Madara Uchiha

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Childhood friendships

Madara and Hashirama met beside a river as children, concealing their surnames while competing at stone-skipping. They befriended Watanabe Ichiro after following the smell of his cooking. Initially suspicious of the offered food, Madara relaxed after Hashirama tried it; he later washed Ichiro’s pot upon noticing his missing right leg 2.

Their regular gatherings developed into a brotherly bond. Ichiro’s older-brother persona helped Madara cope with the pressure of being his family’s eldest son, while the younger-brother persona became someone Madara and Hashirama treated almost as their own sibling. Neither knew these were Ichiro’s character-card disguises 2 6.

Alliance and the First Hokage

During the Senju–Uchiha conflict, Tobirama gravely wounded Izuna with Flying Thunder God Slash. Hashirama offered Madara an alliance, appealing to their childhood hopes for peace, but Ichiro interrupted the negotiations with an assassination attempt 3 4.

Madara first manifested Susanoo to protect Izuna and himself from an explosion. Ichiro’s strangely empowered kunai then pierced the defense, with Izuna’s intervening hand preventing a fatal wound to Madara’s heart. After subduing Ichiro, Madara brought Izuna to Hashirama for treatment 5.

Following Ichiro’s apparent death, Madara and Hashirama buried him beside their childhood meeting place. The Uchiha then accepted an alliance with the Senju as equals. Hashirama’s rescue of Izuna strengthened Madara’s trust in him 7.

Madara became the First Hokage through a revised five-stage selection process: self-nomination, a leadership vote, a jōnin vote, daimyō approval, and a handover ceremony. He won the leadership vote three to one, while Izuna’s planning helped secure a tie in the jōnin vote 7.

Governing Konoha

Madara and Izuna initially reviewed the village’s administrative business themselves, working long hours because they distrusted other clans and elders. Madara refused recreational outings while paperwork remained unfinished, earning Tobirama’s respect for his responsibility and reasonably impartial decisions 8 10.

He authorized the young “Uchiha Ichiro” to rejoin the clan after learning that the child had awakened his Sharingan at four. He later listened to Tobirama’s administrative advice and apologized for Izuna’s behavior during their arguments 10 11.

His documented reforms included:

• Interclan marriage: Promoted marriages outside individual clans, with the Uchiha and Senju leading the change. His reflections on Ichiro’s mixed ancestry helped motivate the policy 12.
• Compulsory schooling: Required all school-age clan children to attend the Ninja Academy 48.
• Enforcement through strength: Used the threat of Susanoo to overcome clan resistance to village-wide policies 48.

Once administrative duties could be left to Izuna, Madara accompanied Hashirama on the Tailed Beast Collection Plan. Together, they captured all the tailed beasts, which Tobirama found a way to seal 12 15.

Izuna’s loss and the hunt for Black Zetsu

An attack at the Ninja Academy left Izuna physically alive but without his memories or thoughts. Madara spent a night beside his hospital bed before accepting an eye transplant, persuaded by Tobirama’s statement that it was Izuna’s dying wish. He also allowed Tobirama to observe the procedure despite the elders’ objections 13 14.

After gaining the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, Madara became consumed by the hunt for Black Zetsu. Ichiro secretly supplied false leads through a disguised Wood Clone, directing him through wealthy daimyō estates and impoverished slums. These travels exposed Madara to conditions beyond Konoha and helped shape his later political views 14 19.

His forceful conduct intimidated the other nations, but his reputation improved when their shinobi began cooperating with him and he occasionally helped people along the way 30.

Unification proposal and ideological duel

Madara concluded that scarcity, desperation, greed, and unequal interests made lasting peace impossible under the existing international order. He proposed placing the entire shinobi world under Konoha’s administration rather than accepting peace limited to one village 18 19.

