Uchiha En

Biodata

Power Progression

Background and History

En was born into the Uchiha Clan and became a Genin in the same year as Itachi. When his parents died on a mission, memories of a previous life—as an office worker who died from overwork—returned to him at age ten. Knowing the Uchiha massacre was approaching, he feared for his survival 1.

After he rescued a young Hinata Hyuga from bullies, a system rewarded him with the Mangekyō Sharingan. He kept its powers secret to preserve his eyesight. On the night of the massacre, he incapacitated Sasuke, sent a disguised Shadow Clone to impersonate him, and moved the real boy into another home. En intended for Itachi to kill Sasuke without recognizing him 1.

Disguised in an Akatsuki cloak and Tiger-Skin Mask, En attacked the Shimura and Sarutobi compounds. He also killed five Root shinobi maintaining a soundproof barrier around the Uchiha compound, allowing the massacre's sounds to spread beyond it. Afterward, he collected Sharingan from the dead before presenting himself publicly as a grieving survivor 2 3 5 6 11.

En later returned to the Uchiha cemetery in disguise. To prevent Orochimaru from using Sasuke's remains to resurrect someone who might identify him, he sealed Sasuke's body in a scroll, substituted another body in the coffin, and restored the grave. He also considered keeping Sasuke's body as leverage against Itachi 59.

Appearance

En is a black-haired boy described as looking twelve or thirteen when Sasuke encounters him. His ordinary clan dress contrasts with the disguise he uses during the massacre 1 2.

• Eyes: His Mangekyō Sharingan forms a rotating black-and-white Taiji pattern 12.
• Clan attire: He wears a dark-blue, high-collared robe with the Uchiha crest on its back 16.
• Massacre-night disguise: An Akatsuki cloak and Tiger-Skin Mask, which he later reuses as “Tobi” 2 75.

Personality

En separates his public conduct from his private aims. He performs grief and reluctance when they help him win the survivors' trust, while privately celebrating his rise to clan leadership. His attacks on other clans and his collection of the dead Uchiha's eyes show how far he is willing to go for revenge and power 6 11 14.

As clan head, he favors leverage over an immediate coup. He argues that military strength alone cannot secure the Uchiha's future: the clan also needs allies, a better reputation, and support within Konoha. He is willing to use reforms, rumors, and uncertain claims to obtain them 21 23 47 48.

As Hokage, En publicly emphasizes the contributions of civilians and ordinary shinobi, while privately pursuing the far larger goal of unifying the shinobi world and replacing its political order. His treatment of hungry children in Amegakure also shows concern for people harmed by war 99 150.

Abilities and Skills

Mangekyō Sharingan

En's left eye manipulates time, while his right eye manipulates space 1.

• Time: Can accelerate, slow, or reverse time by up to ten seconds 1.
• Space: Can move instantly anywhere within sight or teleport to a place he has previously visited. His right eye can also record people he has seen as destinations 1 105.
• Limit: Repeated use permanently worsens his vision; he notices blurring after massacre night and further deterioration after using Susanoo 6 48.
• He teleports into Orochimaru's secured Land of Grass hideout without triggering its traps, seals, or alarms 136.

Genjutsu and Mental Power

• Uses Sharingan genjutsu to immobilize guards during his attacks 2 3.
• Receives a tenfold increase in mental power from the system; he believes it strengthens his genjutsu and resistance to mental attacks 15.
• His expanded sensory range lets him detect Root observers approximately three hundred meters away without alerting them 42.
• Traps three bounty hunters in illusions tailored to their individual fears. Later, he overwhelms Orochimaru with genjutsu before Orochimaru can finish a hand seal 72 104.
• Danzō's attempt to control him with Kotoamatsukami fails, though En refuses to disclose the reason 91.

Wood Release

• Wood Sprout Technique: Produces relatively modest growth in his initial test 41.
• Wood Locking Wall: Forms a sturdy defensive enclosure that withstands Root's combined elemental attack 41 43.
• Great Forest Technique: Extends trees from his arm to strike targets; its growth and force increase while his Mangekyō is active 41 42.
• Wood Clone: Creates a solid clone able to withstand hits that would dispel an ordinary clone 42 43.

