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| − | Kakuzu (Japanese: 角都, Hepburn: Kakuzu) was a male human who came to be an elite ninja of the village of '''Takigakure''' in the [[Ninja World]]. During his life, he came to be trained as a shinobi and rose to the position of elite ninja where he was dispatched on assassination missions. Long ago, he was sent on a mission to assassinate [[Hashirama Senju]] who was the first [[Hokage]] of [[Konohagakure]]. It was noted that he had lost the fight but managed to escape where he always came to remember the headbands of the leaf-shinobi. The failure though resulted in punishment by his village for being unable to complete the assignment despite the strength of his opponent. The response made against him led to him developing a violent of his village for their treatment of him which led to him going rogue. During his flight from the hidden waterfall, he killed the village elders and took their hearts whilst absconding with their most prized forbidden techniques which he used for himself. Kakuzu then began life as a bounty hunter on the black market where he used the stolen techniques to extend his own lifespan and expand his arsenal of abilities by stealing the still-beating hearts of powerful shinobi. At some point, he was noted to had encountered the '''Gold and Silver Brothers''' where he witnessed their ability to attain [[Tailed | + | Kakuzu (Japanese: 角都, Hepburn: Kakuzu) was a male human who came to be an elite ninja of the village of '''Takigakure''' in the [[Ninja World]]. During his life, he came to be trained as a shinobi and rose to the position of elite ninja where he was dispatched on assassination missions. Long ago, he was sent on a mission to assassinate [[Hashirama Senju]] who was the first [[Hokage]] of [[Konohagakure]]. It was noted that he had lost the fight but managed to escape where he always came to remember the headbands of the leaf-shinobi. The failure though resulted in punishment by his village for being unable to complete the assignment despite the strength of his opponent. The response made against him led to him developing a violent of his village for their treatment of him which led to him going rogue. During his flight from the hidden waterfall, he killed the village elders and took their hearts whilst absconding with their most prized forbidden techniques which he used for himself. Kakuzu then began life as a bounty hunter on the black market where he used the stolen techniques to extend his own lifespan and expand his arsenal of abilities by stealing the still-beating hearts of powerful shinobi. At some point, he was noted to had encountered the '''Gold and Silver Brothers''' where he witnessed their ability to attain [[Tailed Beasts (Naruto)|Tailed-Beast]] transformation after stealing some of the chakra of the Nine-Tails. After his defection, he came to be convinced to join the ranks of the [[Akatsuki (Naruto)|Akatsuki]] where in the early years of the criminal organisation he was noted to had killed four of his partners and used their hearts for his special jutsu. Later on, the Akatsuki encountered another immortal named [[Hidan (Naruto)|Hidan]] who they managed to recruit and paired him off with Kakuzu where their respective natures allowed them to work with one another without killing the other. |
He attended an astral projection meeting of the Akatsuki where they gathered to discuss the activities of Orochimaru who had taken [[Sasuke Uchiha]] under his care. They also spoke about their plans in further their agenda and moving forward with capturing the Nine-Tails where they agreed that they would take the next two years to prepare themselves. | He attended an astral projection meeting of the Akatsuki where they gathered to discuss the activities of Orochimaru who had taken [[Sasuke Uchiha]] under his care. They also spoke about their plans in further their agenda and moving forward with capturing the Nine-Tails where they agreed that they would take the next two years to prepare themselves. | ||
| − | Confronted by the leaf shinobi, Hidan told Kakuzu that he could handle their foes himself and to not to interfere. Thus, Kakuzu observed their battle where he came to be impressed at the strategic skill of the young [[Shikamaru Nara]]. | + | Kakuzu and Hidan later went in pursuit of the Two-Tails' jinchūriki, Yugito Nii, who revealed she allowed herself to be cornered, in order to spring a trap on them and eliminate them herself. Yugito then transformed into her Tailed Beast which was that of a large flaming cat, but the Akatsuki duo still managed to defeat her, and gave her to Zetsu, before they continued to the Land of Fire. On their way, Kakuzu decided to attack the Fire Temple, in order to collect the bounty on the head monk, Chiriku, who was listed in the bingo book with a thirty million ryō bounty. They slaughtered most of the other monks during the