/Sandaime Hokage (52) discovers his experiments. He flees Konoha. Yamato(5) is found alive.
May
- Jiraiya (34) leaves Konoha to keep an eye on Orochimaru.
September
- Sasori (15) leaves his village and turns himself in an human puppet soon after.

-3
December
- Tsunade (36) leaves Konoha with Shizune (13).

-2
January
- Sasori (17) kills Sandaime Kazekage.
March
- The 3rd great shinobi war begins.
March
Yahiko (23) starts Akatsuki.
November
- Sasori (18) is earning his nickname : Sasori of the red sand.

-1
February
- Yahiko (24) dies.
October
- Minato Namikaze (21) and Kakashi Hatake (13) succeeded to destroy the Kannabi Bridge
November
- The 3rd great shinobi war ends.
*- Minato Namikaze (22) is named Yondaime Hokage.

0
February
*- Minato Namikaze (22) is named Yondaime Hokage.
May
- Kisame Hoshigaki (16) meets Madara Uchiha for the first time as the one controlling the Mizukage
October 10
- Yondaime Hokage (22) fights Tobi, dies sealing the Kyuubi.

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I conclude that Minato was 22 when he died. Very young. Thoughts?

that makes sense maybe thats why the landlord said "minato was even younger" when they are talking about kakashi becoming the hokage when sarutobi also looks like young

 

[Uchihas with Big Guns]

Its simple logic

Based on looks & relation

Kohona 11 are all the same age databook got their parents at the same age
Choza's relationship with dan who is sannin age makes it highly likely that minato is in their peer group (if filler is taken in account then there's more evidence)

But then again we don't know so we both maybe incorrect but im likely to closer than you are

 

[Kettei]

good job bro

 

[spokentruth]

Around the same Age as Itachi why Legends gotta go first =[