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The Akatsuki

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The Akatsuki ("sunrise" or "daybreak" ^note) is a criminal organization consisting of no more than ten S-ranked criminal ninja. (Orochimaru was once a member, but defected before the series started. He was never replaced, so the organization has nine members for the series proper.) They all seem to have their own agendas, but the primary group's goal is to Take Over the World by seeking the nine Tailed Beasts. They work in pairs, with each partner's abilities and temperament complementing the other's. Their signature costume is a high-collared, ankle-length, button-down black coat adorned with stylized red clouds, as well as broad-brimmed hats that they discard when discovered. They also wear their original shinobi headbands, but with a deep scratch across the emblem.

They mostly appear in Shippuden — only Itachi, Kisame, and Zetsu appeared in the original series at all, though the rest do appear in silhouettes. Itachi and Kisame appear in an arc that lasts ten chapters (five episodes in the anime), and Zetsu's case is merely a cameo. They become much more active in the second series as their plan to capture and seal the Tailed Beasts begins to move forward in earnest.

This page grew so large that it needed to jettison Tobi, Itachi and Pain as they have massive entries. You can find their character sheets here, here and here respectively. Orochimaru was once a member of Akatsuki, but defected prior to the beginning of the series. You can find his character sheet here.

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General

The organization as a whole provide examples of...

Anti-Villain: Their motives vary, but some of them qualify as this in one way or another.
Back from the Dead: The revived Akatsuki members, brought back by Kabuto to fight in the war: Deidara, Sasori, Kakuzu, Itachi, and Nagato/Pain.
Badass Crew: Everyone (except Zetsu) is Badass to the bone. They are all S-Ranked missing-nin, which would put them on the same level as Kage. Several members have, in fact, beaten or held their own against Kage. This is downplayed with Hidan, however, as his showings in battle are quite poor overall, and his victories can be chalked up to a mix of getting the first hit in against people who don't know how his abilities work, and Kakuzu doing the heavy lifting or being there to bail him out.
Badass Longcoat: Their standard uniform is a high-collared ankle-length black coat with red clouds.
Battle Strip: Once any of them come to their fight's climax, they remove their robe, willfully or from Clothing Damage. Every single Akatsuki member to do so dies, save for Konan, who dies without stripping.
Big Bad: They are the main antagonistic faction of Shippuden.
Black Cloak: In addition to the coats, they also have cloaks, although only Tobi is seen wearing one.
Body Horror: Every member of the Akatsuki has some element of inhumanity in their design. Itachi has his blood red sharingan, Kisame is a shark, Sasori has turned most of his body into an inorganic puppet, Deidara has two mouths with tongues on his hands, one on his chest and had to have both of his arms crudely sewn back on, Kakuzu has those same crude seams all over his body, including a seam that connects his lower and upper jaw together and also has 5 hearts. Hidan has his head crudely sewn back on and his entire body turns pitch black when performing the Jashin Ritual. Pain has the chakra rods lining his entire face while Konan's paper jutsu gives her skin the illusion of flaying away.
The Coats Are Off: Every single time this happens, it means the Akatsuki member is coming home in a body bag.
Cosmopolitan Council: They could stand some improvement gender-wise, but when your group contains a Shark Man and a walking venus fly trap you qualify.
Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: The Akatsuki recruit members by taking advantage of this trait. Most of the Akatsuki were exiled criminals wandering aimlessly without a village to take orders from. The Akatsuki provides them with a tangible goal and a purpose to put their abilities to productive use.
Dysfunction Junction: They're almost all messed-up people, either due to a Dark and Troubled Past or their own innate nature and life choices.
- Itachi willingly became a martyr to prevent a civil war and allowed himself to become one of the world's most hated and feared criminals, only for his younger brother to head down the exact path he sought to prevent him from heading down due to Itachi's actions.
- Kisame was a particularly loyal ninja who learned that he had wasted his whole career serving a puppet government, and became obsessed with a world with no lies.
- Deidara was a psychopathic terrorist with no rationale for joining beyond having a cause to destroy things and kill people with.
- Sasori was a depressed Mad Artist who had long since lost almost all of his humanity (literally and figuratively), except for the tiny bit of himself that hated the abomination he had become and wanted to die.
- Hidan was an insane mass-murdering cultist and extreme sadomasochist.
- Kakuzu was another extremely loyal ninja who was sent on a suicide mission and brutally punished when he understandably failed (when he was lucky to have even survived) and became a greedy nihilist who was incapable of trusting anyone beyond what they could pay him.
- Tobi was left for dead and lost his one true love, was nursed back to health by a half-dead ancient warrior, and was groomed by him to serve as an instrument of his will to carry out a massive conspiracy that, in the end, was little more than his patron's petty revenge for people not liking him, who himself was unknowingly carrying out the work of an even greater being.
- Nagato came of age in a brutal civil war, saw his best friend killed in front of him, crippled himself while attempting to avenge him using a power that he knew nothing about, and simply wanted to end all wars without knowing that he was just a pawn of a greater power.
- Konan was the only real aversion, driven solely by her loyalty to Nagato and belief that what they were doing truly was for the greater good, without any real underlying pathologies.
- Zetsu was also an aversion, as they were an agent and creation of Kaguya Otsutsuki working in secret to carry out her designs and free her.
Evil Duo: They operate in teams of two, usually complementing each other's skills and personalities. Itachi (stoic, fire-user, illusionist) and Kisame (talkative, water-expert Lightning Bruiser that tears people up with his BFS) set the trend.
Evil vs. Evil: In the beginning of Shippuden they are enemies of not only the hidden villages, but to Orochimaru as well. Orochimaru was a member of the Akatsuki before betraying them and they want him dead.
Evil Wears Black: One of the group's distinguishing traits is that each member wears a black cloak.
Greater-Scope Villain: In Part I, they mostly wait in the shadows as Orochimaru rampages in the Leaf, but their presence and the danger they pose become evident when Itachi and Kisame first appear.
Guyliner: All the members paint their nails on both hands and feet, usually in blue or red.
Hero Killer: Each of them is effective in dominating over the cast with their powers; Hidan and Pain/Nagato are extremely efficient, seeing as they kill Asuma and Jiraiya, respectively.
Hidden Depths: It's implied the strain of a tragic life and what comes with being a member of Akatsuki plays a role in the negative personalities of many members. The Akatsuki members resurrected by Kabuto display markedly more affable and humorous personalities compared to when they were alive.
High Collar of Doom: Their cloaks reach right above their chins, looking rather ominous.
Humanoid Abomination: They were all originally going to be blatantly non-human. Even with that dropped, the most normal members of the group are the woman who can turn herself into sheets of paper and the man with magic eyes fueled by The Power of Hate.
I Am Not Left-Handed: Just about all of them reveal at least one new ability or special attack.
Leitmotif: "Akatsuki", the theme which plays for the organization as a whole. Some individual members have their own, but this is the one for the group in general.
Makeup Is Evil: Nail polish seems to be part of the uniform.
Meaningful Name: If you read the name as Red Moon, referring to Madara's Infinite Tsukuyomi plan, which would turn the moon into a giant Sharingan able to hypnotize the entire world.
Oddly Small Organization: For one of the most terrifying terrorist organizations in the world, there are never more than ten official members at a time. Quality beats quantity, as each member is capable of fighting an army, as their performance during the Fourth Shinobi World War indicates.
One-Man Army: All members of the Akatsuki are powerful enough to defeat multiple shinobi at once.
Order vs. Chaos: They represent the Order to Orochimaru's Chaos; their ultimate goal is to Take Over the World and hold it in an enforced peace, as opposed to Orochimaru's self-centred desire for immortality with no concern for the wider consequences.
Person of Mass Destruction: Practically a requirement when being picked as a formal member of the group as the leaders go out of their way to find candidates who are both monstrously powerful and compliant. Every main member shown has been described as an S-Rank Shinobi Criminal with a myriad of powerful techniques that enables them to destroy an entire village by themselves at least and take down a country at best.
Private Military Contractors: Cunningly exploited to reach Nagato's alleged goal, offering cheap prices and grossly superior efficiency to put village Shinobis out of business and Take Over the World.
Ring of Power: Each member has a ring that fuses to their finger when first put on, used to activate the statue which absorbs the Tailed Beasts from their hosts and communicate with other Akatsuki members remotely through chakra holograms. These are apparently irreplaceable; Orochimaru taking his with him upon defecting is why his slot on the roster of 10 is never filled in, and when Deidara loses an arm, he was more interested in recovering the ring than the lost limb.
Seven Deadly Sins: Each sin has been prominently displayed by certain members.
- Pride: Deidara and Pain, due to Deidara's admiration for his own art, and Pain believing himself to be a deity (though the latter's belief ends up being a facade rather than genuine).
- Greed: Kakuzu, due to his Money Fetish and love of stealing others' hearts to augment himself.
- Sloth: Sasori, due to his use of puppets to fight his battles.
- Gluttony: Zetsu, due to his rampant cannibalism.
- Lust: Orochimaru, due to his endless lust for power he doesn't need.
- Wrath: Hidan, due to his short temper and sadistic devotion to a violent religion.
- Envy: Both Tobi and Sasuke, due to part of their motivation being fueled by jealousy of their respective rivals.
Standard Evil Organization Squad: They act as this for the series.
Tragic Villain: Most of them are people who had some kind of tragic events in their lives who made them the ones we know today and act as examples of the kind of monsters a world in a constant state of war tends to breed. The only exceptions are Hidan, Deidara, and Zetsu.
Unwitting Pawn: Only Tobi, Zetsu, and Kisame are in the know about the Moon's Eye Plan, and even they don't know everything.
Villain Decay: For various reasons (not having access to some of their powers, the heroes knowing their techniques and weaknesses in advance, the opponents they fight being more powerful or numerous, and so on), none of the reanimated Akatsuki possess nearly as much of a threat as when they were alive.
Villainous Friendship: Several of the pairs are friends, even if it is a Vitriolic Best Buds relationship.
Villains Out Shopping: Before becoming public enemies of the world, the more sane members are seen to engage in this often. In the anime, Deidara and Tobi casually order dango from a restaurant with the owner oblivious to their nature. Itachi is also said to enjoy visiting traditional restaurants in his spare time.
Worf Had the Flu: The Akatsuki members in the series proper are Kage-level shinobi yet most of them are dealt within the first 200 (out of 500) episodes, before the protagonists' skill levels really take a rise, so to make their defeats possible almost all of them are handicapped in some way, shape, or form going into the battle. A good few of them have to fight against a larger group of Shinobi as well. Some of the most notable ones include:
- Itachi was both near blindness and mortally crippled by a terminal illness, and was only trying to wear Sasuke down rather than actually kill him.
- Kisame lost the ability to use Samehada, was compromised during a stealth mission and was caught off guard by Naruto's new powers. Guy also opened up one of the highest Gates possible, massively increasing his power during his battle against Kisame.
- Sasori was fighting against someone who specifically was able to counter his strongest attacks, after slipping up and leaving Kankuro to die so a temporary antidote for his insanely dangerous poison could be produced, and it's flat out stated by the people who beat him that he could have won, but let himself die in his parents' arms.
- Kakuzu went into a fight with Naruto after battling Kakashi, Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji for a period of time, in which he already lost half of his extra hearts.
- Pain went into his fight with Naruto having lost one of the Six Paths and needing to revive it, in addition to having just used his Almighty Push to nuke the village, which Konan was concerned was going to weaken him too much. Even still he nearly had Naruto beaten.

Kisame Hoshigaki

Voiced by: Tomoyuki Dan (JP), Michael McConnohie (EN, original), Kirk Thornton (EN, current), Pedro Tena (Spain), René García (Latin America)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 139 (Manga), Naruto Episode 80 (Anime)

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^{Click here to see him merged with Samehada}

I knew that from the first time I had to kill my comrades… Kill a Kiri ninja as a Kiri ninja. What does that make me? Am I a friend or foe? What is my purpose and my position? Where do I go? Where can I go? I'm well aware that my entire life has been one giant lie.

A former member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, Kisame is polite, but a savage warrior who loves to fight. He is partners and good friends with Itachi and owns a sentient sword called Samehada ("Sharkskin" in the dub and as a rough translation) which can absorb chakra from anything it shaves and can fuse with him to transform him into an anthropomorphic shark. He also possesses an enormous amount of chakra that is compared to the level of a tailed beast.

In Shippuden, a clone of his is beaten by Guy, then he doesn't do too much but hang around Itachi. He later gets assigned to go after the Eight-Tailed Ox and seemingly gets killed for his troubles. It is later revealed that was just a clone and Kisame manages to infiltrate Kumogakure by hiding in his sword. His cover ends up blown and he fights Guy again, but rather than give up the information upon losing he commits suicide by having his own shark summons eat him. It was revealed that Kisame was Tobi's Psycho Supporter since before his days as a member of the Seven Swordsmen, and served as the personal bodyguard of the Fourth Mizukage, who was Tobi's puppet.

His hobby was taking care of his sword, Samehada.

Favorite phrase: "The weak are meat, the strong eat", a Japanese idiom for 'survival of the fittest'.

