Literally meaning "Dawn" or "Daybreak"

Itachi Uchiha;

Itachi Uchiha is part of The Akatsuki's deadly team, and is also the 2nd known Uchiha to be living, apart from his brother. He once massacred his entire clan except for his little brother Sasuke Uchiha, challenging him to kill him. He is paired up with Kisame Hoshigaki, which they are good partners. He wields the Mangenkyo Sharingan, a deadly force in his eyes. His signature techniques include the Tsuykomi, where he puts his target in an illusion of torture, and Amaratsu, where he creates a black fire hotter than the sun.

Kisame Hoshigaki;

Kisame Hoshigaki is part of the deadly Akatsuki team, and is paired up with Itachi Uchiha. His appearence resembles a shark, as does his jutsu. He is a member of the seven swordsman of the mist, and his sword is called: Shark Fin, which can steal chakra and shaves rather than cuts. Kisame Hoshigaki is a very boasting ninja, for he usually plays with his opponents before killing them. His signature techniques are his sword, Shark Fin, with which he can do multiple attacks, and his water jutsu, to which his skill is one of the best. He also has the most chakra in the entire Akatsuki.

Zetsu;
A mysterious one to be sure. Not much is known about him. He seems to have two personalities, which makes some sense considering the two sides of his face are different colors. A large plant somehow grows around his head. He is incredibly fast, and therefore is the Akatsuki's chief messenger.

Deidara;

He is a partner of Sasori. He also is a Missing-Nin from the Rock village. He has a scope covering his left eye, which gives him a huge advantage in spying. His main interest is art, which he and Sasori constantly argue over. He has a strange jutsu where he uses clay from a pouch he carries, and feeds it to mouths that are present on both of his hands, sculpting the clay inside his own arms. These sculptures can then be controlled by Deidara, and often contain explosives, which he can set off by using his chakra. When the Akatsuki took Gaara's sand spirit, Deidara lost one of his arms, and the use of the other, but somehow regained both.

Sasori;

A puppeteer like Kankuro, but with two exceptions - Sasori makes the puppets, and is also much more skilled in controlling them. Sometimes known as the Scorpion of the Red Sand, he follows Deidara around in an unusual fashion, crouched over and kneeling, somehow moving across the ground. He also has a disturbing habit of making his puppets out of the bones of dead humans. It was discovered that he made the missing 3rd Kazekage into a puppet and used it in a battle against his grandmother Chiyo and Sakura, where he was killed. He made both of Kankuro's puppets.

Leader;

Not much is known, but there are many speculations, including that it may just be the fourth Hokage himself, and that he somehow survived the Death Reaper. This makes some sense, considering he has the same sillouette as the Fourth. There are also others who believe his name is Pien, and is in no way associated with the Fourth. These are all speculations of course, and very few facts are actually know about this shady character. The only few facts that are known are he has brown-red hair, and that he has blue eyes.

Konan;

Not much is known about this Akatsuki member. What is known is that she has blue hair with a flower in it, as well she is also the only female in the Akatsuki. Her only known techinque is when she separates into paper and becomes Origami Butterflies.

Tobi;

He is undoubtedly the most annoying member of the Akatsuki. He can often be caught saying "Tobi is a good boy". He always seems to refer to himself in 3rd person. It is suggested that Tobi is actually another character in this series, somehow alive after a horrific accident. If you think about it this way, if someone was stuttering, 'obi...obi...to....Tobi!' But of course, this is only more speculation, which is based on the fact that there is only an eye hole on the right side of his mask. In the manga, he refers to him self as Madara Uchiha, but this could not be true and it could just be used to hide who he really is. He took the place of Sasori of the Red Sands and became Deidara's new partner.

Hidan;

Hidan is part of a cult which worships the god Jashin, and he constantly wears his pendant symbolizing it. This symbol is also drawn upon the ground in blood before he can begin his death ceremony. It so happens that he is invincible, and any damage he takes, no matter how serious, he can always regenerate....of course, the body parts all need to be together to do this. His weapon of choice is a lethal 3-Bladed Scythe. After ingesting a drop of blood from his enemy, he begins a ceremony in which he can cause would-be-fatal wounds to himself, and the same thing is inflicted upon the enemy. An epic battle took place between himself and Asuma, and he was later "killed" by Shikamaru: Blown up and buried. He is the rather annoying partner of Kakuzu, who says the only reason that they're partners is because he can't kill Hidan.

Kakuzu;

Kakuzu is probably the biggest thief you'll find on the series. He is in charge of the Akatsuki's monetary affairs, and often gets sidetrack on missions in order to collect bounties. He originates from the Hidden Waterfall Village, and has a very unusual ability. His entire body is made of regenerating tentacles covered by a patchwork of skin. He can use these tentacles to propel certain body parts across great distances even underground, and has also been known to sew Hidan's severed body parts back on. He has four hearts, stolen from his victims, and can be destroyed one at a time without him dying. They can also be separated from his body and be given a legitimate form by his tentacles, each with the chakra nature that the original human had. Only after all the hearts have been stopped can he truly die. He is defeated when Naruto uses his Rasen-Wind Shuriken, which completely destroys Kakuzu's chakra network.

Unnamed Subordinate His name is unknown but he was the subordinate of the puppet master Sasori. He was a replacement used in a shape-shifting jutsu and took on the shape of Kisame as a diversion to hold off Gai, Rock Lee, Tenten, and Neji from entering into Akatsuki's Lair while they extracted the Bijuu out of of Gaara. He was eventually killed by Gai when he was in the form of Kisame.

Yuura; Served as a trusted member of the Kazekage advisory council of the Hidden Sand Village for four years. In reality, he was a sleeper agent for Akatsuki and a subordinate of Sasori. He was used as a replacement in a shapeshifting jutsu, taking on the shape of Itachi Uchiha to hold off Kakashi, Naruto, Sakura, and Chiyo from entering into Akatsuki's Lair while they extracted the Bijuu out of of Gaara. He was eventually killed by Naruto's Rasengan when in the form of Itachi.

• Pain/Konan, Deidara; Black
• Itachi Uchiha/Kisame Hoshigaki; Dark purple
• Kakuzu/Hidan; Dark Green
• Sasori; Teal
• Zetsu; Light purple