Kakuzu
editKakuzu[1]
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(角都, Kakuzu) | |||
Debut | |||
Manga | Chapter #312 | ||
Anime | Naruto Shippūden Episode #71 | ||
Movie | Naruto 6: Road to Ninja | ||
Video Game | Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 3 | ||
Appears in | Anime, Manga, Game and Movie | ||
Voice Actors | |||
English | Fred Tatasciore | ||
Japanese | Takaya Hashi | ||
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Birthdate | |||
Gender | |||
Age | 91 (Deceased) | ||
Height | 185 cm1.85 m 6.07 ft 72.835 in | ||
Weight | 63.2 kg139.332 lb | ||
Blood type | A | ||
Classification | |||
Occupation | Akatsuki treasurer | ||
Affiliation | |||
Partner | Hidan | ||
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Background
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When he was still a loyal, elite ninja of Takigakure, Kakuzu took on a mission to assassinate Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage. This mission, however, ended in failure due to the might of Hashirama's Wood Release
techniques. Despite the insurmountable danger faced in the mission,
what awaited his return to his village was the stigma and harsh
punishment associated with the failure of his objective. In response to
this treatment, a wrong levied against a shinobi who had put life and
limb on the line for his village, Kakuzu came to hold a violent hatred
to his village as he escaped from imprisonment. In his flight from the
village, Kakuzu killed the village elders, took their hearts, and fled
with knowledge of the village's most prized forbidden techniques.
He made a living off bounty hunting. He also tore out the still-beating
hearts of powerful shinobi to extend his own lifespan. Some time after
his defection, he joined Akatsuki,
and was given a number of partners, most of whom he killed, due to his
short temper. This is why he was eventually partnered with Hidan, whom he could not kill because of his immortality.
Also at some time in the past, he apparently encountered the Gold and Silver Brothers and witnessed Kinkaku's jinchūriki transformation.[3]
Personality
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Out of all the Akatsuki members, Hidan and Kakuzu displayed the most animosity towards each other, since neither of them were very fond of each other's interests. The two often traded barbs with one another, Kakuzu's usually having better timing than Hidan's. Hidan had shown great annoyance with Kakuzu's greed and occasional habit of doing or saying blasphemous things, such as attacking a temple and killing the head monk for the bounty on the monk's head. Kakuzu, in turn, disliked Hidan's religion, believing the rituals associated with it to be a waste of time. Kakuzu was also rather impatient with Hidan's drawn-out speeches and battle style. Despite their mutual dislike of each other, their teamwork was almost flawless, because they complemented each other's abilities extremely well.
Despite his obsessive personality and violent rages, Kakuzu was much more cautious than his partner, and was not as arrogant, never mindlessly rushing into battle like Hidan. Kakuzu frequently warned Hidan not to let his guard down, and then teased Hidan when he inevitably did. Kakuzu also seemed quite willing to follow orders. When ordered to retreat by the Akatsuki leader, Kakuzu complied immediately (while Hidan attempted to argue), despite the rather large bounty he could have received by taking Asuma. He seemed to forget the greater goals of the organisation when enraged, as he attempted to kill Naruto, in spite of Akatsuki's need to capture all the jinchūriki alive.
Appearance
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Kakuzu was a tall, tanned, muscular man that towered over everyone in Akatsuki with the exception of Kisame Hoshigaki.
He wore a white hood and a black mask, with his eyes being the only
visible part of his face. Underneath, his mouth was stitched together at
the edges and he had long dark brown hair. His eyes have an unusual
colouring: green irides, no pupils and red sclera. His clothing included
the traditional Akatsuki cloak and the forehead protector of his home
village with a scratch in the middle which symbolised that he was no
longer loyal to it. He also wore dark green nail polish and an Akatsuki
ring with the kanji for North (北, hoku) was placed on his
left middle finger. His entire body was covered with various stitches
and predominantly appeared to be sewn together. This was a result of the
unique technique that he possessed - the Earth Grudge Fear.
Abilities
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Kakuzu was a very powerful ninja,
strong enough to become a member of Akatsuki. During his frequent
rages, Kakuzu has killed many of his former partners in the
organisation.
He had extremely high taijutsu prowess (due to his raw power and swiftness), a vast array of ninjutsu techniques consisting of multiple elements (due to his unique technique Earth Grudge Fear and near a century worth of experience) and a highly analytical mind. Those traits allowed him to fight several opponents while generally controlling the pace of the fight, including Kakashi Hatake with Chōji Akimichi and Ino Yamanaka as backup.
Intelligence
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Kakuzu was shown to be a keen analyst, which was somewhat
attributable to his age. He is highly observant, easily noticing that
Shikamaru was taking his time to formulate a plan to counter Hidan's
technique, after the former caught his partner in his Shadow Imitation Technique.
He was able to quickly discern the purpose of Shikamaru's various
shadow attacks, and devised ways to counter them almost instantaneously
during the battle. An example for that is when Shikamaru trapped him and
Hidan in his Shadow Imitation Shuriken Technique,
Kakuzu detached his right arm, hid it underground and with its help,
was able to remove the trench knife, thus successfully breaking free
from the technique.