10-Minute Retirement: Itachi's death makes Kisame want to go mull things over and leave the Akatsuki behind. He changes his tune after Tobi "reveals" himself as Madara. This was exclusive to the anime.
Actually a Doombot: Happens twice; the first being when he sacrifices Mukade, a Suna shinobi, to hold up Team Guy while they're extracting Shukaku and the second is when he's seemingly decapitated by B and A's Double Lariat which is actually a White Zetsu that swapped places with him.
Adapted Out: Is omitted from the first live theater adaptation, though he does feature in the second.
Adaptation Dye-Job: His skin goes from green in the manga to a grayish-blue in the anime.
Advertised Extra: Despite being prominently featured in promotional material for the second live theater adaptation, he doesn't play much of a role in the actual show.
Affably Evil: Cheerful, polite, and always pleased to make the acquaintance of someone new. Like Itachi, he'll also give opponents the chance to back down, which makes him very different from most of his teammates, who can be anywhere from naturally cruel to just plain genocidal.
Alas, Poor Villain: He's given this after killing himself to prevent revealing any more information as his last act of loyalty to his comrades in Akatsuki.
"You were right... Itachi-san... it seems that... in the end... I'm not so terrible after all."
Animal Motifs: His shark-like attributes carried over into techniques, for he even shaped his Water Release attacks into sharks.
Antagonist Abilities: Energy Absorption, Samehada can absorb anyone's chakra, including that of the Tailed Beasts.
Anti-Villain: He was raised to not trust anyone and betray anyone at a second's notice; to the point that he wanted to accept Tobi's plan of a world of no lies, which Kisame desired.
Become Your Weapon: With Samehada, in a very Arrancar-esque way.
BFS: If you can really count that thing as a sword. It is known as the Samehada ("sharkskin").
"My massive blade Samehada doesn't slice… It shreds you to ribbons!"
Bloodbath Villain Origin: As a mist ninja, Kisame was to guard the Cypher Division under orders from his superior. When the group was cornered by Konoha-nin during a mission, Kisame chose to kill the Cypher Division members to keep their intel from being leaked out through Ibiki's interrogation, as instructed by his superior. This started his streak of missions of killing ninja from his own village until he grew sick of it. He eventually became a missing-nin when the Land of Water sought him for plotting to overthrow its government and being involved in numerous assassinations that included another country's daimyō.
Blood Knight: Kisame is a rare mix of this and Affably Evil: he may be polite, but he also has a great love of fighting and mutilating his opponents. When he was told that he needed to capture Naruto alive, he suggested cutting off his legs so he couldn't get away and would be easier to carry. The databooks mention who characters want to fight, with his entry says "anyone". And all this despite his role being an espionage agent.
The Brute: He serves this role in the Akatsuki along with Kakuzu and Hidan up until Pain dies. Then he becomes The Dragon.
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Inverted. He is loyal enough to his partner Itachi and Akatsuki, and fanatically devoted to Tobi. However, while he was a Mist-nin he had an even more severe case of this, slaughtering his allies at the drop of a hat and murdering his superior who is implied to have been his mentor, although this was out of loyalty to the village.
Co-Dragons: Kisame replaces Pain's position as the Dragon and shares this role with Black Zetsu to Tobi.
Crazy-Prepared: In his final battle, he demonstrated this trait. After preparing a scroll containing vital intel, he was found out by enemies and attempted to flee. Knowing he couldn't escape, he summoned a shark to carry the message, only to be intercepted. So he summoned a few hundred spares to distract the enemy before personally launching a massive attack. When all of that failed and he was captured, he had his own summons kill him, ending the threat... until his intel scroll turned out to be a trap that held his enemies still while a new shark summon made a run for it with the intel.
Cyanide Pill: Instead of getting captured, he opted for suicide so as to not give any information he may hold to the enemy.
Cool Sword: A sentient sword that can absorb chakra and fuse with it to form a One-Winged Angel.
Dirty Business: Constructed around this. His job in the Mist? Murdering other Mist ninjas.
Dishing Out Dirt: He uses Earth Release in his assault on Team Guy in conjunction with his sword.
Dying Moment of Awesome: He bit through his tongue, trapped himself in a water prison, and summoned three sharks which he let eat him alive so that he wouldn't divulge any information on Akatsuki to the good guys.
Empathic Weapon: Samehada's hilt will sprout spikes if anyone other than Kisame picks it up. It can also return to his hand. It turns out to be a living, sentient sword with a toothy mouth. When Kisame commits suicide, Samehada begins crying out for its master in mourning, despite it choosing to side with Killer B because it liked the taste of his powerful chakra to the point it got greedy and selfish enough to betray Kisame and make its master force it back under control until his death.
Energy Absorption:
- His sword, the Samehada is capable of detecting and absorbing chakra. However, it seems to be unable to automatically absorb ambient chakra, judging by the fact that all instances in which it has used the ability have either been when the opponent had a visible aura around them or when direct physical contact had already been established. When Samehada absorbs chakra, its scales grow and it slowly begins to unwrap itself, revealing a mouth with several rows of shark-like teeth. Samehada is extremely proficient in absorbing Tailed Beast chakra to the point where Killer Bee was drained from Version 2 State into merely having a few tails in Version 1. When fused with Samehada, his chakra absorption is enhanced further during physical contact.
- It later turns out several of his jutsu allow him to absorb chakra even without Samehada's help, as seen when grabbing Samehada and even reversing the effect of Aoba Yamashiro's paralyzing technique.
Evil Virtues:
- Loyalty. Kisame is loyal to Tobi and the Akatsuki, to the point that when he's finally cornered, he deliberately commits suicide to keep the enemy from getting more information out of him, but not before preparing the scroll to be send back to Tobi even if he were to die, succeeding in his mission.
- Camaderie. Kisame got along with his partner Itachi, sharing a common burden with him.
- Valour. Kisame, even when backed into a corner, he bites his own tongue to keep the enemy from getting more information from his mind and commits suicide when it's clear escape is impossible, though not without making sure that the information he got makes its way to Tobi.
Exact Words: He was ordered to protect an Intel squad carrying important codes, and above all to prevent those codes from falling into enemy hands. At the first sign of trouble, he massacres the squad, so they can't tell anyone the codes they are protecting.
Faking the Dead: After his original-seeming death by decapitation, it was revealed that what actually died was a clone created by Zetsu.
Fusion Dance: When combining with his sword, he becomes a shark-esque humanoid...even more than he already resembles.
Genius Bruiser: It's more subtle than most examples, but he's highly analytical and can figure out how people's abilities work after just a quick glance, and accurately deduce their strengths and weaknesses from there. He's also got a great tactical mind, as he has a proven knack for Batman Gambits that work well at both getting him out of a bad situation and furthering his goals. In general, Kisame is a no-nonsense fighter who typically either uses overwhelming brute force (if he doesn't have to leave his target alive) or whittles them down (if he does have to, or his opponent poses a serious threat to him) if he has a mission to accomplish or is struggling against an opponent, he will think his way out.
The Giant: He's the tallest Akatsuki member, at 195 cm (6'5").
Giant Wall of Watery Doom: His preferred finishing moves, as shown from both of his later confrontations with Guy.
Hidden Depths: From the first glance he seems the usual The Brute from Akatsuki who does not care about anything but a good fight. However, in the end, he turned out a much deeper character being the one of the few who knew the true purpose of Akatsuki and also being the one of the few in Akatsuki who showed true devotion to his comrades even committing suicide in order to not give any information he may hold to the enemy.
His Name Is...: When Aoba is about to see Tobi's true face by delving into the memories of an unconscious Kisame, the latter forces himself to wake up by biting through his own tongue and then commits suicide using his summoned sharks. At the time this seemed like just a ridiculous way of hiding the face from the readers (with it being beside the point that Aoba also didn't get to see it), but later it's revealed that Aoba had known Tobi for years before he assumed that identity and thus most certainly would have recognized the face as Obito Uchiha and thus prematurely exposed one of the biggest plot twists in the entire story.
Hoist by His Own Petard: His strategy of using Samehada to drain Bee's and Gyuki's chakra ends up working against him, as the sword developed a preference for Bee's chakra over Kisame's.
Hungry Weapon: Samehada can absorb chakra and use it to add to Kisame's own.
Intergenerational Friendship: Kisame met Itachi while he was in his early teens and Kisame was in his mid-twenties, and yet, they get along very well. Especially for Akatsuki partners, who kind of have a reputation for bickering.
Irony:
- He originally joined Tobi because he desired a world of no lies, the irony of this being that the Moon's Eye Plan would in fact create a world made up of nothing but lies. Taken further still when it's revealed that even the "Madara" he believed in and followed so devotedly was yet another mask and a lie. And even this lie was being manipulated by the lies of Black Zetsu.
- Also his hatred of lies makes his seemingly genuine friendship with Itachi a little awkward, as Itachi was one of the biggest liars in Akatsuki.
Killed Off for Real: Was one of the two Akatsuki members killed off, the other being Konan, prior to the Fourth Shinobi World War and not resurrected as an Edo Tensei zombie.^noteNot counting the incapacitated Hidan Those sharks didn't exactly leave much material behind for Kabuto to use and Tobi likely wouldn't want to disrespect the memory of the only Akatsuki member who genuinely died for his cause anyway.
Klingon Promotion: How he became a member of the Seven Swordsman. Over his mentor's corpse.
Know When to Fold 'Em: When Jiraiya came to rescue Naruto and Sasuke, Kisame openly admits that he has no chance of fighting against the sage and he and Itachi ran away.
Lightning Bruiser: Terrifyingly fast, and strong enough to trade blows with Guy without any real difficulty.
Living Weapon: Samehada is sentient to some extent, being capable of expressing emotion and picking its users; it's also seemingly capable of growing like a living thing, with its scales growing and a giant mouth appearing on one end of the blade after it eats enough chakra.
Loyal Phlebotinum: Doubly subverted, as it seems to betray Kisame in favor of Bee, but ultimately proves to be a deception on Kisame's part.
Loners Are Freaks: His backstory has elements of this, such as refusing to have lunch with the Intel group he was protecting.
Major Injury Underreaction: He barely reacts at all when Killer Bee throwing a sword into his shoulder, apparently just because it would have gone even further in if Samehada hadn't ate the chakra the blade was enhanced by. Likewise, his reaction shortly afterward to Killer Bee launching an attack so strong it smash through Samehada and blew open his chest was to calmly let his opponent know this surprised him before Samehada fused with him to heal his injuries.
Making a Splash: Kisame specializes in flashy water jutsu.
Master Swordsman: Comes with the territory of being one of the Seven Ninja Swordsman of the Mist, but what makes Kisame unique is that he’s one of the very few people who Samehada chose.
Meaningful Name: "Same" means shark in Japanese. The "ki" part of his name is written with a kanji character meaning ogre or demon. Therefore, his given name is "demon shark."
The Mole: He becomes this to infiltrate the Allied Force.
Morality Pet: Believe it or not but Itachi is this for him. While Kisame enjoying the battles and don't mind fighting with any opponent Itachi is one of the few who can stop him from holding senseless violence to make him leave the battlefield.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Kisame means "demon shark".
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Kisame ultimately fails to subdue Killer B because he spammed Samehada's chakra absorbing ability to the point that it loved Killer B's chakra and chose him as its new master.
Noble Demon: He died as one remaining loyal to Akatsuki's goal of achieving the Moon's Eye Plan, that he desperately wanted to see.
Noodle Incident: It was mentioned in his first appearance that he assassinated a daimyō which put him on the most wanted list, but nothing specific about that is ever revealed.
"Not So Different" Remark: When he first meets Itachi, Kisame claims that they are both alike. This is the actually the reason he wanted to team up:
"I think we are alike. It's why I wanted to be teamed with you in the Akatsuki. Murdering your own clan is quite a feeling, eh Itachi-san?"
Not-So-Small Role: For a long time he was just considered as The Brute and Itachi's sidekick. In the end, he was the last member of Akatsuki (except for Zetsu) to be taken down, dying after Itachi and even Nagato and Konan. He also turned out to be just as close to Tobi as Itachi was before he left Konoha, apparently.
Oddly Shaped Sword: Samehada does not look like a normal sword at all, instead it appears to be made of scales, not to mention having a mouth.
Off with His Head!: When the clone of Kisame goes up against the Raikage and Killer B, he gets struck with the manliest technique ever used in the Naruto universe. His head flies off like a champagne cork.
Kisame: Water Release: Super Shark Bo—[sickening thud]
A and Killer B: DOUBLE LARIATOOOOOO!
[screen flashes white]
Kisame's disembodied head: Well... you guys are just too fast for me.
One-Handed Zweihänder: He wields his massive swords (Samehada) only one-handed.
One-Winged Angel: He can fuse with Samehada, becoming a literal human-shark!
Red Baron: As a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, Kisame was given the title of "Monster of the Hidden Mist". He is known as a "Tailed Beast without a Tail", in reference to how he's one of the few non-Jinchuriki whose chakra reserves could rival that of a Tailed Beast.
Self-Duplication: He was capable of utilizing the water clone jutsu.
Shape Shifter Weapon: Samehada grows in proportion to the amount of chakra it absorbs. Kisame can also combine with it into a sharkesque being for better underwater combat.
Shark Man: He looks distinctly shark-like even when not in his transformed state, for some reason that is never explained. Judging by his mentor, fish people might just be a thing in the Mist.
Straw Nihilist: He believes the world is based on nothing but lies, so he has no particular reason to trust or be loyal to anyone. He only follows Tobi because the latter agrees, because he appears to validate his opinions (for example, by the revelation that he was controlling the 4th Mizukage, thus showing that the Mist was based on a lie and not run by the man everyone was following), and because Kisame believes him when he says he can change all that.
Supernatural Suffocation: "Water Prison Shark Dance Technique" traps himself and his opponent(s) in a huge sphere or dome of water. One of the side effects of this arrangement is that the lack of oxygen makes it difficult for the target to fight a literal Shark Man as they attempt to futilely escape the large body of water.
Thanatos Gambit: The scroll he stole back and made Guy fight so hard for... was booby-trapped. As soon as it was opened it sealed everyone within range with the Water Prison Technique, complete with shark summonings in each individual prison, while one of the summonings takes the scroll to Tobi.
Threatening Shark: His face, attacks and more.
Tongue Trauma: Kisame deliberately bites his own tongue to in order snap himself out of a hypnotic state and prevent his enemies from getting more information from his mind.
Tragic Villain: He grew up during "Bloody Mist Village". He never felt as though he had a place or knew who he truly was as he was often ordered to undertake gruesome missions such as killing his own comrades because his boss Fuguki ordered him to protect information above even the lives of his comrades. This experience caused him to develop guilt that lasted until just before his death, causing him to believe he was a worthless and terrible person. Later on, he discovered Fuguki, a man who he respected and trusted was actually providing intel to village enemies and therefore he had to kill him. As such, he came to the conclusion that his entire life has been a lie that in turn motivated him to help Tobi in completing the Eye of the Moon plan because of his own disillusionment with the world he lived in.
Undying Loyalty: To Akatsuki and to Tobi, which he proved in the last moments of his life. He himself is surprised that he turned out to be a better guy than he believed himself to be.
Unknown Rival: Guy has a hard time remembering just who Kisame is for Kisame's whole life.
Utopia Justifies the Means: He became a member of Akatsuki because he really wanted to see a world of no lies that Tobi's Moon's Eye Plan offered.
Villainous Friendship: Compared to most of Akatsuki's other teams, which involve hostile relationships between partners, Kisame and Itachi get along quite well. While they were hostile when they first met, Kisame displays genuine concern for Itachi. In fact, other than the aforementioned meeting, they are never shown to argue at all, and that argument was quite civilized and only turned nasty when Kisame drew Samehada. Kisame's last words are even directed at Itachi! Their friendship is actually quite sweet. It is later revealed that both share a common burden of killing comrades for the common good. Both of them were men lost in their own contradiction and unable to know their true identities. In the anime, Kisame is well aware of Itachi's true nature and bids him a fond farewell when Itachi goes to die against Sasuke.
Villainous Valour: Kisame may be Blood Knight kidnapper that thinks nothing of cutting limbs off Jinchuuriki so they can't get away, but when he backed into a corner, rather than let his enemies forcibly read his mind, he bites off his own tongue to end the mind-reading and commits suicide and all in order to not give any information he may hold to the enemy.
What You Are in the Dark: He and Itachi had a conversation where Itachi mused that only when facing death with nothing left to lose one is able to learn what kind of person he truly is. Captured and with no hope of escape, Kisame uses the last of his strength to deliver intel out of loyalty to Tobi's dream of a perfect world and commits a gruesome suicide to take his secrets to the grave. Kisame, who considered himself to be a despicable monster until then, is genuinely surprised to find out in his last moments that he was not as terrible as he thought himself to be.
Worthy Opponent: To Guy (ironic in that the latter never remembers him until his death).
Xanatos Speed Chess: Kisame's plan to infiltrate the Allies was as successful as it was due to his quick thinking. He had no way of anticipating that Samehada would defect to Bee, yet made use of it to infiltrate Allied Headquarters without arousing suspicion by hiding inside of it. And even in the likelihood that he was captured or killed, he had a scroll containing information rigged to ensure the information is safely delivered to the Akatsuki.

White Zetsu

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP, Naruto Episode 134 and Shippūden)^note, Atsushi Abe (JP, Boruto), Brian Beacock (EN, Naruto Episode 134), Travis Willingham (EN, Shippūden), Aaron LaPlante (EN, Boruto)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 234 (Manga), Naruto Episode 134 (Anime)

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^{Click here to see him and Black Zetsu as one}

^{Click here to see one of many White Zetsu clones}

Well, to say it simply… He wants to get rid of all the bad things in the world and run away to a dreamland full of good things! In a dream, you can do whatever you want… even revive the dead.

Zetsu is a strange plant-like being created by Madara Uchiha from the First Hokage's DNA (or so we were led to believe) that serves as Akatsuki's spy, lookout, and corpse disposal. Actually known as White Zetsu, he is actually a host of the symbiotic entity Black Zetsu with both working with Tobi to enact their agenda within the Akatsuki. Prior to the Fourth Great Ninja War, it is revealed that White Zetsu is one of many Madara created .

His hobby is observing unique shinobi.

Favorite phrase: "Independence unbending" which means "The only one you can count on is yourself".

Actually Pretty Funny: His reaction at seeing Sasuke had brought them Bee's tentacle disguised as Bee instead of the actual eight tails is to laugh, Black Zetsu is not amused and tells him to be quiet.
Affably Evil: Unlike his other half, White Zetsu has a jolly demeanor.
Ancient Conspiracy: In Naruto Gaiden, Sasuke learns that the White Zetsu army was created a very long time ago, even before the ninjas existed. We see this earlier when Black Zetsu states that the White Zetsu are soldiers Kaguya made because normal people would not suffice. Eventually, it is revealed the enemy she created them to fight and knew would eventually come to Earth was the rest of her clan.
Artificial Human: One of an army of artificial soldiers created from the cells of the First Hokage or so we were led to believe.
Blatant Lies: "Tobi is a good boy!"
Cloudcuckoolander: White is more prone to bizarre thoughts and actions than Black, sometimes downright stupid, such as bursting into the meeting room of the five Kages to announce Sasuke broke in and giving away Taka's cover - albeit on Obito's orders. Has a nagging curiosity for bowel movements out of wonder what such a function would be like if he had it. No Social Skills, indeed.
Combat Commentator: He plays this role during the battle between Itachi and Sasuke.
Doppelmerger: The White Zetsu can combine to create a hideous gigantic plant monster.
Early-Bird Cameo: He first appeared after the climax of Naruto and Sasuke's duel, agreeing with Black Zetsu that the fight was interesting.
Energy Absorption: White Zetsu can drain chakra through physical contact, and also share the absorbed chakra the same way.
Enigmatic Minion: Until Tobi's flashback and later clarification by Black Zetsu, nobody really knows what his deal is, except being one of the few that knows the truth about Tobi.
Exotic Eye Designs: Looks like plant seeds.
Green Thumb: Can merge with the earth and even burrow underground, masking his chakra altogether and allowing him to tunnel around undetected at extreme speeds. He can perform Wood Release thanks to Hashirama’s cells (or given White Zetsu's origin, it could be that Hashirama merely shares/inherited Wood Release and the White Zetsu were the originators of it).
Half the Man He Used to Be: White Zetsu only has the left half of his body.
Hive Mind: The White Zetsu Clones all share one mind that they link through a system of underground roots; once linked they instantly share information with each other. Although the original appears to have his own, singular mind.
Humanoid Abomination: A cannibalistic Man-Eating Plant who can move seamlessly within the earth, grass and trees and has black and white halves which differ in personality and which can split from each other physically, with the white half capable of making clones of himself in a process akin to a fungal parasite. It's revealed that he and his brethren were once humans who were assimilated into the Divine Tree.
I'm a Humanitarian/Man-Eating Plant: Disposes of corpses by eating them. His favorite food is even listed as chewy people.
Incoming Ham: He was told to inform the Kage about Sasuke and Taka's actions. The way he went about it was to barge into their meeting room yelling HALLOOOO!!
Ironic Echo:
- In regards with Tobi:
  "It'll be all right, after all, Tobi is a good boy"
- Also becomes this during Tobi's flashback arc.
Killed Mid-Sentence: Zetsu's clone of Kisame was decapitated in the middle of Calling His Attack. This may have been planned given that when Zetsu copies a person he does not become able to actually use attacks they know.
Killed Off for Real: The original White Zetsu gets offed by Sasuke, though he still has plenty of clones running about.
Laughably Evil: Not to the extent like Hidan, Deidara, or Tobi but he has some funny moments.
Literal Split Personality: The black half and white half are actually very separate entities that talk to each other.
Mana Drain: He can drain chakra from those he touches, as well as give it through the same method.
Me's a Crowd: He's one of an army of 100,000 White Zetsu, and he can create copies of himself.
Mysterious Watcher: Subverted. Nobody knew who he was or what he wanted the first time he showed up in the series but it soon became clear he belonged to Akatsuki.
Non-Action Guy: White Zetsu is not terribly powerful, with Tobi even referring to him as not a front-line fighter (though their combat abilities are enhanced via Hashirama cell infusions from Yamato before the war). Black Zetsu on the other hand...
Number Two: He is for Tobi in the Akatsuki.
Plant Person: Has several plant-like appendages, and has many plant characteristics.
Sarcastic Devotee: The White Zetsu clone assisting Madara after his revival doesn't hesitate to make a few potshots at his creator, something that Madara lampshades.
Talking to Themself: White and Black Zetsu talk to each other and frequently argue.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: He can make himself into a perfect double of a person after absorbing their chakra.
Was Once a Man: It's revealed that White Zetsu was once a human who was changed by the first Infinite Tsukuyomi.

Black Zetsu (Unmarked Spoilers)

Black Zetsu

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP), Kengo Kawanishi (JP, young), Peter Lurie (EN, Naruto Episode 134), Travis Willingham (EN, Shippūden), Todd Haberkorn (EN, young)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 234 (Manga), Naruto Episode 134 (Anime)

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A weapon's strength or weakness is dependent on the user's ability to use it. An expert with a rock can still beat a rookie with a shuriken.

A dark symbiotic entity (seemingly) manifested out of Madara's will and attached to White Zetsu in order to monitor the progression of the Moon's Eye Plan. He serves as Akatsuki's spy, lookout, and corpse disposal. He possesses Literal Split Personalities that talk to each other and was the only Akatsuki member who is never shown with a partner because he can be his own partner. He can perfectly blend into the background (sometimes by use of a Venus flytrap thing). He is capable of recording events, such as Naruto and Sasuke's fight at the Valley of the End and Sasuke and Itachi's final battle, for others to view.

Zetsu knows Tobi's identity and status as the true leader of Akatsuki, and thus works closely with him. He showed the ability to split his two sides apart and had his white side lead Sasuke to the Kage summit while the black side stayed behind with Tobi.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War Black Zetsu was defeated by Naruto and the Mizukage's squad while attempting to assassinate the daimyos and disappears for most of the war. He eventually returns shortly after Obito is defeated, using him to resurrect his creator, Madara. However, after Madara completes the Infinite Tsukiyomi, Black Zetsu reveals his true colors. Betraying Madara, it is revealed that not only was Black Zetsu a creation of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki rather than Madara, but that he was responsible for manipulating events throughout Shinobi history with the sole purpose of reviving his creator.