Hashirama rejected his approach, and most Uchiha refused to support another war. Without Izuna mediating between him and the clan, Madara found himself increasingly disconnected from their concerns. Even Kagami, whom he had entrusted with clan affairs, declined to support him 20.

Ichiro publicly endorsed the proposal. Madara initially intended to leave Konoha, destroy the great nations’ military forces and daimyō mansions, and absorb the resulting hatred so Hashirama could take control through “love and understanding.” He instead appointed Ichiro clan head, handed him the Uchiha Gunbai, and set out to defeat Hashirama and reclaim the Hokage position 21.

Their battle lasted seven days and nights. Madara’s Perfect Susanoo clashed with Hashirama’s wooden golem, but Madara was found apparently dead with his chest crushed, while Hashirama survived severely wounded 22 23 29.

Return and final death

Ichiro moved Madara’s body to his former residence and guarded it with a Wood Clone, anticipating a return through Izanagi. Three days after the duel, Madara awakened when Ichiro began opening his eye to remove the Sharingan 24 25.

Ichiro claimed that he had protected Madara’s body from Tobirama’s research. His staged grief and considerate behavior gradually overcame Madara’s suspicion, leading Madara to regard him with affection resembling that he felt for Izuna 25.

While Madara was distracted, Ichiro attacked from behind, tore out his heart, and crushed it. He had deliberately positioned the Gunbai as a walking stick to keep Madara’s right hand away from his body, preventing him from forming seals for another Izanagi 25.

Konoha’s public account instead claimed that Madara had died defending the village alongside Hashirama against Black Zetsu. His Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan later passed to Tobirama for research. Ichiro subsequently acquired resurrection materials and planned to bring the dead back, but Madara’s return is not shown in the supplied chapters 24 28 29 39.

Appearance

• Hair: Spiky black hair, shown during his childhood meeting with Ichiro 2.
• Eyes: Blood-red Three-Tomoe Sharingan; later displays black-and-red Eternal Mangekyō patterns 3 25.
• Battle attire: Heavy armor over his chest during the assassination attempt 5.
• Official attire: Wears Hokage robes at his inauguration, appearing uncomfortable in them 7.
• Mannerisms: Frequently folds his arms and wears a fierce glare; people in the gambling hall instinctively keep their distance 18.

Personality

Madara is wary of strangers but capable of practical kindness. As a child, he hesitates to accept unfamiliar food, then helps Ichiro with chores once his distrust subsides. His affection for Izuna is open and protective, and his childhood friendships remain important enough to complicate his response to Ichiro’s betrayal 2 5 6.

As Hokage, he takes his responsibilities seriously. Despite his intimidating battlefield reputation, he can acknowledge mistakes, apologize to someone weaker than himself, and consider useful advice from a former enemy 8 10 11.

Izuna’s loss intensifies his anger and fixation on finding Black Zetsu. His unification proposal nevertheless grows from observations of poverty and conflict, not simply a desire to fight. Even after the clan rejects him, he refuses Ichiro’s suggestion of violent retaliation because the clansmen are blood relatives whom Izuna wanted protected 14 18 19 21.

Madara responds better to kindness than coercion. Cooperation softens his treatment of foreign shinobi, while Ichiro’s convincing display of loyalty makes him rationalize suspicious behavior and lower his guard—with fatal consequences 25 30.

Abilities & Skills

Sharingan and Genjutsu

• Detects that the masked attacker’s chakra differs from the Uchiha Clan’s and questions the origin of his Sharingan 4.
• Uses three-tomoe ocular power to briefly disrupt an opponent with two tomoe, creating an opening for Fire Release 4.
• Awakens the Mangekyō before its first public reveal and later evolves it through Izuna’s eye transplant 5 14.
• His individual Mangekyō techniques are not identified in the supplied passages 5.

