Obito

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Team Minato and his family

Obito belongs to Team Minato with Rin Nohara and Kakashi Hatake, under Jonin Minato Namikaze. When the team notices an unusually fast Uchiha, Obito fails to see him pass and then insists he was merely pretending. Their curiosity leads them to follow Shiyu, whose speed leaves the entire team behind 29 30.

After meeting Shiyu, Obito uses an Uchiha family tree to establish that they are cousins. He also reveals that Shisui is his only younger brother and is already training with the Anbu. Obito tells Shiyu that someone deliberately erased his father’s name from the family record, but admits he lacks the knowledge of clan affairs needed to investigate further 34 35.

Chunin Exams

Before the exams, older Uchiha ridicule Obito as a “dead-last” and mock his friendship with Shiyu. Obito charges at Shuichi Uchiha, who lifts him into the air; Kakashi and Shiyu immediately intervene with drawn weapons 45 46.

During the field examination, Obito supports Kakashi with Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu while Rin adds explosive and Wind Release tags. He later fights Nao when Shiyu’s team ambushes Team Minato. In the tournament, Might Guy overwhelms him with three spinning kicks. Rin’s encouragement and Kakashi’s unexpectedly warm warning help him recover from the defeat 57 58 73.

Kannabi Bridge and presumed death

Hiruzen reports that Obito died during the Kannabi Bridge mission. His name is honored at Konoha’s Memorial Stone, where Kakashi and Rin leave flowers. The Uchiha Clan allows Kakashi to retain Obito’s Sharingan because it was Obito’s dying wish 187 188.

Kakashi recalls Obito asking Rin to transplant the eye into his left socket. Obito intended it as a Jonin promotion gift and promised to become Kakashi’s eye, helping him see the future. His insistence that comrades matter more than rules becomes a lasting influence on Kakashi 188.

Madara’s manipulation and the masked identity

Obito survives, but Madara engineers his descent into darkness. Madara places a seal inside him that prevents self-harm and uses genjutsu to make him witness Kakashi apparently killing Rin. In reality, Shiyu saves Rin by taking the Three-Tails into himself. Obito awakens his Mangekyō Sharingan through the false tragedy and comes to support the Eye of the Moon Plan 399 449.

Shiyu identifies the masked attacker as Obito during the Nine-Tails crisis. Obito rejects his former identity and calls himself Madara Uchiha. Shiyu damages his Wood Release arm with a Rasengan and applies a Contract Seal that separates him from the Nine-Tails, forcing him to escape through Kamui 268.

In Kirigakure, Obito commands Yagura and threatens Mei Terumi as a hostage. Shiyu rescues Mei, exploits Kamui’s dimensional weakness, and sustains an attack long enough to exhaust Obito’s intangibility. The resulting barrage kills him, but his corpse disappears and he retreats alive. Shiyu concludes that he used Izanagi at the cost of Madara’s left eye 290 291 292.

Doubt and an incomplete change of heart

Although allied with Madara, Obito distrusts him and initially resists allowing Black Zetsu to return Nagato’s Rinnegan to its original owner. He eventually permits the transfer and returns Madara’s Uchiha Gunbai 394 395.

Shiyu confronts Obito with the truth about Rin and challenges the promise of happiness through Infinite Tsukuyomi. Through genjutsu, he shows Obito both an unnaturally obedient imitation of Rin and a vision of the Hokage he once hoped to become. Obito removes his mask, reclaims his name, apologizes, and asks how he can help 399 400.

That admission does not immediately end his commitment to the plan. During the war, he tells Kakashi that even a living Rin cannot prevent future losses in a world shaped by war. When Rin approaches him, he renders her unconscious with genjutsu and takes her into Kamui 449.

War, betrayal, and aftermath

Obito fights Kakashi and Guy while the enemy captures the remaining tailed beasts. After Black Zetsu grants him Six Paths power, he summons the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and uses it against the Allied Forces. He continues supporting Madara while demanding that Madara keep his promise to create a peaceful world 450 453 454.

Obito eventually turns against Madara, seeking to reclaim both his power and the heart Madara sealed. His attempt to imprison Black Zetsu in Kamui backfires when Zetsu attacks him inside the dimension and takes control of his body. Obito uses Izanagi, sacrificing a spare Sharingan, then pierces Madara and briefly steals the Ten-Tails. Madara defeats him with Limbo and recovers its chakra 462 463.

After the war, Obito releases Rin from Kamui. She explains that he kept her there to protect her and that she survived while the others died. Kakashi calls him a war hero, but Obito insists that nothing he has done can make up for his mistakes 495.

Appearance

• As a young Konoha ninja: Black hair, sportswear bearing the Uchiha Clan crest, and tinted protective goggles 29 45.
• As the Masked Man: Conceals his face behind a mask and wears Akatsuki’s black cloak patterned with red clouds; Kakashi later identifies his former disguise as a spiral mask 290 449.
• Mangekyō Sharingan: Takes a sickle-shaped form, matching the transformation of Kakashi’s transplanted eye 449.
• Modified arm: Has an arm made from Wood Release, which Shiyu destroys during their confrontation 268.

Personality

Young Obito is enthusiastic, easily embarrassed, and eager to defend his pride. He makes excuses when caught missing Shiyu’s passage, claims to be stronger than his prodigious younger brother, and reacts angrily to being mocked in front of Rin. Nevertheless, he fights Guy with everything he has despite believing he cannot win 29 45 73.

