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* Yūra means "beginning" in Japanese.
* Yūra means "beginning" in Japanese.



== Miscellaneous ==
* In addition to the named members, there is one more Akatsuki yet to be identified.
* "Aka" in Japanese can mean "Red" (赤), and "Tsuki" can mean "Moon" (月). As such, many believe Akatsuki stands for "Red Moon". However, the correct kanji for Akatsuki is 暁, which means "Dawn" or "Daybreak".
* The group has a jutsu similar to Orochimaru's [[Ninjutsu (Naruto)#Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei (Summoning: Impure World Resurrection)|Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei (Summoning: Impure World Resurrection)]] named [[Ninjutsu (Naruto)#Shoten no Jutsu (Shapeshifting Technique)|Shōten no Jutsu (Shapeshifting Technique)]] which allows a member to replace someone else's body with his own likeness, complete with his jutsu, [[chakra]] level, and other abilities, and control it to fight on Akatsuki's behalf.
* There has been a brief mention in the manga about how each Akatsuki member seems to have been assigned one, and only one, bijū to hunt down and capture (chapter 264). This poses a small problem, as originally Akatsuki had ten members but only nine bijū to capture. This likely means the [[#Akatsuki leader|leader]] never intended to capture a bijū.


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Revision as of 11:52, 25 June 2006

File:Manga Akatsuki Naruto.jpg
Akatsuki in the manga.
For other uses, see Akatsuki (disambiguation).

In the fictional anime and manga series Naruto, Akatsuki (暁, meaning "Dawn," or "Daybreak") is a criminal organization which is first introduced midway into the first arc, gaining significance as main antagonists during the second arc. The organization is composed of some of the most powerful and lethal criminals in existence.

Template:Spoiler Despite being comprised of only ten members originally, each Akatsuki is an S-Class criminal, feared for the tremendous powers that each wield and their ruthless nature. Together, they form what is arguably the most powerful organization in the Naruto universe.

The exact criteria for admission to the group are unknown, but extraordinary fighting ability and deadly ruthlessness seem to be prerequisites. Two of the more prominent members so far, Itachi and Sasori, both undertook some sort of challenging task at the time of their entering the group. Sasori mentions, during his fight with Chiyo and Sakura, that "[he] hadn't had this much difficulty since joining Akatsuki." Itachi was responsible for murdering his whole clan (save his little brother, Sasuke) around the time he is believed to have entered, though it cannot be said for certain that the two events were linked.

Akatsuki's motives are still obscure, and one of the more interesting unresolved questions Naruto poses; they show great interest in the powers of the bijū (tailed beasts) and the leader has obliquely referred to their ultimate goal as "obtaining the Kyūbi... and everything else."

They are confirmed to possess at least three bijū, one being Shukaku and the other two unknown. Current information suggests that they may have as many as seven bijū, or at least know the whereabouts of all that remain outside their control. It is unknown what they intend to do with them once they attain all nine.

Organization

Clothing and appearance

Akatsuki members dress in similar clothing; a long, dark cloak bearing red clouds and a red interior. It is implied that the cloak helps conceal their actions, especially hand-seals, giving them an edge in battle. All Akatsuki wear purple nail polish on their finger nails. Four of seven Akatsuki thus far have featured large straw hats in their first appearance. This seems to be an optional piece of the Akatsuki outfit, likely to disguise their identites.

Forehead protectors

The members of Akatsuki continue to wear forehead protectors from their former home villages, but scratch a line across the symbol of their village. This is done to indicate that their ties to the village have been severed and they no longer give any allegiance to their former homes.

Member list

File:AkatsukiNaruto.jpg
A diagram showing each Akatsuki member's position.

During meetings, the Akatsuki members stand in a rough circle. Hidan is one of the two unknowns, but which one isn't clear. Starting from the far left, going clockwise seen from above, the members are as follows:

Rings

File:Akatsukihand.jpg
A diagram of each Akatsuki ring position.

