Uchiha

Biodata

Background and History

Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju founded Konoha together. Madara later left the village, and his actions contributed to Tobirama Senju’s distrust of the Uchiha. Even so, Tobirama considered whether appointing Kagami Uchiha as Hokage could help repair relations between the clan and Konoha 4 6.

During the succession crisis following the Land of Lightning ambush, Hiruzen initially excluded the Uchiha from his summons to Konoha’s leaders. Mito Uzumaki criticized the decision, warning that excluding the clan after Kagami’s presumed death would worsen relations. Setsuna subsequently led opposition to Hiruzen’s proposed succession, accusing him of abandoning Tobirama. Tobirama later returned alive with Kagami and Danzō and publicly clarified that Hiruzen’s party had withdrawn on his orders 4 5 8.

The clan was divided between Hawk and Dove factions. Hardline elder Uchiha Setsuna advocated schemes against Tobirama, while Kagami argued that rebellion would endanger the clan. After revealing his Mangekyō Sharingan to the clan council, Kagami won its leaders’ support for ending factional divisions, improving the Uchiha’s reputation, and seeking a future Uchiha Hokage 6.

Kagami argued that the Uchiha could not prosper independently of Konoha under the established One Country, One Village system. In a private discussion with Tobirama, he affirmed that, although the clan was his inseparable blood family, he would place the village’s safety first if their interests conflicted 6 8.

Before his death, Tobirama reconsidered his prejudice toward the clan. He acknowledged that the Uchiha were not inherently evil and attributed their potential instability to the transformation of deep love into hatred after profound loss. He also admitted that Madara had strongly influenced his distrust 13.

Tobirama ultimately named Kagami the Lord Third on his deathbed. The appointment delighted many Uchiha but raised concerns among other clans about their influence under an Uchiha leader 14.

Kagami’s subsequent inauguration reinforced the clan’s pride in its First. Uchiha shinobi enthusiastically supported his public commitments to the village, while Setsuna viewed his own appointment as an Elder as a further expansion of Uchiha influence 26 27 28.

More than a decade into Kagami’s rule, the clan had lost most of its former authority over the Military Police Force but held prominent positions in the village’s central leadership. Setsuna regarded Hokage Kagami, his own Elder’s seat, and Shadow Guard captain Tsukiyama as evidence of the clan’s success. His satisfaction even softened his longstanding hatred of Tobirama, whose choice of successor he now praised 117.

Clan Leadership and the Younger Generation

Rei led the clan for more than twenty years after Madara’s defection. By the time he approached Kagami about retiring, he was past sixty, burdened by old wounds, and exhausted by his experiences in the Warring States period and the First Shinobi World War 61.

Rei proposed that Kagami succeed him, arguing that leadership should belong to the person best able to protect and guide the clan rather than pass automatically to an heir. He also entrusted his orphaned grandson, Fugaku, to Kagami’s care and asked him to teach the child about clan loyalty, the village, and responsibility. Kagami accepted both the clan’s burden and Fugaku’s personal guidance 61 62.

Rei described this succession principle as an ancient clan rule: the strong rise and the mediocre step aside. In his explanation, the clan head’s position belongs to the person with the strength, foresight, and ability to lead the Uchiha forward, rather than constituting hereditary property 62.

Kagami’s commitment to educating young Uchiha is informed by his knowledge of the clan’s possible future destruction. He regards the tragedies associated with Fugaku, Itachi, and Obito as reasons to guide the younger generation’s values and loyalties before destructive obsessions take root. These events are futures he seeks to prevent, rather than developments that have already occurred in the current timeline 5 61 62.

At the end of Konoha Year 36, Kagami again reflected on Obito’s potential and the manipulation that had driven him toward atrocities in the original future. He recognized the boy’s naturally warmhearted disposition and exceptional Sharingan talent rather than treating his later downfall as inevitable. Obito was subsequently born in the Uchiha compound in February of Konoha Year 37 125 126.

Compound and Naka Shrine

The Uchiha compound consists of orderly timber residences with sweeping eaves and a Gunbai crest above its entrance. Its council hall lies within a large residence and features carved Gunbai patterns, hardwood beams, and polished bluestone flooring 5 6.

