Tuesday, 8 January 2013
Monday, 7 January 2013
Akatsuki
Akatsuki
Akatsuki 暁 – Dawn – is a criminal organization made up of S-Class rouge ninjas who have defected from their villages, with the exception of Pain and Konan who were from and run their own village, Amekagure. Even though the major players of the organizations have differing goals, the group’s goal is to collect all the bijuu, tailed beasts, to enable them to dominate the world.
Tobi, Hidan, Itachi, Kisame, Pain, Konan, Sasori, Orochimaru, Kakuzu, Zetsu & Deidara
The members always work in teams of two, except for Zetsu, to take advantage of each member’s unique skills and ability. Even though most team members have problems with their assigned partners, they do function well enough to accomplish tasks set out for them. The organization is never truly assembled whole, as they are always sent on different missions at different times. Even after capturing a tailed beast and all members are needed to seal the beast, they use holograms of themselves to do the job of the three-day long process.
Team Pain & Konan • Team Itachi & Kisame • Team Sasori & Orochimaru • Team Sasori & Deidara • Team Deidara & Tobi • Zetsu • Team Kakuzu & Hidan • Team Taka
To enable their ambition of world domination, they have to amass large amounts of money by accepting missions below the cost that other nations charge more for. They are mercenaries for hire on the cheap. They also use the tailed beasts to start wars, but come in later as the “savior” of the day, thereby building a loyal following to their organization. When there are no longer other shinobi nations that can match Akatsuki, they can then step in, overthrow and conquer the remaining countries, thereby creating a monopoly of the market. Thus, the bijuu or their jinchuuriki are the main draw of much of Akatsuki’s efforts. Before the start of the Fourth Great Shinobi World War, the organization sealed seven of the nine beasts, but lost all but 2 of its members (manga edition. In the anime, there are still three remaining: Madara, Zetsu and Kisame). All bijuu are captured, except for hachibi, eight-tails, in Killer Bee and kyuubi, nine tails in Naruto.
Akatsuki
At least that was the plan that Uchiha Madara sold to the group. His plan all along is to destroy Konoha Village (and the Uchiha clan) for their betrayal of choosing Senju Hashirama instead of him as the First Hokage. By stockpiling all the tailed beasts, he hopes to fuse them together to create the Ten-Tailed Beast, and he will become the jinchuuriki for the beast. He will then cast an infinite Tsukuyomi to control the world by declaring world war against it.
Akatsuki members are all cloaked in ebony capes adorned with red clouds and chin-high collars. They all wear dark-colored nail polish on their fingers and toes. Some choose to wear their former village headband with a slash across the middle signifying their defection. Sometimes they also don a traditional bamboo hat to hide their appearance when traveling, as seen when Itachi and Kisame first made their first appearance. More importantly, each Akatsuki member wears a ring with inscription on it on differing fingers, representing his or her standing in the group. Each ring is inscribed with a kanji representing Gods of past to aid in concentration before battle and protection from evil.
Team Pain & Konan
Pain, aka Nagato, saw the horrors of war as a child. Twistedly, he thought by creating another world war and putting fear into people, humans would be too afraid to ever create wars again. Using the bijuu, he would create a deadly Kinjutsu, a technique that would wipe out one of the five great nations in an instant. Through their mutual horror, war would cease to exist and peace will follow with the remaining nations, until people forget this fear and use this weapon again and again. Thus, repeating the vicious cycle. Only Pain and Konan knew of this plan.
Six Paths of Pain: Animal, Naraka, Asura, Deva, Human, Preta
Pain’s ring is worn on the right thumb, with the kanji 零 (rei, “zero”) inscribed on it. Pain is the acting leader of Akatsuki, although he really reports to Madara. He reigns over Amegakure, Rain Village. His true form is a frail and emaciated Nagato, who uses a mechanical walker to transmit chakra signals to manipulate his six Paths – Animal, Naraka, Asura, Deva, Human and Preta. Pain has the power of the Rinnegan, much more fatal than the Sharingan that the Uchihas have and the Byakugans that the Hyuugas possess.
The Animal Path (Chikushoudou) is able to summon an array of creatures, while the Preta Path (Gakidou) absorbs chakra from attacks as defense. His Deva Path (Tendou) attracts and repels object using himself as the center of the gravity and the Human Path (Ningendou) reads minds of his opponents and rips out their souls. The Asura Path (Shuradou) uses various weapons from his robotic and altered body and the Naraka Path (Jigokudou) is able to revive the other five bodies. The Deva Path has Yahiko’s face, good friend to Nagato and Konan, and is the most often seen Pain and a representative of Akatsuki. Deva Path is also the most cherished of the six Pains and the most powerful.
