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[[File:Perfect Susanoo Equipped Kurama.JPG|thumb|Madara equipping his final Susanoo onto Kurama.]]
Madara's Susanoo's final form is an enormous construct with its mouth obscured and a body similar to its full body form. The outer armour, which only remotely resembles the usual tengu with armour, and the trademark pillbox hat-like adornment on the forehead is split down the middle from the beak downwards where the normal Susanoo underneath is revealed. Along this armour, which seems much more fluid than the other known Susanoo's, are holes at the end. In its stabilised form, the Susanoo dons an outer armour and a samurai outfit. It also has four arms, two plated ones which hold a pair of katana in sheaths, the other pair of which wields them.<ref name="chpt589p2-3"/> In this form, one swing of its katana is enough to destroy an entire mountain range.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 589, pages 4-5</ref> According to Madara, this final Susanoo is his full power, which is also comparable to that of a [[tailed beast]].<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 589, page 16</ref><ref>''Naruto'' chapter 589, page 7</ref> Madara has also displayed a unique use of Susanoo, [[Shape Transformation|shaping]] it as an armor to clad [[Kurama]]. With this the beast's offensive abilities are increased tremendously as seen by the unique combination of the [[Tailed Beast Ball]] with Madara's Susanoo sword.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 621, pages 4-9</ref> Only techniques like the [[Super Beast Emanation Buddha]] are strong enough to pierce and destroy the defense of Madara's final Susanoo.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 626, pages 4-6</ref>

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Uchiha Madara

(うちはマダラ, Uchiha Madara)

Manga Chapter #370
Anime Naruto Shippūden Episode #130
Game Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
OVA Naruto Shippūden: UNSG anime cutscenes
Appears in Anime, Manga and Game
Voice Actors
Birthdate Astrological Sign Capricorn December 24 searchgray_iconsmall.png
Gender Gender Male Male
  • Part II: 179 cm1.79 m
    5.873 ft
    70.472 in
Kekkei Genkai
Tailed Beast Shinju (Forms)

Nature Type
Unique Traits



Madara Uchiha (うちはマダラ, Uchiha Madara) was a legendary shinobi who led the Uchiha clan prior to, and after the formation of Konohagakure. After allying with his rival, Hashirama Senju and the Senju clan, he and his clan helped in the founding of Konoha.[3] After being reincarnated by Kabuto Yakushi during the Fourth Shinobi World War, he becomes one of the main antagonists in the series.


Hashirama and Madara as kids
Madara meeting Hashirama.

Before the era of ninja villages, Madara was considered one of the most gifted members of the Uchiha clan alongside his younger brother Izuna Uchiha. Madara also competed with Izuna as training. Even by his clan's standards, Madara's chakra was especially strong.[4] As a child, Madara met Hashirama Senju for the first time and became rivals at skipping stones. With their first meeting cut short after discovering the body of a member of the Hagoromo clan, the two would later meet again and Madara questioned Hashirama revealed that his brother had been killed in battle. Telling Hashirama that he himself once had four brothers, the pair discussed the prospect of peace for the world. It was here that Madara was finally able to skip his rock to the other side of the river.[5] As they grew older, Madara's rivalry with Hashirama increased,[6] and the two would meet by the riverbank, where they would spar and talk about changing the future. On one such occasion, Hashirama brought up the prospect of creating a village where children would not be sent to war and could grow up to be strong warriors.[7]

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Madara awakens his Sharingan.

These meetings were not to last, however, as Madara's father Tajima soon found out about the two boys meeting and planned an ambush. However, the two boys warned one another in time, and as they fled, their fathers and brothers confront one another.[7] After the initial scuffle, Madara and Hashirama intervened, getting between their respective families. Madara, realising that he had to chose between Hashirama and their dream or his family, regretfully decided to end his friendship with the young Senju, determined to protect his brother Izuna. Hashirama tried to make Madara reconsider, but Madara refused to let go of his anger for the Senju. He announced his full name to Hashirama, awakening his Sharingan.[8]

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Madara and Hashirama clash on the battlefield.

