Sasuke Uchiha

**Sasuke Uchiha** is one of the main protagonists of the *Naruto* series. He fought Shadow from Sonic the Hedgehog and the "Saiyan Saga" version of Vegeta from Dragon Ball in episodes 8 and 13 of Mini Rumble Seasons 1 and 2.

## Description

Sasuke Uchiha was born as the second son of the head of the Uchiha clan, with his older brother Itachi being his big idol, whose milestones were impossible to surpass for Sasuke despite always achieving top grades during Ninja Academy. However, one night Sasuke returned home from training only to find out that the entirety of his clan had been massacred. Horrified, Sasuke rushed home, only to witness his brother standing over the bodies of their parents. Sasuke immediately sought help from his brother, but Itachi instead tormented him with visions of the massacre. Full of fear, Sasuke tried to run but was quickly cornered by Itachi, who stated that Sasuke was not worth killing and that only by attaining his own Mangekyō Sharingan would he be considered a challenge by Itachi. Before leaving, Itachi gave Sasuke one last instruction: Hate him, desire revenge and gain power from that.

After spending a few days reflecting on the events of the massacre in his family's compound, Sasuke decided to follow Itachi's advice and concentrated only on his studies, ignoring all chances to gain new friends and all advances from lovestruck girls. He eventually found a rival in Naruto Uzumaki, who wanted to prove that he is as good as Sasuke. He would become his teammate and much later, after several adventures and betrayals, become his best friend.

## Trivia

* Sasuke stars in a spin-off manga created by Masashi Kishimoto's assistant, Kenji Taira: *Sasuke Uchiha's Sharingan Legend*.
* Sasuke means 'help' or 'assistance'. This may be a reference to his role in helping Naruto realise his potential by acting as a rival. It may also be a reference to his role as Supporting Kage (*sasaukage*).
* In the *Naruto* character popularity polls, Sasuke is one of four characters to have always placed in the top ten of every poll.
* In the *Live Spectacle Naruto*, the role of Sasuke was played by Ryuji Sato.
* According to the databook(s):
	+ Sasuke's hobbies are training and taking walks.
	+ Sasuke wishes to fight against Itachi Uchiha and the upper ninja of Konoha.
	+ Sasuke's favourite foods are omusubi with okaka and tomatoes, while his least favourites are nattō and anything sweet.
	+ Sasuke has completed 16 official missions in total: 7 D-rank, 1 C-rank, 2 B-rank, 6 A-rank, 0 S-rank.
	+ Sasuke's favourite word is "power" (力, *chikara*).
* According to Hyō no Sho, while in the Academy, Sasuke had an A in ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu, a B in classroom attitude, a C in positivity, and a F in cooperation.
* According to character trivia from *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations*:
	+ His attributes are: 200 in chakra, 165 in perception and dexterity, 142 in negotiations, 130 in strength, and 100 in intelligence.
	+ He was also given a skill rating in these particular areas:
		- Acrobatics: ★★★★★
		- Hand-to-hand Combat: ★★★★★
		- Ninjutsu: ★★★★☆
* Although Sasuke's first appearance is generally thought to be chapter 3, he can actually be seen sitting behind Naruto in chapter 1, page 13.
	+ On the cover page of chapter 1, Sasuke is seen riding a hawk, which he later learns to summon. In most subsequent cover pages, he is only depicted with snakes, another species he learns to summon.
* Studio Pierrot's settei sheets of Sasuke show that he was 122.5 cm, 124.5cm and later 140 cm at 7yrs old, around the time of the Uchiha Clan Downfall. Studio Pierrot has consistently given him the height of 150 cm at 12yrs, instead of 150.8 cm as his Databook profile gives him.
* In the June 2006 edition of *Shōnen Jump*, Kakashi remarked that, while Sasuke is a genius, he is dull to teach because he learns everything easily, compared to the less predictable Naruto.
* Whenever Sasuke appears in the anime, slow acoustic guitar music titled "Wandering" (漂泊, *Hyōhaku*) is played.
* Sasuke's nickname "**…of the Sharingan**" (写輪眼の…, *Sharingan no…*) is also held by Kakashi Hatake and Itachi Uchiha.
* Sasuke is cross-dominant, as he typically punches and uses Chidori with his left, dominant hand, and wields his sword and writes with his right.
* Despite Sasuke gaining Hagoromo's power, which is stated to grant Yin–Yang Release, Yang Release is not listed as one of his natures in the fourth databook.
* Despite not bearing the title of Hokage, Sasuke is referred to as the "Shadow Hokage" by Naruto because Sasuke protects the village from the outside whereas Naruto, as the Seventh Hokage, protects it from the inside.
* In a 2015 Da Vinci interview, the anime voice actors of Team 7 revealed that right before the anime began airing, Kishimoto told them that Sasuke would eventually end up together with Sakura.
* Initially in *Boruto: Naruto Next Generations*, Sasuke is depicted with wavy hair.
* In *The Last: Naruto the Movie*, Sasuke is seen deactivating his Rinnegan, a feat that wasn't shown before in the *Naruto* manga. This was likely a mistake on behalf of the movie's staff, since the manga implies that it's impossible for Sasuke to deactivate his Rinnegan. To accommodate this, Sasuke's design was somewhat altered in the anime adaptation of *Sasuke Shinden: Book of Sunrise*, where his hair now covers the left side of his face and his Rinnegan. Whereas in *The Last: Naruto The Movie* Sasuke's hair did not cover the left side of his face and resembling his design in Sasuke Shiden's cover.
* Although it wasn't explicitly stated, it was implied in the manga that Sasuke's affinity is lightning.