Pain & Konan
After the attack on Konoha, in an attempt to retrieve kyuubi, he lost all his remaining Paths (having lost the Animal Path in his battle with Jiraiya). After speaking to Naruto and realizing they share similar philosophies in life, he revived those he killed during Konoha’s raid at the cost of his life to atone for his past mistakes. Pain parishes in Konoha during the invasion of the Village.
Pain & Konan
Konan’s ring is worn on her middle right finger with the kanji 白 (bya, “white”) inscribed on it. She is the lone female Akatsuki member. She uses her talent with Origami to make it her fighting style. Konan possesses the ability to disperse her body into paper, which then folds into butterflies used for tracking. Together with Pain and another friend, Yahiko, the three were trained by Jiraiya, when they were but children, to become stronger to fend for themselves in the war-torn Amegakure.
Konan
After Nagato entrusted his will to Naruto, she too believed in him. With the departure of Pain, Konan eventually left Akatsuki and returned to Amegakure with the body of Nagato and Yahiko.
Pain & Konan
Team Pain/Konan worked very well together as they both trusted each other completely. Konan was blindly loyal to Pain (and probably very much in love with him). Pain acted as the leader of Akatsuki, using the Illusionary Dragon Nine Consuming Seals to extract the bijuu from their jinchuuriki. Pain was also leader of Amegakure, which was used as a headquarters for Akatsuki, while Konan served as his number two.
Team Itachi & Kisame
Uchiha Itachi had only one goal/plan, and it was pretty obvious from day one. Protect Sasuke, protect Konoha. He even gave Naruto some of his powers for the sake of protecting Konoha and Sasuke. He never was interested in the bijuu or the goals of Akatsuki. He ran his name through the mud, was disowned by his own family and clan, and was hated by the only person whom he love – all for the sake of Konoha and his younger brother. No one’s sacrifice can be more apparent than his.
Uchiha Itachi
Itachi’s ring is worn on his right ring finger with the kanji 朱 (shu, “scarlet”) inscribed on it. Itachi is formerly from Konohagakure. After murdering his entire clan in one night, on orders of the village elders, he fled the Leaf Village and infiltrated Akatsuki, as a spy for Konoha Village. Kisame and him were assigned to capture kyuubi’s jinchuuriki Naruto, but fled when Jiraiya appeared. Everything that Itachi did, he did it for his Village and for his younger brother, even going as far as to keep Sasuke out of Madara’s reach. Unfortunately, that is not so. Itachi was eventually killed by his younger brother, Sasuke.
Hoshikage Kisame originates from the Mist Village, Kirigakure, and the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. He committed murder and rebellion there before joining Akatsuki. Kisame wields the sword Samehada, sharkskin, a living weapon covered in scales that absorbs an opponent’s chakra. Suigetsu, Sasuke’s teammate, has his eye on this stately sword.
Hoshikage Kisame
He wears his ring on the left ring finger with the kanji 南 (nan, “south”) inscribed on it. After Itachi’s passing, he was assigned to capture the jinchuuriki of yonbi, and succeeded easily. When he was once again sent to capture hachibi Killer Bee, he was forced to merge with Samehada. Unfortunately, Samehada liked the taste of hachibi’s chakra too much, and betrayed Kisame. He was then killed by Killer Bee and his brother Raikage.
Kisame & Itachi
The team worked very well together and they seem to respect each other. Even though Itachi worked as a double agent, Kisame did as Itachi asked without questioning the reason or motive behind anything. They completed most assignments set by Pain, with the exception of capturing kyuubi, which Itachi failing this mission on purpose. When not in combat, these two are seen conversing with each other casually.
Team Sasori & Orochimaru
Orochimaru, Tsunade and Jiraiya were once teammates and students to the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. Not only was he a skilled ninja, but he was also the favored student of Sarutobi, so much so that when he tried to replicate the First Hokage’s Wood Style Elemental Jutsu through human experiment, Sarutobi turned a blind eye and let him off the hook. Orochimaru left Konoha Village soon after that discovery. He then joined Akatsuki and was partnered with Sasori.
It is this time, that Orochimaru began to covert Itachi’s Sharingan and even tried to possess Itachi’s body. Itachi bound him with Genjutsu and cut off his arm. Orochimaru fled the organization and took his ring with him, thus he was not replaceable. His ring is worn on his left little finger with the kanji 空 (kū, “sky”) inscribed on it.