Each Akatsuki member wears a single ring on a particular finger and no member wears a ring on the same finger as any other member. The rings seem to have some significance in the process of joining; upon Sasori's death, Tobi attempted to join by taking the fallen member's ring, but his membership was denied. Deidara reinforces the significance of the rings; seemingly unaffected by the recent loss of both his arms, he expresses the importance of finding the ring that he lost along with one of his arms. Each ring bears a unique colour and symbol. In total, there are ten rings, but Akatsuki only possesses nine; the tenth was kept by Orochimaru after he defected from the organization. Each member wears his ring on the same finger as the spot he occupies on the giant statue.

It is currently unknown if the rings have special properties as the rings seem to never be removed except upon the death of the wearer. Also, Akatsuki has not taken a tenth member since Orochimaru left with the tenth ring, so it is possible the rings are irreplacable or have some special value beyond simple indentification.

The various rings are:

  • 青龍- せいりゅう, Seiryū - Green/blue Dragon - God of East and Spring: worn by Deidara.
  • 白虎- びゃっこ, Byakko - White Tiger - God of West and Autumn: worn by the unknown member.
  • 朱雀 - すざく, Suzaku - Hōō (literally "Red Sparrow") - God of South and Summer: worn by Itachi.
  • 玄武 - げんぶ, Genbu - Tortoise (literally "Mysterious Warrior") - God of North and Winter: worn by Zetsu. Zetsu's ring actually has the kanji 亥 (Kai, boar). The two kanji are somewhat similar in appearance though, which suggests an error by either the artist or the reader/translator.
  • 空陳 - くうちん, Kūchin - The Void: formerly worn by Orochimaru and is still in his possession.
  • 南斗 - なんじゅ, Nanju - Southern Star: worn by Kisame.
  • 北斗 - ほくと, Hokuto - Northern Star: worn by Kakuzu.
  • 三台 - さんたい, Santai - The Three Levels: worn by Hidan.
  • 玉女 - ぎょくにょ, Gyokunyo - The Virgin: worn by Sasori (deceased) and recovered by Tobi.
  • 零, Rei/zero - zero/nothing/overflow: worn by the Akatsuki leader.

Teams

Akatsuki members appear to always work in teams of two, though due to Orochimaru's defection their numbers are now uneven so one or more members appear to be working alone. Currently, Zetsu, the leader, and the last unknown member are not known to be in any team; it is unknown which of these three form the last team, or indeed if they all work alone or even form a team of three.

Teams are built to complement each other's abilities and talents to create a formidable duo. Each member thus far has shown complete loyalty to the other and to their mysterious leader, but nothing has been shown to indicate that they consider each other comrades. For example, Sasori's death by itself does not seem to bother them, but rather the fact that someone was able to kill him.

Current members

Akatsuki is currently comprised of eight members following the defection of Orochimaru and the death of Sasori. Though Orochimaru's departure happened several years before the initial introduction of the group, they have yet to replace him; this is either because Orochimaru took his supposedly irreplacable Akatsuki ring with him when he left or they haven't found a worthy replacement. The organization has recovered the ring of the recently-deceased Sasori, but it is unknown if they have yet replaced him with a new member.

Two of the members have still not been named or shown except as shadowy holograms; one of these two has had some dialogue and been attributed to being the leader, while the identity of the other remains a complete mystery.

Akatsuki leader

File:Akaleader.jpg
The Akatsuki leader in the manga.

Not much is known about this person except that he acts like the leader of the Akatsuki; he is the only one to have given orders to other members. He is also the one to initiate and supervise the jutsu that forcibly brings a bijū out of a captured Jinchūriki.

Trivia

  • A mistake by scanlation group Inane led readers of the Naruto Manga to believe the Akatsuki Leader possessed the Sharingan. However, high quality versions of the manga revealed that what was thought to be the Sharingan was simply image distortion.