event, but one escaped to warn Konoha of the incoming threat. Upon receiving the notice, Tsunade assigned the Nijū Shōtai to track down and eliminate Kakuzu and Hidan. Meanwhile, Kakuzu took Chiriku's body to a bounty station hidden in a bathroom, while Hidan chose to wait outside. When Kakuzu finally left the bathroom after counting the money, he found a Nijū Shōtai team, led by [[Asuma Sarutobi]], attacking Hidan. Confronted by the leaf shinobi, Hidan told Kakuzu that he could handle their foes himself and to not to interfere. Thus, Kakuzu observed their battle where he came to be impressed at the strategic skill of the young [[Shikamaru Nara]]. In the ensuing battle, Hidan managed to ingest Asuma's blood to start his curse technique ceremony on him, but Shikamaru was able to stop him with his Shadow Imitation Technique. When Asuma managed to decapitate Hidan, Kakuzu finally intervened, and reattached Hidan's head back to his neck using the threads in his body. Kakuzu then fought with Kotetsu and Izumo, easily holding the two off, while Hidan dealt a fatal blow to Asuma. Their battle was interrupted by the appearance of another Nijū Shōtai team, but they easily fought them off, until they were summoned by the Akatsuki leader to seal the Two-Tails. Hidan and Kakuzu retreated to a secluded area, where they spent three days sealing the Two-Tails |
His remains were later take by [[Kabuto Yakushi]] who came to revive Kakuzu through his perfection of the reanimation jutsu. Thus, he joined other revived shinobi that were to serve as elite warriors for the Akatsuki in the '''Fourth Shinobi World War'''. He was deployed as part of the forces sent against the '''Allied Shinobi Forces''' where he joined a large army of [[White Zetsu]] that engaged the enemy's First Division at the coast of the Land of Lightning. Entering onto the battlefield, he was shown to had strangled several shinobi with his threads and observed as '''Kinkaku''' took his Tailed-Beast form. Later on, he was confronted by the Ino-Shika-Chō shinobi and commented that Shikamaru's presence meant that he had defeated Hidan. Kakuzu then claimed his fifth and final heart from an enemy ninja allowing him to release his masks on the battlefield. He also revealed that amongst his 'allies' included the revived '''Dan Katō''' and even the young shinobi's own mentor Asuma Sarutobi with those two being forced to fight their friends. As his masks were on the battlefield, the one containing the lightning heart was destroyed by [[Tenten]] using '''Bashōsen'''. Kakuzu then battled '''Darui''', '''Izumo''' and '''Kotetsu''' where they were surprised to see Chōji becoming giant-sized and manifesting butterfly wings that overshadowed the battlefield. With his masks defeated, Kakuzu himself was retrained by Chōji's giant fist allowing him to be sealed away by the Allied Shinobi Forces. | His remains were later take by [[Kabuto Yakushi]] who came to revive Kakuzu through his perfection of the reanimation jutsu. Thus, he joined other revived shinobi that were to serve as elite warriors for the Akatsuki in the '''Fourth Shinobi World War'''. He was deployed as part of the forces sent against the '''Allied Shinobi Forces''' where he joined a large army of [[White Zetsu]] that engaged the enemy's First Division at the coast of the Land of Lightning. Entering onto the battlefield, he was shown to had strangled several shinobi with his threads and observed as '''Kinkaku''' took his Tailed-Beast form. Later on, he was confronted by the Ino-Shika-Chō shinobi and commented that Shikamaru's presence meant that he had defeated Hidan. Kakuzu then claimed his fifth and final heart from an enemy ninja allowing him to release his masks on the battlefield. He also revealed that amongst his 'allies' included the revived '''Dan Katō''' and even the young shinobi's own mentor Asuma Sarutobi with those two being forced to fight their friends. As his masks were on the battlefield, the one containing the lightning heart was destroyed by [[Tenten]] using '''Bashōsen'''. Kakuzu then battled '''Darui''', '''Izumo''' and '''Kotetsu''' where they were surprised to see Chōji becoming giant-sized and manifesting butterfly wings that overshadowed the battlefield. With his masks defeated, Kakuzu himself was retrained by Chōji's giant fist allowing him to be sealed away by the Allied Shinobi Forces. | ||
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In appearance, Kakuzu was a very tall tan-skinned man with long dark-brown hair with eyes that had unusual colouring as he had green irises and no pupils or red sclerae. | In appearance, Kakuzu was a very tall tan-skinned man with long dark-brown hair with eyes that had unusual colouring as he had green irises and no pupils or red sclerae. | ||
