Naruto- Akatsuki question?

ok im gonna list them by name and detailed description. i hope u enjoy it.

1.Akatsuki leader

Membership status: Active leader

Ring: 零 ("nothing")

Ring position: Right thumb

Partner: None or not yet identified

First cameo: Chapter 238; Naruto Episode 135

First appearance: Chapter 254; Shippūden Episode 10

2.Deidara

DeidaraMembership status: Active

Ring: 青 ("blue", "green")

Ring position: Right index finger

Partner: Tobi, formerly Sasori

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, scope on left eye, left eye trained to counter Sharingan genjutsu

Seiyu: Katsuhiko Kawamoto

3.Itachi Uchiha

Membership status: Active

Ring: 朱 ("scarlet", "bloody")

Ring position: Right ring finger

Partner: Kisame Hoshigaki

4.Kisame Hoshigaki

Kisame HoshigakiAge: 29 in Part I[14], 31 in Part II

Membership status: Active

Height: 195 cm[14]

Weight: 83.1 kg[14]

Birthday: March 18[14]

Blood type: AB[14]

Ring: 南 ("south")

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

5.Tobi

TobiMembership status: Active

Ring: 玉 ("jewel", "ball"; "jade"; also the king in shogi)

Ring position: Left thumb

Partner: Deidara

First appearance: Chapter 280

Defining characteristics: Orange mask with single eye-hole covered in a swirl pattern concentrated towards the right eye

6.Unnamed member

The unnamed Akatsuki memberMembership status: Active

Ring: 白 ("white")

Ring position: Right middle finger

Partner: None or not yet identified

First cameo: Chapter 238, Naruto Episode 135

First appearance: None

Defining characteristics: Flower-like accessory in hair

7.Zetsu

ZetsuMembership status: Active

Ring: 亥 ("boar")

Ring position: Right little finger

Partner: None or not yet identified

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

8.Hidan

Membership status: Neutralized, unreplaced

Ring: 三 ("three")

Ring position: Left index finger

Partner: Formerly Kakuzu

Defining characteristics: Immortal, wields large three-bladed scythe

9.Kakuzu

Membership status: Deceased, unreplaced

Ring: 北 ("north")

Ring position: Left middle finger

Partner: Formerly Hidan

Definining 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

10.Orochimaru

Orochimaru's left hand was severed(cut) by itachi uchiha

Membership status: Defected, unreplaced (killed by sasuke uchiha

Ring: 空 ("sky")

Ring position: Left little finger

Partner: Formerly Sasori

11.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

Defining characteristics: Puppet master, puppet body, human puppets, poison specialist

FORMER AGENTS:

12.Kabuto Yakushi

Status: Defected

13.Yura

YuraStatus: Deceased

Rank: Jonin

Debut: Chapter 247, Shippūden episode 2

Seiyu: Hideo Watanabe

i think that would explain a lot

Members

Akatsuki leader

Deidara

Itachi Uchiha

Kisame Hoshigaki

Tobi

Unnamed member

Zetsu

Former members

Hidan

Kakuzu

Orochimaru

Sasori

Actually, there aren't ten right now since some have died...and I don't think the anime people know all about those. There are only seven, and two of those don't have their names revealed. Zetsu, Tobi, Deidara, Itachi, and Kisame are the only ones alive (and named) now, and that might change in the next few weeks.

Members:

Akatsuki leader (Unidenified)

Deidara

Itachi Uchiha

Kisame Hoshigaki

Tobi

Unknown Member

Zetsu

Former members:

Either are dead or have quit:

Hidan

Kakuzu

Orochimaru

Sasori of the Red Sands

Akatsuki Leader

Deidara, ring: blue, green

Itachi Uchiha, ring: scarlet, bloody

Kisame Hoshigaki, ring: south

Tobi, ring: "jewel", "ball"; "jade"; also the king in shogi

Unnamed member, ring: white

Zetsu, ring: boar

I hope this helps!