Orochimaru then moved on to the Sound Village and recruited shinobi there, including Sasori’s spy, Yakushi Kabuto. He then had his eye on Itachi’s younger brother, Sasuke and began recruiting him. He trained Sasuke to be his replacement body. Unfortunately for him, the student overcame the master, and suppressed Orochimaru in his Genjutsu. During Sasuke’s final meeting with Itachi, Orochimaru, once again, tried to overtake Sasuke’s body. But Itachi permanently sealed and banished Orochimaru from Sasuke.
Akasuna no Sasori, the puppet master from Sand Village, Sunagakure, wore his ring on his left thumb. It had the kanji 玉 (gyoku, “jewel,” also the black king in shogi) inscribed on it. As a legend in his art, Sasori left the Sand Village with the Third Kazekage’s body, converting him into his puppet using the hitokugutsu method, but retaining the Kazekage’s powerful jutsus. He also converted portions of his body into puppet parts, where only his heart was retained in a container.
Sasori
Besides that, Sasori had a network of spies who he manipulated to aid in Akatsuki dealings, one of them being Kabuto, who was later recruited by Orochimaru. Sasori was killed by his grandmother, Chiyo, from the Sand Village and Haruno Sakura of the Leaf Village. His body is being used as a puppet by Kankuro, much like the way Sasori used corpses as his puppets before his demise. Tobi/Madara now wears this ring.
Orochimaru & sasori
It seems that Team Sasori/Orochimaru worked well together, until Orochimaru defected, then Sasori developed a grudge against him.
Team Sasori & Deidara
Deidara’s ring is worn on his right index finger with the kanji 青 (Aoi, set, “blue-green”) inscribed on it. Deidara is formerly a Hidden Rock (Iwagakure) shinobi, who uses mouths on his palms to create exploding art. He left his village to work as a terrorist, but was later invited to join Akatsuki by Itachi.
This Earth-based clay explosion master was thought to be annihilated by Kakashi when he threw Deidara in his sharingan, but proved to be otherwise when he reemerged with Tobi later, having lost both his arms and reattached them again. Deidara was offed by Uchiha Sasuke using his sharingan and chidori attacks. In retaliation, Deidara turned himself into an explosion to show the true beauty of his art.
Sasori & Deidara
Team Sasori/Deidara worked well together but didn’t agree on what constitute art. Sasori thought art should be permanent, much like his puppet creations. Deidara, however, thought art is fleeting like his explosive clay works. They captured the one-tail Shukaku jinchuuriki Gaara, but failed in capturing kyuubi.
Team Deidara & Tobi
Uchiha Madara formed Akatsuki right after fleeing Kohonagakure after the election ofSenju Hashirama, the First Hokage of Konoha. His goal is to reunite the nine tailed beasts as one, to bring devastating war and chaos to the ninja nations. He is the first to acquire the Mangekyo Sharingan, though it later left him blind from overuse. Madara then robbed his brother off his sight in order for him to regain his.
Uchiha Madara
Madara wears his ring on his left thumb, after taking it from the deceased Sasori. His first appearance as Tobi was to make him out as a clumsy and playful but very polite oaf. With Sasori’s death, Tobi was partnered with Deidara, who abhorred his annoying do-gooder persona. After Deidara’s death, it was revealed that Tobi was the one directing Pain as the leader of Akatsuki and possessed the sharingan of Uchiha clan. After Itachi’s death, Tobi revealed his identity to Kisame, who immediately recognized him as Madara and his village’s Mizukage.
After the death/betrayal of Nagato/Pain, Madara appoints Sasuke as the Gedou Demon Statue’s new summoner and discards the persona of Tobi. He reveals himself to the five Kage and threatens them with war (with the collected tailed-beasts) unless they hand over Naruto and Killer Bee to him. After they vehemently refuse, with Gaara standing up for Naruto and protecting him, Madara declares the Fourth Great Shinobi World War and leaves the fighting of Danzou to Sasuke.
Deidara & Tobi
Team Deidara/Tobi sealed sanbi the giant turtle. They worked well together despite Deidara’s irritation of Tobi. Deidara, as the “senpai” of the team felt compelled to protect his kohai especially during the showdown with him and Sasuke.
Zetsu
Zetsu’s ring is worn on his right little finger with the kanji 亥 (gai, “boar”) inscribed on it. He mimics the venus-fly trap, disposing off bodies Akatsuki doesn’t want found, with his cannibalistic tendencies. Zetsu is his own one-man team, with his dual personalities; he effectively serves as two people. His main body is split in half, both light and dark, each with its own level of individuality, and ultimately the two sides can split apart. The two individuals are frequently arguing with each other as they watch over their subjects. He is the organization’s spy.
