Sasuke Uchiha 

(うちはサスケ, Uchiha Sasuke) is one of the last surviving members

of Konohagakure's Uchiha clan. After his older brother, Itachi, slaughtered their clan, Sasuke
made it his mission in life to avenge them by killing Itachi. He is added to Team 7 upon becoming
a ninja and, through competition with his rival and best friend, Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke starts
developing his skills. Dissatisfied with his progress, he defects from Konoha so that he can
acquire the strength needed to exact his revenge. His years of seeking vengeance and his
actions that followed become increasingly demanding, irrational and isolates him from others,
leading him to be branded as an international criminal. After learning the truth of his brother's
sacrifice, later proving instrumental in ending the Fourth Shinobi World War, and being happily
redeemed by Naruto, Sasuke decides to return to Konoha and dedicate his life to help protect the
village and its inhabitants, becoming referred to as the "Supporting Kage" (支う
影, Sasaukage, literally meaning: Supporting Shadow).

Contents
 Background
 Personality
 Appearance
 Abilities
 Chakra and Physical Prowess
 Cursed Seal
 Ninjutsu
 Bukijutsu
 Nature Transformation
 Dōjutsu
 Sharingan
 Mangekyō Sharingan
 Rinnegan
 Intelligence
 Stats
 Part I
 Prologue — Land of Waves
 Chūnin Exams
 Konoha Crush
 Search for Tsunade
 Land of Tea Escort Mission
 Sasuke Recovery Mission
 Interlude
 In Naruto's Footsteps: The Friends' Paths
 Part II
 Tenchi Bridge Reconnaissance Mission
 Three-Tails' Appearance
 Itachi Pursuit Mission
 Fated Battle Between Brothers
 Naruto Jinraiden: The Day the Wolf Howled
 Pain's Assault
 Past Arc: The Locus of Konoha
 Five Kage Summit
 Fourth Shinobi World War: Countdown
 Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation
 Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax
 Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki
 Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes
 Blank Period
 The Last: Naruto the Movie
 Sakura Hiden: Thoughts of Love, Riding Upon a Spring Breeze
 Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding
 Akatsuki Hiden: Evil Flowers in Full Bloom
 Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise
 New Era
 Academy Entrance Arc
 Sarada Uchiha Arc
 Naruto Shinden: Parent and Child Day
  Versus Momoshiki Arc
 One-Tail Escort Arc
 Time Slip Arc
 Sasuke Shinden: The Teacher's Star Pupil
 Mujina Bandits Arc
 Kara Actuation Arc
 Ao Arc
 Kawaki Arc
 In Other Media
 Movies
 Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow
 Naruto Shippūden the Movie: Bonds
 Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
 Video Games
 Creation and Conception
 Trivia
 Quotes
 References

Background

Sasuke as an infant.
Sasuke is the second and youngest son of Mikoto and Fugaku Uchiha; they named him
after Sasuke Sarutobi in the hopes that he would someday be just as strong of a shinobi.
[10] Sasuke grew up in the shadow of his older brother, Itachi, a natural prodigy who many in
the Uchiha clan and the village would constantly compare Sasuke and any of his
accomplishments to. Sasuke himself adored Itachi, never passing up an opportunity to spend
time with him. Although Itachi welcomed his company, letting Sasuke watch him train and taking
him on adventures into the forests,[11] Itachi in return rarely helped Sasuke himself become a
better shinobi; when asked, he would often instead poke Sasuke's forehead and promise to do so
some other time. Sasuke found this annoying, but didn't allow it to blemish his high opinion of his
brother.
On entering the Konoha Ninja Academy, Sasuke proved to be the standout of his class,
consistently getting top grades.[12] However, he could never meet the same milestones Itachi had
set, resulting in their father paying Sasuke little attention.[13] Aware of this neglect, Itachi, despite
being increasingly busy, tried to stand in for their father by giving Sasuke the recognition he
craved, at times even blackmailing Fugaku to spend time with Sasuke. As time went on, Itachi
started becoming distant with and cold towards their family, culminating in a falling out with much
of the Uchiha clan on their suspicion that he'd killed his best friend, Shisui Uchiha. Sasuke did not
understand the reason for this, but he didn't mind the side-effect: his father began taking an
interest in his development. Fugaku taught Sasuke how to perform the Great Fireball Technique,
which he mastered in a week.[14] Fugaku stated his pride in Sasuke for this accomplishment, but
at the same time encouraged him not to follow in Itachi's footsteps.
After a long day of training, Sasuke returned home one night to find the streets littered with the
bodies of the Uchiha. He rushed home to notify his family of
this Uchiha Clan Massacre, only to find Itachi standing over the
bodies of their parents. Sasuke tried to solicit help and comfort
from Itachi, who responded by using Tsukuyomi on him to torment
him with visions of him murdering their family. Horrified by what
Itachi had done, Sasuke pleaded for an explanation, to which
Itachi replied that it was to test his own power. Fearful that he
would be next, Sasuke tried to run. Itachi cornered him and Itachi spares Sasuke.
explained that Sasuke, as he then was, would not be worth killing.
Only by becoming stronger, such as by acquiring his own Mangekyō Sharingan, could he prove a
worthwhile challenge to Itachi's abilities. Before leaving, Itachi encouraged Sasuke to hate him, to
desire revenge, and to gain power from that. Sasuke immediately followed through, pursuing
Itachi and using his newly-awakened Sharingan to attack him. The attack failed and Sasuke
passed out, but not before glimpsing Itachi crying; Sasuke would forget this had happened for
many years.

