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THE AKATSUKI

Akatsuki's roster as of manga chapter 317.
Akatsuki (暁; Literally meaning "Dawn" or "Daybreak") is a criminal organization of S-Class missing-nins and is the most wanted group in all of shinobi world. Their main goal is to collect all of the Tailed Beasts for their plan of world domination. As such, Akatsuki, despite initially having a minor role during Part I, have become the primary antagonists in Part II.
Akatsuki at any given time is composed of no more than ten primary members, all of whom were S-Class criminals of their own respective villages. Members always work in teams of two with the exception of Zetsu, who functions as the organization's spy, and make use of their unique skills to the team's advantage. Team members must function very well or at least to accomplish their task even though they have a mutual problems with each other. The organization is rarely fully assembled, as seen in the end of Part I, when one member said it was the first time in seven years when they were all together.
Akatsuki is widespread, spanning several countries with agents in various places. When one team finds a Tailed Beast and has to begin the job of sealing the beast, they have hidden hideouts with many traps ready, to begin the sealing with the organization's apparent leader's astral projection for a three-day long jutsu.

Contents

• 1 Goal
• 2 Wardrobe
  
  • 2.1 Akatsuki Rings and Ring Positions
• 3 Members
  
  • 3.1 List of Members
• 4 Teams
  
  • 4.1 List of Teams
• 5 Affiliation
  
  • 5.1 Crimes that Led to Defection
  • 5.2 Reason(s) Behind Recruitment
• 6 Immortality/Eternal Youth/Long Lifespan
• 7 Associates
• 8 Creation and Conception
• 9 Trivia
• 10 References

Wardrobe


Akatsuki members have a similar way of dress, which could give them away if a village is alerted of their presence. Members wear long, dark cloaks with red clouds, a red interior, and a chin-high collar. All members, except Tobi (due to the fact that he's wearing gloves), wear nail polish of varying colors on their finger and toenails, and may wear a conical straw hat with small spike-like balls hanging down to cover their faces. The hats may be used to move around in the general population unnoticed, or for when the weather requires one.Most members tend to wear their village headband with a scar through the middle to show their defection. Everyone also wears a ring with a kanji on different fingers depending on who the member is.



Colors of fingers and toenails are:



Pain/Konan, Deidara; Black

Itachi Uchiha/Kisame Hoshigaki; Dark purple

Kakuzu/Hidan; Dark Green

Sasori; Teal

Zetsu; Light purple



Akatsuki Rings and Ring Positions

What seems to be most important, however, are their rings. In total, there are ten rings given to each of the ten main members of Akatsuki. The rings apparently signify one's membership and ring position, since when Orochimaru defected, he took his ring with him and as such wasn't replaced.The ring's exact purpose have not been revealed.



The ring positions of the members



The various rings are:



Right thumb: 零 (rei, "zero"); worn by Pain,

Right index finger: 青 (sei, shō, "blue," "green"); worn by Deidara.

Right middle finger: 白 (bya, "white"); worn by Konan.

Right ring finger: 朱 (shu, "vermilion," "scarlet"); worn by Itachi Uchiha.

Right little finger: 亥 (gai, "sign of the boar"); worn by Zetsu,

Left little finger: 空 (kū, "sky," "void"); worn by Orochimaru.

Left ring finger: 南 (nan, "south"); worn by Kisame Hoshigaki.

Left middle finger: 北 (hoku, "north"); worn by Kakuzu.

Left index finger: 三 (san, "three"); worn by Hidan.

Left thumb: 玉 (gyoku, "jewel," "ball," also the king in shogi); worn by Sasori and later by Tobi.

Eight of the ten kanji of the rings are taken from a kuji-in (Nine Syllable Seals): a collection of nine hand postures used in meditation. These kuji-in have found their way into ninja folklore as a kind of magic spells. Pain's "rei" and Zetsu's "gai" are not from this kuji-in. However, the only unused kuji-in kanji, 玄 (gen, "mysterious"), bears a strong resemblance to Zetsu's "gai," suggesting an error. It would be a consistent error, however, since the "gai" kanji has been used in every instance the ring's kanji has been shown, both in the manga and the data books.