The Ageless: Given that he lived more than a thousand years he clearly is this.
Ancient Conspiracy: Ever since the time of the Hagoromo and his sons, this guy has been meddling with events behind the scenes to ensure Kaguya's revival.
And I Must Scream: Even worse than Hidan. Black Zetsu's ultimate fate is to be pinned against the new moon where Kaguya was sealed, within her personal dimension. Add that he appears incapable of aging. He's going to be trapped in a pocket dimension with his failure, forever.
Brains and Brawn: When Kaguya comes into the picture to fight, Black Zetsu uses his intelligence to complement her immense strength and make up for her... lacking tactical abilities.
The Bus Came Back: After the defeat Obito is about to use Rinne Tensei, doing the same thing that Nagato did, Black Zetsu appears from the ground and forces him to revive Madara instead.
Cain and Abel: The Cain to Hagoromo and Hamura's Abel.
Chekhov's Skill: How Black Zetsu was able to get to the final battlefield becomes important when he uses the same ability to steal the other half of Kurama.
The Chessmaster: Black Zetsu rewrote the text that Hagoromo left on the Uchiha's stone monument, turning the Uchiha into his pawns. Furthermore, he manipulated countless individuals throughout the centuries all for his ends. He started with manipulating Indra and continued to focus on his descendants ever since. Indeed, he claims all of shinobi history was of his making.
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He betrayed a gigantic number of people for the implementation of his plan but the biggest examples of this are Obito whom he forced fully to resurrect Madara and Madara himself whom he brutally murders to use as fodder for Kaguya's resurrection. She appears to be the one and the only person he's loyal to.
Co-Dragons: With Pain to Tobi, later with Kisame after Pain is defeated.
The Corrupter: He convinced Haguromo's son Indra to turn against his own family after his brother Ashura was declared the successor and was already a large influence on him beforehand. He would continue to do the same to Indra's descendants, the Uchiha clan.
Dark Is Evil: Black Zetsu is a pitch-black shadow thing who orchestrated much of the suffering throughout ninja history.
The Dog Was the Mastermind: Initially seen as just half an Akatsuki member throughout the story, when really he's been manipulating practically everything through it.
The Dragon: At first is seemingly this to Tobi later to Madara, but is eventually revealed to be this to Kaguya.
Dragon-in-Chief: He is a genius planner and devoted minion to Kaguya, who required him to enact the plans necessary to ready her return. Even after she regains her original form, Black Zetsu has to handle most of the planning, with her having barely any idea how to strategize against the heroes without him. As if to prove this stance further after the heroes succeed in sealing Kaguya away Naruto makes sure to hunt Black Zetsu down and seal him in the new moon as well in order to prevent him from resurrecting Kaguya at a later point and to end her threat once and for all.
Early-Bird Cameo: He first appeared after the climax of Naruto and Sasuke's duel, noting that he found the fight interesting.
Effective Knockoff: Black Zetsu's method of reviving Kaguya Ōtsutsuki resembles an overly convoluted variant of the Ōtsutsuki Clan's usual method of revival, the Kāma. By becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki (Kaguya merged with the Divine Tree), Madara's body became effectively similar to an Ōtsutsuki Clan member's. Following this, Black Zetsu was able to convert Madara's body into a replica of Kaguya's, similarly to how a Kāma converts its recipient's body into a replica of the Ōtsutsuki Clan member who bestowed it. But unlike the Kāma, Black Zetsu could not completely erase the host's personality and Kaguya spat Madara out while being resealed.
Energy Absorption: Black Zetsu can drain chakra through physical contact while attached to Kaguya.
Enigmatic Minion: Black Zetsu's true origins and motives remain unrevealed until the final arc, where it's revealed he played everyone for fools.
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: He's been manipulating events for a thousand years to resurrect his "mother".
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: When Obito dies from Kaguya's attack and Naruto tries to save him, Black Zetsu asks why he does it. After all, Obito had been the source of Naruto's misery from the day he was literally born.
Evil Gloating: He really likes to gloat, particularly once he shows his true colours.
- In particular when he backstabs Madara before using him for Kaguya's resurrection, he laughs at Madara's endless pride and confidence and reveals that he has always been ultimately just a pawn for her resurrection.
- Later when he sucks chakra out Naruto and Sasuke, he explains to them how his plan occurred without any visible reason except to boast and pass the time.
- And at the time of Obito's death, he spends some time laughing and mocking him, which in turn leads to a frenzied Naruto tearing him and Kaguya's arm off and pinning him to the ground.
Evil Sounds Deep: Black Zetsu has a deep voice, though in the original dub his voice resembles White Zetsu's following Kaguya's revival.
Evil Sounds Raspy: For most of the series, though his voice changes after Kaguya's revival.
Evil Plan: Black Zetsu unleashed a whopper that spiraled into many other conflicts and bled into so much misery for others. A plan that duped Indra, Madara, Hashirama, Tobirama, Obito, Kakashi, Kabuto, Sasuke, the entire Uchiha clan, and countless others into becoming his pawns to revive Kaguya. It also resulted in the death of Rin, the death of Naruto's parents, the creation of Akatsuki, Orochimaru's nefarious schemes with Akatsuki, the Uchiha Massacre, Sasuke's defection, Madara and Obito's own gambits, Gaara's temporary death, the deaths of all active Akatsuki members, the birth of the army of White Zetsus among others who had been absorbed into Kaguya, the revival of the Ten-Tails, the controlling of said beast, the revival and subsequent murder of Madara, the enslavement of all humanity, and on top of all this, Kaguya's return to life.
Gambit Roulette: His whole plan to revive Kaguya is one big Gambit Roulette. First, he caused Indra's betrayal of Ashura in order to start the Uchiha-Senju feud. Then he edited the Sage of the Six Paths' tablet in order to make the Uchiha Clan his pawns. Then he watched over both brothers' reincarnations in hopes of finding someone that would be able to awaken the Rinnegan: Madara. ^Note From there, he had to rely on Madara to create the Moon Eye Plan in order for his plan to succeed. In the process, Madara was somehow tricked into thinking he himself created Black Zetsu. And guess what? His plan went off without a single hitch (even Madara dying of old age ended up being a minor inconvenience at most).
A God Am I: He verges on this, declaring boldly "I am the Land!", and also calling himself the author of shinobi history when confronted by Naruto.
Greater-Scope Villain: A position he shares with Kaguya. Specifically, he created the state of perpetual war that the setting takes place in by turning Hagoromo's sons against each other and started the conflict between their reincarnations, including Hashirama and Madara, and Naruto, and Sasuke. Even Orochimaru, who otherwise had no connection to Project Tsuki No Me, was influenced by Black Zetsu's tampering with the Uchiha stone tablet as it motivated him to pursue Sasuke in hopes of acquiring the Sharingan and eventually the Rinnegan. Every conflict and casualty from the warring clans era to the modern village wars and Akatsuki can be traced back to his constant manipulation of the world. Naruto argues that shinobi history belongs to those who lived and died for it, but can't deny that Black Zetsu was a heavy influence (and thus he makes certain Black Zetsu will never influence it again).
Green Thumb: Using White Zetsu's body, Black Zetsu can use Wood Release, though he's shown to be far more proficient with it than the entirety of the White Zetsu army.
Half the Man He Used to Be: Black Zetsu is cut in half by Chojuro during the War arc. It doesn't faze him much at all.
Hate Sink: The revelation that he manipulated the entire shinobi story, and was thus directly and indirectly responsible for the countless death and misery that occurred over the course of several generations turns him basically into this. And even discounting that, he's still a smug Jerkass who spent most of his time acting condescending and smarmy to his enemies, and just won't shut up.
Humanoid Abomination: Black Zetsu is a Living Shadow who is over a thousand years old and was "born" from Kaguya's will to be reborn and take back "her" chakra.
Hypercompetent Sidekick: Strategy is clearly not Kaguya's strong point, so he's there to give her pointers.
Hypocrite: He mocks Obito and calls him trash because he betrayed all people around him at some point. However Black Zetsu himself betrayed a gigantic number of people for the implementation of his plan and in fact, he has no right to call someone a traitor being the biggest traitor in history.
Ironic Hell: All he wanted was to resurrect his mother and be with her forever. Naruto makes sure he gets just what he wanted by nailing him, immobilized, to the moon in her personal dimension where she's sealed.
Mana Drain: Just like White Zetsu.
The Man in Front of the Man: Most of the time he seemed only The Dragon for Madara, imagine how Madara and all the spectators were surprised when he showed that he manipulated Madara all this time for the revival his creator Kaguya.
Manipulative Bastard: Of the entire ninja world, no less.
Momma's Boy: Naruto even calls him out on it, stating that some spoiled brat who's still clinging to his mother's side after a millennium of living doesn't have the right to compare himself to the countless shinobi who shaped history with their lives.
More Despicable Minion: Kaguya is more of a force of nature and even then, Hagomoro believes that she was once a good person who lost sight of her goals. Black Zetsu, on the other hand, is a smug and despicable parasite who manipulated countless lives for his selfish desire to reunite with his creator.
More Teeth than the Osmond Family: After taking over Obito, he manifests a wide, jagged mouth pattern that he keeps even with no host.
Non-Action Guy: Despite being the culprit of almost every bad event in the world, himself he not so good fighter сompared with other antagonists of the series. He can and does fight, but prefers to rely on other people to do the work for him.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: After hijacking Obito's body to force him to revive Madara, it continues to cling on to the dying man's body and keeping him alive to be used as a meatshield. This ends up screwing Black Zetsu over in the long run, as Obito becomes a major Spanner in the Works once it successfully revives Kaguya, from saving Naruto's life to rescuing Sasuke from being trapped in an alternate dimension.
Number Two: He is for Tobi in the Akatsuki, though he's actually The Man Behind the Man.
Pride: You might expect from a creature which dares to call himself "creator of shinobi history".
Psychopathic Manchild: Type B though he is not quite human. His whole motivation, in a nutshell, can be described as the desire to be reunited with his mother and the people who suffer for it don't matter because they are only part of the story which he created for the revival of his mother. Naruto even lampshaded this, calling him a spoiled child still clinging to his mother's side even after a millennium of living.
Puppeteer Parasite: Black Zetsu, being the manifestation of Kaguya's will, is able to take control of a person's body. he possesses Obito's near-dead body to fight Kakashi and Minato. This backfires because Black Zetsu underestimated Obito's willpower.
Put on a Bus: Black Zetsu disappears for a while during the Fourth Shinobi World War. It turns out he was simply waiting for Madara's signal to start the next stage of their plan.
Really 700 Years Old: He's been around since the battle between the Sage and the Ten-Tails.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech:
- Gives one to Madara when he betrays him for believing himself to be a god who sees through everything when he's really no different from Obito and was himself being used all along. Speaking of Obito, when he is finally dying from Kaguya's bones, Black Zetsu mocks him for being a constant failure who will die without anyone mourning him because he made everyone his enemy at some point.
- He ends up on the receiving end of one by Naruto who calls him a spoiled brat who still wants to cling to his mother's side and has no right to compare himself to the shinobi who left their marks on history.
Sarcastic Devotee: Although he appears genuinely loyal to Kaguya and praises her as being an almighty goddess, he's not above referring to her with a light jab or two.
Satanic Archetype: Black Zetsu is a pitch-black shadow created to revive a God of Evil. In order to do this, he convinced Haguromo's son Indra to turn against his own family after his brother Ashura was declared the successor and was already a large influence on him beforehand. Subsequently, this led to many other conflicts and suffering for others throughout ninja history. He continued to do the same to Indra's descendants, the Uchiha clan in order to bring The End of the World as We Know It and to revive his mother.
Sealed Evil in a Can: Or a moon in this case. Naruto makes sure every bit of Kaguya is sealed this time upon her defeat and personally goes back and punches him into the moon as the Ten-Tails is being sealed.
Slasher Smile: Black Zetsu sports one after taking over Obito's body to fight Minato and Kakashi, while also managing to give the impression of More Teeth than the Osmond Family due to the way it's stitched up.
Smug Snake: Despite being very smart and cunning, he firmly falls under this trope at the moment of Kaguya's revival. Due in part to his tendency towards underestimating his opponents, constantly love to gloat even in the moments when was more logical keep silent and his arrogance, Kaguya gets re-sealed about ten chapters later only this time he will be sealed together with her so he will never be able to revive her again.
Spanner in the Works: Throws a massive monkey wrench into Tobi's plans by showing Kabuto where the real Madara's body was. While Madara's original scheme was for Tobi to resurrect him at his prime and complete the Eye of the Moon Plan himself, Tobi didn't want to follow through (for understandable reasons even without considering the act would kill him) even while commencing the Eye of the Moon Plan himself. Putting Madara's corpse in Kabuto's hands ultimately results in the very scenario Tobi wanted to avoid, and it only gets worse from there.
Spoiled Brat: Naruto calls him this before sealing him with Kaguya. A spoiled brat who still wants to cling to his mother's side even after a millennium of living.
Spotting the Thread: After Kaguya gets fooled by Naruto's shadow clones, he quickly deduces how to locate the real one among them. Naruto gets around this by deliberately moving his truth-seeking orbs to one of his clones, making them think it's the real one.
The Starscream: Royally screwed over a gigantic number of people because of the ripple effect of his master plan, most of all Madara, whom he brutally murders in a very Karmic Death to use as fodder for Kaguya's resurrection. She appears to be the one and only person he's loyal to.
The Strategist: Black Zetsu recorded centuries of wars after his master was sealed, meaning he has more knowledge of the art of war than anyone. This is shown when he suggests separating Naruto and Sasuke to prevent their sealing jutsu and when he insists on killing Naruto when absorbing his chakra is shown to be riskier. As such, Kaguya relies on his advice when her battles go south. However, he still gets outwitted by Naruto several times because he mostly watches from the sidelines rather than actively experiencing the heat of battle.
The Symbiote: Spends most of the series attached to White Zetsu, later to Obito and then Madara and Kaguya.
Underestimating Badassery: For a creature which manipulated the entire ninja world he often underestimates his opponents: He underestimated Obito's willpower, and this is a man who was able to subdue Ten-Tails only through willpower. This in turn allows Obito to regain control of his body. Also underestimated Naruto's intelligence which allows the future Hokage to outwit him several times. Finally, he underestimated the whole of Team 7 thinking that Kaguya can cope with them herself. He was wrong.
Villain Ball: After activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi, he backstabs Madara and uses him as fodder for Kaguya's resurrection, but also demonstrated knowledge of the seals that they had, which could be used to seal her. Instead of waiting for the more tactically apt Madara to triumph over Sasuke and Naruto, he immediately backstabs him and replaces him with the stronger but less battle-savvy Kaguya, resulting in her defeat when they manage to seal her. But apparently he just wanted to gloat.
- In fairness, Madara himself was not immune to the seals (they were made to seal him) and was quite arrogant. Black Zetsu perhaps banked on Kaguya's superior power and his own expertise on strategy prevailing against Naruto and Sasuke.
Villainous Breakdown: When Naruto comes back to make sure he can't cause any more trouble in his weakened state, Black Zetsu tries to put on a bravado that Naruto is just another part of history he created. Naruto responds that he neither owns nor created ninja history and that someone who has to cling to his mother (Kaguya) isn't much of a ninja in the first place, before punching him towards the sealing moon to be buried alive.
Walking Spoiler: His true nature and role in the story is this.
Wham Line: In Chapter 678 especially.
Black Zetsu: Wrong again... The will that is in me is Kaguya's.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: He does this with Madara. After the Infinite Tsukuyomi is activated, he backstabs the Uchiha and tells him that the moon's eye plan was itself a lie, its real purpose was not to save the world or be salvation for the Uchiha, but rather to resurrect Kaguya; and Madara had now made himself the perfect vessel for her return.

Sasori

Child Voice: Akiko Yajima (JP), Kari Wahlgren (EN), Jesús Barreda (Spain)
Adult Voice: Takahiro Sakurai (JP), Johnny Yong Bosch (EN, main series), Doug Erholtz (EN, Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals), Jorge García Insúa (Spain), Alejandro Orozco (Latin America)
Hiruko Voice: Yutaka Aoyama (JP), JB Blanc (EN), Jesse Conde (Latin America)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 247 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 2 (Anime)

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Fine art is something wonderful that's left long into the future ... eternal beauty.

A Mad Artist and Marionette Master notable for being very impatient. Before being destroyed by Sakura Haruno, Sasori was usually found maneuvering inside a large, hollow puppet called Hiruko as a means of transportation. It crawled on the ground and featured a scorpion tail that - like most of his weapons - was doused in poison.

His grandmother was Chiyo, who taught him how to master puppets in order to divert his attention away from his absent mother and father (who were killed on a mission by Kakashi's father, The White Fang of Konoha, although Sasori did not know this - Chiyo tried in vain to hide the Awful Truth from him by saying they kept getting assigned consecutive long missions). He developed a technique to convert living humans into puppets, thus creating puppets who could use jutsu. Kidnapped the Third Kazekage and converted him into one of these puppets, somewhere along the way converted himself into a puppet, and then fled the village to subsequently join the Akatsuki, where he was partnered with Orochimaru, with whom he worked well together. After Orochimaru betrayed the organization, Sasori sent Kabuto as a spy to infiltrate Orochimaru's ranks and get information.

He was then paired up with Deidara, a fellow art enthusiast. The downside was that they had conflicting views on art, Sasori for "eternal" and Deidara for "fleeting". They frequently argued over this, even in the middle of a confrontation with the Leaf ninja sent to retrieve Gaara. Sasori fought his grandmother Chiyo and Sakura, eventually using his own puppet body in battle. He was killed when pierced in the heart by the first two puppets he ever created: replicas of his Mother and Father.

His body serves as Kankuro's newest puppet, but Kabuto has used Edo Tensei to revive his spirit as well. In the first fight of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kankuro defeats Sasori, telling him how he should not be a puppet to Kabuto. Sasori, moved by this speech, dissolves from his temporary body, giving Kankuro his Mother and Father puppets and telling him to take care of them.

His hobby was remodeling his puppet collection.

Favorite phrase was "Eternal beauty"

