Itachi Uchiha
Main article: Itachi Uchiha
* Membership status: Active
* Ring: 朱 ("scarlet", "bloody" wink
* Ring position: Right ring finger
* Partner: Kisame Hoshigaki
* Defining characteristics: Mastery of the Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan, mastery of genjutsu, mastery of Uchiha fire-based jutsu.
Itachi Uchiha (うちは イタチ, Uchiha Itachi?), a missing-nin from Konohagakure, is the partner of Kisame Hoshigaki and the first Akatsuki member to be introduced. Itachi is one of the last remaining members of the Uchiha Clan, the others are his brother Sasuke Uchiha and Madara Uchiha (known as Akatsuki's Tobi). He is responsible for many events in the series, such as the Uchiha Clan massacre and Orochimaru's defection of Akatsuki. Itachi has complete mastery of the Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan, and also an extremely proficient user of ninjutsu and genjutsu. Itachi's targeted tailed beast is the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.
Kisame Hoshigaki
* Age: 29 in Part I[1], 31 in Part II
* Membership status: Active
* Ring: 南 ("south" wink
* Ring position: Left ring finger
* Partner: Itachi Uchiha
* First appearance: Chapter 139; Naruto Episode 80
* Defining characteristics: Shark-like appearance, expert in water-based jutsu, exceptionally large chakra supply, high physical strength and speed, Samehada (sentient, chakra-absorbing sword).
* Seiyu: Tomoyuki Dan
* Voice actor: Kirk Thornton
Kisame Hoshigaki (干柿鬼鮫, Hoshigaki Kisame?) is a missing-nin from Kirigakure and is partnered with Itachi Uchiha. Unlike most other two-man teams of Akatsuki, Kisame gets along well with his partner. While Itachi is assigned to Naruto Uzumaki, Kisame's target is the host of the four-tailed beast, an elderly man whom Kisame defeats with some effort.[2] Kisame has a distinctive shark-like appearance, complete with pale blue skin, small white eyes, gill-like facial structures, and sharp triangular teeth.
Pein
* Membership status: Active leader
* Ring: 零 ("nothing", "zero" wink
* Ring position: Right thumb
* Partner: Unnamed member
* First cameo: Chapter 238; Naruto Episode 135
* First appearance: Chapter 363
* Defining characteristics: Pupils consist of concentric circles, numerous piercings, Astral Projection.
Pein (ペイン, Pein?) is the leader of Akatsuki and a missing-nin from Amegakure. He is referred to as "leader" by all Akatsuki members except for his partner, who refers to him by his name. He has the respect of most of his subordinates (Hidan is an exception) and is the one directing their actions.
Tobi
* Membership status: Active
* Ring: 玉 ("jewel", "ball"; "jade"; also the king in shogi)
* Ring position: Left thumb
* Partner: Formerly Deidara
* First appearance: Chapter 280
* Defining characteristics: Orange mask with single eye-hole covered in a swirl pattern concentrated towards the right eye, Sharingan
Deidara disagrees with the assessment, claiming that it was his "artistic contribution" (exploding clay) that allowed them to win. During his fight with Sasuke, Tobi shows the ability to recover from what are presumably debilitating or fatal blows. After being slashed across the midsection by Sasuke's sword, Tobi collapses, only to stand up again a few seconds later and complain about the speed of the attack. He is also able to escape the final explosion created by Deidara.
Zetsu has implied that he is relatively young when one side of him referred to Tobi as a "good boy." He respects Deidara, referring to him as Deidara-senpai. Tobi's personality is rather odd in comparison with other Akatsuki members; while most of the members are dedicated and serious, Tobi is more carefree and goofy. Tobi unintentionally irritates Deidara frequently, which usually results in Deidara attacking Tobi in a comedic fashion.
Unnamed member
* Membership status: Active
* Ring: 白 ("white" wink
* Ring position: Right middle finger
* Partner: Pein
* First cameo: Chapter 238, Naruto Episode 135
* First appearance: Chapter 363
* Defining characteristics: Flower-like accessory in hair, stud under lip
This unnamed member is the only female member of Akatsuki and the only person to call Pein by his name. She has blue hair with a flower accessory in it, but beyond that this member remains a mystery.
Zetsu
* Membership status: Active
* Ring: 亥 ("boar" wink
* Ring position: Right little finger
* Partner: None
* First appearance: Chapter 234; Naruto Episode 134
* Defining characteristics: Venus-flytrap like extensions around body, dual personality, body split into white and black halves, cannibal.
* Seiyu: Nobuo Tobita
Zetsu (ゼツ, Zetsu?) is a mysterious missing-nin. Not much is known about him, other than his allegiance to Akatsuki and his function as a spy. His head appears to be enveloped in a large venus flytrap, which can also envelop the rest of his body. The right side of his face and body is black in color while his left side is white in color. To go with this, Zetsu seems to have a split personality, as the black half of his face speaks only in Katakana while the white side uses Kanji and Kana.
