Akatsuki Members
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Akatsuki Leader First Manga Appearance: 238 First Anime Appearance: 135 Ring: Rei (Zero) on right thumb Originally From: unknown Miscellaneous Information: None, but it is heavily rumored that this character is the 4th Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village because of his body's outline. |
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Itachi Uchiha First Manga Appearance: 139 First Anime Appearance: 80 Ring: Shu (Scarlet) on right ring finger Originally From: Hidden Leaf Village Miscellaneous Information: Killed everyone in his clan except for his little brother Sasuke. Sasuke believes that Itachi felt bad for killing his clan and left him alive so that he could punish Itachi for his misdeeds. In Akatsuki, he is partnered with Kisame and is responsible for catching the 9-tail fox which resides in Naruto. |
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Kisame Hoshigaki First Manga Appearance: 139 First Anime Appearance: 80 Ring: Minami (South) on left ring finger Originally From: Hidden Mist Village Miscellaneous Information: Kisame is one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, seven powerful ninja who utilize large and unique swords. Zabuza and Raiga were also members. Like everyone seen from the Hidden Mist Village, Kisame uses water element jutsu in combination with his powerful physical attacks. He is partnered with Itachi and they are responsible for catching the 9-tail fox which resides in Naruto. |
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Deidara First Manga Appearance: 247 First Anime Appearance: Has not appeared yet Ring: Sei (Blue-Green) on right index finger Originally From: Hidden Rock Village Miscellaneous Information: A fancy and skillful fighter, with special mouths in the palm of each hand, he is able to manipulate clay into either a flight-capable clay bird that can support him or a a huge bomb that is capable of leveling a village without the use of exploding tags. After Sasori's death Deidara was partnered with the newest member of Akatsuki, Tobi. |
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Zetsu First Manga Appearance: 234 First Anime Appearance: 134 Ring: Kai (Boar) on right pinky finger Originally From: Hidden Grass Village Miscellaneous Information: The right side of his face, and likely his body, is black in color while his left side is white in color. He also has the ability to merge the ground, trees, and other plants. |
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Hidan First Manga Appearance: 312 First Anime Appearance: Has not appeared yet Ring: San (Three) on left index finger Originally From: Seems to be from the Hidden Rain Village Miscellaneous Information: Hidan is first shown with a three-bladed scythe and says that he is the slowest attacker in Akatsuki.. His partner is Kakuzu, and him easily defeated the two-tailed demon cat Jinchuuriki. He is a very religious individual and prays to his chain of prayer beads before a fight, wishing for nothing less than a kill. He believes in the Jashin (wicked heart) religion where killing is encouraged and anything less than that is considered a sin. |
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Kakuzu First Manga Appearance: 238 First Anime Appearance: 135 Ring: Kita (North) on left middle finger Originally From: Hidden Waterfall Village Miscellaneous Information: Kakuzu is the tallest member of Akatsuki. He is obsessed about money, and will do anything to get it. He also dislikes Hidan's religion as he believes that the rituals Hidan performs are a waste of time. He gets in frequent arguments with Hidan because they have two distinct personalities - Hidan is a religious type of guy, while Kakuzu is a money man. The only reason Kakuzu puts up with it all because be believes in the end it can bring him money. |
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Unnamed Akatsuki Member First Manga Appearance: 238 First Anime Appearance: 135 Ring: Byakko (White Tiger) on right middle finger Originally From: Unknown Miscellaneous Information: Nothing is known about this Akatsuki member. Based on the only clear picture we have seen, she has blue hair with a flower in it. She is most likely a female because blue hair and flowers are often associated with girls in anime. |
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Tobi First Manga Appearance: 280 First Anime Appearance: Has not appeared yet Ring: Gyoku (Jewel/Jade) on left thumb Originally From: Unknown Miscellaneous Information: Tobi was Zetsu's subordinate. He has a very formal and correct manner of speech and wanted to fill in Sasori's position in Akatsuki after he had died. To his luck he was eventually let in Akatsuki as we see in chapter 317 that Deidara tells him how a member of Akatsuki is supposed to act. Fans of Naruto believe that Obito Uchiha, despite being deceased, is Tobi. This is because of the similarity of name between Tobi and Obito and because of the author of Naruto described himself as being heavily inspired by Dragon Ball, which featured the villain Buu and his reincarnation Uub. It is also believed Obito and Tobi are the same person because the apparent mechanization of parts of Tobi's body correspond to the injuries Obito suffered when last seen. In particular, Tobi wears a mask that directs attention to his one working eye. Obito had, in his dying moments, let his other eye be surgically extracted and implanted into his friend Kakashi. It's unknown if and how Obito would have become Tobi, but at the time of Obito's apparent death, Akatsuki had at least two members who were highly skilled at the preservation of a body's abilities after death; Orochimaru and Sasori. Fans speculate that if he is in fact Tobi, he could be the third Mangekyô Sharingan user that Itachi had mentioned. |
Former Members
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Orochimaru First Manga Appearance: 45 First Anime Appearance: 27 Ring: Kai (Boar) on right pinky finger Originally From: Hidden Leaf Village Miscellaneous Information: Orochimaru not being picked to be the Fourth Hokage, led to him fleeing from the Hidden Leaf Village. He became an Akatsuki member afterwards, but fled because of his fear of Itachi's power. Upon leaving, he kept his Akatsuki ring, which is currently still on the hand of his original body. The apparent special nature of his ring, his knowledge of their plans, and his fleeing of Akatsuki without informing the leader have led to bad blood between Orochimaru and Akatsuki. He found the Hidden Sound Village and currently has Sasuke as his subordinate and plans to transfer himself into Sasuke so that he could have the power of the Sharingan. |
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Sasori of the Red Sand First Manga Appearance: 247 First Anime Appearance: Has not appeared yet Ring: Gyoku (Jewel/Jade) on left thumb Originally From: Hidden Sand Village Miscellaneous Information: Flashbacks seem to indicate that his descent into darkness started when his parents died. Sasori is a very skilled a puppet master and controls puppets in combat. He can even turn the living into puppets and than use their jutsus. After killing Gaara with the help of his former partner Deidara, he fought with Sakura and his grandmother, Chiyo. They had a fierce battle, and in the end Sasori was killed. |
Subordinates of Akatsuki
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Kabuto Yakushi Kabuto is a spy who was originally working for the Akatsuki member Sasori. Although it's currently unknown where Kabuto's true loyalty lies, he is currently working for Orochimaru. Deidara mentions that one of Sasori's spies has become a traitor. In a recent chapter of the manga, however, it appears that Kabuto is that traitor. At this point though, Kabuto appears loyal to Orochimaru, who had freed him from Sasori's hypnosis. He serves as Orochimaru's top assistant, taking care of him in his weakened state. His complex nature and tendency to do good things such as healing Hinata during the Chunnin exam (when he was disguised as an ANBU) have made him possibly the most mysterious character in the series. |
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Yuura Yuura served as a trusted member of the Kazekage advisory council of the Hidden Sand Village for four years. In reality, he was a sleeper agent for Akatsuki and a subordinate of Sasori. He was used as a replacement in a shapeshifting jutsu, taking on the shape of Itachi Uchiha to hold off Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, and Chiyo from entering into Akatsuki's Lair while they extracted the Bijuu out of of Gaara. He was eventually killed by Naruto's Rasengan when in the form of Itachi. |
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