The compound stands near Konoha’s center, rather than in the outlying location associated with the future Kagami remembers. It contains residential courtyards, stone-paved paths, and shaded streets lined with trees; Kagami maintains his own home there 5 61 85.

The clan’s Naka Shrine contains a tablet describing the combination of opposing yin and yang powers. Kagami recognizes that Black Zetsu has falsified much of its contents and distinguishes its claims from his own understanding of the conditions required to awaken the Rinnegan 20.

Kagami later exposes the tablet’s falsification to Madara, explaining that Black Zetsu altered it as part of a plan to revive Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. Madara had spent decades studying the ancestral tablet and initially doubted the revelation, but Black Zetsu’s panicked response to questioning about Kaguya convinced him that he had been manipulated 141.

Madara’s Independent Activities

Although Madara had left the clan and was believed dead by Tobirama, he remained alive in seclusion. White Zetsu informed him of Kagami’s Mangekyō awakening and the Konoha–Kumogakure ceasefire. Madara wondered whether Kagami had discovered the supposed truth recorded on the Uchiha tablet while continuing his own pursuit of the Rinnegan and his vision of peace 11 13.

Madara later orchestrated the assault that destroyed the Land of Whirlpools, exploiting the great nations’ desire for Uzumaki sealing techniques. He allowed the young Uzumaki fleeing toward Konoha to escape and acknowledged that confronting Kagami directly in his aged condition would be unwise 72 73.

He ordered Black Zetsu to find an Uchiha whose deep love could be transformed into exceptional hatred, intending to use that person in his larger plans. By the escalation following the Land of Whirlpools’ destruction, Madara was confirmed to possess the Rinnegan. His schemes are independent of the clan’s leadership under Kagami 73 84.

After Konoha’s victory in the Land of Rain, Kagami detected Black Zetsu near the battlefield and subsequently traveled to Madara’s underground refuge in the Mountain Graveyard in the Land of Iron. His Susanoo cut into the cliff above the hideout, prompting Madara to acknowledge his arrival 138.

Their encounter overturned Madara’s understanding of his own plans. Kagami explained Kaguya’s origins, the threat of the Ōtsutsuki, and Black Zetsu’s role in manipulating him. Once Black Zetsu’s reaction confirmed the deception, Madara attacked him with Susanoo in fury 141 142.

Kagami and Madara subsequently discussed cooperation against the Ōtsutsuki and the resurrection of powerful shinobi. Madara proposed retrieving his Rinnegan from Nagato and using Rinne Rebirth with expendable casters. Kagami rejected sacrificing Uzumaki, Senju, or his own subordinates and instead proposed using Madara’s White Zetsu army. Their discussion left unresolved how Hashirama would respond to their plans; it did not establish Madara’s return to clan leadership 145.

Family Ties with the Hatake

Uchiha Yukiho, Elder Yo’s granddaughter, developed a relationship with Hatake Sakumo, Kagami’s personal student. When Kagami encountered the couple in Konoha Year 33, he explicitly supported their relationship both as Uchiha clan head and as Sakumo’s teacher, promising them a wedding gift 85 111.

Kagami recalled that Obito’s grandmother was apparently Yo’s cousin and speculated about the resulting extended-family relationship between Obito and a future child of Sakumo and Yukiho. His accompanying speculation that Kakashi might inherit the Sharingan does not establish that Kakashi actually possesses it 111.

By the end of Konoha Year 36, Yukiho and Sakumo were married and expecting a child. Her congenital lack of vitality caused her health to deteriorate, prompting Kagami to arrange specialist medical care and later intervene personally with Katsuyu Mikoto. He restored her vitality when ordinary medical treatment appeared insufficient. Kakashi and Obito were born in February of Konoha Year 37, and Yukiho later attended a peaceful gathering with Sakumo while holding their infant son 125 126 160.

