Madara Uchiha

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Madara Uchiha (宇智波斑)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Uchiha Clan; formerly Konohagakure; later a covert ally of Uchiha Yi and the Shinobi World’s defenders 125 331 332
Occupation/Role	Former Uchiha Clan Leader; co-founder of Konoha; architect of the Eye of the Moon Plan; later an organizer of controlled opposition to Yi 134 131 38 399
Status	Fully resurrected in a young body; without eyes immediately after resurrection. Subsequently assigned with Hashirama to guard the sealed Momoshiki 440 441
First Appearance	Mentioned in Chapter 1; appears directly in Chapter 38 1 38

Power Progression

Historical developments are cited to the chapters that recount them; the supplied context does not date their original occurrence.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Mangekyō Sharingan	123 259	Awakened during the Warring States Period. Madara fought for more than a decade with these eyes before obtaining their eternal form.
Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan	305 386	Fused Izuna’s Mangekyō Sharingan with his own. Madara was the only known person to achieve this before Fugaku.
Rinnegan and Power of All Creation	142 329	Acquired Hashirama’s cells, combining the powers associated with Indra and Asura. Became the first person since the Sage of Six Paths to awaken the Rinnegan.
Enhanced Impure World Reincarnation	331	Yi killed and reincarnated him in a body restored to approximately thirty years old, preserving his Power of All Creation. Yi described this combination as stronger than any state Madara had reached while alive.
Full resurrection	440	Restored to life through Momoshiki’s life force and Rinne Rebirth. His copied Rinnegan shattered, leaving him eyeless; recovery of his real Rinnegan remained a future objective.

Background / History

Warring States Period and Konoha’s Founding

Madara grew up amid clan warfare. Several of his younger brothers died before reaching six years old, yet he had still not awakened the Sharingan at twelve. He later became the strongest Uchiha of his generation and secured the clan leadership through his strength and Izuna’s support 1 134 390.

While Madara supplied the clan’s greatest military power, Izuna handled much of its administration. Tobirama fatally wounded Izuna with the Flying Thunder God Slash. Before dying, Izuna asked Madara to protect the Uchiha; Madara later fused his brother’s eyes with his own and cremated his body, leaving him unable to revive Izuna through Impure World Reincarnation 53 98 117 305.

Madara and Hashirama reconciled and founded Konoha. Hashirama originally wanted Madara to become Hokage, but Tobirama and other clans opposed the choice. Madara also proposed unifying the Five Great Nations, removing the daimyō, and establishing a ninja-governed nation. Tobirama supported that proposal, but Hashirama rejected it; limited administrative manpower also contributed to the adoption of the One Country, One Village system 131 217.

Departure and Hidden Survival

Madara gradually lost his clan’s support after making peace with the Senju. Without Izuna, he struggled to hold the Uchiha together. He eventually left Konoha through its main gate; Hashirama, Mito, and the clan initially believed he would return after a temporary absence 125 169.

Years later, he returned with the Nine-Tails and attacked Konoha. Hashirama defeated him, and the village believed him dead. Madara nevertheless survived, acquired Hashirama’s power, and awakened the Rinnegan. The narrative separately confirms that he used Izanagi during their final battle 109 125 219 329.

In old age, Madara relied on the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path to sustain his life. He entrusted his Rinnegan to Nagato and used Kagami Uchiha’s stolen Mangekyō Sharingan instead. He admitted that relinquishing the Rinnegan had left him with little fighting strength 38.

Eye of the Moon Plan

Madara arranged Uzushio’s destruction so Nagato could inherit his eyes without the Rinnegan later falling into the Uzumaki Clan’s hands. When Kagami discovered his control of the Mizukage, Madara killed him and took his eyes 38.

His strategy depended on covertly weakening the villages while giving Nagato time to grow. He rejected an attack intended to lure out Mito because he doubted he could kill her quickly and did not want his survival exposed. He instead ordered Zetsu to spread conflict, while avoiding the simultaneous destruction of Konoha by all its enemies 38.

Yi’s growth disrupted those calculations. Madara initially dismissed him because he lacked a brother from whom to obtain an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. Later, Yi’s Flying Thunder God Technique made assassination too risky, and Yi broke the ocular control Madara had left on the Three-Tails 38 98 168.

