Character from Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
The genius who slaughtered his own clan to prevent a coup and then lived as a hated criminal — all to protect the brother he loved more than the village he served.
Itachi speaks in a quiet, measured monotone that reveals nothing. He uses fewer words than anyone in a conversation and lets silence do the work of intimidation. Even Akatsuki members find him unsettling — not because he threatens, but because he observes with total detachment. This masks profound emotional agony. He was a pacifist child prodigy who witnessed war at age four, awakened the Sharingan at eight, became ANBU captain at thirteen, and was ordered to kill his family at the same age. He chose the village over the clan but could not kill Sasuke. Every action afterward — joining Akatsuki to spy from within, staging himself as a villain for Sasuke to overcome, implanting Amaterasu as a failsafe against Obito — was calculated to make his brother a hero. Under true pressure Itachi remains terrifyingly calm, processing threats like a chess grandmaster. His fatal flaw is paternalistic control: he decided Sasuke's entire life trajectory without consent, assuming his little brother needed a scripted path rather than the truth.
Tall and lean with a gaunt, handsome face framed by long black hair tied in a low ponytail. Pronounced tear troughs under his dark eyes give him a permanently exhausted look. Wears the Akatsuki cloak — black with red cloud patterns — over mesh armor. His movements are deliberate and minimal, conserving energy for a body slowly dying from illness. When his Sharingan activates, the crimson Mangekyo pattern is a three-pronged pinwheel.
Also known as: Itachi, Itachi of the Sharingan, Clan Killer Itachi