From then on, Madara would constantly battle Hashirama with the intent of erasing him from his past.[8] Eventually, he and Izuna awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. With their newly obtained power, the two brothers became the head of the clan, with Madara becoming its leader.[9] Sometime afterwards, Madara and Izuna fought Hashirama and Tobirama, where Izuna was mortally wounded by Tobirama. Madara retreated and Izuna died from his wounds but left Madara his eyes, granting him the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. Madara later confronted Hashirama again with his new found ocular prowess, but nonetheless, after a day-long battle, he was finally defeated. Noting that he could not trust them any more, Madara told Hashirama that the only way to regain this trust was to either kill himself or his brother.[8] When Hashirama resolved to kill himself, Madara stopped him, noting his courage and accepted the truce.[10]

Konohagakure is formed.

The Senju, the Uchiha, and all the clans they had conquered came together to form the ninja village Madara and Hashirama once dreamed of together.[11] Ultimately, it was Madara who named the village Konohagakure. Madara's relationship with Hashirama steadily became much like from their childhood, sharing their ideas and hopes. When Hashirama told Madara about the plans for the village leader, who would be known as the Hokage, he wished to give the title of Hokage to Madara. Tobirama, however, noted that this should be a democratic decision and not a unilateral one, citing that in any case, the villagers would never accept Madara as such. Madara, who was spying on the Senju siblings, began to grow uneasy from this lack of trust, doubting the worth of this village. During the time he was a shinobi of Konohagakure, Madara approached and Ōnoki where he informed them that despite the alliance that Iwagakure had made with Konoha, his village was to remain the dominant power and that from that point on, they would obey Konoha.[12] Afterwards, Madara fought and defeated them when they engaged him in battle.[13]

Later, Hashirama would instead be elected as Hokage and at the Naka Shrine, Hashirama expressed his wish that Madara inherit the title of Second Hokage once the villagers started seeing him in another light, however, Madara noted that Tobirama would more than likely inherit that title, and that when he did, it would not bode well for the Uchiha. Later meeting int he Naka Shrine, Madara told Hashirama his intent on leaving the village and he had a plan to make his dream become a reality while at the same time, falling victim to the Curse of Hatred once again.[10] Hashirama tried to convince Madara to let him help his childhood friend, but Madara scoffed at Hashirama's attempt to follow him, saying that no one can get behind him.

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Madara with the Nine-Tails battling Hashirama

Madara tried to rally support for challenging his leadership. Rather than help him, however, the Uchiha turned their backs on Madara, believing he only desired to rekindle the flames of war.[14] Abandoned by his clan, Madara left the village, sought out Kurama, and subdued it using his Sharingan.[15][16] He later returned in order to challenge Hashirama in battle, fighting at the site that would someday be called the Valley of the End. The battle waged well into the night, leaving both shinobi battered and exhausted and Madara stripped of his control over Kurama. With both them too weak to use their strongest techniques anymore, they made one final clash, leaving Madara the one standing. Looking down in victory over Hashirama, however, due to not having enough chakra to access his Sharingan, Madara couldn't tell that the defeated Hashirama was actually a clone, and was shocked to find the real Hashirama standing behind him stab stabbed him from behind. Quickly losing consciousness, Madara vowed that one day Konohagakure would be shrouded in darkness,[17] and appeared to have died from his wound.

Possession of Kurama was completely taken from him by Hashirama's wife, Mito, and Madara was believed to have died.[18][19] In spite of this, Madara survived the stab wound given to him by Hashirama and went into hiding. He then used Hashirama's cells, which he had acquired on the battlefield, and transplanted them into his wounds.[20] Though he noted that nothing happened at first, when he was nearing the end of his natural lifespan, he awakened the Rinnegan.[20] He also acquired the Wood Release kekkei genkai,[21][22] and with both Senju and Uchiha DNA — the ability to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.[20] He later transplanted his Rinnegan eyes into Nagato without the young man knowing,[20] and replaced his left eye with a spare Sharingan.[23] When he met Obito years later, Madara had been reduced to using the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path as a life support system, constantly being supplied chakra by it or else he would die immediately.[24] Also from the stolen cells of Hashirama, Madara used the statue to cultivate a living clone of Hashirama.[25][20]

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An elderly Madara speaking with Obito.