Madara and Black Zetsu consequently cultivated Fugaku as a rival to Yi. Their plans included exploiting his family attachments, obtaining his father’s eyes, and enhancing him with transplanted cells. Madara later confirmed that he secretly supplied Fugaku with Uchiha knowledge and his own flesh and blood 134 332 386.

During Danzō’s rebellion, Yi and Tobirama suspected Madara or Black Zetsu had enabled the unusually advanced Impure World Reincarnation technique and its specially prepared vessels. Their involvement in that incident remained a deduction rather than a directly established fact in those scenes 245 248 252.

Reconciliation with Yi and Hashirama

Yi and Hashirama eventually confronted Madara with historical records from the Moon Ōtsutsuki Clan. The evidence challenged the Uchiha stone tablet and the promise of Infinite Tsukuyomi. Yi also explained that Black Zetsu had manipulated Madara to free Kaguya, rather than create the peaceful world Madara intended 329 331.

Madara accepted cooperation after Hashirama urged him to help protect the Shinobi World. Yi killed him with Tobirama’s Sword of the Thunder God, provoking one final outburst of anger, then reincarnated him in a restored young body 331.

After meeting the Sage of Six Paths, Madara abandoned Infinite Tsukuyomi as a genuine solution. He nevertheless continued presenting himself publicly as its advocate, while establishing a base in the Land of Water and gathering enemies of Yi. His actual assignment was to pressure uncooperative nations and strengthen the world through organized opposition 332 399.

He recruited Fugaku by reporting Heitai’s failed rebellion and death, directing Fugaku’s grief toward Yi. Madara concealed his own doubts about the circumstances, allowing Fugaku to believe they shared the same enemy 339.

Hikari and Preparation for the Ōtsutsuki

Black Zetsu drew Madara’s attention to an ancient Uchiha weapon known as Nanashi. Madara agreed to pursue her release, expecting support from a fellow Uchiha. Yi eventually broke her seal and restored her identity as Uchiha Hikari 307 390 392.

Madara oversaw Hikari’s training and supported her participation in the coming Ōtsutsuki battle. Meanwhile, he studied Tailed Beast chakra and sought resurrection, Six Paths Sage Mode, and greater knowledge of Six Paths Yin-Yang Power 354 390 430.

Ōtsutsuki Invasion and Resurrection

When the Ōtsutsuki attacked, Tobirama sought Madara’s help. Madara welcomed the opportunity to fight beside Hashirama and brought Hikari with him. Finding Hashirama badly injured by Momoshiki transformed his excitement into anger 429 430 432.

Momoshiki shattered Madara’s Susanoo, forcing him to change tactics. Madara then covered Hashirama’s Wooden Man with Susanoo; their combined power greatly strengthened the construct and made Momoshiki acknowledge them as genuine threats 433 434.

Momoshiki’s life force was later used to fully resurrect Madara, Hashirama, Tobirama, and Mito. Madara returned in a young body, but lost his copied Rinnegan. He subsequently returned Kagami’s stolen eyes and, alongside Hashirama, was entrusted with watching the sealed Momoshiki 440 441.

Appearance

• Old age: Described as a decrepit elderly man while pursuing the Eye of the Moon Plan 307.
• Reincarnated body: Restored by Yi to his strongest physical condition at approximately thirty years old 331.
• Uchiha armor: Recognized by Hikari immediately after she awakened 392.
• Eyes: Uses Kagami’s Mangekyō Sharingan during his hidden survival, copied Rinnegan after reincarnation, and has no eyes immediately after full resurrection 38 433 440.

Personality

Madara’s desire for peace predates Infinite Tsukuyomi. He correctly anticipated that war would return after his and Hashirama’s deaths, but the Uchiha’s rejection and his disillusionment with the world pushed him toward imposed peace through illusion. He admits that even one clansman following him out of Konoha might have led him to seek a different solution 98.

His attachment to the Uchiha is inseparable from possessiveness and resentment. He fought for the clan for much of his life and remained burdened by Izuna’s final request, yet regarded the leaders who rejected him as traitors. He was willing to sacrifice Heitai and manufacture Fugaku’s suffering to create a useful ally 98 134 169.

Personal affection survives beneath his ruthlessness. He remembers Mito’s hospitality and anniversary wine, and imagines reuniting with her, Hashirama, and Izuna through Infinite Tsukuyomi. Tobirama alone is deliberately excluded from that imagined world 38.

