Sasuke Uchiha (Uchiha Sasuke) is the overall deuteragonist and the secondary protagonist of the Naruto anime/manga series and rival of the titular hero Naruto Uzumaki. He is the younger brother of Itachi Uchiha, the second-born son of the late Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha, the son-in-law of Kizashi and Mebuki Haruno, the husband of Sakura Uchiha (nee Haruno), and also the father of Sarada Uchiha.
He is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal in the American English dub and by Noriaki Sugiyama in the original Japanese dub.
Background[]
Meeting the infant Sasuke Uchiha
Sasuke was born on July 23rd and second son to Fugaku Uchiha, the chief of the Konoha Military Police Force and Mikoto Uchiha, members of the Uchiha clan who founded the Hidden Leaf Village alongside the Senju clan generations ago. While still an infant, Sasuke was in the care of his older brother Itachi Uchiha as they saw the attack of the village by Kurama the Nine Tailed Fox, only with Sasuke sensing the demon's evil chakras which frightened him. That event, due to the fact that only a Uchiha could control the Tailed Beast, ultimately led to their clan losing complete standing.
Sasuke and his family
As a child and unaware of the events that revolved on his clan, Sasuke was more focused on becoming like Itachi, who had their father's favor, and trained to become strong. However, when Itachi began to distance himself from the Uchiha Clan, Sasuke found himself getting Fugaku's attention as he taught Sasuke their clan's Fireball Jutsu which the boy spend days to master before being told not to follow in Itachi's footsteps.
The Uchiha Clan Massacre
One evening, coming home from practicing his ninjutsu, shrugging off the feeling that someone was watching him, Sasuke found the area surrounding his home littered with dead bodies of Uchiha Clan members. Frightened and confused, Sasuke ran to his home to find his parents killed by Itachi's hand. Freaking out as he yells at Itachi at what he was doing, Sasuke finds his left shoulder wounded as he is subjected to Itachi's Tsukiyomi playing the slaughter Itachi committing. Itachi then tells Sasuke that he spared him because he is weak, telling his brother of obtain the Sharingan in Mangekyo form and live a life of hatred before facing him again. As Itachi leaves, giving him the location of their clan's vital documents, enraged Sasuke caused his Sharingan to manifest as he attempts to kill his brother. However, Itachi overpowered Sasuke and he ended up in a coma for a few days. With the events hazy, due to his brother's genjutsu, Sasuke had no memory of obtaining the Sharingan. After mourning over his clan's death and discovering the secret documents on the stone tablets, Sasuke swore to avenge his clan and kill Itachi by any means. Since then, Sasuke has become a loner and kept to himself most of the time. While attending the Ninja Academy a few years later, Sasuke encountered a similar social misfit, Naruto Uzumaki. Since that meeting, Naruto recognizing the festering darkness in Sasuke's eyes and the two had become destined rivals.
Personality[]
Sasuke's pleasant disposition as a child.
When he was a child, Sasuke was very kind, loving towards his parents and older brother and respectful to his fellow clansmen as well as his teachers. He was even very proud of being Itachi's first and only younger brother and Fugaku's youngest son famous for being devoted protectors of Konoha, and he desired to emulate them. His original dream was to join the Konoha Military Police Force when he grew up, like his father and as such greatly sought his father's approval and acknowledgement of his abilities. After Itachi massacred the clan, Sasuke's ideals and personality changed drastically due to him suffering his clan's curse and became cold, indifferent, cruel, sadistic, cynical, somewhat arrogant, unreasonable an devoted the next nine years of his life to kill his older brother Itachi. When he is first introduced to Team Kakashi, Sasuke displayed great indifference to his team-mates as well as others.
Family[]
- Itachi Uchiha (older brother, deceased)
- Sakura Uchiha (wife)
- Sarada Uchiha (daughter)
- Fugaku Uchiha (father, deceased)
- Mikoto Uchiha (mother, deceased)
- Kizashi Haruno (father-in-law)
- Mebuki Haruno (mother-in-law)
Trivia[]
- His rivalry with Itachi mirroring Anastasia Tremaine's bitter rivalry with her older sister Drizella Tremaine from Disney's Cinderella film series, as well as Anna Williams's bitter rivalry with her older sister Nina Williams from Tekken series.
- Unlike Anastasia Tremaine who hated her mother Lady Tremaine so much for treating her like a dirt, Sasuke loved his mother Mikoto Uchiha very dearly and is extremely shocked after his older brother Itachi murdering their mother right in front of him.