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The initial dynamics between Madara and Hashirama when they were children.

As a child, as well as before his corruption, Madara was a kind, temperamental and highly competitive child who wanted to perfect everything he did. Despite this, he was apologetic and highly sensitive to his surroundings, as revealed when he comically stated that he wasn't able to urinate with others standing behind him, and when he constantly tried to comfort Hashirama when he thought he hurt his feelings. Madara was also prone to angry outbursts when he got annoyed, as referenced when Hashirama would tease him about not being able to skip a rock to the other edge of a river when they were boys. Due to the harsh nature of the times they lived in, Madara believed that the only way to survive in the shinobi world was to make allies with your enemies, an ideal shared by his rival, whom eventually became his close friend and ally. Madara and Hashirama came to care about each other over their own clans going as far as to purposely leak information to each other about a trap their respective clans laid out. For a brief time as an adult, Madara tried to believe in the old ideals he used to have as he and Hashirama rekindled their friendship, even reacting with the same mannerisms he used to have.

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Madara looking down on his opponents.

As he grew older, Madara became a very confident and prideful man, witnessed in his belittlement of Ōnoki both after his reincarnation and in the past,[12] in his berating of Mei Terumī's technique,[28] in the fact he uses relatively weaker attacks in his arsenal initially and works his way up to his more powerful techniques when the situation requires it[29] and the fact he believes that using more powerful techniques more than once in a battle would be disgraceful.[30] Conversely, he isn't above praising the abilities of others as he openly called both Mei and A's abilities an impressive offence, and Gaara and Ōnoki's manoeuvre an impressive defence,[31] also commending the two being able to stop his first meteorite, as well as commending Naruto for countering his Wood Release attack. Having respect for Naruto, Madara tried to reason with him that the Eye of the Moon Plan was for the good of mankind.[32] However he has also been shown to be spiteful, degrading Tsunade while comparing her to her grandfather, after saying he would kill her first out of the five Kage because she was a Senju. Madara is, however, an honest individual and is willing to admit when he is wrong as after Tsunade tag-teamed him with A, he admitted she was not weak at all. Madara is also willing to admit when someone is stronger than he is as he openly admitted that Hashirama could stop him during his battle with the five Kage. Madara, however, isn't above reprimanding others for recklessness or stupidity as he criticised Tsunade for attacking him without thinking of what the other Kage would do for treatment if she was killed and criticised the five Kage as a group for worrying too much about the flowers in his technique and not watching their backs. He also has a habit of referring to fighting as 'dancing'.[33]

Madara has a dark sense of humour, as shown when he created multiple wood clones and surrounded each of the five Kage with five clones — thereby reversing the original five vs. one situation — and asked if they preferred the clones to use Susanoo or not,[34] referred to incinerating the forest as "creating coal" after knocking the five Kage into it,[35] and when asked by Naruto what had happened to the Kage, he stated that they were "not okay".[36] He has a very jaded and emotionless approach towards the tragedies of war, to the point of light-heartedly joking about them, as seen from his cheer at having "destroyed the alliance's mind", which further demonstrates his knack for reversing the situations he finds himself in.[37] Madara also believes power is something tangible that can be passed down through generations and that the will of a dead person cannot be inherited, as it is not tangible.[38] While contesting Hashirama for the title of Hokage, Madara in his own way, was very loyal to Konohagakure, as he tried to force Iwagakure into serving Konoha, even after an alliance had been formed between the two villages.[12] Despite his pride and confidence in his immense power, Madara is shown to be highly cautious as he created a wood clone of himself at some point when the five Kage lost sight of him, in order to lessen the chances that they would catch him off guard.[39][40]