1)name unidentified

2)deidara

3)itachi uchiha

4)kisame hoshigaki

5)tobi

6)unamed member

7)zetsu

former members

1)hidan

2)kakuzu(my favorite member)

3)orochimaru

4)sasori

former agents

1)kabuto yakushi

2)yura

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Akatsuki leader

The Akatsuki leader's hologram.Membership status: Active leader

Ring: 零 ("nothing")

Ring position: Right thumb

Partner: None or not yet identified

First cameo: Chapter 238; Naruto Episode 135

First appearance: Chapter 254; Shippūden Episode 10

Defining characteristics: Spiked, auburn hair, unusual eyes and a pair of bridge piercings or tattoos.

The leader of Akatsuki is a mysterious figure. None of the other Akatsuki members refer to him by name, instead simply calling him "leader," and his face is rarely shown. He has the respect of most of his subordinates (Hidan is an exception) and is the one directing their actions. He is also the one to initiate and supervise the jutsu that forcibly brings a tailed beast out of its host. He can also use the Shapeshifting Technique (象転の術, Shōten no Jutsu?) to clone his subordinates using human sacrifices, allowing them to engage the enemy without risking themselves. The clones formed are a perfect copy of the target, even possessing the kekkei genkai and unique weapons of the original. Their abilities are proportionate to the amount of chakra given to the clone (in its debut, the leader requested thirty percent). When it becomes necessary to gather his subordinates, he can communicate with them over long distances through some form of telepathy.

The lower half of the leader's face.While the leader has remained mostly anonymous, the cover of chapter 317 depicts him with auburn hair and a glimpse of his lower face shows what appears to be either tattoos or piercings on either side of his nose.[12] He is seen sitting on an odd statue with many tubes winding through it, commenting that Hidan and Kakuzu are always causing trouble. The statue is located in a city much more modern than is common for the series, and has tubes similar to those in the statue winding through its various buildings.

The leader has displayed at least a cursory knowledge of the various villages, as well as the underlying political and economic conditions in the country at large. When Hidan referred to the Konoha-nin as "godless heathens," the leader gave a short description of Konoha's "Will of Fire," then proceeded to note that all countries have some similar practice to justify their battles.[13]

Deidara

DeidaraMembership status: Active

Ring: 青 ("blue", "green")

Ring position: Right index finger

Partner: Tobi, formerly Sasori

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, scope on left eye, left eye trained to counter Sharingan genjutsu

Seiyu: Katsuhiko Kawamoto

One of Deidara's palm-mouths.Deidara (デイダラ, Deidara?) is a missing-nin from Iwagakure and the partner of Tobi. A fancy and skillful fighter, Deidara uses special mouths in the palm of each hand to create Exploding Clay (起爆粘土, Kibaku Nendo?), ranked by number in a fashion similar to C-4. As the name suggests, Deidara can make the clay explode using the command Katsu (喝, Katsu?). By infusing the clay with chakra and molding it into various forms, Deidara can create living explosives to sneak up on opponents. Deidara can even create clones from the clay, named Suicide Bombing Clones (自爆分身, Jibaku Bunshin?), that can be a deadly surprise for opponents. Deidara's clay creations can range from microscopic to gigantic in size, allowing him to adapt to any situation. Deidara can also use the clay for other purposes, as he is frequently seen creating birds to be used for transportation. Deidara wears a scope on his left eye for long-range observation, and he has trained the eye itself to dispel genjutsu, which he did in response to Itachi's powerful genjutsu skills.

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 bang" (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's gender is sometimes confused due to the Japanese language's sparse use of third person pronouns, which forces translators to use their own ideas of Deidara's gender to make sentences flow smoothly. This caused a lot of confusion, since both "he" and "she" were used to refer to Deidara in early English fan translations. However, Deidara speaks of himself using male pronouns and was initially given a very deep, male voice in the anime. His current anime voice is significantly lighter, but still clearly masculine. 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. Deidara has become the most popular member of Akatsuki among fans in Japan. In the most recent character popularity poll, Deidara ranked in third place, even higher than Naruto Uzumaki.