24-Hour Armor: Hiruko was the first puppet to be shown being used by Sasori in the series, as both a weapon and an armor, and as a means to eliminate the puppeteer's weakness of being a separate and exposed target. As Hiruko was one of his favorite puppets, Sasori adorned it in Akatsuki attire for nearly the entirety of his tenure in the organization. Because of this, only certain members like Orochimaru, Deidara, Konan, or relatives like Chiyo knew Sasori's true face while others like Zetsu and Kabuto had no idea that Hiruko was not his actual body. While within Hiruko, Sasori speaks through his puppet in a deeper voice.
Abnormal Limb Rotation Range: When he reattaches his dismembered head to his body, he spins it a full 180 degrees. In the anime, it also happens to his hands when he uses the Water Scroll.
The Ace: He is the best puppeteer in all of Suna's history. He created a lot of the puppets used in Suna and his puppets were greatly feared throughout the Third Shinobi War - he got the nickname "Sasori of the Red Sand" because he turned the sand red with blood. He was also the one who killed the Third Kazekage (who was originally considered to be the strongest shinobi Suna had ever produced) which technically makes Sasori the strongest shinobi in Suna's history.
Achilles' Heel: Sasori's Heart Drive contains the last biological bits of his body and destroying it will quickly kill him.
Adaptational Badass: Anime filler set pre-timeskip shows Sasori using other puppets while inside Hiruko.
Adapted Out: His character is excised from the musical theater adaptation, though he is mentioned in passing.
The Ageless: Due to being a puppet, he hasn't aged a day since he left Suna.
Ambition Is Evil: Sasori's ambition was to become an exquisite piece of art himself, by turning his body into one of his own puppet works. Sasori adhered so strongly to his belief that true art was ever-lasting that he even went as far as to conduct human experiments on himself and other ninjas.
Anatomy Arsenal: He's long since turned himself into a puppet, and has outfitted himself with a variety of weapons.
Animal Motifs: Scorpions, of course. Hiruko has a scorpion-like tail as its main weapon, his body has a similar weapon installed in its gut, and all of his weapons are soaked in lethal poisons.
Antagonistic Offspring: A variant. His parents died when he was young, and he was raised by his grandmother, Lady Chiyo. She's one of Sunagakure's longest-serving and best-respected elders. He's a murderous sociopath who killed the Third Kazekage and helps kidnap the Fifth. In the end, there is a lethal confrontation between him and Chiyo.
Attack Its Weak Point: The only way to kill him is by destroying the core in his chest. This was lampshaded by Deidara.
Deidara: I wouldn't be so arrogant, considering you died, Sasori... especially when your one weak point is a huge bullseye in the middle of your chest, hmmm!
Badass Boast: "Since I don't like waiting or making other people wait... I'll end this quickly."
Beware My Stinger Tail: Both his Hiruko puppet and his body have a scorpion-like tail.
Body Horror: As if 95% of his body being a Creepy Doll weren't enough, the 5% that's left is an unnamed part of his original human body (implied to be his organs and neccesary blood vessels) encapsulated in a tube-like object in his chest that is as purple as his poison.
Body Surf: Sasori has multiple puppets resembling himself, so even if his main body is smashed to splinters he can just transfer his core to a new one.
Bond Villain Stupidity: When he defeated Kankuro, he left Kankuro to die from his poison instead of killing him immediately. This ultimately allowed Sakura to create an antidote to his poison, and that in turn became the main cause of his defeat.
Broken Ace: He is one of the most talented shinobi of Suna, but emotionally he is very broken. He grew up without parents; grandmother Chiyo never broke it to him that they were really dead, instead claiming they were away on missions the whole time. So he fills the gap by creating two puppets to replace them but quickly realizes that wooden dolls can't take the place of real parental love. His emotional growth is stunted to that of a young teenager, which makes sense because he preserved his body to look like that of his 15-year-old-self. And this is not to mention that his belief that true art was ever-lasting went as far as to conduct human experiments on himself and other ninjas and become Nukenin.
Control Freak: In a way. Sasori held major sway within the shinobi world, with multiple spies situated all across various countries, being a figurative puppetmaster within the underworld. However, it is never mentioned what his larger goals were or if he even had any. Which is particularly ironic for someone who had all the time in the world to make long-term plans.
Conservation of Ninjutsu: Applies to his ultimate technique. The fewer puppets he controls the better he controls each one. Justified by having more concentration to spare for each one as the numbers dwindle.
Crazy-Prepared: Even the iron sand his Third Kazekage puppet uses for its Magnetism Manipulation is soaked in his deadly poison.
Creepy Doll: After The Reveal of this being why he hadn't aged, the anime wastes no time raising the creep-o-meter a few notches.
Cyborg: Kinda, seeing as he's a living puppet with what's implied to be the real Sasori's heart controlling it.
Cynicism Catalyst: Sasori was ultimately messed up when he lost his parents and grew up in a sad and lonely environment due to the absence of parental love.
Death by Irony: His apathy due to shutting off his own emotions becomes a big part of his defeat. He neglects to finish off Kankuro himself, believing his poison would do the job for him and allows an antidote to be created against it. He maintains composure throughout the whole battle against Chiyo despite the destruction of some of his favorite puppets but doesn't appear to comprehend that he might lose until the very end. Finally, he is able to see Chiyo's final attack coming but chooses death in favor of experiencing one last moment of sentimentality. In a way, both Sasori's emotions and lack thereof led to his demise.
Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: After the death of his parents.
Emotion Suppression: He appears to have completely shut out emotion after realizing that his parents were truly dead. At most, he felt annoyance against others but was unfazed by the destruction of two of his favorite puppets, and all he had to say after having the fight of his life was that he still had to pursue the Jinchuriki. Even upon being killed, he seemed largely apathetic to the prospect of his own death. However, after being resurrected Kankuro finally reawakens his long-buried feelings and the response is so powerful that it releases Sasori from the Reanimation technique.
Evil Genius: For Akatsuki alongside Orochimaru—who both seem to fit the role—and for the revived Akatsuki by Kabuto.
Evil Redhead: He has red hair and is evil.
Evil Sounds Deep: When he's inside the Hiruko puppet. Subverted with his real body, who sounds like a normal teenager.
Foil: To his partner Deidara. They are both artists but have different philosophies - Sasori believes in eternal, everlasting art, while Deidara admires spontaneous beauty. Sasori is more mellow, calm, and emotionless, while Deidara is more expressive, Hot-Blooded, and hammy. They are both subjected to Body Horror, with Sasori turning his own body into a puppet and Deidara having mouths on his palms. And they both have a vital spot on their left chest that can kill them - Sasori has his core while Deidara has a mouth on his chest that will turn his body into a bomb if fed clay.
Forgot About His Powers: Cleverly averted actually when it comes to his People Puppets jutsu he shows after his revival from Edo Tensei. The reason he was unable to utilize it in the fight that killed him is that Chiyo would have simply overwritten it by applying her own chakra strings to either herself or Sakura, the latter already being a major part of the two's gameplan.
Freudian Excuse: Suggested to some degree that the death of his parents and his attempt to replace them with puppets caused him to turn evil, but Chiyo suggests that the Sand Village teachings caused it.
Full-Conversion Cyborg: A fantasy version: at some point, he turns himself into a puppet, only animated by his heart.
Gone Horribly Right: The Sand Village suffered such hardships that it sought out to train the most ruthless and obedient ninja to create cold and unfeeling murder puppets. Sasori was the ultimate culmination of his village's teachings to the point that he became a nearly emotionless psychopath and converted himself into a murderous puppet.
Hates Everyone Equally: Sasori is disdainful for nearly everyone and everything. The only thing he respects is the Akatsuki's goals, and even this is indicated to only be because of the group's power and that it gives some purpose to his life.
Heart Drive: Sasori's core was the only living part of his body that he still contained which he required to continue using chakra. It was also his only weakness, and its destruction would mean his death.
Hidden Weapons: In each and every puppet. This includes himself — both his arms have blades hidden inside them, which he can reveal by disconnecting his forearms.
Heel Realization: After being revived, Kankuro's words caused him to renew his faith in humanity again.
Hero Killer: An incarnation of Sasori in the Infinite Tsukuyomi managed to kill the Fifth Mizukage, Third Tsuchikage, and Fourth Raikage and turned them all into human puppets.
Hypocrite: He gives Sakura a lecture on how worthless emotions are to a ninja and how above he is on them, despite actually not having overcome them himself when he decided to take the final blow from his puppet parents, choosing to die in the embrace of his "parents".
I Let You Win: Sasori could have still prevailed over Granny Chiyo and Sakura, but instead let himself get hit by his "parent" doll's attacks so that he could feel their embrace once more. Chiyo says as much.
Immortality Immorality: Believes that by becoming a puppet one can attain eternal life, and has some fairly twisted views on human life. He was, rather poetically, the first of the Akatsuki to get taken down in season two.
Immortality Seeker: He turned himself into a human puppet in order to attain eternal life and an undecaying body as part of his philosophy that "true art" resists the passing of time.
In-Series Nickname: Akasuna no Sasori (Sasori of the Red Sand/Scorpion of the Red Sand).
Irony:
- He hates waiting, but because of his puppet body, he technically has all the time in the world.
- He claims that emotion is a form of weakness despite having a heart but no brain.
- Yet, it's his emotions that allow Kankuro to set him free of Kabuto's control.
- His body is now used as a puppet by Kankuro, whom Sasori easily defeated way earlier.
- And now his soul is a puppet for Kabuto, who was once under his control as a spy.
  Sasori: My old puppet body… Suddenly it all seems so pointless. I now have the body I've always desired, one that will never rot or decay. I've truly become a puppet in every sense of the word.
Killed Mid-Sentence: He dies this way. After being stabbed in the heart capsule by poisoned swords handled by his Mother and Father puppets, he continues to talk to a wounded Sakura and a severely weakened Chiyo, though he is immobilized. He then grudgingly congratulates Sakura on defeating him and gives her a parting gift: Information gathered by a spy he was supposed to meet at Tenchi Bridge. He is stopped mid-sentence while lamenting he won't be able to meet his subordinate when the poison and the damage to his heart finally catch up to him, and he dies.
Lack of Empathy: While chastising Sakura for her emotions, he goes so far as to state that he would feel nothing if Chiyo died, just as a ninja should behave, as a side effect of his puppet body.
Leitmotif: Shitsui. Translates as "Despair."
Living Doll Collector: He turns humans including himself into his ninja puppets, which have the same abilities they had in life. He can use up to 100 at a time.
Mad Artist: Believes that art lasts forever.
Magnetism Manipulation: Via the Third Kazekage puppet, although Sasori prefers to use the Third's Iron Sand.
Making a Splash/Playing with Fire: Thanks to fire and water sealed into scrolls, he's able to use the guns in his puppet body's hands for at least those two elemental attacks. First flamethrowers hot enough to melt rock, then water streams intense enough to cut or smash through it (the latter is Anime only).
Man in the Machine: Sasori's first appearance is actually just his puppet Hiruko; Sasori himself stays inside it at all times, until it's finally destroyed.
Marionette Master: He created the puppets used by Kankuro, and was the most skilled puppeteer in the world while he was alive.
Master Poisoner: His poisons were nigh-incurable to the best of the Sand's medical corps.
Meaningful Name: "Sasori" means "scorpion". Sasori's Hiruko armor runs on all fours and has a bladed tail, Sasori uses Poisoned Weapons, and he uses a scorpion as his symbol on the puppets he created before his defection.
Memory Gambit: Using a jutsu, Sasori would seal the memories of his spies and they'd infiltrate an enemy, performing spy activity over a long period of time with no memory of the procedure. Once Sasori canceled the jutsu, the spy would once again remember their mission as a sleeper agent and would supply him with info.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: The Third Kazekage puppet has a Hidden Weapon that gives it several dozen extra arms.
The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body: It is implied that his decision not to dodge Chiyo's final attack was not entirely conscious, as even he seemed surprised that he was hit. Even Sasori, who wanted to fully become a puppet, could not exist without the last organic part of him left.
Not So Stoic: After he reveals his puppet body, he becomes considerably less calm.
Older Than They Look: He's 35 years old but his puppet body, which he created 20 years ago, looks like a teenager.
One-Hit Kill: More or less everything he does or can do is this, as each of his puppets' weapons is soaked in his own custom-made poison that causes rapid paralysis followed by slow and painful death. This turns most of Sakura and Chiyo's fight with him into a cat and mouse game of figuring out his tricks while trying to avoid as much as a scratch from him since they only have a few antidotes and the temporary immunity they come with does not last long.
One-Man Army: Literally. Sasori used his Performance of a Hundred Puppets to bring down a small country.
Orphan's Ordeal: Sasori grew up in a sad and lonely environment due to the absence of parental love. When introduced to the art of puppetry by his grandmother, Chiyo, he grew a little happier. He eventually created puppets in the likeness of his parents, but when he realized that the puppets couldn't give him the actual love that he desired, he became cold.
Passing the Torch: To Kankuro.
Sasori: Kankuro… I want you to have my "Mother" and "Father" puppets as well… and when you die, pass them both on… to the next generation.
People Puppets: Both literally and figuratively.
- His puppets, sans the ones he made before he went rogue ("Mother", "Father" and the ones used by Kankuro), are made from human beings that are implied to be at atleast somewhat "alive" as they are capable of using Jutsu through Sasori giving them certain input. This gives him access to the Third Kazekage's Magnetic Release post-mortem, made infinitely deadlier by using poisoned iron sand for the techniques.
- Indulges in this after being revived by Kabuto's Edo Tensei, due to a lack of usable puppets at his disposal. He combines this with Deidara's explosive clay to turn an incapacitated ninja from Konoha into a suicide bomber.
Poisoned Weapons: His weapons (and his puppets' weapons) are coated in venom potent enough that even the slightest scratch is lethal.
Pulling Themselves Together: After Sakura seemingly destroys his puppet body, he simply draws the bits back together via near-invisible chakra strings.
Raised by Grandparents: His parents were killed in war, so he was raised by his grandmother Chiyo, who taught him the puppet arts to cheer him up.
Red Baron: He's known as Akasuna no Sasori, literally "The Scorpion of the Red Sand".
Self-Constructed Being: His own puppet body.
The Stoic: He claimed that his heart had become like his puppet body: without any emotions.
Take That!: To un-evolving, fossilized forms of art.
Teen Genius: At 15, he was already a prodigy in the use of puppets within the Sand Village and created several puppets that the village used, not to mention the extensive medical knowledge he possesses claiming it to be the best in all of Suna. He also kidnapped the Third Kazekage shortly after leaving the village around this age.
Tragic Villain: His parents died when he was very young and his grandmother kept lying to him that they were away on a mission. He grew so alone from the lack of love from his mother and father that—when Chiyo taught him the art of puppets—his first two creations were that of his Mom and Dad. But they could never replace the kindness, love, and affection that human parents could provide, which lead to the development of his twisted views on immortality, the sanctity of life, and how it was so fleeting and needed to be preserved... Cold, emotionless, stoic, and impatient with wasting time.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: LOOK at this boy!
Villain's Dying Grace: Before dying, as a reward to Sakura for defeating him, Sasori informs her of a spy that he had within his former Akatsuki partner Orochimaru's ranks, and tells her to meet him ten days from then at noon at the Tenchi Bridge. Kabuto speculates this was a subversion and Sasori's real aim was to pit two of his enemies against each other so at least one would get killed off.
Would Hit a Girl: He had no problem with it when he had tried to kill Sakura and Chiyo.
Zerg Rush: His trump card, Red Secret Technique: Performance of 100 Puppets, basically amounts to summoning a hundred puppets then having them all bumrush a target. Unlike most rushes, it actually gets more dangerous as the puppets get wrecked, since Sasori can focus more on controlling the remaining ones.

Deidara

Voiced by: Katsuhiko Kawamoto (JP), Quinton Flynn (EN, original), Roger Craig Smith (EN, current) (main series), Robbie Daymond (EN, Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals), Sergio García Marín (Spain), Jesús Barrero (Mexico)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 247 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 2 (Anime)

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Art is an explosion!

A Mad Artist and Mad Bomber who likes Stuff Blowing Up. The former student of the Third Tsuchikage, Deidara has mouths in his palms that shape explosive clay, along with a stitched mouth on his chest. He defected from his village of Iwagakure and worked for various anti-government terrorist groups because they readily supplied him with chances to show off his "art". He was forcibly recruited into Akatsuki by Itachi and hates him and the Sharingan for his dismal defeat.

His first partner was Sasori, with whom he frequently argued about what "true art" was (Sasori vouching for 'eternal' art in the form of puppets, and Deidara siding with 'fleeting' art in the form of his bombs). He single-handedly captured Gaara during the first arc of Shippuden, but not without having his arm crushed and subsequently ripped off by the Kazekage's sand, while his other arm was sent to another dimension when confronted by Kakashi. He managed to successfully fight against the entirety of Team Guy with no arms.

After Sasori's death, he was paired with Tobi, with whom he assumes the role of a reluctant and impatient elder. With Tobi, he successfully captures the Three-Tailed Beast. After a pitched battle with Sasuke, Deidara tries to defeat him by using his own body combined with his clay as a mini-nuke. He fails; Sasuke survived by summoning the giant snake Manda to block the explosion.

He was later revived by Kabuto's Edo Tensei, joining Kabuto in finding Killer Bee and Naruto, mistakenly believing he killed Sasuke with his final attack. During the Fourth Ninja World War, he was teamed with Sasori and Shin, Sai's adopted brother. He was defeated by Sai and imprisoned by Kankuro until the Edo Tensei was ended.

His hobby was experimenting with explosions.

Favorite phrase: "Art is an Explosion!" (芸術は爆発だ, Geijutsu wa Bakuhatsu da).

