Sasuke

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Sasuke Uchiha (佐助) 36
Species/Race	Human; member of the Uchiha Clan 36 337
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Uchiha Clan; Konohagakure; Snake Squad 106 252
Occupation/Role	Shinobi; leader of the Snake Squad; one of Konoha’s leading fighters against Kara 106 114 347
Status	Alive; fighting Ōtsutsuki Miao-shiki in the latest documented appearance 377
Father	Fugaku Uchiha 111
Sibling	Itachi Uchiha — older brother 113
Partner	Karin 247 260
Child	Sarada 260
First Appearance	Ninja Academy classroom 6

Power Progression

The chapters below document demonstrated upgrades; they do not always establish when an ability was first acquired.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Chidori learned	20	Trains directly under Meihui and successfully performs Chidori once after repeated attempts.
Improved speed and copied taijutsu	51	Uses the Sharingan to reproduce Lee’s movements, matches his speed, and penetrates Gaara’s sand defense with Chidori.
Golden Chelsea boots	58	Receives the boots from Meihui. A spar reveals substantial power and a frightening change in demeanor that Sasuke cannot yet control reliably.
Three-tomoe Sharingan confirmed	60	Activates three tomoe while attacking Itachi; the upgrade does not prevent Itachi from effortlessly stopping his Chidori.
Expanded Chidori techniques	106 107	Demonstrates Chidori Sharp Spear and Chidori Stream during his pursuit of Itachi.
Cursed Seal of Heaven, second state	108	Concentrates the seal’s power into his Sharingan and breaks free of Itachi’s Tsukuyomi. His transformed state has wings.
Kirin	109	Unleashes a powerful lightning attack against Itachi, exhausting himself completely; Itachi survives with Susanoo.
Mangekyō Sharingan	113	Awakening is confirmed after the brothers’ reconciliation. Itachi warns that overuse can cause blindness.
Amaterasu	115	Uses black flames against Killer B and Gyūki. Initially struggles to extinguish them and receives guidance from Itachi.
Kagutsuchi and skeletal Susanoo	159	Combines Kagutsuchi with Naruto’s Rasenshuriken, then manifests a purple skeletal Susanoo against Danzō.
Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan	195	Meihui arranges an exchange of the brothers’ Mangekyō Sharingan, giving both eternal eyes. Sasuke reports much stronger ocular power.
Rinnegan and complete Susanoo	223 224	The Sage of Six Paths gives Sasuke power despite his refusal. Sasuke returns to battle with a Rinnegan and uses complete Susanoo to catch Naruto after a mishap.
Yin Chidori	229	Adds a large quantity of yin-release chakra to Chidori, turning its normally blue chakra black.
Incomplete Rinnegan evolution	300	Exposure to the Ōtsutsuki ancestral grounds triggers an evolution that rapidly drains his chakra and interferes with Flying Thunder God. Meihui temporarily seals the eye.
Successfully evolved Rinnegan	337 338	Refines Ten-Tails chakra under Meihui’s supervision. Gains greater ocular reserves, enhanced existing techniques, and a distinct version of Limbo: Border Jail.

Background / History

Sasuke lost his parents and clan in the Uchiha massacre and believed Itachi had betrayed their family. Memories of his brother’s former gentleness made that betrayal especially painful; seeing Meihui care for Naruto renewed Sasuke’s determination to kill Itachi 58.

At the Academy, Sasuke resented Meihui’s superiority in both theory and practical combat. He repeatedly challenged him and lost. After joining Meihui and Naruto’s training, he began recognizing Meihui’s knowledge and skill, though he remained determined to surpass him. Their early rivalry formed a cycle: Naruto challenged Sasuke, Sasuke defeated Naruto, and Sasuke then lost to Meihui 7 8.

Meihui eventually revealed that Danzō had threatened Sasuke’s life and forced Itachi into the massacre to protect him. Itachi confirmed the account and accepted whatever judgment Sasuke wished to pass. Sasuke embraced him instead. His immediate wish to destroy Konoha was redirected toward the individuals responsible, and the reconciled brothers began planning to rebuild the Uchiha Clan together 111 112 113.

Appearance

• Sharingan: Red eyes, with three tomoe explicitly shown during his confrontation with Itachi 60 349.
• Rinnegan: One eye becomes a purple Rinnegan with tomoe. Its tomoe temporarily disappear when too much ocular power is depleted 226 338.
• Resemblance to Izuna: His face strongly reminds Madara of his younger brother, making Sasuke’s alliance with Tobirama particularly upsetting to him 219.
• Cursed Seal transformation: Develops wings in the second state; one is burned by Itachi’s Amaterasu 108.
• Distinctive footwear: Wears the Golden Chelsea boots gifted by Meihui, including during the battle against Madara 58 219.

