Kirigakure

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Kirigakure
Alias(es)	Village Hidden in the Mist; Blood Mist (under the former policy)
Affiliation	Land of Water; later the Soul Empire
Occupation/Role	One of the Five Great Ninja Villages; later the imperial capital of Yuki Yoru's unified empire
Status	Reformed from the Blood Mist era, rebuilt after repeated devastation, and expanded into the Soul Empire 106 351 355
First Appearance	Chapter 1

Background / History

Kirigakure initially remains uninvolved while the other great villages exhaust themselves in the Third Shinobi War. Once Sunagakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Konohagakure have been weakened, the Third Mizukage commits the main army to war and dispatches the Seven Ninja Swordsmen for a decapitation operation. 1

The village's military reputation is inseparable from the Blood Mist Policy: a brutal survival-of-the-fittest system that produces elite combatants but devastates its population. After the war, Kirigakure has lost more than a thousand ninja and possesses only about ten thousand total residents, leaving it unable to sustain conquest or recover quickly. 80 83 92

Yuki Yoru exposes that the Third Mizukage has been manipulated by Sharingan genjutsu and defeats the Mizukage's Direct ANBU, the Third Mizukage, Genji, and Yagura during the ensuing internal conflict. The battle heavily damages the Mizukage Building and blankets the village in ice and snow. 83 87 89

Yoru becomes the Fourth Mizukage after securing peace with Konohagakure on terms favorable to Kirigakure. His administration ends the Blood Mist Policy, prioritizes population growth, education, commerce, infrastructure, and research rather than territorial conquest. 98 106 126

Under Yoru, Kirigakure develops from an isolated militarized village into an open, prosperous center with public training resources, expanded schooling, medical advances, and broad commercial ties. Its influence becomes strong enough for other villages—particularly Konohagakure—to imitate its policies. 126 147 193

Kirigakure suffers catastrophic destruction during later conflicts, but Yoru, Yuki Akira, Terumi Mei, and the village's researchers oversee its recovery. Following the stabilization of the Ninja World, Yoru establishes a unified Soul Empire centered on Kirigakure. 332 338 351 355

Government and Administration

• Mizukage leadership — The village is formerly led by the Third Mizukage; Yuki Yoru succeeds him as Fourth Mizukage after the war and internal coup. 89 98
• Mizukage's Direct ANBU — A special ANBU unit outside the regular ANBU command structure, directly attached to the Mizukage. 82
• ANBU organization — Established under the Second Mizukage; four-person teams form squads, with Yoru once leading the First Squad. 2
• Open-entry policy — Visitors register identity information and provide tissue samples before entering, allowing the village to remain accessible while maintaining records. 146
• Later imperial role — Kirigakure becomes the capital of Yuki Yoru's empire and retains special privileges even after the world is reorganized into cities with more balanced resources. 351 355

Society and Development

End of the Blood Mist Policy

Yoru restructures the village around schools, hospitals, commercial districts, residential areas, industrial districts, and relocated training grounds. The former emphasis on constant military pressure is replaced by development and civilian life. 106

• The village plans to attract outsiders through stability, commerce, and industry. 106
• Ninja and civilians coexist openly in a lively urban environment. 146
• Kirigakure recovers from wartime losses and reaches a level of prosperity that shocks outside observers. 147

Education

Kirigakure's education system is divided into kindergarten, primary school, secondary vocational education, and high school. Kindergarten focuses on healthy physical, intellectual, and emotional development rather than chakra cultivation. 147

• Children are not sent into wartime combat despite the village's population concerns. 265
• The Ninja Academy becomes one of the village's most prominent buildings, reflecting the administration's focus on long-term development. 147
• The later Spirit Academy educates residents alongside revived predecessors and other powerful figures. 338

Economy and External Development

Kirigakure invests national resources in industry, commerce, fisheries, transport, and trade with countries across the Ninja World. 137 138

• Land of Waves — Brought under Land of Water jurisdiction after rogue ninja and mafia activity is purged; ports, bridges, transport, commerce, and industry improve local living conditions. 126
• Sunagakure cooperation — Kirigakure proposes cross-sea bridges, transport bases, water-diversion projects, rivers, reservoirs, and broader economic cooperation. 138
• Three Nations Infrastructure Alliance — Kirigakure enters construction and infrastructure cooperation with Konohagakure through Hozuki Mangetsu's diplomacy. 193

Military and Defenses

Shinobi Forces

Kirigakure is known for producing exceptional combatants through its harsh former system, including the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Terumi Mei, Hozuki Mangetsu, Karatachi Yagura, and Yuki Yoru. 109

• The village employs regular ANBU, the Mizukage's Direct ANBU, barrier teams, sensory ninja, and clan-based forces. 2 82 87
• The Seven Ninja Swordsmen are used for high-priority assassination and decapitation operations. 1
• Kirigakure's later forces include Shinigami, Quincy, Hollow-based combatants, and conventional shinobi. 319