Achilles' Heel: Since all of his explosives were earth-based, they were vulnerable to lightning, and most could thereby be defused with lightning-based attacks.
An Arm and a Leg: Has one arm ripped off in the battle with Gaara, and the other teleported to another dimension by Kakashi. We see later that he's had both re-sewn back, though they never give an explanation of how they were recovered. The anime has a scene where his right arm is found by Tobi before Deidara arrives and angrily orders Tobi to drop it, and that Kakuzu is who sewed it back on. Where they obtained a new left arm for him isn't explained though.
Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He would often boast about his works of art, even towards his opponents in battle. Deidara's pride as an artist makes him simply unwilling to accept that anything could defeat it, leading to his abandonment of strategy during his battle with Sasuke Uchiha in the end.
Art Attacker: His fighting style.
Art Initiates Life: He brings bombs to life so that they attack people, then explode.
Ax-Crazy: Not as much as Hidan, but is obsessed dangerously with 'art' (i.e.: blowing things up.)
Deidara: Look at those fools. They have no appreciation for art. You have to feel art. And true art… is an EXPLOSION!
Batman Gambit:
- He pulls one to capture Gaara: he realizes the sand Gaara is attacking with is the one he has the most control over, so when Gaara rips Deidara's arm off he has the living clay inside said arm crawl inside this sand. He then sends a huge bomb towards the Sand Village so Gaara has to send most of his sand to withhold the blast, forcing Gaara to block his next attack with his best sand, has the clay he left inside that sand crawling into the center of Gaara's sand shield, then detonates them.
- Also making another one in battle with Sasuke: He uses "C4" to kill him but he also knows that the Uchiha may use genjutsu to protect himself from it. So Deidara checks the area by using his left eye, which he trained to cancel out any genjutsu cast on him by the Sharingan, and creates a clay clone to lure Sasuke into a position that would allow him to use "C4."
Berserk Button:
- People not giving his "art" the awe he feels it deserves. He can appreciate a fellow artist with a different philosophy, but Itachi and Sasuke drive him insane. The fact that Itachi effortlessly tricked him into near-suicide the day they met doesn't help. Bonus points for the fact that this is what got him enrolled in the Akatsuki in the first place. He did NOT want to be a member at all.
- And the same goes for calling his art a rip-off... That's a sure way for a blast off Pokemon Style without the glimmering star in the sky.
Body Horror: See Too Many Mouths below.
Breakout Villain: Deidara ranked 3rd in one official character popularity poll shortly after his debut, just one rank above Naruto. He also ranked higher than any other member of Akatsuki (though at the point that poll was taken, only about half of Akatsuki's members were formally introduced). Unfortunately, he dies halfway through Part II.
Brilliant, but Lazy: Despite his power being instantaneous, he likes to take things slow, something that in itself is conflicting with his ideal of short-lived beauty.
Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Serves this role in both Original Flavor and Zombified Akatsuki. He doesn't care about his leaders' cause, nor does he have one of his own besides spreading his "art", and is one of the less serious members overall. Despite this, he is a very formidable individual.
Character Catchphrase: "Art is an explosion!" Doubles as his last words.
Characterization Marches On: His enmity against the Uchiha wasn't really indicated until his final battle. All of his interactions with Itachi were very civil and he compared Kakashi's skill with the Sharingan with Itachi's as a token of respect for him. An anime-only omake even had him and Kisame holding a casual conversation about Itachi where Deidara openly praises Itachi's jutsu as artistic and even calls him handsome, which is a far cry from his seething hatred for him later on.
Child Prodigy: Implied with Deidara who was once the former student of the Third Tsuchikage and notable enough where many Stone shinobi still hold his skills in high regard despite being impressively young. Keep in mind he joined the Akatsuki at most 17 and was already an infamous S-class ninja, who are far above the standard jonin class and considered on-par with the Kage.
Conflict Ball: Deidara did not need to fight Sasuke, as Sasuke was merely trying to figure out where Itachi was so he could properly confront his brother- but Deidara's rather sudden hatred of Uchihas sparked irrationality and rage within him that would result in the mad bomber blowing himself in one final spiteful attack.
Determinator: Even when lost both hands and had just a kunai, no one could stop him.
Dishing Out Dirt: His bombs were made of clay and thus susceptible to the same vulnerabilities as other earth ninjutsu.
Disproportionate Retribution: His murderous hatred for Itachi, and eventually Sasuke, was because how he perceived them to look down on him and his art.
Drama-Preserving Handicap: Deidara versus Gaara could have been much more one-sided with the odds heavily against Gaara had it not been for the fact that Deidara was trying to capture Gaara, not kill him, and expressly doesn't use many powerful bombs against him. When he goes up against Sasuke, whom he doesn't need to take alive, he uses powerful explosives while trying to kill him. On the other hand, a big part of Deidara's strategy was taking the whole Sand Village hostage to force Gaara to reallocate most of his sand in protecting the village, giving an opening for Deidara's bombs to infiltrate his remaining sand.
Dude Looks Like a Lady: The hairstyle definitely doesn't help. He basically looks like Ino has an evil older sister.
Dying Moment of Awesome: He used a jutsu that transformed him into a Fantastic Nuke in his fight with Sasuke, who had no intent to kill Deidara. Deidara didn't kill himself for a Heroic Sacrifice or Taking You with Me, but to spite the Uchiha and make himself his final work of art.
Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors: On the bad end of it. Deidara's entire fighting style is based on an Earth-style jutsu, rendering it easily neutralized by Lightning-style jutsu, which Sasuke, unfortunately, specializes in. Deidara still nearly wins.
Evil Laugh: Not as often as Hidan, but still frequently.
Evil Sounds Deep: His voice in the anime is incredibly deep, even deeper than his much older partner Sasori, quite ironic considering his girly looks.
Fatal Flaw: Pride. It's to the point where he self-destructs to trigger a reaction of awe from Sasuke (he fails).
Faux Affably Evil: He is just as loud as Hidan and more flamboyant, yet he is stated by Pain to have joined Akatsuki only for shits and giggles. In fact, Deidara was forced to join Akatsuki after losing a bet against Itachi. It doesn't make him any less of an example of this trope, however - while really desperately trying to pass off as a "cool" villain he has to put up a humongous effort to hide his rampant insanity. That is, until the very end.
The Fighting Narcissist: He becomes crazy hysterical from having his "art" looked down on. He also shows signs of acute jealousy.
Final Speech: He dies only after ranting to Sasuke about his "true art."
"Behold...my ultimate art! I shall detonate myself! Never before has an explosion like this been seen! One that will scar the very earth itself...and receive rave reviews from all my critics!! For with my death—I shall become art!! And when I do, Uchiha Sasuke...you will finally die! The blast will cover a ten kilometer radius! Not even you can escape it! Now, are you afraid?! Cower in awe!! Recoil in despair!! Cry your heart out!! Because my art...is an explosion!!"
Flanderization: He was originally a lot more mellow and composed, even having a small code of honor, allowing Gaara to move the sand to protect his village out of respect and praised Kakashi's skill with the Sharingan. Also, his love of art was a lot more down-to-earth and was willing to see the skills of others as artistic. However, by the time he's partnered with Tobi, he becomes a walking bomb who refuses to acknowledge anything as superior to his own "art" and blows up at anything perceived as an affront against it. Though it's likely that being partners with someone like Tobi has grated on his personality. And given that most of his onscreen interactions are with Sasuke (at least in the manga), him being more hot-tempered was likely due to his own enmity with the Uchiha.
Forgot About His Powers: He doesn't attempt to use his C3 against Sasuke, opting to use flashier and grandiose techniques such as his C2 dragon or C4.
For the Evulz: Before being forcefully recruited into Akatsuki, he worked for various anti-government factions for no reason but the opportunity to blow things up, and Pain said his reason for fighting is "just because".
Go Mad from the Revelation: He gets pretty unhinged when he realizes that Itachi's Sharingan is more artful than his bombs.
Hair-Trigger Temper: He sure has a temper on him. It's just as explosive as his art.
Having a Blast: Deidara possessed the Explosion Release kekkei genkai. This allowed him, by simultaneously using earth and lightning chakra natures, to give his chakra explosive qualities
Horse of a Different Color: Will perch himself on a variety of different clay birds while he rains hell on his opponents.
Hot-Blooded: To the point of having a Hair-Trigger Temper.
"Tobi, even a Buddha loses patience when insulted a third time… One more word and there'll be no doubt about the cause of your death."
Hypocrite: During his battle against Sasuke, he claims to hate those who have a Kekkei Genkai, especially the Sharingan (likely stemming from his defeat at the hands of Itachi), seeing them as arrogant when they're just "blessed with good genetics". It is later revealed that the bomb ninjutsu that he is so proud of utilizing his own Explosion Release Kekkei Genkai.
Improbable Age: He is the youngest of the Akatsuki by far at 19 and was 17 at most when he was recruited. Mind you, he was already an established S-rank criminal by then, who are considered far above jonin-level and on par with the Kage, meaning he was already incredibly powerful by his mid-teens.
Indy Ploy: He prides himself on these, as it correlates with his belief that true art is a momentary concept.
It Only Works Once: His "ultimate art" C0 involves using himself as a bomb. However, he can use it infinitely as a revived zombie since he will regenerate indefinitely.
It's Personal: With his ego crushed from his defeat at the hands of Itachi's dōjutsu, Deidara carried a murderous loathing for Itachi and his Sharingan for the rest of his life. Acknowledging that Itachi was a more powerful opponent, Deidara took steps during his time with Akatsuki to ensure he could get revenge on Itachi, such as training his left eye to counter genjutsu, and devising the means to create C4.
Kick the Dog:
- He luring Naruto into fighting him by confirming Gaara's first death and then sitting on Gaara's corpse in front of Naruto.
- He also mocks Sai's emotional torment when he uses his brother Shin as a living bomb.
Large Ham: Not as much as Hidan, but he is proud to be an artist.
Laughably Evil: He's far from a sympathetic character, but he's often entertaining to watch.
Leitmotif: "Himoji"
Literal Disarming: Already down an arm from Gaara, Kakashi teleports Deidara's other arm off of his body to deny him the ability to use any hand seals.
Mad Artist: Deidara referred to his explosive ninjutsu as art, usually quoting "Art is an Explosion!" and seeing each bomb he made to be a significant accomplishment.
Mad Bomber: He loved to create explosions with his clay sculptures, seeing that moment as the expression of his true art.
Made of Iron: The level of damage he takes during his tenure is ridiculous but he shrugs it off without too much trouble. To wit, Gaara crushes and rips his arm off and he merely grins, Kakashi tears off and sends the other arm to an alternative dimension and he barely even acknowledges it. He combats Team Gai while armless and bleeding before getting pummeled and beaten by a Kurama-enhanced Naruto before escaping at the last minute. Even after his fight with Sasuke he still remains stable to the point his death ended up being from suicide.
Major Injury Underreaction: He takes it to an extreme, even knowing that he could probably get his limbs replaced by Kakuzu or use it as part of his plan. Gaara rips his arm off and he merely grins, Kakashi sends the other arm to an alternative dimension and he barely even acknowledges it (though the anime shows that he does hold a grudge against him).
Narcissist: He's got a disproportionately huge opinion about how awesome his art is and is not afraid to boast about it in front of anybody he comes across, be it ally or foe. This mentality works against him, especially when Itachi defeats him without much effort, causing Deidara to view the Uchiha and the Sharingan in contempt for daring to be better than his art and style.
One-Man Army: He was a hired bomber who regularly compromised secured areas prior to joining the Akatsuki.
The Only One Allowed to Defeat You:
- Felt this way about Orochimaru, partly because his departure resulted in him being forced to join Akatsuki.
- He also wanted to use his most powerful techniques on Itachi and Sasuke, only because he hated the Sharingan.
Person of Mass Destruction: He can create pseudo-atomic bombs whenever he feels like it. He can also turn himself into a bomb and explode, although obviously he can only do it once. And later after he's brought back to life as an immortal zombie, the same as most of the rest of Akatsuki. He's outright stated that he can go nuclear repeatedly, as the resurrection technique allows himself to reform, though he feels it makes his art cheap.
Pet the Dog:
- Deidara respected Gaara enough to allow him to move the enormous sand he used to protect his village into the desert before kidnapping him, even going so far as to admiringly call him noble.
- He also warns Hidan and Kakuzu to treat Naruto with caution should they ever run into him.
- Right before pulling his Taking You with Me against Sasuke, he mentally apologizes to Tobi, believing that his partner would get caught in the blast radius.
- In the Akatsuki Hiden novel, he blows up a small village he and Sasori were visiting in order to unearth some special clay for his art, but not without warning the ceramic artist they had befriended there to evacuate. He and Sasori even return her the pendent of her deceased mentor once before they left.
Psycho for Hire: Of the Terrorist Without A Cause variety; he was content with blowing stuff up with his clay-based explosions. He had no interest in the Akatsuki and was instead forced into the organization after Itachi bested him in combat. Even when doing the Akatsuki's job of capturing Tailed Beasts, Deidara gets most of his enjoyment out of using his clay to bombard places and wreak havoc.
Screaming Warrior: Not as much as Hidan, but still is one due to his pride as an artist.
Self-Duplication: Deidara could create clones from his clay and could detonate them, which made for a deadly surprise attack.
Shout-Out: To Japanese artist Tarô Okamoto. Deidara's catchphrase is a quote, while his ultimate explosion has the shape of Okamoto's Tower of the Sun.
Smarter Than You Look: He has all the subtlety and grace of a Mad Bomber and appears not very bright. His tactical skills are nothing to scoff at and the Naruto databook rates him a 4.5/5 for intelligence, making him smarter than geniuses like Sasuke and Neji.
Stuff Blowing Up: If his frequent yells of "Art is an Explosion!" and jutsu didn't give it away, this is his power.
Suicide Attack: As an ultimate last resort, Deidara could turn himself into a bomb by devouring explosive clay that has a large blast radius in which he calls his "Ultimate Art".
Super-Reflexes: He possessed high reaction speed, able to avoid a high-speed blitz by Sasuke and Gaara's sand. He could also hold his own against Team Guy with no arms and only a kunai clenched between his teeth, despite being a long-range specialist.
Take That!: Deidara's arrogance about his art his a jab at Japanese contemporary artists, as his self-description of his art as "Superflat", his catchphrase and the shape of his ultimate attack attest. To him, Uchihas are like art critics who say "Meh" to his art and his big ego can't stand it.
Taking You with Me: Tried to take Sasuke down with C0 after he indicated he didn't really care about Deidara's "art". It didn't work, thanks to Sasuke summoning Manda to take the blow.
Teens Are Monsters: He was recruited into the Akatsuki at the tender age of 17 and was already an infamous terrorist-for-hire who destroyed countless lives for the sake of his art.
Terrorist Without A Cause: Pain says his reason is "Just Because".
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: He can summon all of his clay and use his "C4" attack, creating a massive clay golem in his image that can scatter into countless microscopic bombs that, he claims, will dissolve any living being in range to dust and the funniest thing is that he can do this more than just once in battle.
Too Many Mouths: Has mouths on his palms. And one over his heart for his Suicide Attack. It's implied that it's the result of the kinjutsu he stole from Iwa, which allows him to mold chakra into substances, such as clay.
Übermensch: He believes that his ninjutsu is a work of art that should inspire others for its short-lived brilliance, while every other ninja does not put nearly as much pride in their techniques.
Unknown Rival: He can't stand the Uchiha siblings' cooler-than-thou attitude and utter indifference to his "art". To him, It's Personal. To them, he's an annoying idiot. He spends his fight with Sasuke trying to provoke some kind of reaction, while Sasuke just wants him to give up Itachi's location. After his self-destruction and revival, he learns that Sasuke not only survived but still doesn't think any more of him.
Verbal Tic:
- Adds "hm" to the end of every other sentence, hm.
- In the english dub, he also keeps calling Sasori "my man".
Villainous Breakdown: Enraged and driven half-mad by Sasuke's indifference to his art, Deidara released the mouth located on his chest and turned himself into a suicide bomb in a last effort to kill Sasuke.
Villainous Friendship: Despite his frequent exasperation and temper with Tobi, Deidara has shown that he cares about his well being, seeing how he had evidently gotten worried when Tobi was completely silent after their encounter with the Three-Tails, and how he gives a mental apology to Tobi right before he blows himself up. Unfortunately, given who Tobi really is, this gesture of friendship is more than likely not returned.
Visual Pun: Averted. Despite the potential pun, he insists that his art-style is superflat, not pop.
Wake-Up Call Boss: He's the first really challenging opponent for Sasuke in Part II and encourages him to try to get even stronger to defeat Itachi.
Who Wants to Live Forever?: In one filler episode during the Shinobi World War, he ponders the fact that his Edo Tensei body will never age or decay, and cannot even be permanently destroyed. Played with, as his angst isn't so much about the pains of living forever as much as it is the fact that the concept of his newfound immortality (such as it is) clashes with his view of art.
With My Hands Tied: He loses one arm in battle with Gaara and the other blown into an alternate dimension... and still fends off Gai, Tenten, Lee, and Neji with just a kunai in his mouth. Later, he tries to strangle Tobi to death with his legs.

Kakuzu

Voiced by: Takaya Hashi (JP), Paul St. Peter (EN, original), Fred Tatasciore (EN, current)^note, Neil Kaplan (EN, Road to Ninja), Fernando Elegido (Spain), Dafnis Fernández (Latin America)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 312 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 71 (Anime)

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^{Click here to see him using Earth Grudge Fear}

Hidan, anyone with a brain would know that the world revolves around money!

Kakuzu is a Nigh-Invulnerable and almost immortal Bounty Hunter who cares only about money. He is old enough to have once fought the First Hokage, and can make his body as hard as stone and extend his body into thread-like tendrils. The source of his immortality is his ability to incorporate other peoples' hearts into his body, extending his lifespan and allowing him to use their elements. Paired with Hidan due to his habit of killing his other partners, he captured the Two-Tailed Cat and attempted to go after the Nine-Tailed Fox, but was crippled by Naruto's newest Rasengan variant, and killed by Kakashi. He was revived by Kabuto's Edo Tensei and sent to fight alongside Kinkaku and Ginkaku, but was sealed.

His hobby was reading old and rare books.

Favorite phrase: "If you're prepared, there won't be any sorrow"