Personality

Sasuke is proud, competitive, and prone to treating each increase in strength as proof that he can overcome his rivals. Early on, this pride prevents him from adapting: he insists on fighting Lee with taijutsu and is badly beaten. His anger at Danzō likewise overrides warnings and leads him into a potentially lethal trap 44 155 156.

His apparent coldness conceals strong attachments. He cries openly when reconciling with Itachi, proposes rebuilding their clan together, and worries about losing his restored family. His bond with Naruto develops from antagonistic banter into affectionate familiarity and reliable battlefield cooperation 112 113 132.

Meihui’s deceptive training gradually makes him more cautious. By the border mission, Sasuke evaluates Karin’s warning, connects suspicious coincidences, and deliberately confronts a suspected trap rather than charging blindly. He later analyzes Miao-shiki’s time reversal and exploits its cost 252 377.

Abilities & Skills

Sharingan and Genjutsu

Sasuke uses the Sharingan for motion tracking, copying, chakra observation, and genjutsu 20 51 216 252.

• Compensates for Chidori’s difficulty tracking opponents at high speed 20.
• Copies Lee’s taijutsu movements for his match with Gaara 51.
• Breaks Kabuto’s sound-based genjutsu by exchanging genjutsu with Itachi 214.
• Uses genjutsu with Itachi to save villagers suffering from dangerously unstable chakra 252.
• Rewrites Hiruzen’s memories to make him believe Danzō attacked him, then alters witnesses’ memories before leaving the past 286 303.
• Limit: Seeing an attack does not guarantee that his body can evade it. Meihui’s Ice Spike pins him to a tree despite his ability to track its trajectory 194.

Mangekyō Sharingan Techniques

His Mangekyō grants black-flame techniques and Susanoo; his ocular power increases substantially after exchanging eyes with Itachi 113 159 195.

• Amaterasu: Burns Gyūki, engulfs Danzō, and forces Meihui to dodge during training 115 155 192.
• Blaze Release: Kagutsuchi: Combines with Naruto’s Rasenshuriken to create a composite attack 159.
• Susanoo: Provides skeletal armor, grasping hands, arrows, and eventually a complete form 159 214 224.
• Group protection: Shelters Naruto, Meihui, Itachi, and Sakura from Infinite Tsukuyomi 228.
• Joint transformation: Uses Majestic Attire: Susanoo with Naruto’s tailed-beast transformation 338 353.
• Limits: Before the eternal-eye upgrade, heavy use causes considerable pain and carries a risk of blindness. Isshiki later dismantles Majestic Attire with a single punch 113 155 353.

Rinnegan and Space-Time Techniques

The Sage of Six Paths grants Sasuke a Rinnegan, which Meihui later strengthens using refined Ten-Tails chakra 223 337 338.

• Amenotejikara: Instantly swaps positions without warning, creating openings against Madara. The technique is enhanced after the Rinnegan evolution 229 338.
• Spatial portals: Opens a vortex to transport captured Ōtsutsuki and later uses Yomotsu Hirasaka to move Jigen into another dimension 264 349.
• Planetary Devastation: Encloses Miao-shiki in a mass of earth, although the Ōtsutsuki breaks free 376.
• Chakra absorption: Draws chakra from Naruto to restore himself during the Miao-shiki battle 376 377.
• Limbo perception: Identifies Madara’s Limbo clones after Madara becomes the Ten-Tails’ jinchūriki 226.
• Limits: Early experimentation nearly drops both Sasuke and Naruto from the sky. Isshiki’s perception-blocking cubes prevent him from locating Naruto until he moves close enough to see him 224 353.

Evolved Limbo: Border Jail

After refining Ten-Tails chakra, Sasuke gains a version of Limbo distinct from Madara’s 338.

• Creates up to two physical shadows, rather than ordinary shadow clones.
• Can make his real body appear around a shadow or exchange places with it.
• Can transfer some damage to a shadow.
• Can send one shadow without a distance restriction, though it disappears when its chakra runs out.
• Limits: A shadow disappears if it exceeds its damage tolerance, consuming Rinnegan ocular power 338.
• Uses a shadow exchange to escape Isshiki’s restraints before returning to rescue Naruto 353.

Lightning Release

Lightning Release is central to Sasuke’s close-range offense and sword techniques 20 192.

• Chidori: A high-speed thrust that pierces Gaara’s sand defense 51.
• Chidori Sharp Spear: Used during his preliminary encounter with Itachi 106.
• Chidori Stream: Spreads through the ground to force Itachi into the air and set up a sword attack 107.
• Chidori Blade: Channels lightning through the Kusanagi Sword 132 192 214.
• Kirin: A powerful finishing attack that leaves him completely drained 109.
• Yin Chidori: A black variant produced by infusing Chidori with yin-release chakra 229.

