Akatsuki

Akatsuki (暁; Literally meaning "Dawn" or "Daybreak") is a criminal organization of S-class missing nin and is the most wanted group in all of the shinobi world. Their main goal is to collect all of the tailed beasts for their plan of world domination. As such, Akatsuki, despite initially having a minor role during Part I, have become the primary antagonists in Part II.

Akatsuki at any given time is composed of no more than ten primary members, all of whom were S-Class criminals of their own respective villages. Members always work in teams of two with the exception of Zetsu, who functions as the organization's spy, and make use of their unique skills to the team's advantage. Team members must function very well or at least to accomplish their task even though they have a mutual problems with each other. The organization is rarely fully assembled, as seen in the end of Part I, when one member said it was the first time in seven years when they were all together.

Akatsuki is widespread, spanning several countries with agents in various places. When one team finds a tailed beast and has to begin the job of sealing the beast, they have hidden hideouts with many traps ready, to do the three day log jutsu.


MAIN GOAL

Although some members joined Akatsuki to further their own goals, all are united in Akatsuki's ultimate goal of gaining world domination.Nagato has mentioned a three-step process to work their way towards this goal.First, they plan to obtain a large amount of money to support their organization.Second, they plan to set up a mercenary group loyal only to Akatsuki.To build their reputation, they plan to accept any mission below the usual cost and operate off of the excess funds earned in the first part of their plan.Because there haven't been any wars in some time, the established shinobi villages couldn't afford to charge such low prices, leading the smaller countries to hire Akatsuki over the more expensive shinobi villages.By using the tailed beasts, Akatsuki would start wars and then immediately quell them, solidifying their reputation and convincing every country to depend on them, thus cornering the market in shinobi labor.Without any business, the other shinobi villages would collapse due to the lack of funds.Finally, after Akatsuki is the only major force of shinobi in existence, they can easily conquer the other countries.Members do not automatically learn of the plan upon joining; Hidan didn't find out about it until he had been a member for quite some time.

The tailed beasts , nine gigantic demons of immense power, are the main focus of much of Akatsuki's efforts and screen time within the series. Each member is assigned to capture one of the nine beasts alive or, in most cases, the person that beast has been sealed into.Akatsuki has sealed seven of the nine beasts before the start of the Fourth Great Shinobi War.

MEMBERS

Pein

Uchiha Madara

Sasori

Deidara

Hidan

Kakuzu

Uchiha Itachi

Zetsu

Konan

Kisame