Affably Evil: Post-Edo Tensei resurrection. Like Itachi and Nagato, Kakuzu is much more playful than he was in life and harbors no animosity toward his killers.
Adapted Out: He and Hidan are absent in the musical theater adaptation "Song of the Akatsuki", though both are mentioned in passing.
Appendage Assimilation: Earth Grudge Fear lets him rip out and assimilate the hearts (and possibly other organs) of other people, allowing him to use their elements ad extend his lifespan.
The Assimilator: He can take his opponents' hearts and, at the same time, their elements. Therefore, he controls earth, fire, wind, water and lightning However, even after the original hearts are destroyed, he could still use those elements.
Ax-Crazy: An Informed Attribute. Kakuzu is said to have a homicidal Hair-Trigger Temper and killed his partners in fits of blind rage, but he never shows the slightest signs of being insane onscreen in any media.
Beat Still, My Heart: After Kakuzu is resurrected, he demonstrates just how he obtains hearts for his kinjutsu on a poor mook: By literally ramming his hand through their chest and pulling out their still-beating heart.
Bloodbath Villain Origin: As a loyal Takigakure ninja, Kakuzu took on a mission to assassinate the First Hokage. This mission, however, ended in failure against the God of Shinobi. Despite the insurmountable danger faced on the mission, what awaited his return to his village was a harsh punishment for the failure of his mission. Betrayed, Kakuzu came to hold a violent hatred for Takigakure as he escaped from imprisonment. Kakuzu killed the village elders, took their hearts, and fled with knowledge of the village's most prized forbidden jutsu.
Blow You Away: His Wind Style: Pressure Damage technique.
Body Horror: His body is sewn together like a rag doll thanks to his strings, complete with four masks stitched into the flesh of his back. When he uses those masks to summon a quartet of Humanoid Abominations, he visibly goes into violent convulsions before his back tears apart to release them. Oh, and he has two One-Winged Angel modes by recombining with those beasts, one of which makes him look more like a murderous kraken than a human.
Bounty Hunter: He annoys Hidan by collecting the corpses of their kills for various underworld bounties. The video games indicate this was his occupation before he joined up with Akatsuki.
The Brute: He, Kisame, and Hidan fulfill this role for Akatsuki during the early part of Shippuden, although he's more of a Genius Bruiser. He's also The Brute for Kabuto's Akatsuki zombies.
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: After meeting up with Izumo and Kotetsu, the two ninjas he held helpless while Hidan killed Asuma, Kakuzu merely remarks:
Kakuzu: Sorry, pal. I tend to forget about chump-change shinobi when I'm done with them.
Chrome Champion: One of his more frequently used abilities is to turn his skin into stone to protect himself or give himself a Power Fist.
Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: He betrayed and killed four of his partners in fits of blind rage and tried several times to kill Hidan.
Combat Pragmatist: Because Hidan is immortal, he doesn't have to worry about Friendly Fire from Kakuzu. The two of them exploit this by having Kakuzu attack with large-scale jutsu while Hidan pins the enemy down. He also has no qualms about taking any initiative regardless of circumstances, bashing an already badly wounded Asuma aside with his briefcase.
Combat Tentacles: Can extend his stitches and arms as weapons.
Deadpan Snarker: Asuma decapitates Hidan and when Hidan tries to talk Kakuzu into bringing him his body, Kakuzu instead takes his head by its hair and carries it over to the body, under loud protests from his partner, stating that Hidan's head "is lighter". He says this with a completely straight face after having just razed a building with his bare fists. Later, when Hidan gloats about having killed Asuma as if it was no big deal, Kakuzu points out that Asuma did cut his head off. Hidan is not pleased.
Death In All Directions: Many of his attacks do this, which makes Hidan an ideal partner because he doesn't have to worry about accidentally hitting him.
Dishing Out Dirt: His Earth Style: Iron Skin technique. Also implied to be his original elemental affinity.
Energy Absorption: Combined with Organ Theft. His stolen hearts grant him a physical capacity and levels of chakra well beyond a normal 91-year-old (even for Naruto standards) would have and most probably extended his lifespan.
Et Tu, Brute?: Taki handed him an Impossible Task (assassinating the First Hokage, A.K.A. Hashirama "God of Shinobi" Senju) then punished him harshly when he failed, despite the fact that he survived such a monstrously difficult Suicide Mission. Kakuzu more or less responded by flipping his lid, slaughtering their council, and going rogue.
Evil Old Folks: Kakuzu is both 91 years old and powerful enough to have (barely) survived a clash with the First Hokage. And yes, when it comes to Hashirama Senju, escaping with your life IS a feat of badassery.
Evil Sounds Deep: He sounds like Fred Tatasciore doing an evil Optimus Prime. His Japanese actor, Takaya Hashi, is no slouch either with him sounding like Toki after gurgling nails.
Exact Words: When Hidan yells at Kakuzu to not interfere in what he claims to be his battles, Kakuzu obliges to the letter. Regardless of how it ends for Hidan. Once the fight settles, he informs Hidan the conditions are off and that he will now participate as he pleases.
Exotic Eye Designs: Green iris. Maroon sclera. It may or may not be related to the Body Horror above, since unusual eye designs aren't exclusive to people with kekkei genkai in the Naruto universe, as Kurenai proves.
Flat-Earth Atheist: Doesn't believe in true immortality; he views stealing the hearts of others as a way of extending his lifespan, not making it indefinite.
Four Is Death: Kakuzu harvests the hearts of the victims he kills, and his special ability is Four Hearts Jutsu, with which he prolongs his life by adding four hearts to his own.
Freudian Excuse: Was once a very loyal shinobi, but after his village locked him away for years after a lifetime of loyal service for failing an impossible task, he stole a forbidden technique, killed some of the elders, and left, deciding to believe only in money from now on, as at least it is something that will never betray him.
Genius Bruiser: He is extremely powerful, experienced, and highly intelligent. Shikamaru assessing Kakuzu after his partner's humiliating defeat praises him as this trope in mocking contrast to him.
The Giant: The second tallest of the Akatsuki after Kisame at 185 cm (6.07 ft). Before his proper debut in the manga, his hologram showed that he was the tallest out of the whole organization.
Glasgow Grin: After his mask finally comes off, seen better after his resurrection.
Greed: He's the banker of the Akatsuki and greedily takes his opponents' hearts.
Hair-Trigger Temper: Said to have killed all of his partners this way until he met Hidan. However, this isn't really shown onscreen; in fact, anime-only material seems to suggest most of them died because he couldn't be bothered to avoid hitting them while going for a killing blow on the enemy though there is another possible reason...
Hope Spot: After Hidan is taken down by Asuma and company, they assume their numbers put them at a certain advantage over Kakuzu. He defies this in about three seconds flat by immediately incapacitating Asuma and restoring Hidan.
Humanoid Abomination: Possibly one of the most egregious examples in the Akatsuki since his dabbling into forbidden jutsu turned him into a ragdoll human covered in stitches with shadowy masked eldritch creatures living inside him powered by human hearts that he steals from people which also serve as his own. It's unknown if he has other organs since he's mostly held together by thick large masses of black threads which he can use to detach his limbs at will.
Hypercompetent Sidekick: He is something of this to Hidan. They're partners and thus of equal standing, but while Kakuzu is a calculating, forward-thinking, highly competent tactician who tries to accomplish goals in the most pragmatic way possible, Hidan is a psychopathic, blood-crazed moron who relies on his immortality to compensate for his complete disregard for caution and inability to even acknowledge his limits, but he's not invincible and thus very easy to incapacitate enough to take him out of the fight. Kakuzu is also significantly more powerful and a much better fighter than Hidan; if Asuma had known how Hidan's curse jutsu worked, Hidan would have been dismembered in seconds, while Kakuzu could have soloed him, Shikamaru, Kotetsu Hagane, and Izumo Kamizuki with very little effort. Without Kakuzu there to think for him and rescue him from his bad decisions, he would have been taken out a long, long time ago.
Immortality Immorality: Kakuzu stole his opponents' hearts to replace his old, failing ones (though Kakuzu declines to think of it as immortality, being more of an extended lifespan than an indefinite one, and is likely more interested in the power that gives him than the immortality).
I'll Kill You!: Often makes futile remarks along these lines against Hidan.
Informed Flaw: Despite being said to be infamous for his Hair-Trigger Temper, the closest he ever comes to losing his cool on-screen is taking a single swipe at Hidan for the repeated mocking of his love of money, only to immediately shrug him off and go back to being stoic. For someone with such a big chip on their shoulder, he puts up with a surprising amount of annoyance from enemies and allies alike. That being said, he did wind up nearly killing Naruto when the objective was to capture him, although this may have been out of fear of the Rasenshuriken and having lost most of his hearts.
Jerkass Has a Point: Kakuzu may be a ruthless killer who hunts down just about anyone for profit, but he has a point that Fu attempting to befriend him after recognizing the rogue shinobi was a foolish thing to do.
Leitmotif: "Kakuzu"
Lightning Bruiser: Fast even for the series standards and strong enough to level buildings with his punches.
Lovecraftian Superpower: His body strings tear his enemies' hearts so he can fuel his black elemental beasts that emerge from his back. Oh, and he has two very nice One-Winged Angel forms.
Making a Splash: His anime-only Water Style: Water Wall technique. In the manga, he could also use Water-Style through his stolen heart, but it was destroyed before he could use it.
Mask of Power: Has 4 stitched to his back which can split from him to attack or fuse with him to go One-Winged Angel. In addition, these masks carry hearts that allow him to perform four out of the five Nature Transformations, with the exception being Earth Release.
Master of Threads: Kakuzu is a master of a jutsu called "Earth Grudge Fear" which focuses on the manipulation of threads. These threads can be used to sew up wounds and reattach body parts. However, Kakuzu's most terrifying use of this ability is creating tentacles made of threads to tear out his opponent's hearts and integrate them into his own body, extending his lifespan. Kakuzu can store these hearts in masks attached to his body which he can detach as creatures with bodies of thread.
The Medic: Though he has no demonstration in medical jutsu, Kakuzu is the one who reattached Deidara's arms and Hidan's head.
Miser Advisor: His role in the organization as its Treasurer.
Money Fetish: Admits this, saying that it'll be useful even in Hell. Despite this, the is never shown actually spending any and never specifies any personal usage for it outside of the goals of the Akatsuki. It may be that he loves money solely for the sake of having it.
Nigh-Invulnerable. Even after two of his hearts are destroyed by Kakashi's Raikiri through the chest and Shikimaru tricking Hidan into using his Blood Magic jutsu on him respectively, Kakuzu still manages to take an early version of the Rasenshuriken ^Note and stay alive for several moments afterward. The only one who has a better track record tanking that Jutsu without absorbing it is the Third Raikage. He can also harden his skin to be harder than iron, though since it's an Earth-style ninjutsu, Kakashi's Raikiri is able to punch through without much issue.
Noble Demon: To a certain extent. He expresses losing patience with Hidan's duel with Asuma but honors his word of not interfering with the battle. He even stands right next to Shikamaru and company the entire fight and takes no action against them. Not that they mind enough to dare provoke him.
Noodle Incident:
- He's noted to be one of the shinobi to have fought Hashirama and survived, but considering how Hashirama is one of the strongest shinobi to ever exist, and Kakuzu got taken out by Team 10, Kakashi and Naruto, it becomes a mystery how he ever escaped the encounter with his life.
- Apparently he killed all his previous partners due to his Hair-Trigger Temper. Exactly what prompted such violent reactions, however, isn't really explored beyond 'they made me angry.'
Nothing Personal: He doesn't seem to be particularly mad when he runs into Team 10 again after being revived, even playing along with Shikamaru's shogi metaphors. He seems to be having fun, more than anything after being revived.
Older Than They Look: Technically, Kakuzu is in his 90's but looks like he's in his 20's to early 30's at most.
Oh, Crap!: When he sees Naruto's Rasen-shuriken. In his own words: "If I get hit by that, this is over. I'm finished."
One-Winged Angel: He has two more powerful forms that he can use when combined with his mask monsters.
One-Man Army: He and Hidan single-handedly killed entire scores of Shinobi Monks, but Kakuzu takes it a step further by being a literal one-man army, being able to separate his four hearts from his body and use them as Mooks.
Only in It for the Money: Kakuzu cares about two things: money, and hearts. Fitting, for the self-professed "Treasurer of Akatsuki."
Organ Theft: His method of immortality. He rips out the hearts of his enemies, up to five at a time, and stores them within himself. All five have to be destroyed to finally put him down.
Our Angels Are Different: The masks on Kakuzu's back correspond to the four heads of the Living Creatures of Judeo-Christian Mythology. Likewise, they also correspond to the symbols of the four Evangelists and are arranged on his back in the same order as the Evangelists were traditionally depicted.
Personality Powers: His trademark jutsu is based on stealing others' organs and using them to fuel his own power- a fitting ability for one who is defined by greed like Kakuzu.
Person of Mass Destruction: When he uses his wind, fire, and lightning elemental techniques in conjunction, Kakuzu can destroy a large portion of a forest within moments.
Playing with Fire: His Fire Style: Searing Migraine technique.
Pragmatic Villainy: Kakuzu doesn't have much need or desire to do anything that won't directly benefit himself or the Akatsuki, as such, he tends to stay focused on the job at hand. He'll even listen to orders from Pain over his desire to make more money, as he once retreated upon being ordered to do so, regardless of the fact it halted his attempt to get a bounty on Asuma's head.
Rasputinian Death: He was stabbed through the heart twice and blown up with a jutsu that essentially killed him on a cellular level. And then Kakashi had to kill him again just to make sure.
Really 700 Years Old: He's the oldest of the Akatsuki, but keeps his youth due to his extended life-spans of the hearts he's taken. He's been around since the First Hokage, and at 91 he's even older than Madara before he died and even then he was in a lot better shape than he was at his time of death.
Scissors Cuts Rock: By combining his fire and wind mask monsters together, he can have them launch wind-enhanced Fire-style jutsu powerful enough to blast through Water-style jutsu.
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: When Hidan warns him that killing a priest is a one-way ticket to hell, he simply replies that "Even hell runs on money, I'd be just fine."
Serious Business: Money!
Shock and Awe: His Lightning Style: False Darkness technique.
Shout-Out Theme Naming: All of his unique techniques are named (and pronounced very similarly in Japanese) after Mobile Suit Gundam mecha used by Zeon in the One Year War, with meaningful kanji replacing the phonetic characters. (e.g., MSN-02 Zeong -> Jiongu -> Earth Grudge Fear; this is Kakuzu's forbidden "body of threads" technique, and the Zeong was a mobile suit that could detach its arms on wires for ranged attacks.) Complete list: Jiongu, Domu, Zukokku, Atsugai, Gian = Zeong, Dom, Z'Gok, Acguy, Gyan
Soul Jar: He can't die unless all of his collected hearts are destroyed.
Super-Strength: Even by Naruto standards. He manages to wreck an entire building in a single blow.
The Team Benefactor: He referred to himself as the "Treasurer of Akatsuki".
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With Hidan. Compared to most of Akatsuki's other teams, which be able to get along with one another or at least tolerate each other, they openly hate each other and do not hesitate to talk about it to each other. In fact, the only reason why they work together is that Hidan's borderline immortality means that Kakuzu can't kill him when annoyed. However, there are signs that despite their disagreements, they still care about each other on some level.
Tragic Villain: Kakuzu was once a very loyal shinobi, but at one moment he took on a mission to assassinate Hashirama Senju. This mission ended in failure and despite the insurmountable danger faced on the mission, what awaited his return to his village was the stigma and harsh punishment associated with the failure of his objective. In response, Kakuzu began to hate his village, since, despite his loyalty and willingness to risk life on a dangerous mission, his failure was repaid with uncharacteristically harsh punishment. He responded in kind by brutally betraying his village — committing jailbreak, taking knowledge of their most valuable kinjutsu, killing all of the elders, and leaving from the village, deciding to believe only in money from now on.
Unfriendly Fire: The anime filler reveals that he killed off many of his partners this way, firing his attacks while his partner is preoccupied with the enemy, allowing Kakuzu to take both of them out. This is no longer a problem with Hidan and is, in fact, one of their best team strategies as Kakuzu doesn't have to worry about killing Hidan while he distracts their target.
Ungrateful Bastard: Takigakure to him, big time. Kakuzu was apparently coveted enough as a ninja to be entrusted with assassinating Hashirama Senju. He predictably fails but escapes with his life, only to be imprisoned by his village for life as a disgrace.
Villain Respect: He comes to highly respect Shikamaru in their next confrontation, admitting to admiring his intelligence unlike his partner.
Vitriolic Best Buds: As much as he teases and berates Hidan, he ultimately comes to his aid when things go south for his partner, and even took the time to pick up Hidan's fallen forehead protector, and has enough faith in him to defeat Shikamaru on his own. When teased by Hidan for this, he will vehemently deny it.
The Worf Effect: When he's brought back and reanimated in the Great Ninja War, two of his hearts are rather easily destroyed by the fan Tenten is wielding (admittedly said fan is a powerful weapon created by the Sage of Six Paths).
Worf Had the Flu: By the time Naruto had entered the battlefield he had already lost two of his hearts, the first from a surprise attack by Kakashi near the very beginning of his clash with Kakashi, Ino, Choji, and Shikamaru, and the second by Shikamaru's gambit to trick Hidan into using his voodoo jutsu on him. Had he not needed to take into account the other Shinobi's presence on the battlefield, Naruto may not have been able to land the Rasenshuriken attack necessary to put him down, either. Bear in mind the entire battle happens shortly after Kakuzu had spent three days and nights straight performing a jutsu to transfer a tailed beast into the Edo statue, too.
Would Hit a Girl: Has choked Ino along with Choji.
Your Size May Vary: He was depicted as the tallest of the Akatsuki during the group's cameo at the end of Part I and in the manga during Gaara's sealing ritual. When he debuted alongside Hidan, however, he had shrunk substantially with the third databook mentioning that he was 10 cm shorter than Kisame.

Hidan

Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (JP), Chris Edgerly (EN, main series)^note, Wally Wingert (EN, Clash of Ninja Revolution 3), Brian Beacock (EN, Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals), Víctor Martínez (Spain), Mario Castañeda (Latin America)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 312 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 71 (Anime)

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^{Click here to see him with his curse activated}

As the other dies, their agony radiates through my body, and living through it is pure ecstasy!

An immortal ninja who wields a Sinister Scythe, Hidan is murderously insane and follows a Religion of Evil. Foul-mouthed and arrogant, he hates ~~his partner, Kakuzu~~ just about everyone. Fuelling his immortality is a gruesome ritual that can transfer injuries to his enemies, and being immortal means he can survive even losing his head. He kills Asuma with this power, and in revenge Shikamaru dismembers him and buries the still-speaking pieces alive. However, it seems that he's still not dead: Kabuto is able to bring back to life almost every defeated member of Akatsuki except him. However, Kabuto does create a snake clone of him in the Chikara Arc special by harvesting some of the old Hidan's DNA, but when the snakes composing the clone's body burn out their lifespans, the clone crumbles into oblivion.

His hobby is "Jashinistic" activities.

Favorite words: "massacre" and "Jashinism"