In Part II, Taka aligns themselves with Akatsuki. They wear Akatsuki cloaks, but they seem to have hoods instead of high collars. None of them wear headbands, nail polishes, nor the rings, which signify them being unofficial members.





Members

Akatsuki members are S-Class criminals, therefore becoming missing-nin, who have fled from their village of origin for various reasons. It should be noted however that Pain and Konan are not missing-nin as they run their own village that is recognized by the shinobi world.





List of Members

Deidara (Deceased; Unreplaced)

Hidan (Presumed Deceased, Unreplaced)

Kisame Hoshigaki

Kakuzu (Deceased; Unreplaced)

Konan (Defected; Unreplaced)

Orochimaru (Defected, presumed Deceased; Unreplaced)

Pain (Akatsuki Co-Founder[12]; Deceased; Unreplaced)

Sasori (Deceased; Replaced by Tobi)

Tobi (Akatsuki Co-Founder)

Itachi Uchiha (Deceased; Unreplaced)

Zetsu



Teams

Akatsuki teams are put together in teams of two to exploit combined strengths for the organization's goals to be met.





List of Teams





Deidara and Tobi hunting for the Three-Tailed Giant Turtle.



Deidara & Tobi

Senior: Deidara

Target(s): Three-Tailed Giant Turtle (Tobi, Sealed)

Formed after Sasori's death, Tobi was introduced as his easily found replacement. Despite Tobi's eagerness to please his "senpai," his childish attitude was seen as an annoyance to Deidara's expectations of the organization. Despite the eminent irritation, the two worked well together, as evidenced by Tobi planting Deidara's explosive clays underground during Deidara's last stand against Sasuke.



Hidan and Kakuzu during their last stand.



Kakuzu & Hidan

Senior: Kakuzu

Target(s): Two-Tailed Monster Cat (Sealed), Nine-Tailed Demon Fox (Failed)

An unruly yet arguably the most effective team; A team that seemed unstoppable when together, something that Shikamaru commented on for the need to separate the duo. Pain decided to put these two together because of their unique abilities. Hidan could not be killed as a result of becoming the successful "Jashin experiment," even by decapitation, and Kakuzu could easily go into a rage and kill anyone around him, including his partner. Therefore, Kakuzu could go berserk and not worry about Hidan's well-being. They refer to themselves as the "Immortal Combi" (不死コンビ, Fushi Konbi), because of their own methods of avoiding death. [Kisame]] jokingly referred to them as the "Zombie Combi" (ゾンビコンビ, Zonbi Konbi).



They have shown the most hostility towards each other due to a conflict of interest; Kakuzu saw the rituals and beliefs of Hidan's religion to be a waste of time, while Hidan saw Kakuzu's willingness to do blasphemous things and his greediness to be unbearable, not to mention that Kakuzu's job as a bounty hunter usually got on Hidan's nerve. As a result of their sideline in collecting bounties, this team was usually late in the line of work.



Nagato & Konan

Senior: Nagato

Target(s): Nine-Tailed Demon Fox (Failed)

A team that functioned very well with each other, as evidenced by Konan's loyalty to Pain. Acting as the leader of Akatsuki, Pain directed the rest of the organization to their respective goals; his most direct interaction with the other members was using the Illusionary Dragon Nine Consuming Seals. In addition, Pain was the leader of Amegakure, and used the village as a type of headquarter for Akatsuki, while Konan served as the village's second-in-command.



Orochimaru & Sasori

Sasori claimed that he and Orochimaru worked well together during their partnership. However, when Orochimaru defected from Akatsuki after his failed attempt to steal Itachi's body, Sasori developed a grudge against his former partner.







Taka as members of Akatsuki.



Sasori and Deidara's debut.