| − | Kakuzu was shown to be a greedy individual who prioritized things in terms of how much they are worth. According to him, even places like Hell ran on money. | + | Kakuzu was shown to be a greedy individual who prioritized things in terms of how much they are worth. According to him, even places like Hell ran on money. He would arrange goals in terms of the highest profit he could gain from them, and was often unwilling to involve himself in something if there was nothing to gain from it, as well as claiming that he tended to forget opponents who were not worth any money after he was done with them. He even remarked that money is the only dependable thing in the world. |
His favorite source of income was collecting bounties while carrying out other missions, even putting up with Hidan's religion since it allowed him to collect bounties faster. His history as a bounty hunter seemed to be extensive, as he was on friendly terms with a bounty collector and even seemed to have memorized the information and worth of some of the more dangerous bounties. This view of money had caused Kakuzu to refer to himself as the "Treasurer of Akatsuki", though it is unknown if this was an actual position. Kakuzu also had his own personal banker and accountant. | His favorite source of income was collecting bounties while carrying out other missions, even putting up with Hidan's religion since it allowed him to collect bounties faster. His history as a bounty hunter seemed to be extensive, as he was on friendly terms with a bounty collector and even seemed to have memorized the information and worth of some of the more dangerous bounties. This view of money had caused Kakuzu to refer to himself as the "Treasurer of Akatsuki", though it is unknown if this was an actual position. Kakuzu also had his own personal banker and accountant. | ||
| − | Whilst a member of Akatsuki, Kakuzu greatly disliked the fact that he needed a teammate. | + | Whilst a member of Akatsuki, Kakuzu greatly disliked the fact that he needed a teammate. As he was easily angered, Kakuzu had the habit of killing anyone near him when enraged. Kakuzu had killed his previous partners as a result of this, leading to his partnership with Hidan. Neither Kakuzu nor Hidan were fond of their partnership, Kakuzu having little patience for Hidan's time-consuming battle style and rituals. Meanwhile, Hidan in turn detested how Kakuzu fought solely for money. Still, because Hidan was immortal, Kakuzu could attack him without worrying about finding a new partner. In addition, the abilities of both complimented each other, making the two an ideal team. |
Kakuzu was more cautious than Hidan, often telling Hidan not to let his guard down during battle. Kakuzu was also much more willing to take orders, immediately obeying the Akatsuki leader and persuading Hidan to do the same even if disobeying would get him a large bounty. | Kakuzu was more cautious than Hidan, often telling Hidan not to let his guard down during battle. Kakuzu was also much more willing to take orders, immediately obeying the Akatsuki leader and persuading Hidan to do the same even if disobeying would get him a large bounty. | ||
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Biography
Kakuzu (Japanese: 角都, Hepburn: Kakuzu) was a male human who came to be an elite ninja of the village of Takigakure in the Ninja World. During his life, he came to be trained as a shinobi and rose to the position of elite ninja where he was dispatched on assassination missions. Long ago, he was sent on a mission to assassinate Hashirama Senju who was the first Hokage of Konohagakure. It was noted that he had lost the fight but managed to escape where he always came to remember the headbands of the leaf-shinobi. The failure though resulted in punishment by his village for being unable to complete the assignment despite the strength of his opponent. The response made against him led to him developing a violent of his village for their treatment of him which led to him going rogue. During his flight from the hidden waterfall, he killed the village elders and took their hearts whilst absconding with their most prized forbidden techniques which he used for himself. Kakuzu then began life as a bounty hunter on the black market where he used the stolen techniques to extend his own lifespan and expand his arsenal of abilities by stealing the still-beating hearts of powerful shinobi. At some point, he was noted to had encountered the Gold and Silver Brothers where he witnessed their ability to attain Tailed-Beast transformation after stealing some of the chakra of the Nine-Tails. After his defection, he came to be convinced to join the ranks of the Akatsuki where in the early years of the criminal organisation he was noted to had killed four of his partners and used their hearts for his special jutsu. Later on, the Akatsuki encountered another immortal named Hidan who they managed to recruit and paired him off with Kakuzu where their respective natures allowed them to work with one another without killing the other.