Before joining Akatsuki, Deidara was a terrorist bomber for hire, seeing it as an opportunity to use his "art" on a regular basis. He was recruited by Itachi under the orders of the leader, who partners him with Sasori. Deidara refers to Sasori as Master Sasori (サソリの旦那, Sasori no Danna?). This is probably because Deidara greatly respects him as a fellow artist. He also admits that Sasori was a lot stronger. Despite that, Deidara still argued with Sasori about what art is and directly disobeyed his command in spite of a threat to be killed. Deidara held that art is transient, departing quickly. Sasori believed that fine art is something wonderful that's left long into the future. This reflects their individual natures (Deidara makes clay sculptures that explode, Sasori makes long-lasting puppets out of humans). Deidara outwardly seems to respect Sasori's beliefs, but couldn't resist getting a final jab in after Sasori's death: "Like anything that is left for the future as a thing of eternal beauty... He got killed straight off!"

Deidara is assigned to capture the one-tailed beast, which requires capturing Gaara. While he succeeds in this task, Gaara is able to crush one of his arms before being defeated. After the beast is extracted from Gaara's body and a rescue team attempts to retrieve him, Deidara has his second arm severed, though makes sure to find it after he manages to escape. Both of his arms are repaired by Kakuzu, allowing him to return to battle-readiness. After Sasori's death, Tobi is assigned as Deidara's new partner. Deidara gets impatient with Tobi fairly easily, since Tobi rarely pays attention to what he is saying. Tobi also tends to take credit for their work, despite whatever Deidara did. After they capture the three-tailed beast, Deidara lectures Tobi about being too overconfident. He becomes greatly annoyed when he discovers that Tobi has fallen asleep and proceeds to "wake him" by blasting Tobi with his exploding clay.

Itachi Uchiha

Main article: Itachi Uchiha

Membership status: Active

Ring: 朱 ("scarlet", "bloody")

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, 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 other his brother Sasuke Uchiha. He has caused many events in the series, such as killing the Uchiha Clan and revealing to Konoha the presence of Akatsuki. Itachi has complete mastery of the Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan, and also a master of ninjutsu and genjutsu.

Kisame Hoshigaki

Kisame HoshigakiAge: 29 in Part I[14], 31 in Part II

Membership status: Active

Height: 195 cm[14]

Weight: 83.1 kg[14]

Birthday: March 18[14]

Blood type: AB[14]

Ring: 南 ("south")

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.[15] Kisame has a distinctive shark-like appearance, complete with pale blue skin, small white eyes, gill-like facial structures, and sharp triangular teeth. Even his name, Kisame (鬼鮫), means "Demon Shark". Despite his rather brutish appearance and his apparent love for battle, Kisame speaks in a calm and polite manner compared to most of the other members of Akatsuki.

Kisame was also one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist (霧の忍刀七人衆, Kiri no Shinobigatana Shichinin Shū?) and is known as the Scourge (怪人, kaijin?) of the Hidden Mist. Zabuza Momochi and Raiga Kurosuki were also members. Like the other two members, he is somewhat overconfident in battle. He also clearly enjoys fighting and possibly mutilating his opponents; for example, he entertains the idea of removing Naruto's legs to keep him from running instead of the much simpler method of knocking Naruto unconscious. During his battle with Asuma Sarutobi, Kisame also took great pleasure in shredding his shoulder with Samehada.

Kisame's main weapon is Samehada (鮫肌, "Shark skin"), a large unique sword of comparable size to Zabuza Momochi's zanbatō. Unlike a regular sword, Samehada is covered in large scales that shave instead of cut, much like a shark's skin (hence the name). It also has the ability to absorb any chakra around it, allowing Kisame to literally cut through his opponent's chakra. The amount that it can absorb is unclear, but it can even consume the demon fox's chakra with no ill effects. Samehada is also a sentient weapon and only allows Kisame to wield it.[16] When Might Guy attempted to hold Samehada and use it against Kisame, it responded with a flurry of spikes from its handle and found its way back to Kisame.[17]

The amount of chakra Kisame possesses is apparently very large, even by Akatsuki's standards. Their leader commented on this; a Kisame body-double at thirty-percent power – made with the leader's Shapeshifting Technique – had as much chakra as Naruto while drawing on demon fox's chakra when he fought Neji during the Chunin exams, an observation made by Neji Hyuga when he observed Kisame's body-double with his Byakugan.[18]

