"Traditional Japanese name"
The name Jiraiya is commonly a unisex name from the "Japanese" origin.
Jiraiya is a Japanese name. It is best known as the name of the ninja hero of Jiraiya Goketsu Monogatari, or The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya, a Japanese serialized novel of the nineteenth century that was also adapted for kabuki. The same name is used for a character in the manga Naruto, which brought it to a wider English-speaking audience.
The pronunciation of Jiraiya is jih-RYE-uh.
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