Zetsu
Team Kakuzu & Hidan
Kakuzu’s ring is worn on his left middle finger with the kanji 北 (hoku, “north”) inscribed on it. He is a missing-nin from the Hidden Waterfall Village, Takigakure. His body is woven together by tendrils/threads, which allow him to reattach body parts, his or another back onto its owner. The tendrils are also used to tear out the hearts of his opponents to integrate it with his. This gives him the ability to use other elemental affinities (through his victims). His own element is Water; he later acquired Wind, Fire, Earth and Lightning elements.
Kakuzu
During Kakuzu and Hidan’s fight with the Konoha ninjas, the team was separated on purpose by Shikamaru. Kakashi took out the Earth Heart. Hidan accidentally destroyed the Water Heart, through Shikarmaru’s clever ruse. When Naruto came as back up, he used his newly acquired Rasenshuriken and destroyed Kakuzu’s Wind and Fire Hearts. Finally, Kakashi finished off Kakuzu.
Hidan’s ring is worn on his left index finger with the kanji 三 (san, “three”) inscribed on it. He hails from the Hot Springs Village, Yugakure, and carries a large roped-scythe with him. He practices a cult religion called Jashin that makes him immortal. Shikamaru returned for Hidan, after Hidan killed his much respected sensei, Sarutobi Asuma.
Since Shikamaru knew Hidan couldn’t be killed, he blew Hidan up instead and buried him deep underground in the forest of Nara. Even though Hidan is not dead, his ritual only allows him to live as long as he kills and performs the rites. His deep burial in a forest guarded by Nara family will ensure his eventual death.
Team Kakuzu/Hidan were assigned to capture the two-tailed cat and kyuubi, where they managed to seal one and failed on the other. Even though Kakuzu and Hidan were always bickering because of a conflict of interest, they are very effective as a team. Kakuzu saw Hidan’s ritualistic religion as a waste of time, while Hidan didn’t agree to Kakuzu’s monetary greed and his side occupation as a bounty hunter. Kakuzu had a violent habit of killing his partners and Hidan, with his immortal ability as a result of a successful Jashin experiment is able to withstand Kakuzu’s deadly violence and regenerate even if he is decapitated. They are the “Immortal Combi,” which Kisame refers to as the “Zombie Combie.”
Hidan & Kakuzu
Team Taka
Team Taka, lead by Uchiha Sasuke chose to align themselves with Akatsuki. However, it doesn’t mean that they believe in their philosophies or goals. According to Sasuke, who was trying to convince his teammates on joining the organization, his goal is to restore the Uchiha’s name (and probably Itachi’s), even if it means going against Akatsuki. Taka, however, shares one similar desire – to witness the destruction of Konoha.
The team is only an affiliation since they do not possess the rings of the actual members. However, they are assigned the duty of capturing hachibi’s jinchuuriki Killer Bee, while Pain went on the hunt for kyuubi aka Naruto. The team consists of Suigetsu, Juugo and Karin.
Team Taka
Masashi Kishimoto, the writer, originally planned for Akatsuki to be a group of monsters devoid of human characteristics. Konohagakure has the most missing-nins in Akatsuki, and better yet, they are the last of the Uchihas – Madara, Itachi and Sasuke.
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Profile Akatsuki and Biju
Nah Sobat Kalian Sudah Tau Akatsuki kan Kali ini saya akan memberi info anggota akatsuki dari yang dulu sampai sekarang dan profil para BijuSelamat Membaca ^^ | ||||||||||||||
The
"Akatsuki" kanji means daybreak, breaking down the word itself gives us
"aka" meaning red and "tsuki" meaning moon. Akatsuki was founded in the
Rain Country by Yahiko, Konan and Nagato. Yahiko wanted to bring peace
to the bloody, war-ridden country and sought like minded individuals at
his side. When he met Rain leader Hanzou to talk peace, he was betrayed
by the man and had to kill himself to save Konan's life. After being
traumatized by Yahiko's death, Nagato adopted a new harder outlook on
how to achieve peace as the group's new leader.
Around this time the group became affiliated with a man claiming to
be Uchiha Madara. The masked figure used his power and influence to
secretly run the group and draw in new more deadly allies from
throughout the world. Under this man, Akatsuki began to attract new
S-Ranked criminals. Many of these are missing-nins who fled their
villages after causing death and destruction. Over time most of the
Akatsuki members were killed or neutralized in battle. There are
currently only 2 active Akatsuki members: Tobi (Uchiha Obito) and Zetsu.
Most members wear a forehead protector from their hidden village with a
scratch through it, and all wear a ring identifying their position in
the organization and a black cloak with red clouds. In the early years
of the group, they acted as mercenaries for hire, offering their
services to villages wary of taxing their own resources. While
travelling about, the group members will work in groups of two
collecting knowledge of new skills and jutsu.