Taijutsu
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Kakuzu has demonstrated great raw speed, he is able to cross great
distances in the blink of an eye and disappear from unfocused eyes. He
was fast enough to be able to intercept Kakashi when he was attacking
Hidan with his Lightning Cutter. His raw strength was great enough to catch one of Chōji's enlarged punches
with a single hand and punch down an iron gate, as well as lifting and
choking two people simultaneously. This was further supplemented by his
already adept taijutsu skills, shown when, during his fight with Kakashi
(who was quite skilled in taijutsu himself) he mixed his hardening and
extending abilities with his taijutsu eventually overwhelming Kakashi
himself. All these factors afforded him great versatility against his
opponents. Using Earth Release: Earth Spear Technique
he was able to increase his hardness, up to the point when he was able
to withstand attacks that were normally fatal, an example being him able
to withstand Choji's surprise ambush without any visible damage.
Body Structure
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Kakuzu's threads granted him a degree of immortality (though he declined to think of it that way). The threads could pierce the flesh and bodies of others, allowing him to remove their organs and integrate them into his own body, thereby extending his life. He commonly removed hearts in this fashion, keeping a total of five at any time, and requiring that he be killed at least five times in a battle before he truly died. If Kakuzu was killed somehow, then one of his extra hearts could then re-enter his body and bring him back to life at the cost of the heart.
Ninjutsu
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Nature Transformation
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- Earth mask: This heart had an earth-affinity, and took on the shape of a demonic, beaked biped.[4] It allowed Kakuzu to use Earth Release: Earth Spear. In the anime, even though this mask was destroyed, Kakuzu was still able to use the Earth Spear technique, though it only hardened his arm.
- Fire mask: This heart had a fire-affinity, and took on the shape of a demonic tiger. It could use Fire Release: Intelligent Hard Work. This mask could also unite with the Wind mask to launch a fire-wind dual strike that was near unstoppable.
- Lightning mask: This heart had a lightning-affinity, and took on the shape of some sort of deformed biped. It could use Lightning Release: False Darkness.
- Wind mask: This heart had a wind-affinity, and took on a strange four-legged body with thin wings. It could use Wind Release: Pressure Damage. It could unite with the Fire mask to launch a fire-wind dual strike that was near unstoppable.
Other
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- Water: In the anime, Kakuzu could use water-based techniques. Kakuzu used the Water Encampment Wall technique when Shikamaru threw an exploding tag at him, and also a Water Clone Technique during his fight with Kakashi.
Stats
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Databook | Ninjutsu | Taijutsu | Genjutsu | Intelligence | Strength | Speed | Stamina | Hand seals | Total |
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Third | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4.5 | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 32.5 |
Part II
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Hidan and Kakuzu Arc
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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. He attacked Shikamaru Nara in order to free Hidan, but was forbidden from further participation in the battle by the overconfident Hidan himself. Kakuzu complied, but insisted that he would get to have the thirty-five million ryō head of Asuma afterwards. 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 (and in the manga, another three days sealing the Three-Tails).
While this would normally be fatal, Kakuzu had five hearts (now four) in his possession, and thus recovered fairly quickly, sending a counter-attack to Kakashi. Removing his cloak, he revealed four masks on his back, one of which was now broken by Kakashi. Each mask contained a heart, the broken one having given its heart up to keep Kakuzu alive. The four masks broke free from his back into separate entities, with the broken one dissolving after doing so. Each mask was able to attack with a specific and powerful elemental attack, making Kakuzu almost too much for Team 10 to handle. While Kakuzu set his sights on replacing his lost heart with Kakashi's, Shikamaru dragged Hidan away from the battlefield into some woods, with his Shadow Imitation Technique, for a one-on-one fight.
Ignoring the other two for the most part, Kakuzu focused on taking Kakashi's heart. Though Kakashi was unable to handle Kakuzu and his mask creatures, being forced to protect Ino and Chōji too, he was saved when Shikamaru tricked Hidan into using some of Kakuzu's blood in his curse ritual, which Kakashi had collected in a capsule earlier when he pierced Kakuzu's chest, and had handed it over to Shikamaru. This resulted in Hidan unintentionally destroying Kakuzu's main body's heart. Seeing this, the Lightning mask allowed its heart to be absorbed by Kakuzu's body, bringing him back to life. In addition to that, Kakuzu also had the two other Fire and Wind masks to combine with him, making him even more powerful. He then caught the rest of Team 10 with his threads, hoping to replenish his stock.
Left with no usable hearts after being battered by Naruto's technique, Kakuzu lamented being defeated by those he considered "kids". Kakashi assured him that the previous generation being surpassed by the next was perfectly natural, and one of the "never-ending cycles of life". Kakashi then finished him off with a Lightning Cutter.
Kakuzu's corpse was later taken back to Konoha to be autopsied by Tsunade in regards of the Rasenshuriken's capabilities, and it revealed that Kakuzu was damaged at a cellular level by it.
Confining the Jinchūriki Arc
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In an attempt to both impede Tobi and coerce him into joining forces during their initial encounter, Kabuto Yakushi demonstrated his capabilities by resurrecting many of the deceased members of Akatsuki, including Kakuzu, using Summoning: Impure World Resurrection.[5]
Shinobi World War Arc
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Escaping his captors, who give chase, Kakuzu's lightning heart is destroyed by Tenten, through the use of the Bashōsen. Whilst later fighting Darui, Izumo and Kotetsu, he was shocked to see Chōji's butterfly wings overshadowing the battlefield. With his masks defeated, Kakuzu is eventually restrained beneath Chōji's giant fist, but when the latter departs to stop the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path's rampage, the others are left to deal with Kakuzu. Although he is then bound by another shinobi, in the statue's wake, the cloth begins to unravel.[6]
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