He attended an astral projection meeting of the Akatsuki where they gathered to discuss the activities of Orochimaru who had taken Sasuke Uchiha under his care. They also spoke about their plans in further their agenda and moving forward with capturing the Nine-Tails where they agreed that they would take the next two years to prepare themselves.
Kakuzu and Hidan later went in pursuit of the Two-Tails' jinchūriki, Yugito Nii, who revealed she allowed herself to be cornered, in order to spring a trap on them and eliminate them herself. Yugito then transformed into her Tailed Beast which was that of a large flaming cat, but the Akatsuki duo still managed to defeat her, and gave her to Zetsu, before they continued to the Land of Fire. On their way, Kakuzu decided to attack the Fire Temple, in order to collect the bounty on the head monk, Chiriku, who was listed in the bingo book with a thirty million ryō bounty. They slaughtered most of the other monks during the event, but one escaped to warn Konoha of the incoming threat. Upon receiving the notice, Tsunade assigned the Nijū Shōtai to track down and eliminate Kakuzu and Hidan. Meanwhile, Kakuzu took Chiriku's body to a bounty station hidden in a bathroom, while Hidan chose to wait outside. When Kakuzu finally left the bathroom after counting the money, he found a Nijū Shōtai team, led by Asuma Sarutobi, attacking Hidan. Confronted by the leaf shinobi, Hidan told Kakuzu that he could handle their foes himself and to not to interfere. Thus, Kakuzu observed their battle where he came to be impressed at the strategic skill of the young Shikamaru Nara. In the ensuing battle, Hidan managed to ingest Asuma's blood to start his curse technique ceremony on him, but Shikamaru was able to stop him with his Shadow Imitation Technique. When Asuma managed to decapitate Hidan, Kakuzu finally intervened, and reattached Hidan's head back to his neck using the threads in his body. Kakuzu then fought with Kotetsu and Izumo, easily holding the two off, while Hidan dealt a fatal blow to Asuma. Their battle was interrupted by the appearance of another Nijū Shōtai team, but they easily fought them off, until they were summoned by the Akatsuki leader to seal the Two-Tails. Hidan and Kakuzu retreated to a secluded area, where they spent three days sealing the Two-Tails
His remains were later take by Kabuto Yakushi who came to revive Kakuzu through his perfection of the reanimation jutsu. Thus, he joined other revived shinobi that were to serve as elite warriors for the Akatsuki in the Fourth Shinobi World War. He was deployed as part of the forces sent against the Allied Shinobi Forces where he joined a large army of White Zetsu that engaged the enemy's First Division at the coast of the Land of Lightning. Entering onto the battlefield, he was shown to had strangled several shinobi with his threads and observed as Kinkaku took his Tailed-Beast form. Later on, he was confronted by the Ino-Shika-Chō shinobi and commented that Shikamaru's presence meant that he had defeated Hidan. Kakuzu then claimed his fifth and final heart from an enemy ninja allowing him to release his masks on the battlefield. He also revealed that amongst his 'allies' included the revived Dan Katō and even the young shinobi's own mentor Asuma Sarutobi with those two being forced to fight their friends. As his masks were on the battlefield, the one containing the lightning heart was destroyed by Tenten using Bashōsen. Kakuzu then battled Darui, Izumo and Kotetsu where they were surprised to see Chōji becoming giant-sized and manifesting butterfly wings that overshadowed the battlefield. With his masks defeated, Kakuzu himself was retrained by Chōji's giant fist allowing him to be sealed away by the Allied Shinobi Forces.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Kakuzu was a very tall tan-skinned man with long dark-brown hair with eyes that had unusual colouring as he had green irises and no pupils or red sclerae.