Kisame has displayed astonishing speed and incredible physical strength. He uses water-based jutsu in combination with his powerful physical attacks. He has also demonstrated the ability to use Water Release: Exploding Water Shockwave (水遁・爆水衝波, Suiton: Bakusui Shōha?), allowing him to create water from nothing[19] and turn any potential battleground into a lake for his other water-based attacks. In addition to using the more generic of water-based jutsu, Kisame also uses a number of shark-themed jutsu, such as using Water Release: Water Shark Missile Technique (水遁・水鮫弾の術, Suiton: Suikōdan no Jutsu?, English TV "Water Style: Water Shark Bomb Jutsu") to attack opponents with a burst of water in the form of a shark. When an opponent is knocked into a body of water, Kisame can use Water Release: Five Eating Sharks (水遁・五食鮫, Suiton: Goshokuzame?) to create five shark to attack them with.

Tobi

TobiMembership status: Active

Ring: 玉 ("jewel", "ball"; "jade"; also the king in shogi)

Ring position: Left thumb

Partner: Deidara

First appearance: Chapter 280

Defining characteristics: Orange mask with single eye-hole covered in a swirl pattern concentrated towards the right eye

Tobi (トビ, Tobi?), formerly Zetsu's subordinate, became a full Akatsuki member after Sasori's death. He now wears the same ring as Sasori, having recovered it after Sasori's death, and took his place as Deidara's partner. Unlike the majority of ninja thus far, Tobi has not been shown wearing a visible forehead protector, so his place of origin is unknown. He wears an odd mask that covers his entire face save for his right eye. Furthermore, Tobi has several bolts or pins present on the arms of his uniform, now obscured by his Akatsuki cloak.

Tobi's area of expertise remains unclear, as he has never been shown fighting. He and Deidara have defeated the three-tailed beast, but Tobi is never shown doing anything but running from it. After the battle, which goes largely unwitnessed, Tobi claims to have knocked it out with a single attack. 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. Aside from this, Tobi has yet to demonstrate any techniques.

Tobi has a very formal and correct manner of speech. While his physical appearance remains a mystery, 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, though somewhat argumentative or even hostile towards each other when not fighting, Tobi is more carefree and goofy, much like Naruto. His personality does not please Deidara, who believes that all Akatsuki members should be serious and calm. Tobi unintentionally irritates Deidara frequently, which usually results in Deidara attacking Tobi in a comedic fashion.

Unnamed member

The unnamed Akatsuki memberMembership status: Active

Ring: 白 ("white")

Ring position: Right middle finger

Partner: None or not yet identified

First cameo: Chapter 238, Naruto Episode 135

First appearance: None

Defining characteristics: Flower-like accessory in hair

This member has blue hair with some sort of flower-like accessory in it, but beyond that this member remains a mystery. This member has yet to play a part in the actual storyline as anything other than a shadowy apparition during the sealing ritual, and the only physical appearance of this member is on the cover of Chapter 317 of the manga, which shows a distant view of his or her back.

Zetsu

ZetsuMembership status: Active

Ring: 亥 ("boar")

Ring position: Right little finger

Partner: None or not yet identified

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. The two halves also seem to converse with each other, and occasionally differ in opinion, such as whether to allow Tobi to fill Sasori's place in Akatsuki. His eyes are yellow and pupil-less.

Zetsu frequently uses Leech All Creation: Attack Prevention Technique (蛭万象・防火の術, Hiru Banshō: Bōka no Jutsu?), allowing him to merge with the ground, trees, and other plants to travel long distances fairly quickly. He has also shown the ability to move his body during the sealing ritual, which no other Akatsuki member is capable of. As such, he serves as a lookout during the ritual. In addition to his role as a spy, Zetsu appears to function as Akatsuki's hunter-nin. He is sent to dispose of the corpses of those used for the leader's Shapeshifting Technique, as well as recover the rings of Sasori and Deidara. He performs the former function by devouring the corpses, which fits with his "venus flytrap" theme.

Zetsu's only known subordinate is Tobi, who later took Sasori's position in Akatsuki after Sasori's death. Akatsuki members have so far generally seemed to report to Zetsu as if he was a superior, though perhaps only because he is often acting directly on the instructions of the leader.