Deidara

File:Deidara31.jpg
Deidara

A missing-nin from Iwagakure, Deidara is one half of the Akatsuki duo that comes to Sunagakure (Hidden Sand) to kidnap Gaara. A fancy and skillful fighter, with special mouths in the palm of each hand, he is able to manipulate clay into many shapes, including a flight-capable clay bird that can support him and a huge bomb capable of leveling a village without the use of exploding tags. Deidara is teamed with Sasori, whom Deidara refers to as Sasori no Danna (サソリの旦那, "Master Sasori"). This is probably because Deidara has a lot of respect for his fellow artist because Sasori is, as Deidara himself admits, a lot stronger. Despite that, Deidara still argues a lot with Sasori. They often argue about what art is, Deidara holding that art is something that is transient, departing quickly ("Fine art is the beauty of that single fleeting moment of explosion.") whereas Sasori believed that good art is immortal, a thing that lasts a long time. ("Fine art is something wonderful that's left long into the future... Eternal beauty.") Deidara outwardly seems to respect Sasori's beliefs, but couldn't resist getting a final jab in after Sasori's death ("Like anything that is left for the future as a thing of eternal beauty... He got killed straight off!").

During his fight with Gaara, his left arm was mangled by Gaara's Sabaku Kyū (The Coffin of Crushing Sand), but he still managed to defeat the new Kazekage when he threatened Sunagakure itself. Deidara remarked after winning that it was just like a Kage to save their village over their own life. This may or may not imply a history with another Kage, most likely the Tsuchikage.

Deidara lost his right arm to Hatake Kakashi when Kakashi used his newly obtained Mangekyō Sharingan against him. As a last resort (and in keeping with his favorite art form), Deidara blew up one of his bunshin in an attempt to kill everyone else around him after absorbing some of his clay though his mouth. However, his bunshin was teleported away from the scene by Kakashi. Deidara later returned after burrowing away from the scene and looked for his Akatsuki ring which he lost due to Kakashi's attack. Zetsu and Tobi both expressed surprise that Deidara was still alive when they found him after discovering Sasori's death. Deidara is presumably still a member of Akatsuki, because he had successfully accomplished his mission to capture Gaara.

Trivia

  • Due to the Japanese language's sparse use of third person pronouns, translators have to use their own ideas of Deidara's gender to make sentences flow smoothly. This has caused a lot of confusion, since both "he" and "she" are used to refer to Deidara. However, Deidara speaks of himself using male pronouns and has been given a very deep, male voice in the anime.
  • Deidara seems to end most of his sentences with "un", often translated as "yeah" or "hmm" in scanlations.
  • Deidara came third in the sixth Naruto Character Popularity Contest (taken in Japan), placing even higher than Uzumaki Naruto.

Hidan

File:AkatsukiHidan.png
Hidan in the manga.
  • Name: Hidan (飛段)
  • Age: ?
  • Status: Active
  • Eye color: ?
  • Hair color: ?
  • Height: ?
  • Weight: ?
  • Birthday: ?
  • Blood Type: ?
  • Rank: None, Nukenin (Missing-nin)
  • Ring: 三 (San, three)
  • Position: Left index finger
  • Partner: Kakuzu
  • Affiliation: Akatsuki, Nukenin (Missing-nin) from an unknown village.
  • Debut: Chapter 312
  • Signature ability: ?

Hidan is partnered up with Kakuzu on assignment to capture the Nibi. Not much is known about him at this time except that he wields a very large, three-bladed scythe that he can use as a throwing weapon while retaining control of it with a thick rope wrapped around his wrist. According to his own words, Hidan has the slowest attack speed of any current Akatsuki member.

Hoshigaki Kisame

File:Hoshigaki Kisame.jpg
Hoshigaki Kisame

Hoshigaki Kisame, along with Uchiha Itachi, attempted to kidnap Uzumaki Naruto the first arc, but were thwarted by Jiraiya. Itachi later explained that it wasn't the proper time to kidnap Naruto yet. Kisame and his sword Samehada (鮫肌, "Shark skin") both have shark-like characteristics. The sword also has the ability to drain and eat chakra.