Abilities

Sharingan

• The Sharingan is the Uchiha clan’s eye technique. Kagami uses it to place Ginkaku under a brief genjutsu during combat 2.
• Some members possess the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, including elite jōnin Uchiha Tsukiyama 21.
• Kagami’s Three-Tomoe Sharingan can perceive lingering chakra disturbances in his surroundings 1.
• Setsuna also possesses the Three-Tomoe Sharingan 6.
• According to Tobirama, extreme emotional trauma changes chakra in an Uchiha’s brain, affects the retinas, and awakens the Sharingan 13.
• The clan’s reputation for eye-contact genjutsu is widely recognized. A palace guard becomes fearful when Tsukiyama displays his Sharingan, while Kakuzu avoids meeting Tsukiyama’s gaze during combat 23 24.
• The eyes are coveted by enemies: during the Land of Lightning ambush, Kinkaku instructs Ginkaku to bring back Kagami’s eyes if possible 2.

Mangekyō Sharingan

• Kagami’s awakening gives him access to Susanoo, which he uses against Ginkaku and Kinkaku 2 3.
• Kagami warns the clan council that his Mangekyō is not eternal and that overuse could blind him 6.
• Kagami’s individual Mangekyō abilities are Katsuyu Mikoto, which accelerates healing, and Ame-no-Minaka, which fuses and refines chakra from different sources 20 126.
• Katsuyu Mikoto belongs to his left eye and is initially described as working only on his own body. Healing severe injuries consumes substantial ocular power and initially risks accelerating blindness. Ame-no-Minaka, in his right eye, initially also consumes ocular power and carries a risk of backlash 20.
• Kagami later successfully applies Katsuyu Mikoto to Yukiho, extending its demonstrated use beyond self-healing. Its pale-green vitality replenishes her depleted life force, repairs damaged chakra pathways, and restores her internal organs despite her congenital frailty 126.
• Kagami’s pale-purple Susanoo reaches its third form during the battle with Ginkaku. He also uses Yasaka Magatama against the remaining Kumogakure shinobi 2.
• After a successful Hashirama-cell transplant, Kagami’s vitality sustains his eyes while Ame-no-Minaka purifies their ocular power. By Konoha Year 25, his use of the technique strengthens rather than degrades his Sharingan, removing the backlash and vision loss associated with his earlier condition 31.
• By that point, Kagami can sustain Perfect Susanoo for extended periods and is one final transformation away from a true Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan 31.
• Kagami subdues the Nine-Tails inside Mito’s sealed inner world with a single Mangekyō glance. He threatens permanent Sharingan control if the beast refuses to cooperate with continued sealing 66.
• The Third Raikage regards Kagami’s ability to control jinchūriki as a major deterrent, fearing that Kumogakure’s Tailed Beasts could be turned against their own village 89.
• During the transfer of the Nine-Tails from Mito to Kushina, the beast remains obedient because it fears Kagami’s presence. Its private intention to destroy the Uchiha after Kagami dies demonstrates continuing hostility toward the clan, not an attack that has occurred 110.
• In the Land of Rain, Kagami manifests a winged, armored Complete Body Susanoo more than two hundred meters tall, wielding enormous katana. A single strike scatters the One-Tail’s and Four-Tails’ chakra and forces them back into their jinchūriki; the battlefield display also leaves distant mountain peaks collapsed 136 155.
• Madara can still manifest his blue Susanoo in old age. When he learns of Black Zetsu’s deception, he forms the giant inside his underground refuge and attacks with its chakra blade, damaging the cavern around him 142.

Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and Rinnegan

• Madara’s Eternal Eye is explicitly distinguished from Kagami’s initially non-eternal Mangekyō 6.
• Kagami eventually completes his evolution into the Eternal Eye through Ame-no-Minaka and Hashirama-cell support, without transplanting another person’s eyes. His ocular power continues to become purer and stronger 31 84.
• Madara possesses the Rinnegan and plans to place it in a child with strong Uzumaki vitality as part of his intended return to the shinobi world 73 84.
• By the later discussion of resurrection, Madara’s Rinnegan is in Nagato, and Madara proposes retrieving it. He explains that Rinne Rebirth can be used repeatedly through different casters; the discussion is a proposal rather than confirmation that the planned resurrections have occurred 145.
• Kagami considers the possibility of attaining the Rinnegan, but his discussions of its requirements and his later Eternal Eye advancement do not establish that he has awakened it 20 84.
• Kagami subsequently uses Ame-no-Minaka to extract a strand of the original Ōtsutsuki bloodline essence inherited by Black Zetsu from Kaguya. Absorbing it stimulates his Uchiha bloodline and causes his right eye to glow deep purple and begin evolving toward a higher level. This is explicitly another step toward the Rinnegan, not a completed awakening 143.
• Setsuna recognizes the association between Complete Susanoo and the Eternal Eye. Hearing that Kagami defeated two Tailed Beasts with one strike, he reacts in disbelief and begins questioning whether Kagami has attained that ocular stage 155.

