Kisame Hoshigaki

1. 1
   Monster of the Mist

   Raised by the Bloody Mist

   Kisame comes up in Kirigakure during its harshest years, and earns a place among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist — the village's elite, each carrying one of seven famous blades.

2. 2
   The deserter

   He takes the sword and goes

   When Kisame learns his superior is selling Kiri's secrets, he kills the man, claims the sword Samehada, and walks out of the village an S-rank missing-nin with no way back.

3. 3
   Itachi's partnerDebut Arc · Search for Tsunade

   Into the Akatsuki

   Kisame joins the Akatsuki and is paired with Itachi Uchiha. Together they hunt the tailed beasts, the two of them a fixed point through the early movements of the plot.

4. 4
   The shark and the Uchiha

   An odd loyalty

   Years pass at Itachi's side. The two are killers by trade and say little, but a quiet, genuine trust grows between them — a partnership neither man bothers to explain.

5. 5
   The fight with Killer B

   Beaten by the Eight-Tails

   Sent after the Eight-Tails, Kisame fights Killer B, fuses with Samehada to push his power higher — and is beaten. He escapes only by leaving a body behind to fake his own death.

6. 6
   His own terms

   He will not be made to talk

   Kisame infiltrates the Allied Shinobi Forces' headquarters hidden inside Samehada. Discovered, and refusing to let his knowledge be taken from him, he summons his own sharks and lets them devour him.

Kisame fought like the ocean itself — he could flood an entire battlefield and turn the water against everyone standing in it. His chakra reserves were monstrous even before Samehada, the living sword that shaved chakra from his enemies and fed it back to him. Together, man and sword could outlast almost anyone, which is how he came to be called a tailed beast that simply had no tail.

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• Who is Kisame Hoshigaki?+

  Kisame Hoshigaki is a missing-nin of Kirigakure and a member of the Akatsuki, partnered with Itachi Uchiha. A former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, he is feared as the Monster of the Hidden Mist.
• What is Samehada?+

  Samehada is Kisame's sword — a living, sentient blade covered in scales. Rather than cut, it shaves away an opponent's chakra and absorbs it, feeding that chakra to Kisame. It is one of the seven swords of the Hidden Mist.
• Why is Kisame called a tailed beast without a tail?+

  Kisame holds chakra reserves far beyond a normal shinobi's. Fused with Samehada and the chakra it has absorbed, his power approaches that of a jinchūriki — earning him the nickname the "Tailless Tailed Beast."
• How did Kisame die?+

  Kisame died during the Fourth Shinobi World War. After infiltrating the Allied Shinobi Forces' headquarters hidden inside Samehada, he was discovered. Rather than be captured and interrogated, he took his own life by summoning his sharks to devour him.
• Who was Kisame's Akatsuki partner?+

  Kisame's partner in the Akatsuki was Itachi Uchiha. The two worked together for years hunting the tailed beasts, and an unusual, quiet loyalty grew between them despite both being killers by trade.
• Has Kisame been a Narutodle answer?+

  Kisame 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 Kisame in Narutodle?+

  Kisame's Kiri village is uncommon and narrows the board hard. His Hoshigaki clan is rare, and his Attributes stack Akatsuki member, Seven Swordsmen, and Edo Tensei. His Nature column holds only Water.