Kisame comes from Kirigakure. He is known as the Mysterious Person of the Hidden Mist (霧隠れの怪人, Kirigakure no Kaijin). He is also one of the Kiri no Shinobigatana Shichinin Shū (霧の忍刀七人衆, "Seven Swordsmen of the Mist"), seven powerful ninja who utilize large and unique swords. Momochi Zabuza and Kurosuki Raiga were also members.

The amount of chakra Kisame possesses is apparently considered very large, even by Akatsuki's standards. Their leader commented on his amount of chakra; a Kisame body-double at 30% power, made with the leader's Shōten no Jutsu (Shapeshifting Technique), had as much chakra as Uzumaki Naruto possessed while drawing on Kyūbi's chakra when he fought Neji during the Chūnin exams. A similar observation was made by Hyūga Neji when he observed Kisame's body-double with his Byakugan. .

Kisame has displayed astonishing speed comparable to that of Might Guy, and incredible physical strength toppled only by the chakra-augmented strength of Tsunade. Like everyone seen from the Hidden Mist Village, Kisame uses water element jutsu in combination with his powerful physical attacks.

Trivia

  • Kisame (鬼鮫) means demon shark, probably a reference to his tall height and appearance.
  • Hoshigaki (干柿) means dried persimmon.
  • Kisame is the only other person to use Suiton ninjutsu without a water source besides the Second Hokage.
  • His sword, Samehada, eats chakra and only listens to Kisame. When Might Guy attempted to hold Samehada and use it against Kisame, it responded with a flurry of needles from its hilt, and ultimately found its way back to Kisame.

Kakuzu

File:AkatsukiKakuzu.png
Kakuzu in the manga.

Kakuzu is an Akatsuki member partnered with Hidan. They are assigned to capture the Nibi. Currently, no further information is known on this member.

Uchiha Itachi

File:UchihaItachi.jpg
Uchiha Itachi

Noted even within the Bingo Book (a list of powerful ninja who have been marked for assassination for various reasons), Uchiha Itachi is an S-Class criminal and a Konoha Nukenin.

He graduated at the top of his Academy class at age 7, had mastered the Sharingan by age 8, became a Chūnin at 10 and was previously an ANBU squad leader at the age of 13.

He left Konoha about five years prior to the setting of Naruto, after slaying his whole clan with the exception of Uchiha Sasuke, his little brother. At 13, he was feared by even Orochimaru. He is now currently associated with Akatsuki. Orochimaru had planned to use Itachi's body as a new container for his soul, but Itachi's power had grown to such a frightening extent that Orochimaru dared not carry out his plan, and decided to leave Akatsuki and try his luck with the younger Sasuke instead.

The reason Itachi killed his clan, and the reason he left only his brother Sasuke alive, still remains unclear. When questioned by Sasuke, he replied "To test my 'utsuwa'." In Japanese, 'utsuwa' (器) can mean "vessel," or "container," but it can also mean "ability," or "tool." Orochimaru uses this word to refer to the bodies he takes over with his Fushi Tensei no Jutsu ("Living Corpse Reincarnation"). In this respect, Itachi's words can mean anything from him having a past connection with Orochimaru, to him simply wanting to test his own power, or to his plans to join Akatsuki and forsake past relations. To make matters even more ambiguous, the first person pronoun Itachi used can also be used as a vulgar second person pronoun. So he could also have meant that he wanted to test Sasuke's 'utsuwa,' although this is unlikely, given his previous remarks about his 'utsuwa'.

He was until recently the only known living person who possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan as revealed in the manga. Itachi has told Sasuke that if Sasuke were to obtain the Mangekyō Sharingan, the people able to use it will total three.

