Akatsuki was a dangerous organization consisting of S-class criminal ninjas. Akatsuki members was criminals and on average have very great and above average strength. Their existence had the potential to become a very serious threat to large villages. In addition, Akatsuki was also interested in hunting down the Bijuu scattered in various regions.
Well, this time we want to discuss the ranking of Akatsuki members from the weakest to the strongest. Come on, let's just look at the following list.
10. Zetsu
Compared to other Akatsuki members, Zetsu was the weakest member. He had a body with two colors, namely black Zetsu and white Zetsu. His abilities was barely very useful in combat. Basically, Zetsu's purpose was for him to resurrect Kaguya.
Despite this, Zetsu was a very powerful intelligence. He could blend into the ground or trees and was very difficult to detect by enemies. This ability he usually used to gather information or monitor certain ninja. In addition, Zetsu was also able to create a clone that is exactly the same as himself.
9. Hidan
Hidan is a member of the S class ninja from Yugakure and is a member of the Akatsuki. In carrying out the mission, Hidan partners with Kakuzu. They are both very formidable fighters. In fact, Kisame referred to them as Zombie Combo because they were both almost immortal.
Hidan is a follower of the Jashin religion and he also has the ability to live eternally, no matter if he gets very serious injuries. In addition, he can also use curse techniques by performing rituals to kill opponents.
For that, Hidan uses his three-scythe scythe to attack the opponent and get the opponent's blood. When all the preparations are complete, the opponent who has become the victim's target will connect with Hidan. This technique proved effective to kill Azuma.
8. Deidara
Deidara was a member of the Akatsuki from Iwagakure. While in Akatsuki, Deidara partnered with Sasori who was both an artist on a mission. He was a disciple of the third Tsuchikage, Ohnoki and possesses the kekkei genkei explosion release.
Deidara uses clay to make explosives as well as his art. He even stole his village's forbidden jutsu because he was so obsessed with art that he became a runaway ninja.
In addition, Deidara is also skilled at making clay into various variations, such as spiders and birds to paralyze his enemies. Deidara's ability was able to immobilize Gaara and defeated the Kazekage in the battle.
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7. Sasori
Sasori was a member of Akatsuki and an S-rank criminal from Sunagakure. He was also commonly known as the Red Sand and puppet master. Not only that, he was also very skilled in creating deadly puppets used in combat. He controled the dolls through chakra threads.
One of Sasori's secret techniques is that he is able to control a hundred puppets. On the right side of the chest, Sasori is able to issue a lot of chakra threads to control the dolls.
Uniquely, the number of puppets that can be controlled by Sasori can reach 100 dolls with various deadly attacks. With his strength, he was able to defeat the third Kazekage who is the strongest shinobi in the history of Sunagakure.
6. Konan
Konan was one of the ninja who became a high-ranking Akatsuki. She is a good friend of Nagato as well as Yahiko. In addition, Konan is also one of Jiraiya's students. Konan was a very strong S-class criminal ninja. In the fight against Obito, Konan's ability almost got Obito killed.
Konan had a unique ninjutsu, namely paper ninjutsu. Since childhood, she was very skilled in making paper. After practicing hard enough, she was finally able to create the Dance of Shikigami technique.
This technique allows her to transform into sheets of paper that she can control in large numbers. In addition, she also shaped the paper into a shuriken-like weapon and filled it with chakra. Not only that, Konan can also give an explosive effect to the enemy using her paper.
5. Kakuzu
Kakuzu was a ninja who is very difficult to kill and he had lived since the era of the first hokage. He had an irritable nature was also very obsessed with money by killing high-class ninja who have a bounty on the black market. Kakuzu himself comes from the village of Takigakure.
One of the reasons why Kakuzu is difficult to kill is that he has five hearts that he stores in his body. The body itself is made up of black threads. Each heart he has is usually in the form of a mask with its own chakra element.
Because of this, Kakuzu can use the five chakra elements in battle. Not only that, these masks can also turn into big black monsters that help him in fighting.
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4. Kisame
This Akatsuki member is one of the most powerful sword ninja from Kirigakure. Kisame is very adept at using water elemental jutsu. He himself also stores a very large amount of chakra in his body. In addition, Kisame is also very adept at using one of the legendary swords from Kirigakure, Samehada.
With his jutsu, Kisame is able to produce water in very large quantities and make it a tool to attack his enemies. Not only that, Kisame is also able to create wild sharks from his jutsu.
Kisame's
strength increased many times when he joined Samehada. That's what makes him so
hard to beat. In the story, Kisame chosed to commit suicide after being
defeated by Might Guy.
3. Itachi
In third place, there is Uchiha Itachi who is a talented ninja from the village of Konoha who was labeled a criminal for killing all members of the Uchiha clan. He did that on orders from the Hokage in order to maintain the security of the village and prevent the Uchiha clan's uprising.
Since childhood, Itachi was very talented in mastering various kinds of Ninjutsu techniques. Not only that, he is also very strong with genjutsu abilities using his Sharingan technique. Kakashi who is famous for being very talented has even been a victim of Itachi's dojutsu.
In addition, Itachi was also able to use very powerful Mangekyo Sharingan techniques, such as Amaterasu, Susano'o, and even Izanami's forbidden jutsu. Another great Itachi is that he was able to release the influence of Edo Tensei on him and stop Kabuto alone. But ironically, Itachi died after he was defeated by his beloved brother.
2. Nagato
Uzumaki Nagato is a ninja from the village of Amegakure and a student of Jiraiya. He was the leader of the Akatsuki. Initially, Nagato formed this organization to create world peace. Unfortunately, he lost his best friend, Yahiko while they were spreading the path of peace. At the time of losing Yahiko, Nagato lost hope and his true power emerged.
As a ninja and Rinnegan user, Nagato had the Six Paths of Pain technique in carrying out his actions. He used six corpses and controlled them through a transmitter in the form of iron bars stuck in his body. One of these corpses is Yahiko who is a Deva Path with the ability to manipulate gravity.
One of Nagato's strongest techniques is Chibaku Tensei. Nagato's terrible power was proven to be able to kill one of the legends of the Konoha Sanin as well as his own teacher, Jiraiya. Not only that, Nagato can also destroy the village of Konoha alone.
1. Tobi/Obito
The strongest member of Akatsuki was Tobi who has a real identity, namely Uchiha Obito. At the beginning of his appearance, Tobi was described as a silly and mysterious character.
However, he later showed his true identity. Obito is a ninja from Konoha as well as Kakashi's best friend who was considered dead in the Third Shinobi World War. However, he was still alive after being saved by Madara.
As a member of Akatsuki, Obito is a very strong character. He has the ability of the Sharingan eye and great teleportation techniques. Not only that, he is also very difficult to attack because he can make his body not solid so that it can penetrate anything.
Obito's
abilities increased greatly after he managed to steal Nagato's Rinnegan and
master it. He is also the one who caused the fourth ninja world war to break
out and became the main enemy in that war. Despite being enemies, Obito finally
realized and returned to the right path after being lectured by Naruto.
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