He treats Shiyu without the contempt shown by many other Uchiha and shares what he knows about the altered family record. His final words at Kannabi Bridge place loyalty to comrades above obedience to shinobi rules 35 188.

As Tobi, he becomes cold, coercive, and confident in Kamui’s protection. His support for Infinite Tsukuyomi rests on the belief that a false world without loss is preferable to a real world governed by war. Even after learning that Rin lives, he argues that no individual—including Shiyu—can prevent every tragedy 290 399 449.

His remorse develops unevenly: he accepts his identity and apologizes to Shiyu, yet later continues fighting for Madara’s plan. By the postwar reunion, he openly condemns his own actions and rejects Kakashi’s attempt to absolve him as a hero 400 449 495.

Abilities & Skills

Sharingan and Genjutsu

Obito uses his Sharingan for illusion techniques and spatial abilities.

• Knocks Rin unconscious with genjutsu from both eyes before taking her into Kamui 449.
• Controls the Nine-Tails during its attack on Konoha; Shiyu breaks their connection with a Contract Seal 268 449.
• Plans to mentally break Shiyu and then control him using Madara’s Sharingan, though the attempt does not succeed 291.

Kamui

His Mangekyō Sharingan connects him to the Kamui Dimension, enabling absorption, transport, and apparent intangibility.

• Draws targets into the dimension through a vortex from his eye and can transport himself to escape 268 290.
• Avoids attacks by shifting affected parts of his body into Kamui rather than letting them remain physically present 291 450.
• Shares access to the dimension with Kakashi’s transplanted eye. Kakashi sends an explosive-tagged kunai inside while Guy forces Obito to remain intangible 450.
• Dimensional vulnerability: Displaced body parts can be attacked from inside Kamui. Shiyu exploits this with a Wood Clone; Black Zetsu later uses the same opening against Obito 291 462.
• Time limit: Continuous intangibility lasts approximately five minutes. Shiyu prevents him from becoming solid to reset the limit, exhausting his chakra and eye 291 292.
• Chakra cost: Opening a space-time passage requires substantial chakra; Obito fails to activate Kamui when depleted 399.

Fire Release

• Great Fireball Jutsu: Used against a Konoha Chunin during the exams, alongside Rin’s tag-based support 57.
• Violent Wind Dance: Used to attack Kakashi during their wartime confrontation 449.

Wood Release and Hashirama Cells

• Uses Wood Release to massacre Kirigakure pursuers, leaving bodies pierced with branches 242.
• Possesses a Wood Release arm; Shiyu later infers that he restored it after its destruction 268 290.
• Hashirama’s cells heal injuries sustained while fighting Kakashi and Guy 450.

Izanagi

Obito uses Izanagi to overturn fatal or disabling outcomes at the cost of a Sharingan.

• After Shiyu kills him, his corpse disappears and he escapes. Shiyu attributes this to Izanagi performed with Madara’s left eye 292.
• Uses it again during his betrayal of Madara, sacrificing his other Sharingan and retaining only the eye capable of Kamui 462.

Demonic Statue and Ten-Tails Power

• Receives Six Paths power through Black Zetsu’s attachment, enabling him to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path 450.
• Receives chakra restoration and healing through the statue’s life-energy supply 451.
• Controls the statue to obstruct the Five Kage and support Madara’s attack 453.
• Briefly becomes the Ten-Tails’ jinchuriki by wresting its chakra from Madara, but cannot withstand Madara’s Limbo counterattack 462 463.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Protective goggles — Worn during his youth in Konoha 29 45.
• Spiral mask and Akatsuki cloak — Conceal his identity as the organization’s hidden leader 290 449.
• Chain — Used to charge at Shiyu during their masked confrontation 268.
• Kunai — Used to threaten Mei Terumi 290.
• Uchiha family tree — Establishes his kinship with Shiyu and exposes an erased paternal entry 35.
• Uchiha Gunbai — Holds the fan before returning it to Madara 395.

Relationships

• Rin Nohara — Teammate and central emotional attachment. Her supposed death helps drive his transformation; she later approaches him without rejecting his appearance and confirms that he protected her inside Kamui 449 495.
• Kakashi Hatake — Teammate, rival, and recipient of his Sharingan. Their shared dimension becomes both a connection and a combat vulnerability; Kakashi welcomes him after the war 188 450 495.
• Minato Namikaze — Jonin instructor. Obito later controls the Nine-Tails in an attack against the village his teacher leads 29 268.
• Uchiha Shiyu / Shigure — Cousin and childhood friend who uncovers his identity, repeatedly defeats him, and challenges his belief in Infinite Tsukuyomi 35 268 399 400.
• Shisui Uchiha — Only younger brother, whose early Anbu training highlights the difference in their childhood achievements 29 35.
• Madara Uchiha — Manipulator and uneasy ally. Engineers Obito’s false vision of Rin’s death, seals his heart, and ultimately becomes the target of his betrayal 449 462.
• Black Zetsu — Collaborator who grants him power but later attacks and possesses him when he turns against Madara 450 462.
• Might Guy — Defeats him in the Chunin Exams and later fights him alongside Kakashi, helping exploit Kamui’s weakness 73 450.

Notable Quotes

“People who break the rules are called trash in the shinobi world. But people who don't cherish their comrades are worse than trash!” 188

“I'm going to die, but I'll become your eye and help you see what lies ahead.” 188

“I've done too many wrong things, but I don't want to keep making the same mistakes.” 400

“Nothing I do can make up for my mistakes!” 495