Despite being the murderer of his entire clan as well as his best and closest friend, Itachi is by no means a cold-blooded murderer looking for any excuse to kill someone in his way. When Sarutobi Asuma and Yūhi Kurenai stood between him and the way to his goal (Uzumaki Naruto), he did not kill Kurenai when given the chance, though he did wound her enough for her to remember it; as well as trap her within her own genjutsu. He also could have easily killed Kakashi and Sasuke, but he chose just to torture them with his Mangekyō Sharingan, so they would witness his power.

Currently, Itachi and Kisame are assigned to capture Naruto.

Trivia

  • The name "Itachi" means "Weasel". In Japanese mythology, weasels are a bad omen, signifying bad luck and death.
  • His favorite food appears to be green and red colored dango (Japanese dumplings) on a stick.
  • It is suggested that overuse of the Mangekyō Sharingan has damaged his eyesight as of now. It is unknown if that will affect his fighting ability.

Zetsu

File:Zetsu.jpg
Zetsu
  • Name: Zetsu, (ゼツ)
  • Age: ?
  • Status: Active
  • Eye color: Green
  • Hair color: Green
  • Height: ?
  • Weight: ?
  • Birthday: ?
  • Blood type: ?
  • Rank: Unknown, probably: None, Nukenin (Missing-nin)
  • Ring: 亥 (Kai, boar)
  • Position: Right little finger
  • Partner: None or not yet introduced
  • Affiliation: Akatsuki
  • Debut: Chapter 234; Episode 134
  • Signature ability: ?

Not much is known about the mysterious Zetsu, other than his allegiance to Akatsuki and his function as a spy. His head appears to be enveloped in a large venus flytrap. The right side of his face, and likely his body, is black in color while his left side is white in color. His pupil-less eyes and superior vision suggest that he may harbor something similar to the Byakugan and Ranmaru's kekkei genkai. He also has the ability to merge with the ground, trees, and other plants, allowing him to travel long distances fairly quickly.

His first appearance was after the Naruto and Sasuke fight at the end of the first arc, which he observed in secret. He was also responsible for warning Akatsuki of the positions of the approaching Team Kakashi and Team Guy during their extraction of Gaara's bijū.

He seems to have a split personality, as the white half of his face speaks only in Katakana (which could indicate a robotic voice) while the black side uses Kanji and Kana, and they seem to converse with each other. He is also has cannibalistic tendencies as he ate Kisame's body substitute used for the Shōten no Jutsu (Shapeshifting Technique), a feature that fits with his "venus flytrap" theme.

The leader dispatched Zetsu to recover Sasori and Deidara's Akatsuki rings since they were expected to both be killed, but Deidara survived. This highlighted some significance in the rings since Zetsu takes Sasori's ring and Tobi asks if he can join Akatsuki in Sasori's place.

Trivia

  • Zetsu's ring has the kanji 亥 (Kai, boar) while the list of Akatsuki rings suggests he should have the kanji 玄 (Gen, mysteriousness). The two kanji are somewhat similar in appearance though, which suggests an error by either the artist or the reader/translator.

Former members

Orochimaru

File:Orochimaru in the manga.jpg
Orochimaru

Orochimaru was formerly a member of Akatsuki, where he worked as Sasori's partner. This is particularly interesting as both were actively trying to attain a form of immortality by transferring their consciousness into perfect hosts and into methods of their own resurrection and reanimation, making their partnership potentially full of research and experimentation.

It is unclear as to the circumstances which led to Orochimaru leaving Akatsuki. Orochimaru did state that he left because Itachi was stronger than he was, but how truthful Orochimaru was, and why Itachi's superiority would bring him to this decision, is unclear. Upon leaving, he kept his Akatsuki ring, which is currently still on the hand of his original body. The apparent special nature of his ring, his knowledge of their plans, and bad blood have led to him being the target of a number of Akatsuki plots, one of which involved a member of his retinue being a (eventually double) sleeper agent.

Orochimaru intends to eliminate Akatsuki, implying he possibly has intentions of his own for the bijū, but for now he is content to let Konoha deal with the threat Akatsuki poses.

