Deidara, one of the members of the Akatsuki, bore the codename Ao (Azure Dragon). He was a disciple of Ōnoki, the Third Tsuchikage of Iwagakure in the Land of Earth, and Kurotsuchi's senior fellow disciple. In his youth, seeking to prove his art, he accepted numerous terrorist attack missions. After being defeated by Itachi Uchiha, he joined the Akatsuki. He once captured Gaara, the One-Tails Jinchuriki, and brought him back to the Akatsuki base to extract the Tailed Beast. After Sasori's death, he partnered with Tobi (Obito Uchiha). In the end, Deidara died by self-destruction during his battle with Sasuke Uchiha. Later, Yakushi Kabuto revived him through Impure World Reincarnation. During that time, he remained stubborn and clung to his own obsessions, reuniting with his master and junior fellow disciple. Finally, when the Impure World Reincarnation was released, his soul ascended to heaven.
His hair was dark gold. His left eye was covered by hair that hung down past his face. A braid stuck up from the top of his head, while his longer lower hair was tucked inside his clothes. Before joining the Akatsuki, however, he did not wear the upward-pointing braid; his hair fell naturally down his back, with only a short braid tied at the ends, resembling Neji Hyuga's hairstyle.
His eyes were cyan-blue in the anime. He wore black eyeliner, and usually had a miniature telescope over his left eye that could take photographs. Because he had long concentrated chakra in his left eye and trained extensively enough to shrink his pupil, he could break genjutsu by staring directly at it. Deidara specifically used his left eye against the Sharingan's genjutsu.
His hands had mouths, which he used to mix ordinary clay with chakra and create explosive clay. On the upper left side of his chest