Sasori & Deidara

Senior: Sasori

Target(s): One-Tailed Shukaku (Deidara, Sealed), Nine-Tailed Demon Fox (Failed)

Formed by the two artists of Akatsuki, Sasori and Deidara worked well for the most part but had conflicting ideas on art. Sasori believed all art was to be kept permanent, such as his puppets, while Deidara thought art was to be instantaneous, then gone forever, such as his Exploding Clay. Sasori was impatient and liked to finish things quickly while Deidara liked to take his time. Sasori also had a network of spies that he manipulated (in the form of mind control) to aid Akatsuki in their affairs.







Itachi and Kisame's debut.



Itachi Uchiha & Kisame Hoshigaki

Senior: Itachi

Target(s): Nine-Tailed Demon Fox (Itachi, Failed), Four-Tailed Beast (Kisame, Sealed)

A team that functioned very well together and was highly effective. The two completed almost every assignment Pain gave them with little trouble with the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox being the only known exception. With Itachi working as a double agent, however, Itachi failed this mission purposely. Unlike most Akatsuki teams, Itachi and Kisame got along pretty well; Kisame did as Itachi had asked him unquestioningly and they would often converse casually when not in combat.



Zetsu

Function: Spy

Not technically a team, but Zetsu has two personalities, effectively making it a team of two. Since each side has a level of individuality, they frequently argue with each other over which battles to watch, among other things.



Taka

Senior: Sasuke

Members: Suigetsu Hōzuki, Karin, Jūgo

Target(s): Eight-Tailed Giant Ox (Failed)

When Akatsuki's ranks are thinned to five members, Madara enlists the aid of Taka, who shares the desire for the destruction of Konoha. To complete their goals, Madara has ordered Taka to hunt down the Eight-Tailed Giant Ox while Akatsuki (particularly Pain) hunts for the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. Technically, the members of Taka are not full members of Akatsuki, as they do not possess the rings worn by each of the full members. However, they have been wearing Akatsuki cloaks, signifying their affiliation with the organization.





Affiliation

Each member of Akatsuki is known to be (or have been) affiliated with another group, except for Zetsu. Some fans believe that Zetsu comes from Kusagakure village because of his plant-like appearance. However, Zetsu's profile's "village of origin" section the data book is left blank and furthermore he doesn't wear a Grass headband.



Pain: Amegakure village (leader, "God").

Tobi: Uchiha clan (leader, former), Konohagakure village (co-founder), Kirigakure village (Mizukage, former).

Konan: Amegakure village (second-in-command, "Angel").

Itachi Uchiha: Uchiha clan (former), Konohagakure village (secret).

Kisame Hoshigaki: Kirigakure village (former), Seven Swordsmen of the Mist (former).

Kakuzu: Takigakure village (former), bounty hunter.

Hidan: Yugakure village (former), Jashin religion.

Sasori: Sunagakure village (former).

Deidara: Iwagakure village (former), terrorist for hire.

Orochimaru: Konohagakure village (former), Legendary Sannin, Akatsuki (former), Otogakure village (founder, leader).

Taka



Sasuke Uchiha: Uchiha clan, Konohagakure village (former), Team Kakashi (former), Otogakure village (former), Taka (founder, leader).

Suigetsu Hozuki: Kirigakure village (status unknown), Seven Swordsman of the Mist (trainee), Otogakure village (experiment, former), Taka.

Karin: Otogakure village (guard, former), Taka.

Jugo: Otogakure village (experiment, former), Taka.



Crimes that Led to Defection

Tobi: attacked his village.

Itachi: murdered the entire Uchiha clan (under the secret orders of the Konoha elders).

Kisame: murdered a Daimyo and served in espionage.

Kakuzu: stole the Earth Grudge Fear technique, along with the hearts of every elder of his village.

Hidan: murdered his neighbors for their ways of peace.

Sasori: practiced on the inhumane desecration of corpses and murdered the Third Kazekage (village unaware of this act at the time).

Deidara: became a terrorist bomber for hire.

Orochimaru



(from Konohagakure): practiced inhumane forbidden techniques and abducted villagers for its experiments.

(from Akatsuki): attempted to steal Itachi's body (which ended in failure).



Sasuke



(from Konohagakure): left to seek Orochimaru for power.

(from Otogakure): left after absorbing Orochimaru.