Deidara
* Membership status: Deceased; unreplaced
* Ring: 青 ("blue", "green" wink
* Ring position: Right index finger
* Partner: Formerly Tobi, Sasori before that
* First cameo: Chapter 238; Naruto Episode 135
* First appearance: Chapter 247; Shippūden Episode 2
* Defining characteristics: Specialist in explosive-based jutsu using clay, clay manipulation with mouths in palms of hands and chest, scope on left eye, left eye trained to counter Sharingan genjutsu
* Seiyu: Katsuhiko Kawamoto
Deidara (デイダラ, Deidara?) is a missing-nin from Iwagakure and the partner of Tobi. Deidara refers to his ninjutsu as art, believing each bomb he makes to be such works. He refers to style as superflat (the word itself used to refer to certain types of manga), and claims pop is dead. One of Deidara's catchphrases, "Art is a blast" (or variations therein), was originally coined by famous Japanese abstract artist Tarō Okamoto. Deidara is very proud of his art, to the point that he is simply unwilling to accept that anything could defeat it, leading to frequent overconfidence in battle. Deidara also has a habit of ending his sentences with a mumble/grunt, usually transcribed as un or mmm, in the same way Naruto ends most of his sentences with -ttebayo.
Hidan
* Membership status: Neutralized, unreplaced
* Ring: 三 ("three" wink
* Ring position: Left index finger
* Partner: Formerly Kakuzu
* First Cameo: Chapter 238, Naruto Episode 135
* First Appearance: Chapter 312
* Defining characteristics: Immortal, wields large three-bladed scythe
Hidan (飛段, Hidan?) is the foul-mouthed partner of Kakuzu and, at the time of his membership, was the second-newest member of Akatsuki.[13] The first kanji in Hidan's name (飛) stands for hisha, the rook in shogi. Hidan belongs to the Jashin religion, a religion that worships a deity named Jashin and where anything less than utter destruction is considered a sin.[14] As a part of his religion, Hidan owns a charm with an upside-down triangle inscribed inside a circle that he carries on a chain of beads.
Kakuzu
* Membership status: Deceased, unreplaced
* Ring: 北 ("north" wink
* Ring position: Left middle finger
* Partner: Formerly Hidan
* First Cameo: Chapter 238, Naruto Episode 135
* First Appearance: Chapter 312
* Defining characteristics: Able to extend life indefinitely through extraction and incorporation of foreign human hearts, can possess five human hearts at once, able to use all five chakra elements, body contains many threads for attack and body manipulation, short temper
Kakuzu (角都, Kakuzu?) is a missing-nin from Takigakure and Hidan's partner, a partnership neither is very fond of. The first kanji in Kakuzu's name (角) stands for kakugyō, a bishop in shogi. Kakuzu is a greedy individual, prioritizing things in terms of how much they are worth and finding money to be the only thing that he can depend on.[22] Kakuzu's favorite source of income is collecting bounties while carrying out other missions, even putting up with Hidan's religion since it allows him to collect bounties faster.
Sasori
* Membership status: Deceased, replaced by Tobi
* Ring: 玉 ("jewel", "ball", also the king in shogi)
* Ring position: Left thumb
* Partner: Formerly Deidara, Orochimaru before that
* First Cameo: Chapter 238, Naruto Episode 135
* First Appearance: Chapter 247, Shippuden Episode 2
* Defining characteristics: Puppet master, puppet body, poison specialist
* Seiyu: Takahiro Sakurai, Yutaka Aoyama (Hiruko), Akiko Yajima (as a child)
Sasori (サソリ, Sasori?), also known as Sasori of the Red Sand (赤砂のサソリ, Akasuna no Sasori?), is a missing-nin from Sunagakure. "Sasori" (蠍) also means scorpion. After the death of his parents, at the hands of the Konoha's White Fang, Sasori was left in the care of his grandmother, Chiyo, who taught him all she knew about puppetry. After proving adept with the ability, Sasori used his newfound knowledge to make puppets identical to his parents in an attempt to feel loved by them.
---my akatsuki no now-
Hikaru Minagawa
* Membership status: Active; deceased
* Ring: Suzaku (fire)
* Ring position: left finger next to pinky
* Partner: Deidara; O_0 Itachi; Tobi
* Defining characteristics: S-class jonin fire based jutsus (know for destroying his foes and burning there very insides to dust); Pheonix bloody Flame jutsus all his so called fire type deadly summoning n deadly death no jutsus project; Marionette no Jutsu letting his main body trapped by scarf and bandages and demon form destroying people with no mercy, bloody death claw jutsus (His scarf isn't a decoration; able to have bloody claws gauntlet on arms and killing organs and weak spots wink Crimson Orchid Petal jutsus (able to heal with orchids stuck on his sidelocks. (cont.)
Hikaru is 26 years of age.
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