Combat Arts and Acquired Abilities

• Kagami and Tsukiyama both use Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique 2 24.
• Uchiha shinobi employ coordinated Fire Release attacks in the campaign against Iwagakure, using Great Fireball Technique and Phoenix Flower Jutsu to bombard enemy fortifications 43.
• Tsukiyama specializes in Uchiha-style taijutsu, Fire Release, close-range assault, and high-speed attacks supported by his Three-Tomoe Sharingan 21.
• Kagami uses Lightning Release: Lightning Flash Quick Step to stimulate his body and evade attacks during a training match. This is a demonstrated individual technique rather than a stated clan-wide specialty 33.
• Kagami’s successful Hashirama-cell transplant combines Uchiha ocular power with Senju vitality. This enhancement is demonstrated in his individual case rather than established as a standard clan ability 31.
• Kagami later masters Wood Release through the transplanted cells. He knows every other Wood Release ninjutsu apart from Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, which requires senjutsu, and considers combining a wooden giant with Susanoo in a variation of Madara’s Beast-Clad Susanoo 84.
• The transplanted Hashirama cells also grant Kagami enhanced sensory abilities, allowing him to detect Madara’s immense chakra far beneath the Mountain Graveyard 138.
• Kagami compels Matatabi, the Two-Tails, to become his Summoning Beast by threatening her with Complete Body Susanoo. Her submission adds a Tailed Beast ally to his individual resources, rather than establishing a general Uchiha summoning contract 149.

Power Progression

The following milestones concern documented individual members and do not indicate that every Uchiha possesses the same abilities.

Place in Konoha

• Military Police Force — The force had been limited to Uchiha members. As Hokage, Kagami opens recruitment to qualified shinobi from any background, arguing that exclusive control deepened suspicion of the clan 19.
• Village leadership — Kagami becomes the Lord Third, and later appoints Setsuna as an Elder. Tsukiyama subsequently serves as Shadow Guard captain, giving the clan several prominent positions despite its diminished police authority 14 28 117.
• Clan relations — Uchiha and Hyuga shinobi have a longstanding rivalry. Setsuna’s confrontation with Hyuga head Tokuma during debate over Academy attendance nearly becomes a fight 17 18.
• Response to police reform — Some Uchiha initially react with surprise to the loss of exclusive police membership. Setsuna restrains his objection after recalling Kagami’s Mangekyō and recognizes that the reform may reduce suspicion, although he resents not being consulted beforehand 19.
• Academy attendance — Kagami requires every clan to send its school-age children to the Ninja Academy. Setsuna defends the policy against Tokuma’s resistance, presenting village education as a challenge to the Hyuga Main Family’s control over its Branch Family 18.
• Balanced Shadow Guard — Tsukiyama serves alongside Hyuga Shizuya, Senju Genichi, and commoner-born Hayama Shirakumo. Kagami orders them to place the village first, the Hokage second, and their clans third; his defense of commoner equality visibly tempers Tsukiyama’s clan pride 21.
• Public reputation — The Uchiha name and Sharingan carry considerable weight outside Konoha, but the clan is also associated with ruthless extremism. Kagami’s courteous diplomacy helps overcome the Fire Daimyo’s initial apprehension about an Uchiha Hokage 23.
• Military service — Uchiha jōnin serve in Konoha’s border forces. During preparations for confrontation with Iwagakure, Uchiha and Senju shinobi alike express strong loyalty to the village, with the Uchiha also defending the legitimacy of their clan’s Hokage. Uchiha Fire Release specialists subsequently participate in the assault on Iwagakure’s fortifications 37 43.
• Relations with the Uzumaki — As Hokage, Kagami reaffirms Konoha’s longstanding Uzumaki alliance, offers protection and land, and describes safeguarding the village as the Uchiha’s responsibility as fellow founders. His administration subsequently brings dozens of Uzumaki survivors to Konoha after the destruction of their homeland 69 84.
• Family ties beyond the clan — Kagami endorses Yukiho’s relationship with Sakumo in his capacity as clan head. Their subsequent marriage and Kakashi’s birth create a direct family connection between Elder Yo’s descendants and the Hatake household 111 125 126 160.
• Scientific reform debates — When Hiruko reports the successful creation of artificial Steel Release and Swift Release shinobi, Tokuma claims the ninja clans will oppose the project and challenges Setsuna to state his position. The initial meeting does not yet establish Setsuna’s answer or a unified Uchiha stance 117.