As an Uchiha, Madara possesses a certain trait that is known as the Curse of Hatred, which greatly augments his power but also his hatred and his submergence in darkness when he loses someone important to him. It was this curse, led him to oppose the truce offered to him by Hashirama because Hashirama still had a sibling while Madara had lost all of his, and when Hashirama was selected to be Hokage instead of Madara, he defected from Konoha and attempted to attack the village after failing to replace him. His animosity towards Hashirama was particularly strong, going as far as to forbid Ōnoki from mentioning that name in front of him ever again. Nevertheless, Madara possesses a high level of respect and admiration for Hashirama as well as the Senju name as seen during the Fourth Shinobi World War where he would praise and curse Hashirama or other members of the clan in the same breath.[41] Conversely, he also lamented that he would have taught Hashirama how to resurrect himself if he had known how much weaker the modern day shinobi would be compared to them.[42] Madara was very competitive with his younger brother, Izuna, but Tobi also notes that Madara and Izuna were close as brothers. This was later echoed by Hashirama who noted that Madara held great love for his brother, which he claimed was probably greater than Itachi Uchiha's love for his brother, Sasuke.[43]



Despite all his faults, Madara possessed great love and compassion for his younger brother Izuna. As his other three brothers died in battle, Madara became extremely protective of Izuna and swore that he would never let him die. Tobirama later noted that his grief of losing him is what started his descent into the dark path he chose, not unlike many other members of the Uchiha clan such as Obito and Sasuke. Madara also became angry when Hashirama mentioned the words "our brothers" during their battle. Despite the fact Hashirama meant the entire Senju and Uchiha clan and the villagers of Konoha, Madara took offence to it.



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Madara as a child.


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Madara as he appeared during Konoha's founding.


Madara was reincarnated by Kabuto Yakushi, and took on a youthful appearance as opposed to when he had died as an old man. During his battle with the five Kage, a replica of Hashirama's face was revealed to be on the Uchiha's chest.[53]


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Madara wielding his gunbai.

Madara is considered by many notable individuals to be one of the most gifted shinobi in history and the most powerful shinobi that the Uchiha clan has ever produced. Even as a young child, he was noted by Butsuma Senju as a skilled prodigy who managed to kill several older and more experienced shinobi of the Senju clan.[54] The fact that he was able to clash with Hashirama Senju, who was recognised as the strongest shinobi in the world in his time, also indicates that Madara was also one of the strongest ninja of his time.

Overall, Madara's fame and status were so great that his name alone was enough to incite terror, and Tobi was able to use that to his advantage to instigate a world war.[55] Madara's very presence on the battlefield during the Fourth Shinobi World War was menacing enough to compel the five Kage to confront him together, feeling any less than their combined efforts would not be enough to stop Madara. He, in fact, proved to be so overwhelmingly powerful that he was able to overpower the five Kage multiple times by himself without even using the full extent of his powers and leave them in a state of awe and fear when he manifested his final Susanoo. Tsunade was so baffled by Madara's extraordinary prowess as a ninja that she questioned how it was possible that her grandfather had really defeated such an opponent in the past when they, the five Kage, couldn't do so in the present.[56] This testament to Madara's incredible power was shown further when he managed to defeat all five of the current Kage single-handedly.[57]

Due to the manner of his revival and the experiments done by Kabuto, Madara retained access to abilities he obtained late in life (like his Wood Release and Rinnegan), while at the same time retaining the youthful body of his prime, with the extra bonus of the technique's incredible regenerative power and unlimited chakra.[58] After activating the Rinnegan and using it in conjunction with his Susanoo, Madara's abilities led Gaara to wonder if he had the power of a god as he sent a meteorite hurtling towards the Fourth Division.[59] Despite these enhancements, Madara still believes that Hashirama is the only person who is capable of stopping him.[60]


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Madara repels an Allied Shinobi.

Madara is a skilled taijutsu fighter since childhood, possessing notable physical strength, great speed, and remarkable reflexes, with his overall skill in this area, matching that of his rival, Hashirama.[61] He was capable of easily disarming a sword-wielding shinobi, before the latter could react.[62] With a single spinning back kick, he was able to repel a shinobi twice his size into an oncoming group of shinobi, knocking them all off their feet.[63] Even as a child, Butsuma Senju was very impressed with how fast Madara could move.[64] As an adult, Madara was able to easily dodge Gaara's high-speed sand attacks, and Mei's close range Lava Release attack.[65][66] He could even guard himself against a kick from Tsunade who had suddenly appeared on the battlefield and later defended himself against A's punch while the latter was clad in his Lightning Release Armour, without being protected by Susanoo on either occasion.[67][68]