Reason(s) Behind Recruitment

Pain: wants "world peace," having "suffered enough" in his childhood, and wishes to stop war, ironically with more war, now that he has the power to do so.

Tobi: banished from and desires vengeance against Konoha, as well as wanting more power by restoring the strength of his Mangekyo Sharingan.

Konan: presumably due to her unwavering loyalty to Pain; According to Pain, her reason is "Love."

Itachi: feigned defection from Konoha (while secretly remaining loyal to it) by joining the most dangerous organization known to all five countries (after killing his clan under the secret orders of the village's elders) while secretly watching over his younger brother, Sasuke; Acording to Pain, his reason was "Ideology."

Zetsu: According to Pain, his reason is "Land."

Kisame: According to Pain, his reason is "Spite."

Kakuzu: presumably because of desiring more money; According to Pain, his reason was "Resources."

Hidan: presumably because of Akatsuki practicing religious-like activities (i.e. a ritual that concerned the sealing of the Tailed Beasts) suited to his liking; According to Pain, his reason was "Religion."

Deidara: was forced into Akatsuki's service, due to Itachi's "insistence"; According to Pain, his reason was "Just Because."

Sasuke: desires vengeance against Konoha in retribution for his clan's near-extermination at the expense of his older brother, Itachi.

Immortality/Eternal Youth/Long Lifespan

Some members of Akatsuki have the ability to live longer (if not forever) and/or the ability to retain their youthful looks. Members who are (or were) capable of such feats are the following:



Tobi: possesses the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, through which he has achieved immortality, as seen from his advanced age and ability to survive fatal strikes.

Kakuzu: used Earth Grudge Fear to pluck out the hearts of his opponents and integrate them into his own body to maintain his long lifespan.

Hidan: became the "successful experiment of the Jashin religion's secret jutsu," and can survive even decapitation.

Sasori: changed his own body into a human puppet, thus achieving eternal youth.

Orochimaru: used Living Corpse Reincarnation to switch into healthier bodies indefinitely roughly once every 3 years. He can also modify his body to survive even fatal wounds.

Associates

Amegakure (Village run by Pain)

Kabuto Yakushi (Former Sasori Underling) (Defected)

Yura (Sasori Underling) (Deceased)

Mukade (Sasori Underling) (Deceased)

Genji (Kakuzu's Banker) (Status Unknown)

Zangei (Bounty Collector) (Captured)

Creation and Conception

In the Naruto Hiden: Sha no Sho Character Official Data Book, Masashi Kishimoto stated that he had originally planned on making Akatsuki a group of monsters with almost no human characteristics. He also states that Akatsuki teams get two single rooms to sleep in.



Trivia

Itachi and Kisame are the first two members of Akatsuki that have been introduced in the series.

With the exception of Hidan, all members of Akatsuki who have died have either lost or removed their Akatsuki uniforms before dying.

Hidan mentions in Part II that he is new to the group. This is seemingly corroborated in Akatsuki's holographic meeting at the end of Part I. The figure of a tall, bulky individual can be seen on the top left-hand side, (presumably Hidan's predecessor) who bears no resemblance to any known Akatsuki member. This is most-likely one of Kakuzu's previous partners as he is known for killing them when angry.

Hidan and Kakuzu were the only Akatsuki two-man team to have both members eliminated simultaneously.

Deidara was the only known member of Akatsuki who was forced to join the organization.

Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippūden

The Japanese Cover

The English cover

Ultimate Ninja 4: Naruto Shippuden, known in Japan as Naruto Shippūden: Narutimate Accel (NARUTO-ナルト-疾風伝 ナルティメットマクセル, Naruto Shippūden: Narutimetto Akuseru), is the fourth installment in the Ultimate Ninja (Narutimate Hero) and the first in the Accel game series. It is also the second Naruto game based on the Naruto: Shippūden anime series, which is based on the second part of the manga. The game was released on April 5, 2007 in Japan and on March 24, 2009 in North America. It was released on May 1st 2009 in Europe and May 7th in Australia, entitled as Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 4.

The game was first seen in issue #2006-52 of Weekly Shonen Jump along with information about the Naruto: Shippūden anime and related merchandise.