Adapted Out: He and Kakuzu are absent in the musical theater adaptation "Song of the Akatsuki", though both are mentioned in passing.
Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Granted, Kakuzu is his partner and obviously obligated to assist him, but Hidan would often tell him he doesn't need his assistance and to stay out of fights. When things go south, however, he desperately goes back on his word and begs Kakuzu to intervene. Kakuzu doesn't intervene until Hidan is at least crippled as punishment for his hubris.
And I Must Scream: Buried alive while being kept living by his immortality for the time being.
Another Man's Terror: Hidan experiences his victims' final moments. Though, he doesn't exactly feel terror from the experience.
Asshole Victim: Hidan has the dubious honor of being the only major antagonist in this very forgiving series to suffer a truly horrific Fate Worse than Death.
Awesome, but Impractical: His curse jutsu is very impractical. It is a highly complex technique to follow: first, Hidan must ingest the blood of an opponent, from which he must then undergo that skeleton man transformation and then draw a large Jashin marking (an upside-down triangle within a circle) on the ground. So long as he's within the circle, the jutsu is active, whereas if he moves out of it the jutsu is canceled out; which means he's now stationary. That doesn't sound so bad, right? Well, then there's the real clincher: it can only be used on one opponent at a time. That's right, after all that setup, Hidan can only inflict damage on one target, all the while remaining vulnerable to said target's teammates, who can more or less work to force him out of the circle. Overall, the jutsu seems to only work for sadomasochists (which Hidan happens to be); otherwise, there are far more efficient and effective techniques in the Naruto universe. It wouldn't be so bad if Hidan just slit his throat or has Kakuzu take care of the other enemies the moment the ritual is complete but being part of his religious process and his inherent sadism makes him take his time.
Ax-Crazy: The most openly deranged and bloodthirsty member of the group. In fact, Hidan is probably the most legitimately insane character in the series, having no motives or goals other than to kill people.
Back from the Dead: Played with in one filler arc. His 'real' self is still buried at the Nara shrine, but Kabuto manages to recreate an entire Edo Hidan from some of his cells. The fact that even the neo-Hidan's personality matches the original is played for laughs.
Badass Normal: Relative to the other members despite his curse jutsu. Being a Shinobi, he must know how to use basic ninjutsu but never does so onscreen (despite databooks confirming he has a whopping 5/5 in Ninjutsu.) Instead, he purely relies on impressive physical prowess and Bukijutsu to draw blood for his ritual. Like other unseen aspects of his characterization, this is likely because of Masashi Kishimoto rushing to end their arc.
Blood Knight: Fighting is quite literally all he lives for, and the specific reason why he left his village in the first place.
Blood Magic: Uses his opponent's blood to link his body with theirs, and typically uses his own to draw the circle.
Bloodbath Villain Origin: Hidan was annoyed that his village converted to a peacetime economy so he slaughtered his neighbors, potentially including his family, and became a missing-nin.
The Brute: He, Kisame, and Kakuzu fulfill this role for Akatsuki early on, although he's more of the traditional Dumb Muscle.
Characterization Marches On: Hidan is noticeably more level-headed when he debuts fighting Yugito compared to the Ax-Crazy Psychopathic Manchild he is portrayed as later. Going by the anime, it's noticeable in his gesticulations from when Zetsu shows up to collect Yugito that Hidan begins acting like how most remember him. Likely due to Kishimoto’s editors rushing him to finish their arc, he ended up "dumbing" down both Hidan and Kakuzu's competence in order to allow the protagonists' convoluted tactics to succeed.
The Chew Toy: Official Title in Akatsuki. Kakuzu when enraged would kill his partners. Solution: Give him an immortal one. It's a strange amalgamation of stress reliever/punishment apparently. Considering Hidan is the newest member of Akatsuki outside of Tobi and Deidara's backstory shows Akatsuki intentionally recruits specific ninja to their ranks, willing or not, Hidan might very well have been headhunted specifically to give Kakuzu a partner he couldn't kill off no matter how hard he tries.
Combat Pragmatist: Because he's immortal, Hidan doesn't have to worry about Friendly Fire from Kakuzu. The two of them exploit this by having Kakuzu attack with large-scale jutsu while Hidan pins the enemy down.
Combat Sadomasochist: "Let me feel your pain!"
Complexity Addiction: It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how needlessly convoluted and overly complex his typical battle plan is. He first has to wound someone, then ingest their blood, then create a sigil, then stand in it, and then wound himself or trick them into directly attacking him, and when he chooses the former, he never goes without talking shit and loudly boasting before slowly impaling himself, when he could just as easily slit his wrists, throat, or femoral arteries. While he is apparently an extremely skilled ninjutsu user, Kishimoto never portrays this. It is possible that he was far more pragmatic before Kakuzu came along with his infinite ability to bail him out of his bad choices, but either way, Hidan's entire battle plan relies on opponents not knowing what he's about and being more careful than they should be and/or Kakuzu stepping in whenever he gets his ass kicked, and the entire process could easily be thwarted by someone shooting first and asking questions later while someone else distracts Kakuzu.
Confusion Fu: He swings around his scythe on a long cord, making it fly around unpredictably, and thus making it tougher to block.
Crippling Overspecialization: He only has one real power, which requires him to ingest someone's blood after cutting them, then create a ritual circle, stand in it, and become a living voodoo doll for that person. He uses it to kill Asuma. Once this technique is analyzed, there are a few weaknesses. If Hidan is removed from the circle, the effect ends. Furthermore, while immortal, he can be chopped up to remove the threat he poses as he is no more durable than a regular human and never uses defensive jutsus. Finally, he has to attack someone with melee in order for the technique to work.
Cruel and Unusual Death: After getting blown to pieces, his severed head is still alive and buried in a hole, slowly rotting away until his immortality curse runs out.
Decapitation Required: Subverted. Asuma thinks it'll work and cuts it off, but all it does is keep Hidan from controlling his body and Kakuzu can re-attach it. Eventually, they just opt to toss his head down a hole and bury it.
Dumb Muscle: Incredibly reckless, with no real sense of self-preservation and a penchant for charging into situations.
Early Installment Character-Design Difference: Of a sort. At the end of Part I, one of the Akatsuki members can be seen with a bandana and curious about Sasuke's going to Orochimaru. It's not entirely clear if this is meant to be Hidan or one of Kakuzu's former partners.^noteThis member's lines were given to Kisame and Sasori in the anime, at least in the English dub.
- During Gaara's sealing ritual in the manga, a member with noticeable bangs can be seen complaining about not finding his jinchuuriki fast enough and volunteering to go fight Team Guy. Hidan's concept art in the third databook showed he was originally supposed to have bangs before it was changed to its slick back style when formally introduced, indicating that the complainer was meant to be a prototype of the Jashinist. In the anime, since Hidan had already been revealed in the manga by that time, it showed him being the complainer during the ceremony with his familiar design.
Evil Gloating: Kakuzu is really irritated about that to the point of constantly making (useless) death threats.
Evil Is Hammy: Quite possibly the hammiest villain in Naruto due to how much he enjoys hurting himself and others.
Evil Laugh: He accentuates his religious rituals by laughing at his victims.
Evil Sounds Deep: His voice was noticeably lower when his hologram appeared in the anime during the sealing of Shukaku, though not to the extent of Kakuzu or Pain's.
Fate Worse than Death: Word of God states that his head will rot before his immortality runs out.
Faux Affably Evil: Especially his anime rendition. Snarky, hammy, almost childish sometimes, and so fun to watch as he hammily pounces over the Moral Event Horizon.
Five-Second Foreshadowing: Pay attention to his body after Asuma decapitates him and it's noticeable that his skin doesn't return to normal before he's revealed to still be kicking.
For the Evulz: His religion seems to be built around a sadistic god who encourages his followers to murder for the hell of it.
"Now! Let's savor the utmost of suffering together!"
From a Single Cell: In the Chikara anime filler arc he is brought back by Kabuto. However, Kabuto used a cloning method different from the Edo Tensei resurrection. Instead, he uses a lake to regenerate the clone.
The Grim Reaper: He looks like a skeleton after he ingests blood from a target. Given his choice of weapon and what happens next, "reaper" is appropriate.
Half-Hearted Henchman: He asks Pain what the point of the Akatsuki getting the Tailed Beasts amounts to, but it's evident that he doesn't care about the group's greater goal as long as he finds strong shinobi to kill and torture. Even more clear is that he has no genuine respect for Pain, threatening his life at one point.
- In the questionably canonical Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution cutscene that showcases his recruitment, he pretty much shrugged his shoulders after a short battle with Kakuzu and Orochimaru and only joined for their protection.
Healing Factor: His impalement wounds don't seem to last for him given how it does absolutely nothing and disappears quickly. He also recovers from a head reattachment operation instantly. Even the third-degree burns Asuma gave him disappear completely in six days (three in the anime). Bizarrely, the cut he got on his left ear from Asuma remains in place even with said healing.
Hero Killer: He's the one who ultimately kills Asuma Sarutobi. Earlier, he brought down Yugito Nii, the Two-Tailed jinchuuriki, and a well-respected Cloud ninja in her own right, plus had a hand in killing Chiriku, who, like Asuma, was a member of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi and had his role extended in a prior filler arc.
Hot-Blooded: He charges into trouble without a second thought.
Hypocritical Humor: Once cracks a joke about his enemies attacking clergymen. Of course, his religious dogma is Thou Shalt Massacre Thy Neighbor.
Immortality: Hidan cannot be killed. Blood loss will not stop him. Beheading will not stop him. Being stabbed through the heart will not stop him. Furthermore, he cannot die from things like hunger. His body might decay with age but he will still live. That said, he must continue to kill people and perform his ritual to keep his immortality. If he ceases to kill, then some unspecified amount of time later he will become mortal again and die. Word of God is that Hidan's body will start to rot before this happens.
Immortality Immorality: Hidan's immortality is both very evil and very immortal which is effectively being fueled by him killing people, but unlike the other versions of immortality in the series, he's able to keep his original body intact with no other repercussions at all. He even sees durability that's unmatched by anything below the zombies of the series.
Insane Troll Logic: He berates Kakuzu for trying to collect a bounty on monks, claiming that attacking priests is a one-way ticket to hell. This coming from Hidan of all people. Even if he is a Religious Bruiser.
Informed Attribute: Hidan is an S-ranked missing-nin, which would put him at the fighting level of a Kage. The databooks also imply he has exceptional mastery over Ninjutsu. Despite all this, Kishimoto never utilized or showcases this on-screen.
Irony: That fancy immortality of his? It's the only thing that's keeping him from being brought back with the other beaten Akatsuki by Kabuto, meaning that he's stuck where Shikamaru buried him until he starves and rots.
Jerkass: He's a rude, disrespectful, vulgar, and generally repellent jackass on his very best days.
Kick the Dog: Once he recognizes Asuma's students, he doesn't waste time desecrating their sensei's memory just to get under their skin.
Large Ham: He really hams it up once he starts his ritual. Shikamaru calls him out on it.
Laughably Evil: He is a psychopathic monster, but loves being evil so much that he becomes enjoyable in his hamminess and crazy antics.
Laughing Mad: He often devolves into excited, maniacal laughter under the prospect of hurting someone or just fighting in general.
The Law of Diminishing Defensive Effort: Thanks to his arrogance over being immortal, he doesn't bother dodging or blocking attacks.
Leeroy Jenkins: He's the most impulsive member of the Akatsuki organization. His entire strategy revolves around bum-rushing the target and hacking them to bits with his scythe.
Leitmotif: "Hidan"
Licking the Blade: How he usually ingests his opponent's blood, which is necessary for his ritual.
The Load: Played for laughs. Hidan isn't exactly a liability to Kakuzu as a fighting partner but is noted to be a huge hindrance to his bounty-hunting occupation.
Long Bus Trip: Buried in the Nara Clan Reserve and has never returned canonically, as all of his coworkers wrote him off as dead along with Kakuzu and Shikamaru made it a point to tell the lunatic that his clansmen would ensure that he'd never be dug up. A reincarnated Kakuzu put two and two together and realized that his absence from the war means that he's still kicking, only for Ino to coldly snarl that nobody wants Hidan to come back. The closest he gets is during the Power filler arc where Kabuto creates an unstable copy from remnants he found in the forest, meaning he either wasn't keen on bringing back the real thing or wasn't able to excavate him without risking getting spotted by the Nara.
Major Injury Underreaction: Whenever he is injured, though he does feel the pain. Justified, as he's immortal.
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: It's unclear whether Hidan's immortality is of true divine origin or not. The databooks note that he gained immortality due to "experiments" Jashin cultists did on his body. It's also noted that he at the time at least was the only successful case. That he has to keep killing and performing his ritual to keep his body immortal does indicate at least that an evil god could be giving him some twisted support.
Mighty Glacier: Heavily downplayed. While Hidan is by no means among the slower fighters in the series, he mentions that using his three-bladed scythe inhibits his attack speed and makes him the slowest fighter in the Akatsuki.
More Despicable Minion: Pain/Nagato is the leader of the Akatsuki, but he's a Well-Intentioned Extremist who wants to end the state of war, and he has a sympathetic past of being a war orphan who lost his best friend. He later commits a Heroic Sacrifice to bring back Konoha after Naruto restores his faith in the world. Hidan is an Ax-Crazy member of a Religion of Evil, who is never shown to be anything other than a psychopath who enjoys bloodshed.
Mr. Fanservice: Sort of, given he's an almost Walking Shirtless Scene.
No-Sell: While he does feel pain, his immortality allows him to shrug off wounds that would otherwise be fatal to normal people, and he gets off on it anyway. Unfortunately, this is coupled with a lack of tactical sense, which often bites him hard.
Obligatory Swearing: Viz translations include a small amount of swearing to convey his very rude way of talking.
Omnicidal Maniac: He's completely obsessed with killing. He butchered his neighboring villagers because they wanted peace. Afterward, he joined Akatsuki for the opportunity to kill as many people as he can.
One-Hit Kill: Under smarter use, his Curse Jutsu is this if he so much as grazes you. Best demonstrated when he immediately destroyed one of Kakuzu's hearts as Akatsuki was in the process of detaining him.
Orgasmic Combat: It's strongly implied that he came when he impaled himself to finish off Asuma.
Precision F-Strike: The above-mentioned Obligatory Swearing becomes this in the English dub.
Profane Last Words: The quite vulgar Hidan. After being blown to pieces by Shikamaru, his still-insulting head is Buried Alive while throwing a flow of insults at his opponent.
Psycho for Hire: The biggest example in the Akatsuki, as he's only there for wanton cruelty and murder and couldn't care less about their actual mission.
Psychopathic Manchild: He has a tendency to act like a teenager enjoying an adrenaline rush, complete with much smack talk and "woo-hoo"ing.
Religion of Evil: Follows the religion of Jashin, which literally means "evil god", and requires killing his opponents. Indeed, it teaches you to slaughter your allies as well. This teaching is rather counterproductive to actually maintaining a religion though, hence why Jashin cultists seek to turn their members into immortals and thus be able to slaughter each other without actually killing each other off. Hidan was the only success at the time of the data book that explained this.
Religious Bruiser: He's very religious (even if it's a Religion of Evil) and is one of the more deadly members of Akatsuki.
Sadist: He intentionally strikes non-vital areas of his opponent so that he can make them die a "good death". Though he does feel the need to join a Religion of Evil before acting on his sadistic impulses, so at least he feels his sadism needs some "higher" purpose.
Scars Are Forever: The only injuries of his that don't heal up are the gash on his left ear that Asuma gave him after the curse was temporarily lifted and his neck from when he got beheaded.
Serial Killer: What he was before joining up with Akatsuki, aimlessly roaming the land and murdering literally everyone he comes across.
Sinister Scythe: His weapon, more for drawing blood than fatally injuring opponents. His has three blades. It is also very durable, able to clash with Asuma's knuckle blades which are capable of shattering normal blades like ice.
Sir Swears-a-Lot: Rivals Tayuya as the biggest cusser in the series, though the official subs and English dub toned this down significantly.
The Sociopath: He slaughtered his entire home village because in his eyes they were too boring for him, he is extraordinarily sadistic as his killing of Asuma shows quite well, and has an absolute Lack of Empathy for his victims, for they are, in his mind, only stress toys to torture and murder For the Evulz.
Smug Snake: Not only is he a loudmouthed Psychopathic Manchild, but he's also an arrogant dick who openly thinks he's invincible and charges recklessly into danger to be defeated and bailed out by Kakuzu.
The Starscream: He has expressed his desire to kill his leader but has no real desire to lead, he just wants to kill people.
Story-Breaker Power: Extremely downplayed compared to most cases but Hidan's ritual jutsu, impractical and difficult to set up as it is, is actually very useful for dealing with Jinchuriki from a strategic perspective. The Tailed Beasts are quite difficult to put down conventionally and can give even the strongest of the Akatsuki a fight. But if Hidan gets one drop of blood, he can bypass all of their natural defenses and put them down much quicker, as he did for the Two-Tails. This is arguably one of the main factors that made Hidan and Kakuzu such an effective team, as Kakuzu can hold the target's attention long enough for Hidan to set up his ritual jutsu and finish them off. This can even be played in the opposite manner; Hidan's immortality means that Kakuzu has no qualms blasting both him and their opponent to smithereens while Hidan keeps the opponent distracted.
Stupid Evil: His character in a nutshell. He's quite transparent about not having any other goals beyond mass murder and making people die in agony.
Synchronization: Once he uses his Blood Magic he can make his target feel his pain.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork:
- Compared to most of Akatsuki's other teams, which are able to get along with one another or at least tolerate each other, Hidan and Kakuzu hate each other. In fact, the only reason why they work together is that Hidan's borderline immortality means that Kakuzu can't kill him when annoyed, while Hidan can't betray Kakuzu because he needs someone to stitch him back up if he gets put through the meat grinder, and also because Kakuzu would stomp him in a straight fight.
- Played for Laughs in the "Power" Filler arc. The clone created by Kabuto ends up butting heads with a resurrected Deidara, with the two of them hurling insults over their respective defeats, which nearly escalated into a fight had Yamato and other Leaf shinobi not intervened.
Token Evil Teammate: Even in a group of terrorists and criminals with their own bloody ledgers, Hidan stands out as the only one who is truly evil to the core, having no Freudian Excuse to justify his crimes nor any Pet the Dog moments that flesh out his humanity.
Token Immortal: The only Akatsuki member to possess near-total immortality.
Vitriolic Best Buds: He insults and playfully provokes Kakuzu every chance he gets, but he panics when he is forced to attack him and calls out to him multiple times when it appears he was caught off guard. He also seemed to be pretty upset that Shikamaru tricked him into killing Kakuzu (or rather one of his hearts).
Villainous Breakdown: After he understands that he will be buried alive, he snaps.
Vocal Evolution: In the Japanese version, his voice was fairly deep during his appearance at Gaara's ritual, but by the time he appeared properly he had raised to a slightly higher pitch that most know him for today.
The Watson: Pain explains the Akatsuki's plan to him in the anime when he asks.
White Hair, Black Heart: Has white hair and is a massive Sadist.

Konan

Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka (JP), Kaori Mine (JP, child), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (EN)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 363 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 125 (Anime)

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Yahiko and Nagato… I will be the support that holds both our bridges up!

The only female in Akatsuki, and the last to be revealed. Konan uses origami-based powers. As a child, she was orphaned by the Land of Rain's civil war and trained by Jiraiya. She was one of the founding members of Akatsuki, along with Nagato (Pain) and Yahiko, and Yahiko had feelings for her. After Yahiko was killed she became Pain's lieutenant, calling herself "God's Angel". She helped Pain kill Jiraiya when her old mentor came searching for intel on Akatsuki's leader and accompanied him during his invasion of Konoha. After Pain's death, she sided with Naruto and quit the Akatsuki. She tried to prevent Nagato's corpse from ending up in Tobi's hands but died in the process.

Her hobbies were origami and flower pressing.

Favorite word: "Order"

Affably Evil: She is always polite, and doesn't kill unnecessarily. Also, she's the most normal out of all of the Akatsuki, not having any particular appearance quirks, fixations, or sociopathic tendencies, and is driven out of a genuine belief that they'll make the world better, and out of the memory for her lost friend. In fact, the only thing that makes her "evil" is that she is on the bad guys' side.
Anti-Villain: Has a tragic backstory and, like Nagato, desires peace.
Awesomeness by Analysis: She's the first person to figure out Tobi's Made of Air powers.
Birthday Buddies: Shares the same birthday with her childhood friend Yahiko.
Beware the Quiet Ones: Eventually shown to be one of the strongest female characters in the 'Verse, given that she very nearly kills an enemy that took the Fourth Hokage a lot of effort to even land one hit on. He had to rewrite reality to escape death, and left the fight without an arm and a functioning eye.
Broken Bird: Yahiko's death destroyed her emotionally.
Childhood Friend Romance: Had feelings for Yahiko as kids, if flashbacks are any indicator.
Closer to Earth: By far the most level-headed and, well, sensible of the whole bunch.
Covert Pervert: Kishimoto referred to her as an obscene woman who is scantily clad underneath her Akatsuki cloak.
Crazy-Prepared: Disguised 600 BILLION paper bombs as the Hidden Rain Village's lake specifically designed to counter Tobi's teleportation technique.
Creepy Monotone: Speaks in an unsettling flat tone, except when she's yelling at Nagato for being too reckless.
Curb Stomp Cushion: Ultimately dispatched rather quickly by Tobi, but she came very close to killing him, having to sacrifice an arm and rewrite reality to get out of the trap she had caught him in.
Cynicism Catalyst: She and Nagato became villains after the death of their best friend Yahiko.
Dark Action Girl: Although her powers are not overall as strong as some of the other members of Akatsuki, she still has some very deadly tricks up her sleeves.
Determinator: In her last fight against Tobi.
"Yahiko and Nagato did what they wanted to do. They were never your pawns! No matter what happened to them, they both fought for their own ideals! And that's why their will has been passed down! I won't let you ruin it!"
Designated Girl Fight: Averted. While the seventh opening of Naruto Shippuden shows her fighting against Sakura, Hinata, and Ino, it never happens. Instead, she got to face off with the Manipulative Bastard who hijacked their organization and led both her True Companions to their doom, fighting for her ideals.
Dying Moment of Awesome: She being the first person since Minato to give Tobi a run for his money to the point that he has to bring out the big guns just to ensure she didn't blow him TO BITS.
Elemental Shapeshifter: Can turn herself into paper.
Emotionless Girl: Konan's more or less dead inside, except when it comes to Nagato.
Enigmatic Minion: She was this within the Akatsuki. Little to nothing was known about her, before her initial reveal. Serving as Pain's partner and literal guardian angel it was soon uncovered that she has a far deeper connection to the organization than newcomers such as Deidara or Hidan.
Evil Counterpart: To Sakura, as a result what Sakura could have become if she went down a darker path. They both were part of a team of three in their younger years and both of them lost a friend/love interest in their respective teams, in Sakura’s case, Sasuke defected from Team 7, while Konan lost Yahiko via killing himself.
Feather Flechettes: Can fire paper shuriken from her wings.
Flowers of Femininity: She's more mature and elegant, and has had a paper flower in her hair ever since she was young.
Forgotten Fallen Friend: Is never talked about again after her death, and Nagato doesn't mention it to Naruto during his time resurrected. Amegakure kind of fell under the radar as a whole with Konan's passing until the Boruto anime, which shows that the village didn't take its losses well and has fallen into an even worse state.
Having a Blast: Her ninjutsu focuses on the manipulation of paper as weaponry, but she can also utilize explosive tags as they too are made of paper. This comes to a head in her final battle with Tobi when she utilized hundreds of billions of explosive tags to avenge Nagato and Yahiko.
Heart Is an Awesome Power: One of the most dangerous ninjas in the world despite the fact that her entire fighting style is based around manipulating paper. She made an entire lake of paper bombs and nearly killed Tobi in the process.
Heroic Sacrifice: God knows she tries. Her first attack against Tobi was an attempted suicide attack. He ended up saving her too. A "thank you" is in order.
Hidden Buxom: While she's never seen without her Akatsuki robe, concept art by Kishimoto shows that she's very well-endowed underneath it.
High-Heel–Face Turn: Subverted when examined closely enough. Konan was only allied with Akatsuki, which is very different from being on their side. She was only ever on Nagato's side and nobody else's. His Redemption Equals Death is a Heel–Face Turn, but as far as Konan is concerned she never switched sides since her "side" was Pain. Since Pain chose to throw his support to Naruto, she's supporting Naruto now.
"Nagato believed in you, so I believe in you, too."
Icy Gray Eyes: She has grey eyes in the manga, signifying her cold and stoic personality.
Killed Off for Real: Died at Tobi's hands just before the Fourth Shinobi World War and unlike Nagato was never brought back via Edo Tensei, the only other member not being resurrected was Kisame.^note Unlike the latter, who was devoured without a trace remaining, her corpse was still ripe for taking, making it all the more bizarre. Either her betrayal coupled with almost killing him left Tobi sore and made him not want to bring her back or he didn't want there being any chance of his identity being outed early to the Alliance (she had seen his face partially before dying).
Lady of War: An elegant and stoic kunoichi fond of turning into origami butterflies and forming angelic paper wings. She makes Tobi lose his arm and part of his mask, and literally killed him with the Paper Angel Technique which contained 600 billion explosive tags.
Let's Get Dangerous!: Granted, being in Akatsuki should have been the first clue. But not even Tobi realized how tough she could be when she wanted to. He still beat her, but he had to warp reality to SURVIVE.
Married to the Job: In the anime, she tells Yahiko that she's putting any thoughts of romance on hold for the sake of the Akatsuki's goal of promoting peace.
Master of Illusion: Can create realistic structures that are virtually identical to natural ones solely out of paper, such as an enormous tree as the original Akatsuki headquarters or an entire lake for her Paper Person of God Technique.
Morality Pet: The one person keeping Pain from going completely off the rails. Tobi even tried to exploit this in Akatsuki Hiden by sending her on a suicide mission, hoping that her death would allow him to better manipulate Pain since she had always distrusted Tobi since they first met.
Number Two: She is one for Nagato in Amegakure.
Oh, Crap!: It is her face when she realizes that Tobi survived her trap.
Only Sane Woman: In contrast to her more hot-headed and reckless colleagues in the Akatsuki, Konan is more level-headed and analytical.
Paper Master: Her main means of attack is transforming into paper.
Paper Talisman: All ninjas use paper bombs but she gets a special mention for her Sacred Paper Emissary.
Person of Mass Destruction: Capable of causing large-scale damage thanks to billions of explosive tags.
Platonic Life-Partners: With Nagato; they've known each other their whole lives and are devoted to each other, but unlike Yahiko, Konan's love for Nagato is only platonic.
Power Gives You Wings: One of her powers is to create paper angel wings.
Prim and Proper Bun: Wears her hair in a bun, which suits her demure personality.
Punch-Clock Villain: By far the least evil member of Akatsuki. She's generally not an outright bad guy, just not on the good side.
Punny Name: One of her techniques, kami no shisha no jutsu is a pun off of her "Angel" epithet. Phonetically, it could be read as the "messenger of God technique", but the kanji instead reads "paper-person of God technique."
The Quiet One: Out of all of the Akatsuki, she was significantly the quietest; even when it was time for her and Pain's introduction, she only spoke when it truly mattered.
Satellite Character: Take away Yahiko and Nagato's influence on her and what do you have left? A near-emotionless woman with paper powers who likes origami.
Sexy Backless Outfit: Kishimoto's concept art of her reveals she wears a backless and sleeveless coat that also exposes her belly and the sides of her breasts.
She Is All Grown Up: Upon meeting her again for the first time in years Jiraiya comments that she's become quite the beauty.
Ship Tease: Flashbacks heavily imply that she and Yahiko were at least aware that they were attracted to each other, and possibly much more. Specifically, the flashback shows Konan patching Yahiko up in their hideout, leading to them staring longingly into each other's eyes and moving closer, potentially to start kissing, the scene then switching to Nagato waiting patiently outside the hideout with a knowing smile on his face. The anime plays that up for all it is worth.
The Smurfette Principle: The only female member of Akatsuki. Word of God says this was the original intention.
Something about a Rose: She has a rose origami tied to her Prim and Proper Bun. She loses it when she drained most of her chakra in her last-ditch attack against Tobi.
Still Wearing the Old Colors: She still wears the Akatsuki cloak after defecting from them after Nagato's death. Of course, when Tobi points this out, Konan replies back that it's actually the other way around, as she is the last of the original Akatsuki before they started collecting the Tailed Beasts.
Stripperific: Kishimoto's concept art shows that beneath her cloak, she wears a scanty robe that exposes her stomach, part of her breasts, and back.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Acts and looks very cold, but genuinely cares for Nagato.
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: She prepared six hundred billion explosive tags, enough to fill a lake and explode continuously for ten minutes straight all to target Tobi, who had to break and manipulate the laws of reality to survive.
Together in Death: That she is at peace and with Jiraiya, Yahiko and Nagato in the afterlife is symbolized by one of her paper pieces, dyed red with her blood, being blown back to the house she and the others lived in with Jiraiya as children. The paper takes its place with the other marks left there that signified who was "home".
True Blue Femininity: She has blue hair and a graceful and calm temperament to match.
Undying Loyalty: She is fanatically devoted to Nagato. After his death, her loyalty transfers to Naruto, who she sees as the path to peace.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: She was a very sweet little girl...then shit happened.
Villainous Friendship: Nagato has been friends with her since childhood. In their adulthood, she knows all his secrets and cares for him as much as he does her.
Weaksauce Weakness: Her paper powers are nullified by oil, but not by fire (as seen during her short fight against Jiraya) or water (as she managed to hide billions of explosive tags underwater), which should have been her Logical Weakness.
What the Hell Are You?: She asks this question to Tobi after he survived her trap and told her about the principle of action Izanagi.
Yamato Nadeshiko: The tranquil and graceful Konan was this towards Yahiko and Nagato. When Jiraiya and the Sannin left, things for the Ame Orphans quickly went downhill. Over time Konan became devoted to the two men, to the point of accepting Nagato becoming Pain using Yahiko's body as a weaponized remnant. In the end, Konan's loyalty to Pain was the last obstacle Tobi needed to destroy and reclaim the Rinnegan.