Chakra Prowess

Madara was noted to have been born with an extremely powerful chakra, even by the Uchiha standards.[4] Kurama, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, noted that Madara's chakra was far more sinister than its own.[69] His reserves are also quite formidable as he was able to fight for a full day and night before collapsing.[70] His prowess was also seen during his final battle against Hashirama where he displayed extensive use of his Susanoo, after summoning and maintaining control over Kurama, with all these actions being extremely chakra taxing, and remaining completely un-fazed by this. Even in his old age, when his strength had waned significantly, he still had enough chakra to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from its cage on the moon.


Nature Transformation

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Madara using Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation.

As an Uchiha, Madara was naturally a master of Fire Release nature transformation. He was able to use the clan's coming-of-age technique: Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique with great proficiency,[71] and was versed in more advanced Fire Release techniques such as the Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation technique which required the combination of numerous Water Release: Water Encampment Walls to extinguish,[72] and the Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction technique which he used to incinerate a large portion of the forest he had created. He can also create dragon-shaped fireballs for a wide barrage at an enemy.[73]


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Madara using the Wood Dragon.

After his confrontation with Hashirama Senju at the Valley of the End, Madara acquired some of his cells, which after a long period of adaptation, granted him the Wood Release nature transformation. With this Madara has demonstrated the ability to instantly create numerous massive trees with which to attack his opponents directly,[75] and a dense forest of flowering trees, whose pollen can render a foe unconscious. He is able to merge with and hide within trees.[76] He is also capable of creating single or multiple wood clones using the pre-existing vegetation and wood in the immediate vicinity as a medium.[77] Madara can even use Hashirama's Wood Dragon, which was capable of binding Kurama during his final battle against the Senju leader.[32] This was shown in battle against Naruto, where the dragon managed to completely bind Naruto, Killer B and Guy and absorb the full-Kurama cloak from Naruto's Tailed Beast Mode while growing trees across its length. Using Hashirama's cells, Madara can produce a series of roots from his body that can connect to and grant him control over a tailed beast, even one as powerful as the Ten-Tails. The level of control exerted is apparently linked to the number of roots that are connected to the beast, though he noted that his and Obito's control over the Ten-Tails was not perfect.

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Madara using Yin–Yang Release to create Black Zetsu.

After acquiring the Wood Release kekkei genkai, Madara has displayed knowledge, and extensive use of this ability, replicating some of Hashirama's more large-scaled and highly destructive techniques. He also displayed the ability to have his wood clones use Susanoo, ovewhelming his opponents with a multitude of Susanoo-clad clones. Madara can also use its component natures: earth and water.



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Madara's various ninja tools.

As a member of the Uchiha clan, Madara has displayed skilful use of a wide range of weaponry throughout the series. His trademark weapon is the gunbai, which he uses as both a mace and a shield. The one he used is durable enough to block a miniature Tailed Beast Ball, as well as absorb the force of an enemy attack and then send it back.[79] By flowing chakra through the gunbai, Madara can produce a large barrier that was strong enough to block the giant chakra receiver stakes thrown by Naruto in his Tailed Beast Mode.[80] In an anime cutscene, he was also shown using it to produce strong gusts of wind, capable of blowing away multiple enemies in one swing.[74]

In addition to the gunbai, he had a large kama with him, using both weapons in conjunction with each other when his final confrontation against Hashirama took place and later used one as a makeshift cane in his twilight years.[81][82] His arsenal also included several giant shuriken and a chain with weights.[83]


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Madara tearing through the Fourth Division.

Madara has been a practised kenjutsu user since his childhood,[85] and as time passed started to carry various different swords throughout the years.[86] He was shown as a skilled and versatile swordsman, most prominently seen during the Fourth Shinobi World War when he effortlessly disarmed a shinobi, commandeered his sword and used it to cut down several members of the Fourth Division with ease, while wielding the blade in a reverse grip.[62] He displayed great manoeuvrability and dexterity while using kenjutsu. The speed of his attacks were so great that none of the shinobi he killed using this combat tactic had any time to react.[62]



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Madara's Sharingan.

