Itachi Uchiha

First Manga Appearance: 139
First Anime Appearance: 80
Ring: Shu (Scarlet) on right ring finger
Partner: Kisame Hoshigaki
Originally From: Hidden Leaf Village

Miscellaneous Information: Killed everyone in his clan except for his little brother, Sasuke. Initially, Itachi murdered his best friend, Shisui Uchiha, to gain the Mangekyo Sharingan, but went on to massacre the rest of the clan, leaving only Sasuke. Seven or eight years after the Uchiha massacre, Itachi reveals to Sasuke that he had the help of Madara Uchiha, and the only reason he left Sasuke alive was to steal his eyes. The Mangekyo Sharingan brings upon blindness to the user, and the only way to prevent going blind was to take the eyes of one's sibling. With that goal in mind Sasuke was left alive to live hating Itachi, and one day possibly awaken the Mangenkyo Sharingan. At some point in time Itachi joined Akatsuki. The timeline that has been given throughout the series coupled with his age suggests that he joined the organization prior to killing his clan.

Itachi is a genjutsu specialist, and can trap opponents within an illusion by merely pointing or looking at them. He also relies heavily on his Sharingan in battle, and uses them to reads an opponent's movements and respond accordingly. With his Mangekyo Sharingan, Itachi uses the attack Tsukuyomi to take his opponent's mind into an alternate dimension and torture them. A matter of seconds in the real world is equivalent to hours to the person under control of Itachi's Tsukuyomi. The Mangekyo Sharingan is more than just genjutsu, however. There is a physical attack associated with it - Amaterasu - a ninjutsu, which emits a black flame several times hotter than the sun's heat. Both the Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu take up an incredible amount of chakra, so Itachi tries to wrap up battles as fast as possible.