Sasori (Naruto)

Sasori, also known as Sasori of the Red Sand and Genius Modelling Specialist of the Puppet Brigade, is a character from the Naruto series.
== Charactah Account ==
A mad artist and marionette master notable for being very impatient. Before being destroyed by Sakura Haruno, Sasori was usually found maneuvering inside a large, hollow puppet called Hiruko as a means of transportation. It crawled on the ground and featured a scorpion tail that - like most of his weapons - was doused in poison.
His grandmother was Chiyo, who taught him how to master puppets in order to divert his attention away from his absent mother and father (who were killed by The White Fang of Konoha, although Sasori did not know this - he was told by Chiyo that they were on another long mission). He developed a technique to convert living humans into puppets, thus creating puppets who could use jutsu. Kidnapped the Third Kazekage and converted him into one of these puppets, somewhere along the way converted himself into a puppet, and then fled the village to subsequently join the Akatsuki, where he was partnered with Orochimaru, with whom he worked well together with. After his partner's betrayal of the organization, Sasori sent Kabuto as a spy to infiltrate Orochimaru's ranks and retrieve information.
He was then paired up with Deidara, a fellow art enthusiast. The downside was that they had conflicting views on art, Sasori for "eternal" and Deidara for "fleeting". They frequently argued over this concept, even amidst confrontation with the Leaf ninja sent to retrieve Gaara. Sasori fought his grandmother Chiyo and Sakura, eventually using his own puppet body in battle. He was killed by being pierced in the heart by the first two puppets he ever created: replicas of his Mother and Father.
His body serves as Kankuro's newest puppet, but Kabuto has used Edo Tensei to revive his spirit as well. In the first fight of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Kankuro defeats Sasori, telling him how he should not be a puppet to Kabuto. Sasori, moved by this speech, dissolves from his temporary body, giving Kankuro his Mother and Father puppets and telling him to take care of them.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Naruto Shippuuden
* Naruto Shippuuden Movie 6: Road to Ninja
* Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
* Road of Naruto
=== Manga ===
* Naruto
* Rock Lee and His Ninja Pals
=== Video Games ===
* Naruto Mobile
* Naruto Shippuuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX 2
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! Special
* Naruto Shippuuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Council 4
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Destiny 2
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Destiny 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja 4
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja 5
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
* Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Tribes
* Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Voltage
* Naruto: Shinobi Collection
* Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippuu Ranbu
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Online
== Trivia ==
* The name "Sasori" means "scorpion".
* Sasori had the same birth date as Masashi Kishimoto.
* Additionally, his birth date, November 8, makes Sasori's Western astrological sign Scorpio, the scorpion. His alias of the Red Sand may carry connotations towards the planet Mars, traditional ruler of the sign.
* Studio Pierrot's Settei sheets of Sasori show that he was 147.5 cm when his friend Komushi died.
* According to the databook(s):
** His hobby was remodelling his puppet collection.
** Sasori wished to fight Monzaemon Chikamatsu.
** Sasori doesn't need food.
** Sasori had completed 72 official missions in total: 5 D-rank, 12 C-rank, 16 B-rank, 29 A-rank, 10 S-rank.
** Sasori's favourite phrase was "Eternal beauty" (Eikyuu no Utsukushii).
* Sasori had one of the longest battle times in the anime — spanning approximately 8 episodes — giving him roughly about three hours of battle screen-time.
* In the first poll he was in (the 6th overall poll), he placed 6th on the list. In the second poll, he placed 8th.
* Sasori made a brief appearance in the Naruto: Shippūden episode 129 omake, walking past Sakura Haruno and Naruto Uzumaki in a festival, glancing at the latter.
* Sasori and his former partners Orochimaru and Deidara all had a role in the deaths of three of the Kazekage. Sasori killed the Third, Orochimaru killed the Fourth, and Deidara was responsible for the Fifth. Chiyo noted this when she confronted Sasori's attack on the Kazekage.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Sasori at Narutopedia
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