Madara first awakened his Sharingan as a child, after rejecting his friendship to Hashirama Senju.[87] He was able to master the Sharingan at a young age — a feat which he received significant praise for.[51] Using it, he gains access to the dōjutsu's generic abilities such as seeing chakra, predicting movements, and placing a victim under paralysing genjutsu with just a single glance, leading those who had faced him to advise others to not look directly at his eyes whilst confronting him.[63] Madara is able to use these abilities in conjunction with his primed taijutsu and weapons skills in battle to deadly effects, leaving his opponents with very little time to react or means of defence. The perceptive abilities of Madara's Sharingan were also considerable as he was the only one who could discern Hashirama's use of wood clones when the Uchiha and the Senju fought against each other.[76]

With his Sharingan, Madara is able to control the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox and is also one of the two known people along with Tobi, that are capable of summoning the beast.[88][16] However, its sealing inside various jinchūriki, presently Naruto Uzumaki, has rendered him unable to summon the beast.[89] He is also capable of using one of his clan's most powerful and forbidden dōjutsu, Izanagi.[90]

Mangekyō Sharingan

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Madara's Mangekyō Sharingan.

Madara and his brother Izuna were the first Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. Much later after awakening it, with Madara's own eyesight deteriorating,[91] and Izuna mortally wounded, the latter left Madara his eyes, which then led to Madara obtaining the "Eternal" Mangekyō Sharingan — a combination of his own and Izuna's Mangekyō. Madara considered this a final gift from his brother to ensure the protection of their clan.[92]

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Madara's Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

Madara has since used his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan to control the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.[93] Madara demonstrated the ability to use Susanoo — and is therefore also able to use Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu by extension — though they have yet to be seen. Unseen in others' variations, Madara's Susanoo demonstrates two entirely different sides that are conjoined along the spine, with each displaying a pair of arms, two distinct faces, and a complete lower half inclusive of feet.

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Madara's stabilised final Susanoo destroying a mountain range with one slash.

His Susanoo's defensive capabilities are high, even in its ribcage state, having withstood Naruto Uzumaki's Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan and A's Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop with no damage,[94][95] while Sasuke Uchiha's own Susanoo ribcage was breached by the latter. It wields undulating blades in the right hand of each side, which when used by Susanoo's final form, are durable enough to withstand the impact of a caught and redirected Tailed Beast Ball at close range from Hashirama Senju's wood golem. Uniquely, it appears to be capable of contributing towards some of Madara's techniques, as it was seen forming hand seals together with him during battle. Madara is also able to use the Yasaka Magatama technique.[96]

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Madara equipping his final Susanoo onto Kurama.

Madara's Susanoo's final form is an enormous construct with its mouth obscured and a body similar to its full body form. The outer armour, which only remotely resembles the usual tengu with armour, and the trademark pillbox hat-like adornment on the forehead is split down the middle from the beak downwards where the normal Susanoo underneath is revealed. Along this armour, which seems much more fluid than the other known Susanoo's, are holes at the end. In its stabilised form, the Susanoo dons an outer armour and a samurai outfit. It also has four arms, two plated ones which hold a pair of katana in sheaths, the other pair of which wields them.[56] In this form, one swing of its katana is enough to destroy an entire mountain range.[97] According to Madara, this final Susanoo is his full power, which is also comparable to that of a tailed beast.[98][99] Madara has also displayed a unique use of Susanoo, shaping it as an armor to clad Kurama. With this the beast's offensive abilities are increased tremendously as seen by the unique combination of the Tailed Beast Ball with Madara's Susanoo sword.[100] Only techniques like the Top Transformed Buddha are strong enough to pierce and destroy the defense of Madara's final Susanoo.[101]


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Madara's Rinnegan.