Akatsuki seeks to capture the Bijuu and their hosts the
"Jinchuuriki," meaning the power of human sacrifice. These are the
individuals possessing bijuu (tailed beasts) within their bodies. The
demons are known by the number of tails their body possesses. When the
Bijuu is removed from the Jinchuuriki's body, the host dies. All the
captured hosts lost their lives save for Gaara, who was later
resurrected with a tensei jutsu. The only remaining Bijuu are the
Eight-Tails and the Nine-Tails within Naruto. Akatsuki's current base of
operation is unknown, however they have multiple bases to which they
can travel. These bases are used to summon the gigantic King of Hell
statue known as Gedou Mazou. The statue's mouth is bound and his hands
are cuffed. Each respective finger of the statue's hand represents the
Akatsuki member. Each statue finger thus represents the kanji and ring
finger of the member.
The members have the ability to project their presence to their
base, this allows them to remain out and about and still conduct the
business of Jinchuuriki demon extraction. This process takes three days
and nights due to the absence of Orochimaru. This length of time goes
for both free roaming bijuu and bijuu enhanced Jinchuuriki. To begin to
leach the power from the Jinchuuriki, the members will use the sealing
technique of GenryuuKyuu Fuujin (Mystical Dragon Nine Exhaustion). This
causes the mouth of the statue to open. Nine spectral dragons will
emerge to coalesce around the Jinchuuriki to begin the extraction
process. When extraction is completed, the bijuu spirit will be sealed
within the statue and one of its eyes will open denoting a captured
bijuu spirit. The Jinchuuriki themselves will fall back to the earth,
dead.Akatsuki's ultimate goal is to control the world. This would be accomplished through capturing and sealing away the Bijuu into the Gedou Mazou statue. The tailed beasts were once part of one more powerful creature known as the Juubi. The first ninja, Rikudou Sennin, split the Juubi's soul from its body and sealed it within himself. He then encased its body in rock to create the moon. When his life was nearing its end, he split the Juubi out into 9 separate Bijuu. Akatsuki sought to recombine these Bijuu back into the Juubi. Uchiha Madara would then embue the Juubi into himself, to gain enough power to cast a permanent Genjutsu on the moon known as his "Eye of the Moon" plan. Because Madara's aging body would prevent him from seeing the plan to fruition, he took on a pupil, the heavily injured Uchiha Obito who would carry out his plan. This plan would make them the supreme power in the world and cause "peace" under their rule. To that end, Obito used the genetic material of Shodai Hokage and the captured Yamato, to greatly bolster his army of White Zetsu. Obito then aligned with the Orochimaru tissue-infected Yakushi Kabuto, who was working towards his own ends. With Kabuto's increase in power, he cast Edo Tensei, resurrected scores of dead ninja, including many former Akatsuki members and the deceased Uchiha Madara in his prime age form. Madara, who had planned to be revived by Nagato's Rinnegan powers, was instead brought back in an Edo Tensei form embued with Senju Hashirama's DNA. This granted him the ability to unlock the Rinnegan and eventually free himself from the binds of Edo Tensei, giving him an invincible body. With a combined army of White Zetsu, the resurrected ninja, Madara and Obito, Akatsuki declared war on the world and the Fourth Great Ninja War began. |
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Drawn
from ancient Chinese and Japanese lore, the kanji on each ring have
served in the past as representations of Gods, to help in concentration
before battle and in protection from evil. Their ring placement on their
finger corresponds to their position on the summoned statue, with each
member wearing the ring on a different finger. The rings seem important
to each member, as Deidara was set on finding his when it was lost.