In addition to elements established in previous Ultimate Ninja games, Ultimate Ninja 4 offers several new twists to combat. When two opponents clash, they will begin a series of high-speed attacks, appearing as a pair of blurs dueling across the stage. The winner is determined by a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. There is also the inclusion of the "Awakening Jutsu." When certain conditions are met, a character may trigger an Awakening Jutsu. These techniques are more powerful than the standard Ultimate Jutsu (Ougi in Jap. Game) and, as the name implies, "awakens" a character's powers (i.e. Naruto's tailed-fox form with overpowering red chakra).

Contents

• 1 Game modes
  • 1.1 Master Mode
  • 1.2 Hero Mode
• 2 Characters
  • 2.1 Playable characters
    • 2.1.1 Modes
  • 2.2 Game only characters
• 3 External links
• Game modes

Master Mode

A RPG like mode that starts before to Naruto Shippūden. In this mode players are able to experience the main Shippūden Story, but before that they must complete an original storyline called The Black Shadow. The story is generally long, and in the end they have to encounter the Black Shadow himself to move to the Main Shippūden Storyline. The Shippūden Storyline In this game ends halfway the Rescue Gaara arc, Up to episode 17 of The Shippūden Anime, after it leads to a free mode were you can do missions and tasks and also look for hero tokens needed to unlock hero mode's videos and fights.

Hero Mode

The player needs to unlock the stories in Master Mode to play through this mode. It's a resume of the Naruto stories in Part 1, with some animations and fights.

• Free Battle: Normal fighting game.
• Practice: Practice mode with comments of Jiraiya.
• Shop: The player can buy figures, special attack videos, voices and musics to see in the collection, and also different characters (guide ninjas) to appear in the main menu. There is no Ninja Info Cards in this game.
• Collection: The player can watch sequences from the game and stuff bought in the shop.
• Options: Game options and configuration.

Characters

Playable characters

There is a total of 63 playable characters. (Including Major transformations)

• TS Naruto Uzumaki
• TS Sakura Haruno
• Kakashi Hatake
• TS Shikamaru Nara
• TS Rock Lee
• TS Neji Hyuga
• TS Tenten
• Might Guy
• TS Gaara of the Sand
• TS Kankuro
• TS Temari
• Chiyo
• Itachi Uchiha
• Kisame Hoshigaki
• Deidara
• Sasori of the Red Sand
• Jiraiya
• Tsunade

• PTS Naruto Uzumaki
• PTS Sasuke Uchiha
• PTS Rock Lee
• PTS Shikamaru Nara
• PTS Neji Hyuga
• PTS Sakura Haruno
• PTS Hinata Hyuga
• PTS Tenten
• PTS Choji Akimichi
• PTS Ino Yamanaka
• PTS Kiba Inuzuka
• PTS Shino Aburame
• Shizune
• Konohamaru Ninja Squad
• Hanabi Hyuga
• Asuma Sarutobi
• Kurenai Yuhi
• Anko Mitarashi

• The First Hokage
• The Second Hokage
• The Third Hokage
• The Yellow Flash
• PTS Gaara
• PTS Kankuro
• PTS Temari
• Orochimaru
• Kabuto Yakushi
• Kimimaro
• Sakon
• Tayuya
• Kidomaru
• Jirobo
• Zabuza Momochi
• Haku

Modes

All characters has one or more "modes" (like Ninja Hound Mode, Sannin Mode, Byakugan Mode, ...) that are activated in special conditions. Only the 11 characters below has big changes to the character, and those modes can be selected from the character screen.These characters are also shown in the characters list.

• One-Tailed Naruto Uzumaki
• One-Tailed Young Naruto Uzumaki
• Cursed Seal Level 2 Sasuke Uchiha (呪印状態2モード)
• Loopy Fist Rock Lee (すい拳モード)
• Possessed Gaara (憑依モード)
• Super Choji Akimichi
• Cursed Seal Level 2 Jirobo
• Cursed Seal Level 2 Kidomaru
• Cursed Seal Level 2 Sakon
• Cursed Seal Level 2 Tayuya
• Cursed Seal Level 2 Kimimaro
• Cursed Seal Anko Mitarashi
  • In Anko's case, her Cursed Seal can be activated by using her Ultimate Jutsu on Orochimaru.