Former members

Hidan

Main article: Hidan

Membership status: Neutralized, unreplaced

Ring: 三 ("three")

Ring position: Left index finger

Partner: Formerly Kakuzu

Defining characteristics: Immortal, wields large three-bladed scythe

Hidan (飛段, Hidan?) is a missing-nin from an unknown village and is the second-newest member of Akatsuki,[20] Tobi being the newest. Unlike the other members of Akatsuki, the Akatsuki leader does not seem to have Hidan's respect. He is the partner of Kakuzu, despite their obvious dislike of one another. Kakuzu has little patience for Hidan's battle style, rituals, and speeches, which he believes take far too long. Hidan, in turn, detests how Kakuzu fights solely for money. He was eventually dismembered and buried alive by Shikamaru Nara. The leader considers him to be effectively dead.[21]

Kakuzu

Main article: Kakuzu

Membership status: Deceased, unreplaced

Ring: 北 ("north")

Ring position: Left middle finger

Partner: Formerly Hidan

Definining 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

Kakuzu (角都, Kakuzu?) is a missing-nin from Takigakure and Hidan's partner. He and Hidan display the most animosity towards each other out of all members of Akatsuki, neither being very fond of the other's interests. The two often trade barbs with one-another, Kakuzu's usually being better timed than Hidan's. He at one point identified himself as the Treasurer of Akatsuki and he often turns in bounties, even during his missions. Kakuzu is the longest-lived known character in the series, having lived at least since the time of the First Hokage, whom Kakuzu mentions having fought at one point (he does not elaborate on the outcome). Kakuzu is defeated by Naruto Uzumaki and finished off by Kakashi Hatake.

Orochimaru

Orochimaru's severed left hand of his original bodyMain article: Orochimaru

Membership status: Defected, unreplaced

Ring: 空 ("sky")

Ring position: Left little finger

Partner: Formerly Sasori

Defining characteristics: Snake-like appearance, able to extend life via transferring soul into new bodies, mastery of snake-based jutsu, able to extend body parts to great lengths

Orochimaru was formerly a member of Akatsuki, where he worked as Sasori's partner. He eventually attempted to use his Living Corpse Reincarnation jutsu to steal the body of Itachi Uchiha, a fellow member, six years before the start of the series. Itachi responded, effortlessly paralyzing him and severing his left hand. After this incident, Orochimaru left Akatsuki. 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 bad blood have led to him being the target of a number of Akatsuki plots, one of which involved a member of his retinue being a (eventually double) sleeper agent. Orochimaru intended to eliminate Akatsuki, as well; however, he is currently presumed to be dead.

Whatever their remaining connections were, Orochimaru and Akatsuki also seemed to have been working off similar timetables, as the three years it takes Orochimaru to prepare to take over Sasuke's body seem to coincide with Akatsuki's plans for capturing more tailed beasts.

Sasori

Main article: 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

Defining characteristics: Puppet master, puppet body, human puppets, poison specialist

Sasori was Deidara's first partner in Akatsuki. A powerful ninja puppeteer, he was a missing-nin from Sunagakure. In the Rescue Gaara arc, he assisted Deidara in his mission to capture Gaara from Sunagakure. While there, he fought against Kankuro, nearly killing him and easily destroying Kankuro's puppets in the process. After Gaara was delivered to the Akatsuki lair, he acted as a rear-guard for the rest of Akatsuki, fighting Sakura and his grandmother Chiyo. This battle turned out to be his last, as he was eliminated by two puppets he designed himself, "Mother" and "Father" (his actual mother and father converted into puppets), which Chiyo had taken possession of after Sasori left the village.

Sasori possessed double agents for Akatsuki in at least two other organizations. He had planted Yura as a spy in the Sunagakure council and Kabuto Yakushi in Orochimaru's retinue, both of which had memory-control jutsu placed on them. Orochimaru undid Sasori's control over Kabuto's memories. At the time of his death, Sasori had not yet captured his demon, and may have not yet known which one he was assigned to. His position was assumed by Tobi.