Orochimaru also took his when he left the group, which apparently denied
the group the ability to replace him with someone new. With Sasori's
death, Tobi was eager to get his ring and join, but he would need to go
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Each member wears the traditional forehead protector of the hidden village from which they fled. The protector has been modified though to bear a large scratch through the symbol, showing they no longer hold the same ideals their village does. | |||||||||||||
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Each member wears a black cloak that bears red clouds. The inside of the cloak is red in color. The cloak is knee length and has a high collar. Underneath the cloak the ninja is seen to wear the more traditional clothing of their home village. | |||||||||||||
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| Deidara and Sasori | ||||||||||||||
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Deidara and Sasori were known for being artists. Deidara uses clay to model his explosive animals and Sasori was a master puppet maker. Deidara acted as the junior in their partnership, deferring to Sasori as the stronger ninja. This did not stop them from getting into spats about the nature of art though. After Sasori's death, Tobi assumed his position and role as Deidara's partner. Deidara was assigned to capture the Ichibi and Tobi the Sanbi. Sasori did not know where his Jinchuuriki was. It is unknown if this was the Sanbi or some other individual. | |||||||||||||
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Deidara and Tobi share a very strained relationship. Always eager to impress his new teammates, Tobi was prone to excitement. This often annoyed Deidara who tried to do his best to show Tobi what it meant to be an Akatsuki member. Tobi was assigned to capture the Sanbi. Though he boasted that he took out the beast himself, he was helped in his assignment by Deidara. Deidara was unaware of Tobi's true nature during their time together. | |||||||||||||
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Hidan and Kakuzu work together and share a somewhat testy relationship. Hidan follows a very strict religion, which annoys Kakuzu with its long rituals. Hidan is very defensive of the religion, causing Kakuzu to often get tired of his partner's diatribes. Kakuzu on the other hand often makes side-trips to collect bounties, which annoys Hidan. Hidan was assigned to capture the Nibi. It is unknown what tailed beast Kakuzu was assigned. | |||||||||||||
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Itachi and Kisame work together and form a rather strong partnership. Both men seem to respect each other and Kisame seems to act as the junior in the group, deferring to Itachi's decisions. Itachi was assigned to capture the Kyuubi and Kisame was assigned the Yonbi. | |||||||||||||
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Pain and Konan work together, carrying out a partnership that has lasted since their youth in the Rain Country. Both reported to "Madara", who operated in the guise of Tobi. | |||||||||||||
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| Yakushi Kabuto | ||||||||||||||
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Several years before the series started, Kabuto worked for Sasori as a spy. He operated under Sasori's memory block jutsu and was placed into Orochimaru's confidence in the hopes of learning more about Orochimaru's body transfer jutsu. However, Orochimaru removed the memory block jutsu and the young man was impressed enough by Orochimaru that he chose to join him. Sasori was ignorant of this fact and had scheduled a meeting with Kabuto. Kabuto went to the meeting playing the part of his loyal spy, but he planned to kill Sasori with the help of Orochimaru. When Orochimaru himself was later neutralized by Sasuke, Kabuto implanted some of Orochimaru's tissue into his body, gaining new power in the process as it began to take over his body. He then located Tobi and offered his services to Akatsuki once again. To prove he was trustworthy, he resurrected Deidara, Itachi, Kakuzu, Nagato, Sasori and Uchiha Madara. He then worked alongside Tobi and Madara to control his many resurrected ninja during the Fourth Great Ninja War. Kabuto was eventually neutralized by the free Itachi, who caused Kabuto end the Edo Tensei. | |||||||||||||
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After Uchiha Madara revealed the true events behind Itachi's actions, Sasuke chose to side with the legendary ninja against Konoha. After that revelation, he changed the name of his team from "Snake" to "Hawk". The group then donned Akatsuki robes and set out to capture the Eight-Tails Jinchuuriki for Madara. The group then infiltrated the meeting of the Five Kage, with Sasuke eventually abandoning the others to find revenge against Danzou. During the battle with Danzou, Sasuke sacrificed Karin's safety to kill the elder ninja from Konoha. The gravely wounded Karin was eventually captured by Konoha and expressed willingness to leave her ties to Akatsuki and Sasuke behind for good. Suigetsu and Juugo's still consider themselves Sasuke's allies, and have rejoined their comrade alongside the revived Orochimaru. | |||||||||||||
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Former Akatsuki member Kakuzu was a bounty hunter and obsessed with wealth. He used the services of Ginji to manage his extensive wealth. After his death, Team Snake sought out Ginji to learn about Akatsuki's whereabouts. | |||||||||||||