Barriers and Security

Kirigakure is protected by a village-wide barrier that prevents even Zetsu's spores from infiltrating directly. 138

• The village uses identity registration and tissue sampling for incoming visitors. 146
• During the Hollow invasion, Seireitei assumes responsibility for combating the invaders while ordinary ninja prioritize civilian and property protection. 227
• Yoru can deploy a Sky Prison Barrier capable of sealing Amegakure and trapping everyone within it. 245

Kirigakure Duel Tower

The Kirigakure Duel Tower is an underground complex built under Yoru's orders. It provides public access to ninjutsu knowledge, training facilities, and non-lethal combat simulation. 126

• Library — Holds books and borrowable ninjutsu scrolls. 126
• Training floors — Use varying pressure levels for physical and spiritual conditioning. 126
• Duel floors — Use Combat Simulators for realistic, non-lethal matches. 126
• Research floors — Maintain facilities connected to Impure World Reincarnation and other experiments. 126
• Hidden function — Its upper duel layers can impose psychological suggestion and mental imprinting through chakra, Rei Ground techniques, and soul interaction. 147

Research and Power Systems

Soul and Spiritual Power Research

Kirigakure develops soul technology under Yoru and Uzumaki Yumi, including Gigai creation, soul experiments, Shinigami transformation, Hollow research, Quincy power, and Spirit Power conversion. 92 137

• Yumi creates physical clone bodies but initially cannot successfully bind souls to them. 92
• Kirigakure seeks to create a Rei Ground by gathering external souls rather than continuing the Blood Mist era's internal slaughter. 111
• The village's spiritual research eventually supports an empire-scale power system of Shinigami, Quincy, and Spirit Power users. 137 364

Kekkei Genkai Research

Yoru revives and expands Kirigakure's forbidden research into bloodlines, organs, transplantation, reproduction, fusion, and the reproducibility of Release-type Kekkei Genkai. 104

• The village studies the feasibility of making certain Kekkei Genkai learnable rather than exclusive to bloodline clans. 104
• Non-organ-based abilities including Ice Release, Lava Release, Scorch Release, and Boil Release are eventually made available to the wider populace. 164
• Kirigakure maintains extensive Sharingan research material, including examples from one-tomoe through Mangekyō Sharingan. 164

Relationships

• Land of Water — Kirigakure is the Land of Water's principal ninja village and later expands its authority over the Land of Waves. 126
• Konohagakure — Former wartime enemy; signs a peace agreement and unequal treaties with Kirigakure, then becomes a major infrastructure and policy partner. 98 193
• Sunagakure — Economic partner sought through transport, water, trade, and infrastructure proposals; Pakura later accompanies Yoru as a Kirigakure affiliate. 138 219
• Kumogakure — A rival power that later seeks access to Kirigakure's Spiritual Power cultivation methods. 241
• Land of Waves — Placed under Land of Water jurisdiction and developed through Kirigakure-led security, transport, industry, and commerce. 126
• Seireitei — Kirigakure's Shinigami-based force and research framework, which assumes major responsibility during spiritual threats. 136 227
• Soul Empire — The broader political entity created by Yuki Yoru, with Kirigakure as its capital and central power. 351 355

Major Arcs

• Third Shinobi War — Kirigakure abandons neutrality, attacks weakened rivals, and wages war against Konohagakure. 1
• Mizukage Succession Crisis — The Third Mizukage's Sharingan control is exposed; Yoru defeats the forces opposing him and becomes sole candidate for Fourth Mizukage. 83 87 89
• Postwar Reform — The village abandons the Blood Mist Policy and begins population, education, industrial, commercial, and research reforms. 92 106
• Duel Tower and Seireitei Development — Kirigakure builds its public training complex while expanding spiritual research and Shinigami-based forces. 126 137
• Hollow Invasion — Obito and Black Zetsu unleash controlled Hollows against the Mizukage's office and Duel Tower. 227
• Obito and Ōtsutsuki Conflicts — Kirigakure is repeatedly targeted, devastated, and rebuilt amid battles involving Obito, Kaguya, Hagoromo, and other higher beings. 319 324 332 344
• Soul Empire Formation — Yoru offers the surviving nations the choice to join a unified Kirigakure-centered empire. 351 355

Trivia

• Kirigakure's ANBU structure follows a model attributed to the Second Mizukage, with four-person teams and four teams per squad. 2
• At its postwar low point, Kirigakure has only slightly more than ten thousand registered civilians. 92
• The village's old Blood Mist graduation exams once required academy students to kill one another. 111
• Kirigakure's reforms become influential enough that Uchiha Fugaku openly copies many of its education, library, and ninjutsu-access policies for Konohagakure. 193