Madara possesses the ability to switch between both it, and his Sharingan at will.[102] However, it should be noted that while using the powers granted by the Rinnegan, he has not, except in the case of Susanoo, shown to be able to simultaneously access those granted by the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.[103] Like other users, Madara is able to use the Six Paths Technique, displaying use of the Preta Path, with which he was able to absorb chakra-based ninjutsu.[104]

When these abilities were combined with his Susanoo, he can pull two massive meteorites towards the battlefield from the atmosphere above.[105] Even if the first meteorite was slowed down and stopped, the second one would strike the first, ensuring their collision. Using this technique just a single time, Madara devastated most of the Fourth Division.[106]


Aside from his battle skills, Madara has also displayed high-level intellect, as well as strategic and manipulative skills. He is able to create elaborate plans that span across decades such as the Eye of the Moon and setting up various pawns by playing with and twisting their own ideals, feelings and goals, in order to aid him through direct or indirect ways, such as Obito and Nagato respectively.

He is also an adept tactician as seen when he preferred to use the Ten-Tails' matured powers to destroy the Allied Forces HQ in order to cripple their intelligence centre, rather than directly engaging the Allied Forces army. Madara is also versed in psychological warfare, choosing to focus his efforts into breaking his the battle spirits of his adversaries through manipulation and intimidation with deliberate displays of his overwhelming power. He targets the enemies that have the greatest charisma and leadership skills of a group, such as Ōnoki and Naruto on separate occasions.


Medical Skills


He has also demonstrated similar knowledge of surgical and medical skills, being able to remove his own eyes and transplant them to Nagato without the latter noticing. He also replaced at least one of his lost eyes with a new one and later used the artificial bodies created by the flower clone of Hashirama to replace the destroyed portions of Obito's body, as well as treat the young Uchiha's extensive wounds.

Part II

Confining the Jinchūriki Arc

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The contents of the sixth coffin.


Shinobi World War Arc

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Madara and Mū approach the Fourth Division.


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Madara unleashes his Susanoo.



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Madara using the Wood Release.

After reforming, Kabuto informs Madara that he theorised that he had obtained a portion of Hashirama Senju during their confrontation, despite losing to him. Madara then proceeds to check underneath his shirt, after which he complements Kabuto on his preparation, before asking if he knew of their plan. Notified of Kabuto's uncertainty that the "fake" will act accordingly, Madara attempted to summon the Nine-Tails but is unable to do so as it was still sealed within Naruto. Learning that Naruto is from the same clan as Mito Uzumaki, he opted to attack using Nativity of a World of Trees instead of pursuing the real jinchūriki, yet this is countered by the Nine-Tails-empowered Naruto who destroyed the opposing forest, to which Madara commends him.


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Madara and Mū face Ōnoki and A.


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Hashirama's face on Madara's chest is revealed.




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Madara's Susanoo clones loom over the Kage.


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Madara's soul remains intact.


Ten-Tails Revival Arc

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Madara reunites with Obito.


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Madara using the Wood Dragon technique to fight Naruto.


Obito and Madara vs Allied Forces
Madara and Obito prepare to face off against the Allied Forces.



Obito and Madara Seperated from Juubi
Madara and Obito are seperated from the Ten-Tails.





However, Madara's notoriety was enough that Kabuto Yakushi would search for his DNA and reincarnate the famed Uchiha in his youthful prime as a bid for strategic dominance in the Fourth Shinobi World War while exposing Obito's deception. This, however, did backfire as Madara released his contract with the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation to carry out the final phase of his plan, seeing his reincarnation as an unfortunate substitute of the intended resurrection which Nagato was supposed to do.

Video Games

Madara Uchiha is a playable character in the following video games:

Game name Japanese release English release
J-Stars Victory VS 19 March 2014


  • According to the databook(s):
    • Madara's hobby was falconry.
    • Madara wished to fight the upper class Konoha ninja.




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  27. Naruto chapter 606
  28. Naruto chapter 563, page 2
  29. Naruto chapter 560, page 10
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  43. Naruto chapter 619, page 16
  44. Naruto chapter 560, pages 3-4
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  46. Naruto chapter 562, page 4
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  54. Naruto chapter 623, page 11
  55. Naruto chapter 561, page 5
  56. 56.0 56.1 Naruto chapter 589, pages 2-3
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  72. Naruto chapter 560, page 5
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