A tall man with spiky orange hair, multiple metal piercings across his face and nose, and ripples in his purple eyes (The Rinnegan). He wears the standard black Akatsuki cloak with red clouds Controls six different corpses (The Six Paths of Pain). He can push and pull objects with gravity, summon giant immortal beasts, rip out souls, and absorb any ninjutsu Cold, god-like, and detached. He believes that the world can only achieve true peace if it experiences massive, shared pain and trauma

A beautiful woman with short, straight blue hair, a large blue paper flower accessory, a lip piercing, and amber eyes Uses Dance of the Shikigami to turn her entire body, clothing, and environment into thousands of weaponised sheets of paper. She can fly with paper wings and detonate billions of hidden paper bombs Calm, fiercely loyal, and quiet. She acts as Pain’s second-in-command and protector, rarely speaking unless necessary

A slender man with long black hair tied in a loose ponytail, dark eyes, and distinctive, deep stress lines running down from his eyes. He has the red Sharingan eyes Master of psychological illusions (Genjutsu). He can trap enemies in torture illusions that feel like days in a single second, summon inextinguishable black fire (Amaterasu), and manifest an armored skeletal giant (Susanoo) Stoic, highly intellectual, and melancholic. He speaks calmly, avoids unnecessary violence, and hides deep, complex secrets

Often called the "Monster of the Hidden Mist." He has blue, shark-like skin, sharp triangular teeth, gills on his shoulders, and small white eyes Wields Samehada, a massive living sword that shreds flesh and steals chakra. He can flood entire battlefields with massive water domes and fuse with his sword to become a literal shark-man Sadistic, aggressive, yet surprisingly polite to his partner Itachi. He loves the thrill of a good battle and despises liars and traitors

Looks like a young, handsome teenager with short red hair and wide brown eyes. However, this is just a puppet shell; his true form is a mechanical puppet with a small cylinder cylinder core in his chest The world’s greatest Puppet Master. He controls an army of 100 human puppets, fires lethal streams of fire and water, and coats all his weapons in a paralyzing poison that kills within three days Impatient, cruel, and completely emotionless. He views human life as worthless and believes that true art must be something beautiful and immortal that lasts forever

A young man with long blonde hair tied in a high ponytail that covers his left eye, which wears a mechanical scope. He has literal mouths embedded in the palms of both hands and his chest Kneads chakra into special white clay using his hand-mouths to create Explosive Clay. He creates flying birds, tracking spiders, and massive clay bombs that detonate with a hand seal Arrogant, loud, and incredibly prideful. Unlike Sasori, he believes that true art is fleeting and explosive, constantly screaming his catchphrase: "Art is an explosion!"

A massive, heavily stitched man whose face is entirely covered by a ninja mask except for his eerie green eyes with black sclera. His back hides four monstrous masks made of black thread Practically immortal. He steals and stores the hearts of defeated shinobi. He can manifest four extra elemental monsters (Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth) from his body and extend his limbs using thick black threads Greedy, short-tempered, and cynical. He cares absolutely nothing about peace or world domination; he only joins the Akatsuki to collect money and bounties

A young man with slicked-back silver hair and purple eyes. He carries a giant, three-bladed red scythe and wears a jashin amulet around his neck. Completely immortal. If he scratches an enemy and tastes their blood, his skin turns black and bone-white. In this ritual state, any physical damage he does to his own body is instantly transferred to the victim Foul-mouthed, chaotic, and completely insane. He mocks his opponents constantly and views combat as a religious ritual to cause as much agony as possible

As "Tobi," he wears an orange, spiral mask with a single eye-hole and acts like a goofy child. Beneath the mask, his face is heavily scarred, and he possesses both the Sharingan and the Rinnegan Uses Kamui to turn his body completely intangible. Attacks pass straight through him, and he can suck opponents into a private, inescapable pocket dimension Switches instantly from a bumbling, high-pitched comedic relief character into a deeply nihilistic, cold strategist who wants to trap the entire planet in an illusionary dream world

A body split perfectly down the middle—half pitch-black, half pale-white. His entire head and upper torso are enclosed inside a massive, green flytrap plant structure. Merges into the earth to travel anywhere instantly without being detected. He can sprout thousands of shape-shifting clones and graft his white mass onto allies to instantly heal wounds and replenish energy. A bickering split personality. The white side is cheerful, talkative, and mockingly cruel. The black side is dead silent, highly strategic, and speaks in a terrifyingly deep, gravelly voice