Itachi Uchiha
Itachi Uchiha
Itachi UchihaうちはイタチUchiha Itachi
Debut (Manga)
Chapter 139
Debut (Anime)
Episode 80
Appears in
Anime and Manga
Seiyū (Japanese)
* Hideo Ishikawa
Voice actor(s) (English)
* Skip Stellrecht (Episodes 29-30)
* Crispin Freeman (Episodes 80+)
Highest rank
ANBU
Classification
S-Class, Missing-nin
Birthdate
June 9
Age
* Part I: 17-18
* Part II: 20-21 (deceased)
Height
* Part 1:175.2cm
* Part 2:178cm
Weight
58 kg127.868 lb
Gender
Male
Blood type
AB
Ring
朱 (Vermilion)
Ring position
Right ring finger
Partner
Kisame Hoshigaki
Affiliation
* Akatsuki (publicly)
* Konohagakure (secretly)
Previous affiliation(s)
* Uchiha clan
* Konohagakure (publicly)
Occupation
Akatsuki Member
Previous occupation(s)
ANBU
[hide] Family
* Fugaku Uchiha (Father, deceased)
* Mikoto Uchiha (Mother, deceased)
* Sasuke Uchiha (Younger brother)
[hide] Nature Type
* Fire (Main)
* Water (Secondary)
[hide] Jutsu
* Amaterasu
* Clone Great Explosion
* Crow Clone Technique
* Demonic Illusion: Burning Paper Body
* Demonic Illusion: Mirror Heaven and Earth Change
* Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes
* Ephemeral
* Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique
* Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
* Fire Release: Phoenix Immortal Fire Technique
* Scattering One Thousand Crows Technique
* Mangekyo Sharingan
* Shadow Clone Technique
* Susanoo
* Transcription Seal: Amaterasu
* Tsukuyomi
* Water Clone Technique
* Water Release: Water Fang Bullet
Ever since his first appearance, Itachi had always been mysterious and had acted as though he was hiding his true self. While flashbacks to his past show that he was a compassionate brother and person, his later acts and claims made it seem that this was mostly just an act. But, surprisingly, he actually was the compassionate brother he once claimed to be, but he hid this to protect Sasuke.
As a member of Akatsuki, he possessed incredible self control of his emotions. He constantly displayed an emotionless personality, though at times, he appeared to have a slight degree of anger or frustration on his face. He only showed surprise when opponents proved more powerful or skilled than he had expected, and even then he didn't lose his composure. He did not possess any arrogance, and fully justified any statements he made about his power, and even complimented his opponents at times on their abilities.
In addition to being an extremely powerful ninja, Itachi had also shown equally impressive intelligence. He was shown to be extremely mature and wise for his age. He was a very keen minded individual as shown from how adept he was at thinking things through. He was exceedingly sharp and observant to any situation at hand as he was rarely surprised or caught off guard and also displayed great intuition he is almost never deceived and even then almost instantly realizes the truth. In addition, he had also shown to have great deduction and analytical skills from how quickly he could determine his opponent's tactics and effectively counter them. Despite his status as a wanted criminal and having murdered a significant portion of his family, Itachi had no enjoyment of violence or combat, instead preferring to avoid battle or, if this is not possible, end it as quickly as he can.
Itachi's only initial interest was in Akatsuki's goals and his only loyalty appeared to be to the organization and its members, putting the organization's success and secrecy before everything else.[9] As such, Itachi got along with his partner, Kisame, much better than most other Akatsuki members do with their own partners. Kisame appeared to have a deep loyalty to Itachi, immediately doing as he instructed and constantly looking out for his well-being. Itachi treated all of his fellow Akatsuki members to this same, more respectful personality, although his courtesy was rarely returned by the other members.
However, when he was in a Genjutsu duel during his fight with Sasuke, he aggressively and violently claimed he only let Sasuke live so he could take Sasuke's eyes and obtain his own Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, and then he claimed the Uchiha clan was nothing but tainted and evil since many members would kill their friends to gain the Mangekyo Sharingan, and take another Uchiha's eyes to make its power permanent. Once the Genjutsu was released, he called it his true self, implying his calm, emotionless personality was also a facade.
Madara, however, later revealed that this was not the truth. Itachi really was the brother that he once claimed to be only an act. He had killed his clan only because he had been ordered to by Konoha to stop the Uchiha from rebelling against the village or else Konoha would have been destroyed if a clan as strong as the Uchiha rebelled. His childhood experience in war had caused him to greatly fear and detest the violence the Uchiha could cause, so he made the incredible sacrifice, and decided to murder his entire family, creating the image of his "evil" side that so many had known him to be. Deep down, Itachi had cared a lot for Sasuke, so he never revealed the treachery of the Uchiha clan to keep his brother believing their clan was a noble one. Itachi had always planned to die by Sasuke's hands, so he could compensate for all he had done by making Sasuke's name known as the hero who defeated the one who slaughtered the Uchiha clan. The reason why Itachi didn't kill Sasuke was because he loved Sasuke more than anything else.