Rank: asS-rank, Missing Nin Partners: Deidara, Orochimaru (previous) Specialty: Puppet jutsu, Poisons First Appearance: Naruto manga ch.247, Naruto Shippuuden ep.2

Affiliations: Akatsuki, Sunagakure (former) Age: 35 (November 8th) Height: 164.1cm Weight: 47.3kg Blood Type: AB Chakra Type: ?

Biography: Sasori is a missing-nin from the masterHidden Village in the puppeteerSand who createdjoined Akatsuki. He is also known as Sasori of the puppetsRed Sand and one of Kankaro.his symbols is a red scorpion (‘Sasori’ can also mean scorpion). Sasori’s parents died when he was very young, so his grandmother Chiyo cared for him. Chiyo taught Sasori puppetry jutsu, something Sasori became very adept at using. He knowswas the craftsman behind many puppets used in Sand's puppet division even today, including Kankuro's Karasu, Sanshouo, and Kuroari. Two of Sasori's first creations allwere the vulnerabilitypuppet imitations of itshis dead parents, which he had tried to use to replace the affection of his real parents but failed because puppets can't imitate human emotions. Sasori eventually became very skilled at converting human bodies into puppets. Twenty years ago before the start of Naruto part II, Sasori left the village of Sand. Before Sasori disappeared, he kidnapped and strength.killed asidethe forThird beingKazekage aof Sand, eventually turning him into one of his masterhuman puppeteerpuppets. Human puppets are especially deadly because they retain the chakra nodes of the previously living individual. This allows Sasori hasto manipulate the chakra and use the special abilities of the previously living person through the human puppet. At some point during that period, Sasori also converted his own body into a talentpuppet. Because inpuppets have preparingno chakra nodes, Sasori persevered and makingencased newhis poisonheart in a special capsule that canallows him to manipulate chakra through a puppet body. Over the years, Sasori has accumulated a vast human puppet collection. Supposedly it contains 298 puppets, each of whom was an opponent he paralyzeddefeated. To add to their deadliness, Sasori coats the multitudes of traps and killweaponry installed into his opponentpuppets slowly.with his potent poisons.

DuringSasori's Akatsuki ring has the coursecharacter offor 'Ball' and he wears it on his left thumb. After joining Akatsuki, Sasori was paired up with Orochimaru. The two supposedly accomplished many large scale operations together before Orochimaru left the storyorganization. Sasori was then partnered with Deidara. Sasori madeconsiders his parenthuman intopuppetry dolls.a Heform of art whose beauty is eternal. Deidara, on the other hand, sees beauty only onein capablethe brief instant of extractingan explosion. Even though the chakrastwo ofoften hisbicker victimabout whilethis, beingthey madedo intowork puppetswell together and preservedDeidara it.respects HeSasori.

Along with controlling puppets, Sasori also uses mind control jutsu to force individuals to obey him and become his spies. Although Sasori likely has a collectionlarge network of talentedspies and subordinates working for him, ninjasthe only two to be revealed so far are Kabuto Yakushi and madeYuura.


Abilities themand intoJutsus:

puppets.

	Sasori's ThePoison (Weapon) All of Sasori's puppets use poison coated weapons, so even a single scratch can be lethal. Sasori's posions are fast acting and paralyze the opponent immediately. If the victim does not receive an antidote in three days, he will die.		Hiruko (Weapon) Hiruko is Sasori's favorite human puppet, so much so that he often resides inside it and uses it as armor. Hiruko is often mistaken for Sasori's true form. Hiruko's most powefuldistinct offeature is its scorpion-like mechanical tail.
	Third Kazekage puppet (Weapon) Sasori's most powerful puppet. Sasori did the unthinkable by murdering Sand's third kazekage twenty themyears ago and turning his body into his own puppet. This puppet's most deadly feature is its ability to use the third kazekage's Iron Sand ability.		Iron Sand (Ninjutsu) One of the 3rdThird Kazekage's most feared abilities was a technique where he mould Kazikagegrains of iron into any form by manipulating magnetic fields with chakra. Having turned the Sand.Kazekage into a human puppet, Sasori can use this deadly ability at will.
	Sasori's puppet body (Weapon) Sasori has gained a Duesort of immortality by turning his own body into a puppet. It's most dangerous features are its flamethrowing ability using fire scrolls and a coiled harpoon Sasori stores in his hollowed out abdomen. The only human remenant is Sasori's heart, it is stored in a special vessel to desireallow him to livenot foronly eternityuse aschakra in a puppet body, but also created hundreds of chakra threads simultaneously.		Flamethrower (Weapon) Sasori's puppet body has a flamethrower capability built directly into both of his puppets.arms. The Hejets of hot flame are produced by a fire scroll stored on his back.
	Water jet (Weapon) The flamethrower system can also madebe himselfswitched asto fire jets of water using a water scroll on Sasori's back. By tightening the nozzles, the water pressure can be increased to the point where the jet can cut through solid rock.		Hundred Manipulation (Ninjutsu) (Summon) Secret Red Technique: Hundred Manipulation (Aka Higi: Hyakki no Souen) is Sasori's trump card move. He is able to summon one hundred of his human puppets and control each one independently using chakra threads created from his human heart. Each puppet was made from the body of them.an enemy Sasori defeated in the past.