Sasori

File:Sasori31.jpg
Sasori.

Sasori, Deidara's partner, is a missing-nin from Sunagakure (Hidden Sand). In first appearance, he is a hideous hunchbacked figure with a poisoned, scorpion-like, puppet tail attached. He is known as Akasuna no Sasori ("Sasori of the Red Sand"), the creator of Kankurō's puppets among others, and a genius puppeteer in his own right. His first appearance is during their mission to Sunagakure where Deidara is to capture Gaara. After Gaara's capture, Kankurō attempts to stop the Akatsuki duo, but to no avail. Sasori battled the enraged brother, nearly killing him and easily destroying Kankurō's puppets in the process. In the end, Sasori was defeated by his grandmother, Chiyo, and Haruno Sakura, whom Chiyo controlled with chakra strings like a puppet.

It is revealed that he left the village 20 years before, but the background on his crimes is unknown at this point. Flashbacks seem to indicate that his descent into darkness started when his parents died, and he attempted to simulate being with them by turning their corpses into puppets (the first puppets he ever created). After hearing news of her grandson's return, Chiyo decides to join Team Kakashi in search of the duo and to rescue Gaara.

Sasori and Deidara have quite different views of what art is. Sasori believes art is something that should last forever, while Deidara believes art is fleeting. Although Deidara respects Sasori's view, Sasori doesn't seem to respect Deidara's.

During combat, and possibly all the time, Sasori "wears" his puppets and controls them from inside, thus eliminating the puppeteer's weakness of being a separate and exposed target. His favorite puppet is named 'Hiruko' (ヒルコ), according to Chiyo. Hiruko has a mechanical tail extending from the mouth of what appears to be a mask on his back, the left arm is something that appears to be a large studded projectile capable of firing shrapnel, and the clearly artificial mouth opens to reveal a projectile-firing device. What makes him even more frightening, however, was the fact that Sasori makes his puppets out of human bodies, as he stated in the quote. So far, he has a collection of 298 hitokugutsu, (人傀儡, "person puppets") made out of human bodies. And to show this, after he was forced to abandon Hiruko, he summoned a hitokugutsu of the Third Kazekage. This puppet was made from the living body of the Kazekage, and thus is able to retain some traits and jutsu of the Kazekage while he was alive.

File:Sasori in the manga.jpg
Sasori's true form

The truly frightening aspect of Sasori was that his real body was still as young as Chiyo remembered it from when Sasori left his village, 20 years ago. The secret of his youth is revealed after the Kazekage puppet is destroyed: he had made himself into a puppet. His stomach is now hollow, allowing a thick cable to be coiled and stored inside; the cable can act both as a stinger and a support for his body. On his back, a pair of arms, equipped with five large claws, is mounted, and on top of the spine is a scroll holder holding four scrolls, used to summon the puppets for his Aka Higi: Hyakki no Soen (Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets) and firing the flamethrowers mounted in each of his hands. His right chest contains a hidden compartment, which can spin unknown numbers of chakra strings to control one hundred or more puppets. Over his heart is a large talisman that has the kanji 蠍 (Sasori, "Scorpion"). His puppet body can string itself together after being splintered into multiple pieces; this is because the only part of him which is still truly "alive" (and thus able to control chakra) is his heart, located under the talisman. He can also easily transfer the talisman, and by extension himself, between puppets. How he transfers his face/facial features, as depicted in the manga, is not explained.

The talisman also proved to be his only weakness, as Chiyo used his mother's and father's puppets to stab him through this location in a manner similar to the hug that he subconsciously desired. Interestingly, Chiyo seemed to believe that in the end Sasori had allowed himself to be killed - he saw the attack coming and chose not to react, and he died in a way similar to how his parent puppets used to embrace him. At the end of the battle, Chiyo, Sasori, and Sakura are all fatally wounded, but Chiyo uses a jutsu she originally developed for Sasori, "to give life to a lifeless puppet," to save Sakura's life. The jutsu takes the life of the user if performed on an inanimate object, but did not kill Chiyo since Sakura was still alive. Later, Chiyo uses the life jutsu again on Gaara, trading her life to revive the dead Kazekage.

