Fugaku Uchiha

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   Wicked Eye FugakuDebut Arc · Itachi's Story

   A name feared in war

   Fugaku makes his name in the Third Shinobi World War — a fighter formidable enough that shinobi of other nations trembled at the mention of Wicked Eye Fugaku.

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   Clan head and Police chief

   The Uchiha's leader

   Fugaku rises to head the Uchiha clan and to lead the Konoha Military Police Force — the office through which his clan kept order, and kept its place, in the village.

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   The Uchiha pushed to the margins

   Suspicion, and a walled quarter

   After the Nine-Tails attacks Konoha, the village's suspicion falls on the Uchiha. The clan is isolated into its own quarter, watched, and slowly cut out of the village it had served.

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   The reluctant coup

   Leading a rebellion he doubts

   Pressed by the clan's anger, Fugaku leads the planning of a coup d'état. In his own heart, though, his loyalty to Konoha runs deeper than the rebellion — he wants peace, not a war.

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   Pride in Itachi

   A father's quiet hope

   Fugaku confides in his son Itachi, sharing the Uchiha's deepest secrets and his hope that the revolution might somehow end without a single death. Whatever happens, he is proud of the man Itachi has become.

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   Death in the massacre

   Facing their son at the end

   The coup ends in the Uchiha clan massacre. Fugaku and Mikoto face their own son, Itachi, as he carries it out — and tell him, even then, that they are proud of him.

Fugaku fought as a war-hardened Uchiha and led as a clan head, and he carried a secret his clan never knew. His Sharingan was sharp enough in war to make his name a threat on its own. He had also awakened a Mangekyō Sharingan — and chose to tell no one, certain that, if the clan learned of it, they would ask him to turn its power on the Nine-Tails and the village both.

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• Who is Fugaku Uchiha?+

  Fugaku Uchiha was the head of the Uchiha clan and the leader of the Konoha Military Police Force. A war hero known as Wicked Eye Fugaku, he was the husband of Mikoto and the father of Itachi and Sasuke.
• Why is Fugaku called "Wicked Eye Fugaku"?+

  Fugaku earned the epithet during the Third Shinobi World War. His Sharingan and his ferocity in battle were fearsome enough that shinobi from other nations are said to have trembled at the mention of his name.
• Did Fugaku have the Mangekyō Sharingan?+

  Yes. Fugaku awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan after a friend died in the war, but he kept it secret from everyone — including his own clan — fearing they would ask him to use its power to control the Nine-Tails.
• What was Fugaku's role in the Uchiha coup?+

  As clan head, Fugaku led the planning of the Uchiha coup d'état. In truth, his loyalty to Konoha ran deeper than the rebellion, and he hoped above all that the revolution could be carried out without any bloodshed.
• How did Fugaku die?+

  Fugaku died in the Uchiha clan massacre, killed — along with his wife Mikoto — by their own son, Itachi. The two faced their deaths with acceptance, telling Itachi that they were proud of him even at the end.
• Has Fugaku Uchiha been a Narutodle answer?+

  Fugaku is in the daily answer pool of 210 characters. The Previous Narutodle Appearances list on this page shows every date he was the Classic answer, each linking to a replayable archive puzzle.
• How do you guess Fugaku in Narutodle?+

  Fugaku's Uchiha clan is a strong signal, and his Kekkei Genkai column pairs Sharingan with Mangekyō Sharingan. His Nature column is Fire-led, with Lightning and Yin.