Madara remains fiercely competitive after accepting Yi’s superiority. He rejects being defined merely as Indra’s reincarnation and insists that he will surpass him. Against Momoshiki, the destruction of his Susanoo excites rather than frightens him; against Yi, however, he recognizes a gulf so large that he doubts his confidence to attack 384 386 434.

His later cooperation does not erase his manipulative methods. He accepts the role of a public villain for the world’s protection, while continuing to steer Fugaku through selective information and hatred 332 339 399.

Abilities & Skills

Sharingan and Genjutsu

• Controlled the Nine-Tails in battle; the text identifies him as the only historical Uchiha known to have done so with the Sharingan 136.
• Controlled the Mizukage, leading to Kagami’s discovery and murder 38.
• Left ocular power controlling the Three-Tails, which Yi later broke 168.
• Used Izanagi during his final battle with Hashirama 219.
• His original Mangekyō ocular technique is described as exceptionally rare, but its identity is not established in the supplied context 396.

Rinnegan and Power of All Creation

• Awakened the Rinnegan through Hashirama’s cells and the combination of Indra- and Asura-associated power 329.
• Can absorb ninjutsu; ordinary Rinnegan absorption does not include Momoshiki’s ability to return attacks with greater force 433.
• His reincarnated Rinnegan are copies: they provide some Rinnegan powers but cannot reproduce his special ocular abilities 433.
• Cannot perform Rinne Rebirth while reincarnated, since the technique requires a living user 433.
• His real Rinnegan were placed in Nagato’s body to continue developing; he still intended to retrieve them after his full resurrection 305 440.

Susanoo

• Produces a colossal Susanoo described as hundreds of meters tall 111.
• Can use Susanoo without possessing his original Rinnegan 91.
• Can armor another large entity: first the Nine-Tails, later Hashirama’s Wooden Man 434.
• Its immense size does not guarantee invulnerability or agility. Momoshiki cracked it with one punch and subsequently shattered it 433 434.

Wood Release

• Gained the ability to use Wood Release after acquiring Hashirama’s power 253.
• Can have Wood Release clones wield Susanoo 261.
• Cannot use Hashirama’s Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands in his documented reincarnated state; its chakra demands and his lack of Sage Mode remain obstacles 433.

Combined Combat with Hashirama

• Proposed covering Hashirama’s Wooden Man with Susanoo after his own construct was destroyed 434.
• Their combination increased the Wooden Man’s strength severalfold while reducing Hashirama’s maintenance effort 434.
• Hashirama sensed that Madara’s support might allow him to use True Several Thousand Hands without entering Sage Mode, though that application was not demonstrated in the cited passage 434.
• Their powers continued to resonate even after Indra’s and Asura’s chakra had left their bodies 434.

Impure World Reincarnation

• Participated in improving the technique; he recognizes Yi’s version as superior to his own side’s improvements 331.
• Knows how to escape ordinary Impure World Reincarnation control, but cannot break free of Yi’s implementation 339.
• Reincarnation restores his youthful physique but still restricts his full combat potential and access to special Rinnegan abilities 432 433.

Cellular Enhancement and Research

• Provided his flesh and blood to Fugaku. According to Madara, transplanted Mangekyō eyes and Hashirama cells alone had been insufficient for Fugaku’s Eternal Mangekyō awakening 386.
• His cells are potent enough to strengthen reincarnated bodies and can be diluted with White Zetsu cells 383.
• Nawaki and Kushina receive a solution derived from his cells; Tobirama accepts them despite his hatred of Madara 383 384.
• Studies the combination of different Tailed Beast chakras as a possible route toward Six Paths Sage Mode 354.
• Unattained objective: Six Paths Sage Mode remains a research goal, not a documented advancement. Even with Yi’s guidance, attaining it while reincarnated proves nearly impossible 433.