Yahiko

Voiced by: Wataru Hatano (JP, child); Kenyū Horiuchi (JP), Troy Baker (EN, original), Matthew Mercer (EN, current)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 372 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 128 (Anime)

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If war is going to continue - I will become the God of the world!

The founder and original leader of Akatsuki, until he sacrificed himself to save Konan from Hanzo. He believed Nagato was the Chosen One, and so sacrificed himself to spare him from making a Sadistic Choice. His body was later used by Nagato to make the Deva Path, the most powerful of the Six Paths of Pain.

Born into the war-torn land of Ame, Yahiko was orphaned like so many others. Forced to fend for himself, he soon met Konan and Nagato. They were forced to work together to survive, but became close friends under Jiraya's tutelage.

His hobby was fishing.

Birthday Buddies: Shares the same birth date as his childhood friend Konan.
Childhood Friend Romance: With Konan if flashbacks are any indicator.
Crazy Jealous Guy: The anime shows him getting jealous and uncomfortable with Konan getting a love letter and confession from one of their members.
Dead All Along: After seeing Konan and The Six Paths of Pain, Jiraiya briefly believed that the rumors of their deaths weren't true. It turns out that it was only true of Yahiko. His body was used as the Deva Path by Nagato.
Expy: Zigzagged of Mario, the main character of Masashi Kishimoto's one-shot of the same name. See, Kishimoto actually wrote Mario back in 1998 before shelving it for 15 years at the advice of his editor, rewriting it for release in 2013. In the interim, Mario's design and basic motives were reused for Yahiko.
Fiery Redhead: He was the extrovert of the three and had orange hair.
Godhood Seeker: A benevolent case for a little while, but he grew out of it.
Heroic BSoD: In the anime, he gets shell-shocked after being forced to kill a Stone ninja (actually one of Danzo's Root spies in disguise) in self-defence.
Heroic Sacrifice: Killed himself to satisfy Hanzo and save Konan.
Horrible Judge of Character:
- Hanzo promised to free Konan in exchange for his sacrifice. Needless to say, that was a lie.
- That said, he saw through Tobi's lies pretty fast.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: He killed himself by running into Nagato's kunai knife.
Leader Wannabe: Wanted to be the leader of Amegakure so that he could reform it.
"I'm gonna' rule the world!"
Making a Splash: He specialized in water jutsu.
Messianic Archetype: He's like a mature Naruto, but he actually presents a deconstruction of the trope. Despite fitting the ideal criteria for the trope, his idealistic nature, and status as an All-Loving Hero work completely against him in the war-torn setting he wants to change and he has little faith in himself as a vehicle of change, seeing Nagato as the one who will get results. His messianic nature and desire to bring peace ends up attracting enemies from home and abroad in the form of Hanzo and Danzo, the former whom he blindly trusted despite his infamous reputation at the time, and got him and his allies into a Sadistic Choice trap that ended in Yahiko committing a Heroic Sacrifice in the hope that Nagato will carry on as a better leader. Yahiko's death ended up starting Nagato's Start of Darkness as a Dark Messiah simply by giving the impression that being the trope doesn't work in bringing peace to the world.
People Puppets: His body along with the others were used as the Six Paths of Pain by Nagato.
Posthumous Character: Everything we know of him comes from flashbacks.
Red Herring: The manga suggested that he was the true identity of Pain, but it's then revealed Pain is actually Yahiko's best friend Nagato, who turned Yahiko's corpse into the main and most powerful body of the Six Paths of Pain.
Ship Tease: He was in love with Konan, according to flashbacks.
These Hands Have Killed: In the anime, after his group gets into a scuffle with some Stone Ninja (who were actually Root members in disguise), he ends up killing one of them in self-defense. However, this causes him to freeze up and leave him defenseless, indirectly causing Nagato to unleash the Gedo Statue for the first time in order to save his life.
Tragic Keepsake: Yahiko's body became this for Nagato and Konan after his death, with Nagato turning it into the Deva Path (the most powerful of the Six Paths) and using him as his main mouthpiece through which to interact with others and the world, thereby allowing him to continue leading Akatsuki in a sense. Konan herself after Nagato's passing makes sure to collect the fallen Deva Path as well, telling Naruto it was always special to them and enshrines said body with Nagato's in Amegakure.
Two Guys and a Girl: Forms a team with Konan and Nagato.
Unwitting Pawn: He became this for Tobi since his suicide was the Start of Darkness for Nagato that in its turn allowed Tobi to take control of the Akatsuki and remake it in his own image.
Younger Than They Look: Databook 4 revealed that Yahiko was 15 when he died, but Choji described Yahiko (as Pain's Deva Path) to Tsunade as aged 25 to 30.

Affiliates/Unofficial Members

Kabuto Yakushi

See Kabuto Yakushi.

Taka

See Taka and Sasuke Uchiha.

Madara Uchiha

See Madara Uchiha.

Tobi (Zetsu)

Tobi

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP), Travis Willingham (EN), Michael Yurchak (EN, Ultimate Ninja Storm 4)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 602 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 344 (Anime)

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I asked you how it feels to have a bowel movement. Well... I think it resembles how refreshed you feel after killing a person...

A unique White Zetsu clone who inspired Obito's Tobi persona. Veritably loony, but just as threatening as the rest of the Zetsu. However, he's also the crudest of them all, thanks to his penchant for wanting to find out what a bowel movement feels like because he was not "born" with such bodily functions. He has a unique ability among Zetsu to bond to other people and augment their power... and to hijack an unwilling person and use their power for himself.

In the past after first joining Madara, Tobi serves as Obito's armor, last seen when Obito recruits Nagato until Madara became the Ten-Tails jinchūriki, whereupon he bonds with a captive Yamato and forcefully uses his power to keep the Alliance forces away. After Infinite Tsukuyomi is activated, he leaves Yamato to be taken by the genjutsu - which later proves to be his undoing, as after both Kaguya and the genjutsu are foiled, Tobi is left with neither a host nor the Gedo Statue to sustain him, and he quickly crumbles into nothing.

Adaptive Armor: Functioned as such for Obito during his early days as Madara II.
All There in the Manual: The 4th Databook revealed his real name is Tobi, while Guruguru was just Obito's nickname for him. It's possible Obito named his own persona after him.
Badass Longcoat: When he appears during the 4th World War, he's clad in the same type Obito wore prior to it being shredded.
Beware the Silly Ones: Tobi makes his return after Madara's revival by taking on the entire Alliance with a scaled-down version of Hashirama's titanic statue, while still talking about poo!
Bio-Armor: Acted as a living suit of armor for Obito in his early days as Madara II. During the 4th World War he had Yamato inside him as "filler", but he was in complete control.
The Blank: Tobi has a hollow head with one hollow eye socket, yet it still manages to see through the link it shares with the other Zetsu.
Cloudcuckoolander: He is talkative and obsessed with bowel movements, and his zany personality inspired Obito's Tobi persona.
Diabolus ex Machina: The sole function of his return was to block the Alliance from fighting against Madara. Even after Karin seems to destroy his colossus and Orochimaru temporarily weakens him by giving Yamato a curse mark, he is shown to be still blocking the Alliance several chapters later. His only other appearance was in a flashback set almost two decades before, and the manga doesn't show what he was up to and why he showed up at that exact moment.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: As the Infinite Tsukuyomi is dispelled, he spontaneously crumbles into dust. Only Yamato even knows what happened to him.
Elemental Powers: Through a Wood Statue, he uses a technique that creates 5 streams, each containing one of the 5 basic elements.
Green Thumb: Can merge with the earth and even burrow underground, masking his chakra altogether and allowing him to tunnel around undetected at extreme speeds, and can function as a living suit of armor for a person. Having a high concentration of Hashirama cells also gives him access to Wood Release if he has a host that can use it.
Me's a Crowd: Tobi is one of 100,000 White Zetsu, although he is unique in his ability to symbiotically bond to a person and augments his power with their own.
No Body Left Behind: When the Infinite Tsukuyomi is canceled and the Ten-Tails sealed away in another dimension, Tobi attempts to rebond to Yamato, but crumbles into dust before he can do so.
Psychopathic Manchild: Tobi compares the sensation of killing someone to the relief of releasing your bowels; considering his obsession with it all his previous quirks now feel downright unnerving.
No Name Given: His name was only revealed in the 4th Databook, with the manga only giving him the nickname Guruguru/Spiral/Swirly.
Replacement Goldfish: Seems to have taken over Obito's role as Madara's second-in-command alongside Black Zetsu, even wearing the same sort of cloak as Obito.
Required Secondary Powers: Tobi has an expansive knowledge of many rare jutsu including Nature changes and Wood Release, but requires a host body capable of the techniques to actually use them. Once he assimilates Yamato, he gains full access to all of them and becomes a match for almost all of the Alliance, including four of the Kages.
Sharing a Body: With Obito, during the beginning of his career as Madara.
Speak in Unison: Does this with the other White Zetsu on occasion.
Spike Shooter: His Wood Release: Cutting Technique projects and fires sharpened branches and roots that, if they impale a person, grow into and through their body.
Super-Toughness: Tobi's body is a lot harder than the rest of the goopy, shapeshifting Zetsu. He takes a hit from Karin's Chakra Chains and Suigetsu's Finger Firearms with minimal damage and even manages to skewer Karin with his Wood Release: Cutting Technique in retaliation.
Toilet Humor: He is the living incarnate of it. Heck, his skin pattern is swirl-shaped, basically a Visual Pun for a Swirlie... or the spiraling vortex of a flushing toilet!
Voice of the Legion: His voice has a reverberating effect.
Was Once a Man: It's revealed that he was once a human who was absorbed by the Ten-Tails. Canceling the jutsu which created that altered form caused his body to dissolve immediately.

The Ten-Tails/Kaguya Ōtsutsuki

See the Tailed Beasts and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.

Characters / Naruto - Akatsuki

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Kisame Hoshigaki

Voiced by: Tomoyuki Dan (JP), Michael McConnohie (EN, original), Kirk Thornton (EN, current), Pedro Tena (Spain), René García (Latin America)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 139 (Manga), Naruto Episode 80 (Anime)

White Zetsu

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP, Naruto Episode 134 and Shippūden)^note, Atsushi Abe (JP, Boruto), Brian Beacock (EN, Naruto Episode 134), Travis Willingham (EN, Shippūden), Aaron LaPlante (EN, Boruto)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 234 (Manga), Naruto Episode 134 (Anime)

Black Zetsu

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP), Kengo Kawanishi (JP, young), Peter Lurie (EN, Naruto Episode 134), Travis Willingham (EN, Shippūden), Todd Haberkorn (EN, young)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 234 (Manga), Naruto Episode 134 (Anime)

Sasori

Debut: Naruto Chapter 247 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 2 (Anime)

Deidara

Voiced by: Katsuhiko Kawamoto (JP), Quinton Flynn (EN, original), Roger Craig Smith (EN, current) (main series), Robbie Daymond (EN, Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals), Sergio García Marín (Spain), Jesús Barrero (Mexico)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 247 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 2 (Anime)

Kakuzu

Voiced by: Takaya Hashi (JP), Paul St. Peter (EN, original), Fred Tatasciore (EN, current)^note, Neil Kaplan (EN, Road to Ninja), Fernando Elegido (Spain), Dafnis Fernández (Latin America)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 312 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 71 (Anime)

Hidan

Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (JP), Chris Edgerly (EN, main series)^note, Wally Wingert (EN, Clash of Ninja Revolution 3), Brian Beacock (EN, Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals), Víctor Martínez (Spain), Mario Castañeda (Latin America)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 312 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 71 (Anime)

Konan

Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka (JP), Kaori Mine (JP, child), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (EN)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 363 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 125 (Anime)

Yahiko

Voiced by: Wataru Hatano (JP, child); Kenyū Horiuchi (JP), Troy Baker (EN, original), Matthew Mercer (EN, current)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 372 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 128 (Anime)

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Tobi

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP), Travis Willingham (EN), Michael Yurchak (EN, Ultimate Ninja Storm 4)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 602 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 344 (Anime)

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Kisame Hoshigaki

Voiced by: Tomoyuki Dan (JP), Michael McConnohie (EN, original), Kirk Thornton (EN, current), Pedro Tena (Spain), René García (Latin America)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 139 (Manga), Naruto Episode 80 (Anime)

White Zetsu

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP, Naruto Episode 134 and Shippūden)note Kenjiro Tsuda in episode 250 of Shippūden, Atsushi Abe (JP, Boruto), Brian Beacock (EN, Naruto Episode 134), Travis Willingham (EN, Shippūden), Aaron LaPlante (EN, Boruto)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 234 (Manga), Naruto Episode 134 (Anime)

Black Zetsu

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP), Kengo Kawanishi (JP, young), Peter Lurie (EN, Naruto Episode 134), Travis Willingham (EN, Shippūden), Todd Haberkorn (EN, young)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 234 (Manga), Naruto Episode 134 (Anime)

Sasori

Debut: Naruto Chapter 247 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 2 (Anime)

Deidara

Voiced by: Katsuhiko Kawamoto (JP), Quinton Flynn (EN, original), Roger Craig Smith (EN, current) (main series), Robbie Daymond (EN, Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals), Sergio García Marín (Spain), Jesús Barrero (Mexico)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 247 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 2 (Anime)

Kakuzu

Voiced by: Takaya Hashi (JP), Paul St. Peter (EN, original), Fred Tatasciore (EN, current)note J.B. Blanc in episodes 17 and 18 of Shippūden, Neil Kaplan (EN, Road to Ninja), Fernando Elegido (Spain), Dafnis Fernández (Latin America)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 312 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 71 (Anime)

Hidan

Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (JP), Chris Edgerly (EN, main series)note Troy Baker in Episodes 12, 17-18 of Shippūden, Wally Wingert (EN, Clash of Ninja Revolution 3), Brian Beacock (EN, Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals), Víctor Martínez (Spain), Mario Castañeda (Latin America)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 312 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 71 (Anime)

Konan

Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka (JP), Kaori Mine (JP, child), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (EN)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 363 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 125 (Anime)

Yahiko

Voiced by: Wataru Hatano (JP, child); Kenyū Horiuchi (JP), Troy Baker (EN, original), Matthew Mercer (EN, current)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 372 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 128 (Anime)

Affiliates/Unofficial Members

Tobi

Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP), Travis Willingham (EN), Michael Yurchak (EN, Ultimate Ninja Storm 4)

Debut: Naruto Chapter 602 (Manga), Shippuden Episode 344 (Anime)

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Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (JP, Naruto Episode 134 and Shippūden)^note, Atsushi Abe (JP, Boruto), Brian Beacock (EN, Naruto Episode 134), Travis Willingham (EN, Shippūden), Aaron LaPlante (EN, Boruto)

Voiced by: Takaya Hashi (JP), Paul St. Peter (EN, original), Fred Tatasciore (EN, current)^note, Neil Kaplan (EN, Road to Ninja), Fernando Elegido (Spain), Dafnis Fernández (Latin America)

Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (JP), Chris Edgerly (EN, main series)^note, Wally Wingert (EN, Clash of Ninja Revolution 3), Brian Beacock (EN, Rock Lee and his Ninja Pals), Víctor Martínez (Spain), Mario Castañeda (Latin America)