1. iirc Bantos but not sure
2. no because he hasn't displayed feats of controlling them
3. Tsunade can't even touch Minato...
4. there are many people who tho think he can solo them and their basis is mostly the scan where Itachi is talking about the Kyuubi
5. DSM Kabuto defeats them... Orochimaru barely wins against a 70 years old one... data book states a 60 years old can win... then prime Hiruzen should roflstomp Oro
lol just lol
since he almost died against someone who was far weaker than any of the gokage and had almost no chakra I can't see how he's kage level
Wow! You remembered.
And actually I thought it over and realized that even the Kusanagi couldn't pierce the kyubi cloak, so I could believe that bijuus are more durable even though that is probably the only durability feat that they have, and we don't even know if every bijuu has the same durability.
Prime Hiruzen does not exist. He just sucks.
Tsunade has good chances in beating Minato. Tsunade has more stamina feats and Minato can't really kill her. Decapitation won't work, just because he cut a tentacle in half doesn't mean that he could do same to a constantly regenerating neck.
And could be that Itachi had just used tsukuyomi and was severely weakened and that would be the cause of "being scared" of fighting Jiraiya.
And Itachi probably didn't know the full extent of Kisame's powers.