Susanoo

• Manifests as a fully armored figure resembling an ancient Chinese general, with a shield, sword, and bow 44.
• Its shield withstands Root's ranged ninjutsu. En uses its sword to break the Four Violet Flames Formation and kill the attacking squad 44 45.
• Consumes substantial chakra and contributes to his worsening eyesight 44 48.

Chakra and Constitution

• His system-granted Uzumaki Constitution increases his maximum chakra tenfold and grants enhanced vitality, healing, and aptitude for sealing techniques 15.
• Possesses fire, wind, lightning, earth, water, yin, and yang chakra natures after receiving his system rewards; his earlier affinities were fire and yin 15.
• Demonstrates a large chakra reserve while testing elemental and Wood Release techniques in the Forest of Death 41 42.
• Rapid Chakra Recovery: A permanent system reward restores 1% of his maximum chakra per second, including during combat. In testing, his depleted reserves refill in about a minute. It greatly reduces the need to conserve chakra for Wood Release or Susanoo, though it does not remove the stated risk to his eyesight 135.

Way of the Swordsman

The system grants En a wind-based sword combat system after his unification mission passes its 10% and 20% milestones 135.

• Way of the Wanderer: Movement and sword strikes accumulate sword intent, eventually forming a wind shield that absorbs one attack before breaking 135.
• Steel Tempest: Sword swings release wind blades; the third consecutive strike produces a powerful tornado 135 162.
• Wind Wall: Deflects projectiles and splits both a Great Fireball and Shukaku's Air Bullet 135 162.
• Sweeping Blade: Repeatedly flickers him to a target without hand seals, chakra, or Mangekyō eye power 135 162.
• Last Breath: Lets him strike an airborne target with repeated slashes, then release sword energy around himself on landing 135.

Clones

• Uses Shadow Clones to impersonate Sasuke and, later, to handle Hokage paperwork and participate in Akatsuki's One-Tail sealing ritual while he attends to other obligations 1 173.

Equipment and Items

• Akatsuki cloak and Tiger-Skin Mask — disguise used during the attacks on the Shimura and Sarutobi clans, Sasuke's body theft, and later covert activity as “Tobi” 2 3 59 75.
• Collected Sharingan — eyes removed from massacre victims and preserved in saline solution, including one-, two-, and three-tomoe eyes 6.
• Eye Power Recovery Card — one-use system reward that restores his eye power; En saves it for a critical moment 15.
• Sasuke's sealed body — secretly removed from its grave and stored in a scroll 59.
• Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan — removed from Danzō after Kotoamatsukami fails; En later gives the eye to Orochimaru for research after its ability has been used 91 105.
• Scroll of Seals — transferred to En during the Hokage succession; he studies its forbidden techniques 97 99.
• Akatsuki ring — black ring marked “Three,” received on promotion to full membership 173.

Relationships

• Uchiha Itachi — target of En's revenge; En engineers Sasuke's death to make Itachi suffer the loss of family. Later, while hiding his own role as the impostor “Tobi,” En directs Orochimaru to divert Itachi's investigation 1 15 137.
• Uchiha Sasuke — En abducts and conceals him, replacing him at school with a disguised Shadow Clone as part of the plot against Itachi. After Sasuke's death, En secretly removes and retains his body 1 59.
• Uchiha Yashiro — surviving elder who nominates En as clan head, offers to guide him, and helps carry out his reforms. As Hokage, En entrusts him with preparations for a Commerce Department and consolidation of the Uchiha's intelligence networks 14 20 41 101.
• Uchiha Fugaku — former clan head replaced by En after the massacre 13 14.
• Shimura Danzō — political enemy who covets En's Mangekyō Sharingan; En seeks to remove him from power. When Danzō tries to control him with Kotoamatsukami, En takes Shisui's eye from him. The system later records Danzō's death as a change to the original timeline 12 17 20 91 99.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi — Hokage whom En challenges over the Uchiha's treatment, Root's activities, and funding for the Military Police Force. Hiruzen later hands over the Hokage seal and Scroll of Seals as En succeeds him 16 18 45 46 97.
• Hyuga Hiashi — head of the Hyuga Clan who agrees to an alliance with En over their clans' shared vulnerability. He sends branch-family jōnin into the Military Police Force and later accepts command of En's Special Reconnaissance Corps 29 57 101.
• Hinata Hyuga — En rescued her from bullies as a child; she later learns the identity of the boy who helped her 1 31.
• Hatake Kakashi — En recruits him for the reformed Military Police Force after presenting allegations about Konoha's leadership; Kakashi agrees but intends to investigate for himself. En appoints him deputy chief and retains him as deputy director under the Hokage 48 50 55 100.
• Orochimaru — initially interested in taking En's eyes, Orochimaru is subdued by En's genjutsu and accepts a working arrangement. En gives him Shisui's eye for research, sets limits on human experimentation involving Konoha and Land of Fire residents, and later requests his perfected Impure World Reincarnation technique 64 104 105 137.
• Nara Shikaku — a cautious observer of En's rise who later agrees that Ino-Shika-Cho will serve the Hokage. En seeks him for a strategic Think Tank 57 101 102.
• Tsume Inuzuka — openly backs En as his support grows and accepts command of the Corps Combat Unit under his reforms 62 101.
• Pain and Konan — Akatsuki's leader promotes En to full membership after the One-Tail mission; Konan summons En to the promotion meeting and is assigned to guard the sealing ritual 173.

