Sasuke Uchia * Age: 12-13 in Part I, 15 in Part II
* Rank: Kazekage
* Height: 153.2 cm
* Weight: 43.5 kg
* Birthday: July 23
* Blood Type: AB
* Seiyu: Noriaki Sugiyama
* Voice Actor: Yuri Lowenthal
Sasuke Uchiha (うちはサスケ, Uchiha Sasuke?) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Naruto.
Sasuke's given name comes from the legendary ninja Sarutobi Sasuke. His surname, Uchiha, is another way of pronouncing "uchiwa", or a paper fan, which is actually the Uchiha clan symbol. Uchiwa can be used to fan flames, making the flame hotter — referring to the fact that the Uchiha is a clan of fire-jutsu users.In Shonen Jump's June 2006 edition, Masashi Kishimoto (in Kakashi's voice) remarks that while Sasuke is a genius, he is a little dull to teach because he learns everything easily compared to the less predictable Naruto.
In Shonen Jump's character popularity polls, Sasuke usually ranked the 3rd or 4th spot for the majority of the series. More recently, however, he has been ranked at 1st.
Sasuke Uchiha is a former member of Kakashi Hatake's Team 7, which, at the time of his membership, consisted of himself, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sakura Haruno. At the start of the series, Sasuke is established as a natural genius, excelling at all that he does and finding little difficulty in the more difficult of tasks. Because of this, Sasuke is very popular amongst the girls in his age group, with each wanting Sasuke to like them due only to his abilities. Despite the number of people vying for his affection, Sasuke's only interest is in gaining strength, and has no interest in working with others if they cannot help him achieve this goal. While he does in time begin to break out of this shell, Sasuke's quest for power is ever present throughout the series and influences the choices he makes.
Much of Sasuke's childhood was spent living in the shadow of his older brother, Itachi Uchiha, who had proven time and again that he was an extremely talented ninja. Because of Itachi's successes, most of the members of the Uchiha clan looked to Itachi as the future of the clan, the most prominent proponent of this idea being their father, Fugaku Uchiha. Due to this focusing on Itachi, Sasuke did what he could to prove himself to his family, though no amount of training could help him in surpassing the milestones set in place by his brother. Itachi, aware of Sasuke's struggle for recognition, tried to shift some of their father's attention to Sasuke, even offering to train Sasuke in various fields of ninja abilities. Although Itachi succeeded in getting Fugaku to spend more time with Sasuke, much of that time was still dedicated Itachi, and all the while Itachi never lived up to his promises of training Sasuke.
As time went by, Itachi's standing in the clan began to falter, Itachi becoming increasingly less dependable with tasks and constantly having his trustworthiness called into question. At this time, Itachi also began to create a more competitive relationship with Sasuke, challenging Sasuke to surpass him. Because of Itachi's changing personality, Fugaku began to take a more active interest in Sasuke's development, teaching him the Great Fireball Technique in less time than Itachi had taken to learn it, which also gave Sasuke a proper membership into the clan. Most prominently, Fugaku encouraged Sasuke to not follow in Itachi's footsteps, the former prodigy of the clan having lost his father's confidence.
Soon after receiving the attention from his father that he had so yearned for, Sasuke returned home one day to find all the members of his clan dead, each murdered by Itachi. After finding Itachi standing over the bodies of their parents, Sasuke was forced to relive the murder of his parents through Itachi's use of his Sharingan. As Sasuke writhed from the visions he had seen, Itachi informed him that he wasn't worth killing. As he left, Itachi repeated his encouragement to Sasuke to get strong enough to surpass him, and disappeared into the night. From that day forth, Sasuke lived as an orphan, longing for the parents that had been taken from him and allowing his brother's words to fester. Soon after the clan's annihilation, Sasuke's only goal in life became to gain power through any means necessary, kill Itachi, and avenge the clan.
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