Strategy and Instruction

• Directs covert operations through Zetsu, including village conflict, infiltration, and the cultivation of rivals to Yi 38 98 134.
• Secretly supplied Fugaku with Uchiha techniques and knowledge, calling him a successor rather than a disciple 386.
• Oversees Hikari’s training and vouches for the usefulness of her unusual Mangekyō abilities 430.
• Recognizes and adapts to unfamiliar counters in battle, abandoning conventional ninjutsu against Momoshiki and coordinating a combined construct with Hashirama 433 434.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Kagami’s Mangekyō Sharingan — Taken after Kagami’s murder and used during Madara’s old age; eventually returned to Kagami 38 441.
• Original Rinnegan — Entrusted to Nagato for development; retrieving them remains Madara’s stated objective after resurrection 305 440.
• Demonic Statue of the Outer Path — Sustains his life during his hidden survival 38.
• Uchiha armor — Identified by Hikari upon awakening 392.
• Technique and training notes — Records of Eternal Mangekyō evolution, powerful Fire Release techniques, and training methods found in the Uchiha shrine. Madara later confirms that he deliberately left knowledge for Fugaku 224 386.

Relationships

• Hashirama Senju — Closest friend, lifelong rival, and fellow Konoha founder. Their reconciliation leads to cooperation against the Ōtsutsuki, and Madara eagerly fulfills his wish to fight beside him 131 289 331 430 434.
• Izuna Uchiha — Younger brother and essential supporter. Izuna’s death, final request, and donated ocular legacy shape Madara’s loyalties and regrets; Madara deeply wishes he could revive him 98 117 305.
• Tobirama Senju — Hated enemy who fatally wounded Izuna and opposed Madara’s leadership prospects. Their rivalry persists even when Tobirama requests his help against the Ōtsutsuki 53 131 385 430.
• Mito Uzumaki — Old friend whose hospitality Madara remembers fondly, but whose survival obstructs his original plan. His affection does not prevent him from accepting the need for her death 38.
• Uchiha Yi — Initially a dismissed talent, then a major threat, and eventually a stronger ally who redirects Madara’s ambitions and restores him through reincarnation. Their cooperation remains unequal, with Yi retaining control and setting limits 38 168 331 332 339.
• Black Zetsu — Trusted agent whom Madara believed to be his own will. Yi exposes his manipulation on Kaguya’s behalf, forcing Madara to reconsider that trust 133 331 385.
• White Zetsu — Resources for surveillance, disguise, cellular enhancement, and concealing Madara’s influence over Fugaku. Their true obedience is less straightforward than Madara assumes 49 134 252 386.
• Nagato — Bearer of Madara’s Rinnegan and central investment in the Eye of the Moon Plan 38 305.
• Kagami Uchiha — Victim of Madara’s concealment of Mizukage control. After receiving his eyes back, Kagami suppresses his resentment because the world needs Madara’s strength 38 441.
• Uchiha Fugaku — Secretly cultivated successor and public ally against Yi. Madara supplies knowledge and biological power, then recruits him through grief and vengeance 332 339 386.
• Uchiha Heitai — Clan leader Madara resents as a former betrayer; targeted as a source of Mangekyō eyes and emotional leverage over Fugaku 134.
• Uchiha Hikari / Nanashi — Ancient Uchiha combatant whom Madara helps bring back into the present and trains. He trusts her battlefield value but becomes wary of her ability to drain chakra and potentially control him 307 395 396 430.
• Kurama — Formerly controlled weapon who regards Madara as his most hated person. Seeing Kushina’s Six Paths Sage Mode later makes Madara regret his treatment of the Nine-Tails 253 433.
• Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki — Invader fought alongside Hashirama; later the source of Madara’s full resurrection and a prisoner placed under their watch 434 440 441.

Notable Quotes

“Once the Infinite Tsukuyomi was complete, true peace would come. Izuna, Hashirama Senju, and Mito Uzumaki would all live again within it.” 38

“This feels even better than I imagined. Your improvements to Impure World Reincarnation are better than ours.” 331

“How could that be? Izuna and I risked our lives for the clan back then!” 392

“Hahahaha! This is it! This is the fight I've been craving!” 434

“Round two! Let's go, Hashirama!” 434

Trivia

• Madara never married or left descendants, despite the exceptional hereditary talent associated with his bloodline 112.
• Hashirama once asked him to hold the young Tsunade, but Madara refused 38.
• Tobirama’s claim that Madara stole Izuna’s eyes is presented through Tsunade as a secondhand accusation; the later account confirms their fusion without establishing that accusation’s circumstances 53 305.
• Madara’s imagined peaceful world explicitly excludes Tobirama, preserving their feud even within his ideal future 38.
• Upon their full resurrection, Hashirama congratulates Madara before acknowledging his own brother or wife, prompting Mito and Tobirama’s irritation 440.