Notable Members

• Kagami Uchiha — Former member of Tobirama’s Shadow Guard and Konoha’s Lord Third; advocates cooperation between the clan and village. Later succeeds Rei as clan head, personally guides Fugaku, and develops the Eternal Eye alongside acquired Wood Release. He subsequently demonstrates healing another person with Katsuyu Mikoto, advances his eyes further through Ōtsutsuki-origin absorption, and acquires Matatabi as a Summoning Beast 6 14 62 84 126 143 149.
• Uchiha Rei — Clan head during Kagami’s return from the Land of Lightning. After more than twenty years of leadership following Madara’s defection, retires in favor of Kagami and entrusts his orphaned grandson Fugaku to him 6 61 62.
• Uchiha Yo — Clan elder who attends Kagami’s council meeting; Yukiho’s grandfather. Kagami recalls that Obito’s grandmother is apparently Yo’s cousin 6 111.
• Uchiha Setsuna — Hardline elder and later Konoha Elder; challenges Hiruzen’s proposed succession and initially opposes Kagami’s conciliatory approach. Possesses the Three-Tomoe Sharingan and later aggressively defends Kagami’s authority and education reforms. The clan’s improved political position eventually softens his hostility toward Tobirama 4 6 18 28 117.
• Uchiha Tsukiyama — Elite jōnin selected for Kagami’s Shadow Guard. A close-range assault specialist with Three-Tomoe Sharingan, Fire Release, and Uchiha-style taijutsu; accompanies Kagami to the Fire Daimyo and helps defend him against Kakuzu. Later identified as Shadow Guard captain 21 23 24 117.
• Uchiha Fugaku — Rei’s orphaned grandson, introduced at approximately six or seven years old. Polite, disciplined, and solemn; entrusted to Kagami for personal guidance in clan loyalty, village loyalty, and responsibility 61 62.
• Madara Uchiha — Co-founder of Konoha and former clan leader who defected from the village. Survives in seclusion, awakens the Rinnegan, and pursues independent schemes involving the destruction of the Land of Whirlpools and the recruitment of a future Uchiha proxy. After Kagami exposes Black Zetsu’s manipulation, he attacks Zetsu and discusses cooperation against the Ōtsutsuki and retrieving his Rinnegan from Nagato 4 6 11 61 72 73 84 141 142 145.
• Izuna Uchiha — Madara’s brother and a historical Mangekyō Sharingan wielder whose power Rei recalls when Kagami reveals his own eyes 6 7.
• Uchiha Fūka and Uchiha Raika — Young guards at the Uchiha compound entrance who recognize and welcome Kagami upon his return from the Land of Lightning 5.
• Uchiha Yukiho — Also rendered Yukihō; Elder Yo’s granddaughter, Sakumo Hatake’s wife, and Kakashi’s mother. Her congenital lack of vitality causes a dangerous decline during pregnancy, but Kagami restores her vitality with Katsuyu Mikoto. She later appears with Sakumo and their infant son at a peaceful village gathering 85 111 125 126 160.
• Obito Uchiha — Born in the Uchiha compound in February of Konoha Year 37. Kagami knows of his exceptional potential and tragic role in the original future, but those later deeds have not occurred in the present timeline 61 125 126.

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