Story Role and Major Arcs

• Aftermath and succession: En uses the massacre's fallout to expose his Mangekyō publicly. With Yashiro's nomination and the survivors' support, he succeeds Fugaku as clan head 12 14.
• Challenge to Konoha's leadership: At a Clan Leaders' Meeting, he opposes collective restrictions on the Uchiha, accuses Danzō of taking Shisui's eye, and draws other clan leaders into the dispute. Danzō is subsequently suspended 16 17 18 20.
• Clan reconstruction: He opens Military Police recruitment to non-Uchiha, sets new pay and working hours, organizes an inventory of the dead's property, and pursues the clan's relocation. After returning to the compound, he appoints Kakashi deputy chief, requires equal treatment of outside recruits, and activates a Ninja Cat intelligence network 20 21 22 34 55.
• Alliance-building: En spreads stories designed to weaken confidence in Konoha's leadership, secures an alliance with Hiashi, and directs attention to Naruto's treatment among the Fourth Hokage's former subordinates. His recruitment benefits attract civilian ninja and interest from other clans 23 27 29 57 58.
• Root confrontation: After testing Wood Release, En defeats a Root squad sent after him. He uses the attack to obtain 100 million ryō for the Military Police Force and publicly question Hiruzen's control over Root 41 42 45 46.
• Expansion of the Military Police Force: En reorganizes the force across five districts, promotes an officer on merit, and uses its growing public standing to strengthen the Uchiha's position. When Danzō lures him to Training Ground Three and attempts Kotoamatsukami, En resists and takes Shisui's eye 72 91.
• Fifth Hokage and village reforms: En becomes Konoha's Fifth Hokage and the first Uchiha represented on Kage Rock. He announces a mission-point reward system, expanded Academy access, specialized military corps, the abolition of Anbu, and limits on the elders' operational authority. He assigns clan leaders to new commands and plans a Think Tank, Commerce Department, and consolidated intelligence networks 99 100 101 105.
• Unification mission: The system tasks En with unifying the Shinobi World and awards rewards at progress milestones. He identifies the Daimyo-led political order as an obstacle. After receiving rewards for passing 10% and 20% progress, he sees the mission rise from 22% to 29% following the destruction of the Land of Wind's ruling class 99 135 168.
• Akatsuki infiltration: En operates in Amegakure while maintaining his Hokage duties through Shadow Clones. During an assault on the Land of Wind's capital, he fights Shukaku and tries to steer it toward the nobles' West Quarter, but Shukaku redirects a Tailed Beast Bomb toward En's Candidate Squad. Pain subsequently promotes En to full Akatsuki membership for his role in capturing the One-Tail; the organization remains unaware that its new member is the impostor it has been hunting 162 173.

Notable Quotes

“One bite at a time. One step at a time.” 20

“The Sharingan is the foundation of the Uchiha Clan. Ninjutsu is only a supplement.” 22

“Why would I leave to build a new village when there's a perfectly good one here for me to inherit?” 47