Game only characters

• Black Shadow (影法師, Kagebōshi) is the first boss of Master Mode, a giant wolf like monster with five eyes, two noses and six legs. It only talks in Katakana in the Japanese version.
• Aoi (あおい), a small girl. In order to heal her sick mother, Aoi becomes a sacrifice to the Black Shadow, but went to kill the demon to get a leaf from the Tree of Life that would heal her mother.
• Tsubaki (椿), Aoi's Mother. She was sick and dying before Naruto and her daughter, Aoi, saved her.

NARUTO SHIPPUDEN OPENINGS

• NARUTO SHIPPUDEN 1 OPENING
• NARUTO SHIPPUDEN 2 OPENING
• NARUTO SHIPPUDEN 3 OPENING
• NARUTO SHIPPUDEN 4 OPENING

UZUMAKI NARUTO

FIRST APPEARANCE:NARUTO MANGA CHAPTER 1-NARUTO ANIME EPISODE 1

VOICED BY:JAPANESE:Junko Takeuchi-ENGLISH:Maile Flanagan

AGE:12-13 in Part I-15-16 in Part II

DATE OF BIRTH:OCTOBER 10

Notable relatives:Minato Namikaze (father, deceased)-Kushina Uzumaki(mother, presumed deceased)

NINJA RANK:GENIN

NINJA TEAM:TEAM 7

Naruto Uzumaki (うずまき ナルト ,Uzumaki Naruto) is a fictional character in the anime and manga franchise Naruto created by Masashi Kishimoto. Naruto is the main protagonist and titular character of the series. In creating Naruto, Kishimoto wished to keep the character "simple and

stupid" while giving him many attributes of Son Goku, the main character from the Dragon Ball franchise. However, Kishimoto also added his dark past to make him look unique. Naruto's initial design has been changed several times by Kishimoto giving him different clothes to make him more appealing to Western audience as well as to be easier to draw.

In the series, Naruto is a ninja affiliated with the fictional village of Konohagakure. The villagers ostracize Naruto because the nine-tailed demon fox, a malevolent creature that attacked Konohagakure, is sealed within his body. As such, Naruto has ambitions of becoming the village's leader, the Hokage in order make everybody respect him. However, Naruto maintains a cheerful and boisterous personality, allowing him to befriend several other Konoha ninja throughout the series, as well as ninja from other villages. He builds an especially close relationship with Team 7, the ninja team where he belongs, treating them as his family. Naruto appears in all of the series' films, as well as in other media related to the franchise, including all video games and OVAs.

Several anime and manga publications have expressed acclaim and criticism of Naruto's character. Some view him as a stereotypical manga and anime protagonist comparable to those in many other shōnen manga, while others have praised his personality as well as his development in the series. Nevertheless, Naruto has remained highly popular with the Naruto reader base, placing high in several popularity polls.Merchandise based on Naruto has also been released, including figurines and plush dolls.

Nine-tailed demon fox

The nine-tailed demon fox (九尾の妖狐 ,Kyūbi no Yōko) is the most powerful of the tailed beasts. It is regarded as an age-old natural disaster, as a single swipe of one of its tails can raise tsunamis and flatten mountains. Twelve years before the start of the series, the fox attacked Konohagakure. Its attack was stopped by the Fourth Hokage, who gave his life to seal the fox into his son, Naruto Uzumaki.Throughout the series, Naruto tries to gain dominance over the fox, as harnessing its great strength allows him to perform jutsu that would normally be impossible for a ninja of his level.At the same time the fox tries to gain control over Naruto, provoking his rage and thus allowing its violent personality to influence and consume him. As Naruto draws upon more of the fox's power the seal keeping it trapped within him weakens, and in the event the seal is broken the fox will be released.In the Japanese anime, its seiyū is Tesshō Genda, and in the English adaption the fox is voiced by Paul St. Peter.