Fire Release

Sasuke uses Uchiha fire techniques both independently and in combination with allies 36 108.

• Great Fireball: Clashes directly with Itachi’s matching technique 108.
• Great Dragon Fire: Attacks Itachi and later exploits Baku’s suction by sending flames into its mouth 108 159.
• Combines fire techniques with Naruto’s Wind Release against Orochimaru 36.
• Sends fire into the sky alongside Naruto during the Pain battle, helping bring rain before preparing a decisive attack 132.

Cursed Seal and Orochimaru’s Techniques

Sasuke possesses the Cursed Seal of Heaven and learns several techniques from Orochimaru 58 108.

• Produces a large white snake to intercept an attack 108.
• Uses the seal’s second state to amplify his Sharingan enough to escape Tsukuyomi 108.
• Escapes Amaterasu with Snake Substitution 108.
• Danger: Once Sasuke is exhausted, Orochimaru emerges from his body as the Eight-Headed Serpent. Itachi seals Orochimaru with the Totsuka Blade 109.

Swordsmanship, Tactics, and Teamwork

Sasuke combines sword attacks, elemental chakra, and ocular techniques rather than relying on a single fighting style 107 192 377.

• Anticipates Itachi’s aerial movement after Chidori Stream and attacks from the ceiling 107.
• Uses a concealed mechanical shuriken to wound Itachi 108.
• Coordinates a feint with Naruto that allows Naruto to defeat Pain’s Preta Path 132.
• Repeats a childhood hunting strategy with Itachi to attack Kabuto 214.
• Analyzes Miao-shiki’s time reversal, damages one of his Rinnegan, and recognizes that reversing injuries weakens him 377.
• Limit: Killer B’s Acrobat sword-fighting technique overwhelms Sasuke and his teammates, forcing them to rely on healing and rescue 114 115.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Kusanagi Sword — Primary sword, frequently infused with lightning chakra. Used to disable Deidara’s buried mines and sever Madara’s arm; Madara subsequently turns it against Sasuke 102 192 222.
• Golden Chelsea boots — Meihui’s gift, which grants substantial power and confidence but initially provokes a dangerous behavioral change. Sasuke loses one while escaping Deidara’s blast; Itachi retrieves it 58 102 105.
• Shuriken and mechanical Fūma Shuriken — Ranged weapons, including a concealed mechanism that catches Itachi off guard 108.
• Flying Thunder God-marked kunai — Given by Meihui after the reconciliation to support their subsequent operations 113.
• Akatsuki Flame Cloud robe — Supplied by Itachi for the mission against Killer B; wearing it does not establish Sasuke as an Akatsuki member 113 114.
• Energy-charged jade seal — Entrusted to Sasuke and Itachi to restrict space at a suspected Ōtsutsuki arrival point 248.
• Ten-Tails Chakra Pill — Refined by Meihui and consumed to strengthen his Rinnegan. Its chakra nearly overwhelms him, requiring Meihui’s direct intervention 337 338.