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Yuura has served as a trusted member of the Kazekage advisory council for four years. Little did Yuura know that he had been placed under a memory block jutsu for over a decade. This block was placed by his former master Sasori. The block made Yuura forget that he was actually gathering data and serving as a plant to wipe out the Sand's defenses. When Sasori returned to Hidden Sand, he activated Yuura and removed the memory block. Returning to his masters commands, Yuura wiped out the Sands defenses, allowing them easier access to capture Gaara. Yuura was later used in a sacrifical jutsu to provide a host body for Uchiha Itachi to inhabit when he fought Kakashi and Naruto. Zetsu later ate his body for sustenance. | |||||||||||||
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Mukade served was an underling of Akatsuki member Sasori. He was used as a sacrifice to take on the form of Hoshigaki Kisame in Pain's Shouten no Jutsu. Kisame fought Guy and managed to imprison Neji, Lee and TenTen. Guy was forced to open several gates and used his Asakujaku technique to pummel "Kisame" and defeat him. In the rubble, the body of Mukade lost its appearance and revealed to Guy that they had not actually been fighting Kisame at all. | |||||||||||||
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Zangei was a bounty exchange master who ran one of the disposal centers located in Fire Country region. The center was located in a secret area accessed through a men's restroom. Akatsuki member Kakuzu often used this center to drop off corpses of the bounties he had collected. Zangei would gladly pay Kakuzu for his services. He was later captured by Konoha and taken in for interrogation by Morino Ibiki. | |||||||||||||
| The Jinchuuriki and their Bijuu | ||||||||||||||
| Gaara and Shukaku the Ichibi | ||||||||||||||
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First Manga Appearance: Chapter 35 First Anime Appearance: Naruto Episode 20 Hidden Village: Sand Rank: Kazekage Bijuu: Shukaku the Ichibi (One-Tailed Tanuki Demon) Power: Mini-Shukaku form ~ protective sand tanuki form, automatic sand defense Drawbacks: If Gaara sleeps Shukaku can take control Status: Captured Akatsuki Member: Deidara Info: Chiyo imbued the demon Shukaku into the Kazekage's son Gaara. Gaara lead a lonely life until he met Uzumaki Naruto. He pledged himself to prove his worth and protect his village. His drive led him to become Kazekage. He was defeated in battle by Deidara and Akatsuki removed the Shukaku demon from within Gaara, killing him. His body was then recovered and elder Sand ninja Chiyo gave up her own life through a resurrection jutsu to revive Gaara. Gaara would then continue as Sand Kazekage without the Bijuu, but would retain his sand powers. |
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| Nii Yugito and Matatabi the Nibi | ||||||||||||||
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First Manga Appearance: Chapter 312 First Anime Appearance: Shippuuden Episode 71 Hidden Village: Cloud Rank: Jounin Bijuu: Two-Tailed Cat Demon Power: Fiery mouth blasts Drawbacks: Unknown Status: Captured Info: Yugito was a kunoichi from Hidden Cloud. Like Gaara and Naruto, she was an active part of her village. She contained the two-tailed cat demon, which was defeated in battle by Hidan and Kakuzu. Akatsuki then removed the Nibi from within Yugito, killing her. She was later resurrected by Yakushi Kabuto using Edo Tensei. Tobi implanted Sharingan and Rinnegan into her, and directed her and her fellow resurrected Jinchuuriki in battle against Naruto and Killer Bee. Her soul was eventually freed once the jutsu ended. |
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| Yagura and Isobuu the Sanbi | ||||||||||||||
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First Manga Appearance: Chapter 317 First Anime Appearance: NA Hidden Village: Formerly Mist Rank: Mizukage Bijuu: Three-Tailed Turtle Demon Status: Captured Info: Akatsuki tracked down the location of the Sanbi, the three-tailed demon, which has the characteristics of turtles and shrimp. In the past, the Sanbi was imbued within Yagura, the Yondaime Mizukage. When Akatsuki captured it, Sanbi was "in the wild," with no Jinchuuriki host. For this reason he was weaker, as he could not properly control his power. Tobi was assigned to capture this demon and did so with the assistance of Deidara. This demon was succesfully sealed in the King of Hell by the group. Yagura was later resurrected by Yakushi Kabuto using Edo Tensei. Tobi implanted Sharingan and Rinnegan into him, and directed he and his fellow resurrected Jinchuuriki in battle against Naruto and Killer Bee. His soul was eventually freed once the jutsu ended. |
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| Roushi and Son Gokuu the Yonbi | ||||||||||||||
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First Manga Appearance: Chapter 353 First Anime Appearance: Shippuuden Episode 121 Hidden Village: Rock Rank: Unknown Bijuu: Four-Tailed Demon Ape Power: Youton Ninjutsu Drawbacks: Unknown Status: Captured Info: Roushi contained the four-tailed demon, which took the form of a large lava-emitting gorilla.. He was made a Jinchuuriki by Hidden Rock, at some point he and his village parted company. He travelled the world to try and understand his powers. He used his Bijuu to create Youton (Lava Element) Ninjutsu, a combination of Earth and Fire Elements that created a lava which could melt through anything. He was defeated in battle by Kisame. Akatsuki then removed the Yonbi from within Roushi, killing him. He was later resurrected by Yakushi Kabuto using Edo Tensei. Tobi implanted Sharingan and Rinnegan into him, and directed he and his fellow resurrected Jinchuuriki in battle against Naruto and Killer Bee. His soul was eventually freed once the jutsu ended. |
