Madara Uchiha

1. 1
   Child of the Warring States

   A boy raised for war

   Madara grows up a child soldier in an age of endless clan war. He buries three of his siblings young, and the constant fighting forges a perfectionist who will not stop until he has mastered a thing. Only his brother Izuna is left at his side.

2. 2
   The boy by the river

   A dream traded across the water

   Madara befriends Hashirama, another gifted boy, before either knows the other's name. They share a dream of a village where children are not sent to die — until they learn they are Uchiha and Senju, and the friendship is forced to end.

3. 3
   Izuna's death

   His brother's eyes

   The war grinds on, and Izuna dies of his wounds. Madara never recovers from it. He takes his brother's eyes to gain an Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, and the loss leaves a bitterness that shapes the rest of his life.

4. 4
   Founding Konoha

   The dream, made real

   Madara and Hashirama finally make peace between their clans and found Konohagakure together. For a short time, the village Madara dreamed of as a boy actually exists, with Hashirama as its First Hokage.

5. 5
   The break

   The Valley of the End

   Konoha does not become what Madara wanted — the village comes to distrust the Uchiha, and he comes to distrust the village. He leaves, fights Hashirama at the valley that takes its name from the battle, and is believed to have died there.

6. 6
   The ghost

   Decades in the dark

   Madara survives in hiding for decades. He grafts Hashirama's cells into his body, awakens the Rinnegan in old age, and devises the Eye of the Moon Plan — setting the young Obito Uchiha in motion to carry it out after him.

7. 7
   The warDebut Arc · Fourth Shinobi War

   Reborn for the end

   Reanimated by the Edo Tensei during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Madara takes the field in person and becomes the jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails, the source of all chakra — the single greatest threat the shinobi world has faced.

Madara is widely called the strongest Uchiha who ever lived. He awakened the Sharingan as a boy, drove it to the Eternal Mangekyō with his brother's eyes, and — after grafting in the cells of his rival Hashirama Senju — became the first Uchiha to awaken the Rinnegan and to use Wood Release. He commands all five chakra natures, a colossal Susanoo, and, in the Fourth Shinobi World War, the power of the Ten-Tails itself.

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• Who is Madara Uchiha?+

  Madara Uchiha is the legendary leader of the Uchiha clan and a co-founder of Konohagakure. After helping build the village with Hashirama Senju, he turned against it, and was revived during the Fourth Shinobi World War as one of the series' greatest threats.
• Did Madara found the Hidden Leaf Village?+

  Yes. Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju co-founded Konohagakure, ending generations of war between their clans. Hashirama became the First Hokage. Madara left the village not long after, believing it had not become the peace he had imagined.
• What is the Eye of the Moon Plan?+

  The Eye of the Moon Plan was Madara's scheme to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi — a genjutsu projected from the moon that would trap every living person in a shared dream. Madara framed it as ending all conflict, at the cost of everyone's free will.
• Is Madara the same person as Tobi?+

  No. For much of Shippūden, the masked man called "Tobi" claimed to be Madara, but he was actually Obito Uchiha acting on Madara's plan. The real Madara was revived separately, by the Edo Tensei, during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
• What are Madara Uchiha's abilities?+

  Madara wields the Sharingan, the Eternal Mangekyō, and the Rinnegan, plus a colossal Susanoo. After grafting in Hashirama Senju's cells he gained Wood Release, and in the Fourth Shinobi World War he becomes the jinchūriki of the Ten-Tails.
• Has Madara Uchiha been a Narutodle answer?+

  Madara 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 Madara in Narutodle?+

  Madara has the most extreme profile on the board. His Kekkei Genkai column carries five entries, his Nature Types cover all five basic natures, and his Attributes stack Edo Tensei, Six Paths Sage, and jinchūriki. Any one of those columns points almost directly at him.