Susanoo

• First manifests pale-blue ribs to withstand a point-blank Explosive Tag detonation 5.
• Uses a skeletal arm offensively and later forms a complete Susanoo against Hashirama 5 22.
• Can manifest protection around an arm immediately upon awakening from apparent death 25.
• Early limitation: Its demanding prerequisites and enormous chakra cost initially prevent successful practice; the first manifestation nearly exhausts his remaining strength 5.
• Defense limitation: Ichiro’s True Damage-infused weapon penetrates it 5 6.
• Does not perform Majestic Attire: Susanoo in this timeline’s documented events 24.

Izanagi

• Returns from his apparent death after the battle with Hashirama; Ichiro identifies Izanagi as the mechanism behind the revival 24 25.
• His decision to fake death is spontaneous and disclosed to no one beforehand 25.
• Ichiro prevents a second use by attacking while Madara’s hand is occupied and too far away to form seals in time 25.

Other Combat Skills

• Fire Release: Follows genjutsu with an immediate flame attack against Ichiro 4.
• Swordsmanship: Blocks a rear attack with his long blade and later throws it to pin Ichiro down 4 5.
• Body Flicker Technique: Moves immediately to Tobirama’s side upon learning that Izuna has been injured 13.
• Combat strength: Recognized as the strongest Uchiha, capable of defeating every clan challenger; his displays of power also cow the other nations 7 30.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Uchiha Gunbai — Clan weapon said to have been made from the God Tree. Madara gives it to Ichiro upon appointing him clan head; Ichiro later returns it as a walking stick during the fatal deception 20 21 25.
• Long blade — Used to parry Ichiro’s attack and pin him to a rock 4 5.
• Battle armor — Protects his chest, though Ichiro’s empowered kunai penetrates it 5.
• Reverse Flying Thunder God patch — Allows him to sense a summons and choose whether to respond; possessing it does not establish that he can independently perform Flying Thunder God 33.

Relationships

• Hashirama Senju — Childhood friend, sparring partner, fellow founder, and eventual ideological opponent. Hashirama supports Madara’s election and search for Izuna’s attacker, but their disagreement over conquest ends in a devastating duel 2 7 18 22 23 30.
• Uchiha Izuna — Younger brother and trusted administrator. Madara repeatedly protects him, relies on him to manage clan affairs, and accepts his eyes after the academy attack 3 5 7 14.
• Watanabe Ichiro / Uchiha Ichiro — Childhood companion through the Watanabe disguises, later an apparently loyal young clansman and chosen successor. Secretly manipulates Madara’s travels and ultimately murders him 2 6 19 21 25.
• Tobirama Senju — Former battlefield enemy whose administrative competence earns increasing respect. Madara apologizes to him for Izuna’s conduct and permits him to observe the eye transplant 8 10 11 14.
• Uchiha Kagami — Trusted with clan affairs during Madara’s search for Black Zetsu, but declines to support the unification proposal 20.
• Black Zetsu — Target of Madara’s revenge and, unknown to him, a schemer hoping to use him for the Infinite Tsukuyomi plan. Madara dies without seeing the altered stone tablet or receiving the plan 14 19 23 25.
• Uchiha Tajima — Father and former clan head. His suppression of records concerning an Uchiha defector leaves Madara unaware of the incident’s full circumstances 8.

Notable Quotes

“No food at home, little water in the well, a sick loved one... if you don't have what you need, you go out and take it from others. Hashirama, that is the very essence of war!” 18

“I don't want temporary peace, much less peace confined to this tiny corner called Konoha!” 18

“Does peace bought with blood not count as peace? Hashirama, if we joined forces, who in the shinobi world could stand against us?” 22

Trivia

• As a child, Madara imagines a prosperous future in which he can eat tofu-skin sushi at every meal, rather than only on holidays 6.
• A children’s welcome song spreads through the nations after his reputation improves, celebrating his arrival with Sharingan and Susanoo 30.
• The narration explicitly identifies the timing and circumstances of his early Mangekyō and Susanoo development as the author’s own creation rather than details established by the original work 5.