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| Han and Kokuou the Gobi | ||||||||||||||
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First Manga Appearance: Chapter 420 First Anime Appearance: NA Hidden Village: Rock Rank: ? Bijuu: Five-Tailed Demon Whale-Horse Status: Captured Info: Akatsuki captured Han and his Bijuu at some point in the past. The demon takes the form of a whale-horse hybrid. It is unknown which Akatsuki member captured the demon. Two of the unseen captured Jinchuuriki's were outcasts, who were abandoned by their village when Akatsuki came to capture them. Akatsuki removed the Gobi from within Han, killing him. He was later resurrected by Yakushi Kabuto using Edo Tensei. Tobi implanted Sharingan and Rinnegan into him, and directed he and his fellow resurrected Jinchuuriki in battle against Naruto and Killer Bee. His soul was eventually freed once the jutsu ended. |
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| Utakata and Saiken the Rokubi | ||||||||||||||
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First Manga Appearance: Chapter 420 First Anime Appearance: Shippuuden Episode 144 Hidden Village: Mist Rank: ? Bijuu: Six-Tailed Demon Gastropod Status: Captured Info: Akatsuki captured Utakata and his Bijuu at some point in the past. The demon takes the form of a slimy slug. It is unknown which Akatsuki member captured the demon. Two of the unseen captured Jinchuuriki's were outcasts, who were abandoned by their village when Akatsuki came to capture them. This individual may have been one of the outcasts. Akatsuki removed the Rokubi from within Utakata, killing him. He was later resurrected by Yakushi Kabuto using Edo Tensei. Tobi implanted Sharingan and Rinnegan into him, and directed he and his fellow resurrected Jinchuuriki in battle against Naruto and Killer Bee. His soul was eventually freed once the jutsu ended. |
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| Fuu and Choumei the Shichibi | ||||||||||||||
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First Manga Appearance: Chapter 420 First Anime Appearance: NA Hidden Village: Waterfall Rank: ? Bijuu: Seven-Tailed Demon Rhino Beetle Status: Captured Info: Info: Akatsuki captured Fuu and her Bijuu at some point in the past. The demon takes the form of a beetle with six wings and one cerci acting as its tails. It is unknown which Akatsuki member captured the demon. Two of the unseen captured Jinchuuriki's were outcasts, who were abandoned by their village when Akatsuki came to capture them. This individual may have been one of the outcasts. Akatsuki removed the Shichibi from within Fuu, killing her. She was later resurrected by Yakushi Kabuto using Edo Tensei. Tobi implanted Sharingan and Rinnegan into her, and directed her and her fellow resurrected Jinchuuriki in battle against Naruto and Killer Bee. Hersoul was eventually freed once the jutsu ended. |
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| Killer Bee and Gyuuki the Hachibi | ||||||||||||||
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First Manga Appearance: Chapter 408 First Anime Appearance: Shippuuden Episode 142 Hidden Village: Cloud Rank: Unknown (Probably Jounin) Bijuu: Eight-Tailed Demon Ox-Cephalopod Power: Mini-Hachibi form ~ protective Hachibi chakra taking ox-cephalopod form, gigantic chakra and power boost to Bee Status: Active Info: Akatsuki has yet to find and seal two Jinchuuriki: Naruto and the Hachibi Bijuu named Kiraa Bii (Killer Bee). After Uchiha Madara swayed Sasuke to his side, he sent the young man after this Bijuu. Killer Bee posseses the ability to become his Bijuu, that of a tentacled ox beast. He was eventually knocked out by Sasuke's Amaterasu and taken for sealing. His body was revealed as a transformed tentacle, while the real Bee was still safe in Lightning. This allowed Bee to escape capture and evade Akatsuki. Bee then helped Naruto train to control the Kyuubi, and later fought alongside him in the Fourt Great Ninja War. |
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| Uzumaki Naruto and Kurama the Kyuubi | ||||||||||||||
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First Manga Appearance: Chapter 1 First Anime Appearance: Episode 1 Hidden Village: Leaf Rank: Genin Bijuu: Kyuubi no Youko (Nine-Tailed Fox Demon) Power: Mini-Kyuubi form ~ protective Kyuubi chakra taking fox form, gigantic chakra and power boost to Naruto Drawbacks: Excessive use of Kyuubi destroys Naruto's body and makes him a mindless killing machine Status: Active Info: Yondaime Hokage imprisoned the Kyuubi within Naruto after it attacked Konoha. Like many Jinchuuriki, Naruto led a lonely life. Over time though, he gained friends and left his life of despair behind. He has been trained by the Sannin Jiraiya to make full use of Jinchuuriki gifts. He later trained alongside Killer Bee to fully master control of the Kyuubi chakra. Upon finally coming to terms with the Kyuubi, Naruto fully partnered with Kurama, and gained access to his full power. Naruto then fought alongside Killer Bee in the Fourth Great Ninja War. |
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