Relationships

• Itachi Uchiha — Older brother and former revenge target. After learning the truth about the massacre, Sasuke reconciles with him, exchanges eyes with him, and fights alongside him 111 112 195 214.
• Meihui Uzumaki — Childhood rival, demanding mentor, rescuer, and mediator. Teaches Sasuke Chidori, reunites him with Itachi, and oversees his Rinnegan evolution. Sasuke trusts him strongly enough to reject the Sage’s attempt to undermine that trust 7 20 111 223 338.
• Naruto Uzumaki — Childhood rival and close friend. Their teasing coexists with highly coordinated combat and repeated acts of protection; Naruto voluntarily supplies chakra when Sasuke needs it 8 132 354 377.
• Karin — Teammate, healer, and partner. Her early infatuation develops into an acknowledged relationship; she repeatedly treats Sasuke’s injuries 36 115 223 247.
• Sarada — Daughter. Her birth is celebrated by Itachi, who later teaches and protects her as a member of Team 7 260 341.
• Suigetsu and Jūgo — Snake Squad companions. Both instinctively protect Sasuke from Itachi before learning of the reconciliation; Suigetsu saves him from Killer B’s finishing strike 113 115.
• Fugaku Uchiha — Father, killed in the massacre. Meihui identifies him as a longtime friend of Minato 58 111.
• Kakashi Hatake — Instructor who enters Sasuke, Naruto, and Meihui into the Chunin Exams 29.
• Tsunade — Treats Sasuke after his defeat by Itachi and later welcomes both Uchiha brothers to regard Konoha as home 69 113.
• Sakura Haruno — Academy peer who remains attracted to him. Sasuke treats her coldly and resents her past insults toward Naruto 6 228.
• Orochimaru — Source of the Cursed Seal and several techniques; covets Sasuke’s body and later emerges from it before being sealed by Itachi 108 109 215.
• Danzō Shimura — Target of revenge after Sasuke learns of his role in the massacre. His stolen Sharingan provoke Sasuke into reckless attacks 112 155 156.
• Sage of Six Paths — Explains Sasuke’s connection to Indra and grants him power despite Sasuke’s rejection of the offer 223.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arc	Sasuke’s role and outcome
Academy and early training	Becomes Meihui’s persistent challenger, then trains alongside both Uzumaki brothers in basic techniques, taijutsu, and chakra control 6 7 8.
Chunin Exams: opening encounters	Confronts Kankurō over his treatment of Konohamaru and attracts Gaara’s interest as a prospective opponent 29.
Forest of Death	Defeats a large bear, impressing Karin. Overcomes Orochimaru’s fear-induced paralysis by stabbing himself and participates in the trio’s combined attack 36.
Lee and Gaara	Loses to Lee after refusing to adapt, then uses copied movements and Chidori to break through Gaara’s sand defense 44 51.
Itachi’s return	Attacks Itachi with Chidori but is overwhelmed and subjected to an illusion. Tsunade later heals his relatively minor injuries, though his helplessness leaves him frustrated 60 69.
Search for Itachi	Gathers companions, confronts Deidara for information, and survives Deidara’s self-destruction. Karin oversees his recovery 101 102 105.
Duel and reconciliation	Exhausts his techniques against Itachi, collapses after the final forehead tap, and is rescued by Meihui. Learning the massacre’s circumstances ends the brothers’ hostility 107 108 109 110 111 112.
Killer B mission	Leads the disguised group to Kumogakure. B initially overwhelms them; Karin’s healing and Sasuke’s Amaterasu turn the fight, but B and Gyūki arrange an escape through a severed tentacle 113 114 115.
Pain’s attack	Reunites with Naruto and helps remove the Preta Path, allowing their side greater freedom to use ninjutsu 132.
Confrontation with Danzō	Is badly pierced by Wood Release after ignoring Meihui’s warning. Returns to the confrontation with Naruto, combining attacks and using Susanoo to interrogate Danzō 155 156 157 159.
Kabuto confrontation	Works with Itachi to stop Impure World Reincarnation. Their mutual genjutsu and shared childhood strategy counter Kabuto’s techniques before Meihui intervenes 214 215.
War against Madara	Fights beside Itachi and Tobirama, then suffers a chest wound from his own sword. After Karin’s treatment and the Sage’s intervention, returns with a Rinnegan and protects allies from Infinite Tsukuyomi 219 222 223 224 228.
Border investigation	Accepts an Ōtsutsuki reconnaissance mission with Itachi and Karin. Exposes Chino’s apparent trap and learns of the Chinoike Clan’s inherited grievance against the Uchiha 248 252 253.
Time travel	Travels with Meihui and Boruto, encounters a young Naruto without Meihui, and conceals the consequences of Meihui’s attack on Hiruzen. Later alters memories before their return 284 286 303.
Rinnegan enhancement	Survives a dangerous Ten-Tails chakra experiment and gains new shadows and stronger space-time abilities 337 338.
Kara offensive	Joins Konoha’s leading strike force, transports Jigen into another dimension, and rescues Naruto from Isshiki’s attack before seeking Meihui’s help 347 349 353 354.
Miao-shiki battle	Initially struggles alongside Naruto, restores himself with Naruto’s chakra, and begins countering the enemy’s time reversal through observation and targeted attacks 376 377.

Notable Quotes

“Um, b-big brother, let's rebuild the Uchiha Clan together.” 113

“Let's go meet them. We don't know why they've targeted us, but we're Konoha ninja. More importantly, we're Uchiha.” 252

“No. Do you need something? If not, I'm leaving. And my name is Sasuke. Sasuke Uchiha.” — To the Sage of Six Paths 223

Trivia

• Sasuke turns down the Hokage position before Kakashi takes it 247.
• His early romantic naïveté is extreme: he mistakenly believes a kiss can cause pregnancy and promises Karin he will return and “take responsibility” 224.
• The narration repeatedly associates his renewed confidence with the refrain that the skies have cleared and the rain has stopped 8 338.
• Itachi initially treats the Golden Chelsea boot left at Deidara’s blast site as evidence that Sasuke survived, then secretly retrieves it 105.