Kakuzu
Kakuzu is a male anime and manga character who features in Naruto.
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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.
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.
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 irides and no pupils or red sclerae.
While he is a member of Akatsuki, Kakuzu greatly disliked the fact that he needs a teammate. Because he is easily angered, Kakuzu has the habit of killing anyone near him when enraged. Kakuzu has killed his previous partners as a result of this, leading to his partnership with Hidan. Neither Kakuzu nor Hidan are fond of their partnership, Kakuzu having little patience for Hidan's time-consuming battle style and rituals and Hidan, in turn, detesting how Kakuzu fights solely for money. Still, because Hidan is immortal, Kakuzu can attack him without worrying about finding a new partner. In addition, the abilities of both compliment each other, making the two an ideal team.
Kakuzu was shown to be a greedy individual who prioritized things in terms of how much they are worth and finding money to be the only thing that he can depend on. 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. His history as a bounty hunter seems to be extensive, as he is on friendly terms with a bounty collector and even seems to have memorized the information and worth of some of the more dangerous bounties. This view of money has caused Kakuzu to refer to himself as the "Treasurer of Akatsuki", though it is unknown if this is an actual position. Kakuzu also has his own personal banker and accountant.
Kakuzu was more cautious than Hidan, often telling Hidan not to let his guard down during battle. Kakuzu is 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.
Powers and abilities
Kakuzu was a male human who had the ability to manipulate chakra which allowed him to become a shinobi. Such was his power that he came to become an S-rank nin.
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) :
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
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Appearances
- Naruto:
- Naruto: Shippuden:
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