Sasori's last words (as a reward to Sakura for defeating him) were that he has a spy in Orochimaru's ranks, whom he was supposed to meet with in Kusagakure in ten days. This spy is revealed to be Yakushi Kabuto. However, Orochimaru had long ago undone the jutsu on Kabuto that kept him (and presumably others, such as Yūra) loyal to Akatsuki, and Kabuto remained loyal to Orochimaru.

At the time of his death, Sasori had not yet captured his Jinchūriki. A short dialogue between him and Deidara suggest that Sasori did not even know what Jinchūriki he had been assigned to target.

Agents/Subordinates

Tobi

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Tobi
  • Name: Tobi (トビ)
  • Age: ?
  • Status: Active
  • Eye color: ?
  • Hair color: Black
  • Height: ?
  • Weight: ?
  • Birthday: ?
  • Blood Type: ?
  • Rank: Unknown, probably: None, Nukenin (Missing-nin)
  • Ring: In possession of 玉 (Gyoku, jewel/ball/jade), though uncertain if he will keep it.
  • Position: ?
  • Partner: ?
  • Affiliation: Akatsuki, ?
  • Debut: Chapter 280
  • Signature Ability: ?

Tobi is Zetsu's possible subordinate who wishes to fill in Sasori's position now that he is dead. When he found Sasori's ring, he thought he could be a member of Akatsuki. However, Zetsu scolded him for this, saying it wasn't that easy to join Akatsuki.

Tobi has a very formal, correct manner of speech. Tobi finds Deidara's other arm, but Deidara tells him to drop it. After being scolded by Deidara three times, Deidara jokingly strangles Tobi with his feet.

It is currently unknown if Tobi has managed to obtain the rank of an Akatsuki member; however, since he believes himself worthy and no one has said otherwise, it is plausible that he is of, or close to, Akatsuki level. Unlike the majority of ninja thus far, Tobi has not been shown wearing a visible forehead protector, so his place of origin is unknown.

Yakushi Kabuto

Main article: Yakushi Kabuto

Yakushi Kabuto was a former spy for Sasori, under a form of mind-control. Kabuto was used by Sasori to infiltrate Orochimaru's group, but Orochimaru removed the mind control on Kabuto shortly after he joined. Kabuto then betrayed Sasori and Akatsuki in favor of Orochimaru.

Yūra

Yūra
  • Name: Yūra (由良)
  • Age: ?
  • Status: Deceased
  • Height: ?
  • Weight: ?
  • Birthday: ?
  • Blood Type: ?
  • Rank: Jōnin2
  • Registration #: ?
  • Affiliation: Akatsuki, Sunagakure (Hidden Sand)
  • Debut: Chapter 247

Yūra served as a trusted member of the Kazekage advisory council of Sunagakure (Hidden Sand) for four years. In reality, he was a sleeper agent for Akatsuki and a subordinate of Sasori. He was used as a replacement for the Akatsuki leader's Shōten no Jutsu (Shapeshifting Technique), taking on the shape of Uchiha Itachi. He was eventually killed by Naruto's Ōdama Rasengan when in the form of Itachi.

Trivia

  • Yūra means "beginning" in Japanese.


Sources

  1. First Official Data Book (秘伝・臨の書キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, "Hiden: Rin no Sho Character Official Data Book")
  2. Second Official Data Book (秘伝・闘の書キャラクターオフィシャルデータBOOK, "Hiden: Tō no Sho Character Official Data Book")
  3. Jump's 2nd Great Hero Book's Mini Data Book (秘伝・翔の書オフィシャルキャラクターデータBOOK mini, "Hiden: Shō no Sho Official Character Data Book mini")
  4. Taken directly from the Naruto manga chapters and anime episodes
  5. Based on character's ability and status
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