Naruto and Sasuke in the Academy.

Sasuke, now one of the last surviving Uchiha, was alone. He spent the first few days after the
massacre wandering his family's compound, reflecting on the people who were now gone, killed
by Itachi. Sasuke decided to do what Itachi had instructed and dedicated his life to vengeance,
having no other interest than bringing about Itachi's death. He threw himself into his studies at the
Academy, making no efforts to form friendships and ignoring all of the girls' attempts to gain his
affection. One of his classmates, Naruto, disliked Sasuke's cool personality and the attention he
received, and developed a one-sided rivalry in his pursuit to prove himself just as good as, if not
better than, Sasuke. For his part, Sasuke thought little of Naruto and was usually annoyed by his
outbursts, but would, at times, secretly smile at how hard Naruto worked because of him.
Ironically, for all the attention he received, Naruto was the only person among his peers who
understood Sasuke due to the painful experiences he had.

Personality

Sasuke's pleasant disposition as a child.

Sasuke was a happy child, eager to please and be worthy of his clan name.[15] One of Sasuke's
most significant bonds is the one he has with his older brother, Itachi, who by merely being
mentioned can elicit strong reactions from Sasuke's otherwise calm demeanour. Sasuke adored
Itachi when he was a boy, enjoying his company above all others'; as an infant, he would cry
whenever he was held by someone besides Itachi and would immediately be happy once held by
his big brother again.[16] When Itachi murdered the rest of the Uchiha clan, Sasuke was crushed
not only by the loss of his family but also by what Itachi told him: that he had never loved Sasuke.
Sasuke devotes years of his life to avenging their family by killing Itachi, which Itachi encourages
whenever they meet. At the same time however, he became determined to do so through his own
means, including rejecting Itachi's instructions of obtaining the Mangekyō Sharingan for power,
simply to not give Itachi the satisfaction. With his new outlook, he became cold toward others,
unmoved by and uninterested in what they do or think of him, choosing instead to keep to
himself. He stopped using honourifics, something considered rude in the Japanese language. His
only goal in life became to take revenge for his clan's deaths by any means, even if it meant
acquiring power that wasn't his own.[17][18]
In his pursuit for the power to take his revenge, whenever he meets new people, he makes an
evaluation of their abilities: those he perceives to be weaker than himself he arrogantly
disregards, giving them little attention so that they won't hold him back; those he perceives as
stronger he fixates over and tries to surpass. As a member of Team 7 he is repeatedly exposed
to Kakashi Hatake's philosophy that there is strength in teamwork. For a time, Sasuke accepts
this, experiencing it first-hand on several of Team 7's missions. He even become attached to his
teammates and started to forget the vengeance he craved, achieving after so many years a
measure of happiness. However, between both the manipulations of Orochimaru and meeting
Itachi again in Part I, where he was and is utterly defeated, Sasuke decides to sever all ties to his
village in a single-minded pursuit of power, leaving Konoha to focus solely on himself. Kakashi
tried to help Sasuke realise the contradiction in his viewpoint: he is driven to gain power because
he lost his family, yet sacrifices the family he still has (Team 7) in order to gain that power, which
did have a profound impact on Sasuke and would have turned him away from the path of
darkness had he not been influenced by the Sound Four.

Sasuke succumbs to his clan's Curse of Hatred.

So focused on vengeance, he willingly accepted Orochimaru's offer of power, seeking out the
Sannin to train Sasuke in all he knew, even allowing Orochimaru to experiment on him despite
knowing the man was using him for his own gain. Ultimately however, Sasuke decided that letting
himself be used by Orochimaru would be a disgrace to his clan, turning on Orochimaru and
acquires new teammates with abilities that could further his goals. Sasuke initially retained his
morals by setting a firm no-kill policy for himself and his team against those unrelated to his
revenge and openly expressing disgust at Orochimaru for his horrific experiments. In addition,
despite becoming cold towards his old team, Sasuke did become attached to his new teammates,
still subconsciously holding a notion of teamwork, comparing them to the bond he had with Team
7 and pushing himself to extremes to save them.
After Itachi dies in battle with Sasuke and he learned that the hateful older brother that Itachi
seemed to be was all an act and that, in truth, Sasuke was the most precious person to Itachi; his
murder of the Uchiha was done on the instructions of Konoha, in order to protect Sasuke. Sasuke
becomes overwhelmed by this discovery and starts conspiring against Konoha and all its citizens
for ruining his and Itachi's lives, knowing full well it isn't what Itachi would want him to do. As time
passed after this and his hatred increased, Sasuke's fall to darkness steadily eroded much of the
goodness he once had: he would without hesitation challenge and even slaughter any and all
who stood in his way, left Jūgo and Suigetsu without caring for their fates, essentially
sacrificed Karin to strike down Danzō Shimura, and even tried to kill Team 7 when they impede or
attempt to dissuade him from his objectives.[19] He also allies with Tobi and Akatsuki when their
goals align, but left them without comment when he no longer needs them. His abandonment of
all his former loyalties and his criminal acts convince his former classmates that Sasuke is
beyond salvation. Tobi determined that Sasuke was carrying the entirety of the Uchiha's hatred
on his shoulders, and this caused Sasuke to gain an unwavering and twisted pride of his clan,
deeming anyone who possessed his clan's abilities without being one of them or even someone
who just isn't an Uchiha as trash and impostors, and became increasingly irate and unstable
when witnessing it. Ultimately, Sasuke came to believe that Konoha's destruction will free the
Uchiha from being associated with the rotten shinobi world and the resulting purity will restore the
clan.