Kakuzu was shown to be a greedy individual who prioritized things in terms of how much they are worth. According to him, even places like Hell ran on money. He would arrange goals in terms of the highest profit he could gain from them, and was often unwilling to involve himself in something if there was nothing to gain from it, as well as claiming that he tended to forget opponents who were not worth any money after he was done with them. He even remarked that money is the only dependable thing in the world.
His favorite source of income was collecting bounties while carrying out other missions, even putting up with Hidan's religion since it allowed him to collect bounties faster. His history as a bounty hunter seemed to be extensive, as he was on friendly terms with a bounty collector and even seemed to have memorized the information and worth of some of the more dangerous bounties. This view of money had caused Kakuzu to refer to himself as the "Treasurer of Akatsuki", though it is unknown if this was an actual position. Kakuzu also had his own personal banker and accountant.
Whilst a member of Akatsuki, Kakuzu greatly disliked the fact that he needed a teammate. As he was easily angered, Kakuzu had the habit of killing anyone near him when enraged. Kakuzu had killed his previous partners as a result of this, leading to his partnership with Hidan. Neither Kakuzu nor Hidan were fond of their partnership, Kakuzu having little patience for Hidan's time-consuming battle style and rituals. Meanwhile, Hidan in turn detested how Kakuzu fought solely for money. Still, because Hidan was immortal, Kakuzu could attack him without worrying about finding a new partner. In addition, the abilities of both complimented each other, making the two an ideal team.
Kakuzu was more cautious than Hidan, often telling Hidan not to let his guard down during battle. Kakuzu was also much more willing to take orders, immediately obeying the Akatsuki leader and persuading Hidan to do the same even if disobeying would get him a large bounty.
It was shown that he held a violent hatred for his village that stemmed from his long history of service to Takigakure. Yet, despite his allegiance, he was repaid with an uncharacteristically harsh punishment leading to him brutally betraying his village and stealing their most valuable jutsu for himself after killing its elders.
Powers and abilities
Kakuzu was a male human who had the ability to manipulate chakra which allowed him to become a shinobi. He was fast with him being able to cross great distances almost instantly and disappear from unfocused eyes. His raw strength was enough for him to catch enlarged punches with a single hand and easily overpower his foe as well as lift two people up by their necks with relative ease. Such was his power that he came to become an S-rank nin. In fact, he was strong enough to be sent on a mission to kill Hashirama Senju even though he failed in the assignment.
One of his powers was an ability called Earth Grudge Fear (地怨虞, Jiongu) that was a secret kinjutsu technique he stole from his village of Takigakure. This allowed him to transform his body into something akin to a rag-doll that was held by hundreds of thick black threads.
In reality, Kakuzu possessed five hearts that sustained his life with these being split between his body and the four masks that resided on his back. Each mask contained its own heart allowing him to animate the mask with his threads and each possessed its own chakra nature. With them, Kakuzu was able to live so long as on of his hearts was still functioning with them even able to re-animate his body if his own heart was destroyed. If a heart was destroyed, Kakuzu was able to replace it by harvesting the heart of one of his victims where he gained their chakra nature as a result.
Among the techniques known to him included:
- Earth Grudge Fear (地怨虞, Jiongu) :
- Earth Release: Earth Spear (土遁・土矛, Doton: Domu) :
- Fire Release: Intelligent Hard Work (火遁・頭刻苦, Katon: Zukokku) :
- Lightning Release: False Darkness (雷遁・偽暗 Raiton: Gian) :
- Strange Mask Exploding Flame (奇面ノ爆炎 Kimen no Bakuen) :
- Wind Release: Pressure Damage (風遁・圧害 Fūton: Atsugai) :
He came to be a member of the Akatsuki (暁, literally meaning: "Dawn" or "Daybreak").
Notes
- Kakuzu was created by Masashi Kishimoto where he featured in the setting of the Naruto universe.
In other media
Television
- In Naruto, Kakuzu appeared in the setting of the anime television series where he was voiced by Japanese actor Takaya Hashi and by English actor Fred Tatasciore in the dub.
Films
Appearances
- Naruto:
- Naruto: Shippuden:
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