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Tobi and the Real Akatsuki Leader

The Naruto fans are not only confused whether who the real leader of the Akatsuki is, but they are also confused whether the one whom Pein (the acting leader of the Akatsuki) meet is Tobi.

Tobi?s face is shown below-left while the highest rank in the Akatsuki organization is shown on the image below-right.

Tobi and the Akatsuki Leader

The only difference with them is that Tobi?s hair is exposed while that of the real leader of the Akatsuki is covered. They both wear masks that expose only their right eye.

However, I am not convinced that Tobi and the real leader of the Akatsuki are one because during the conversation of the Akatsuki members, they said that Tobi died along with Diedara and that Tobi?s power is not really that strong.

And one thing to note is, Itachi didn?t notice a Sharingan eye of Tobi. Remember that Sharingan eyes are more red color than the normal eyes and the eyes has dots near its lens. The number of dots signifies its Sharingan level.

But we can?t be sure of it until the episode that will reveal the Sharingan leader?s true identity.

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52 Responses to “Tobi and the Real Akatsuki Leader”

  1. mr nice ash says:

    this makes a lot of sense. thanks. but during Diedara – Sasuke fight, Tobi’s remains were not found. This could be possibly another point where the story can have a new twist. It is also possible that the Tobi who went along with Diedara is just a clone. See that the leader can make exact clones?

    And you’re correct, the leader is not yet revealed until it is revealed.

    • zeos says:

      Tobi is the true leader of Akatsuki because when minato talked to naruto when he was dreeaming while fighting pain he told naruto that tobi is who controles pain and he is the true leader of Akatsuki who wanted to resummon the nine tailed demon

  2. Thinker says:

    I have some suspicions about Tobi. I find it interesting that he only ever shows his right eye and that he’s got the sharingan. I’m probably thinking too in depth about this, but what if Tobi is actually Obito, Kakashi’s best friend from whom he got his sharingan left eye? After all, he’s got black, spiky hair and a somewhat goofy personality, and just because someone’s supposed to be dead doesn’t mean they can’t come back.

  3. SumGai says:

    There’s no way Tobi be the leader.
    Pein is undefeated and is now the most powerful shinobi to be still alive. Because he killed the legendary Hanzou, this guy:( http://groups.msn.com/NarutoMangaReturns/narutochapter369english.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=44794 ).
    How would you guys interpret this;
    Tobi talking to Pein: “You capture him. As the leader, failure will not be expected.”

    I think Tobi is Saying that Pein is the leader and if he fails then he loses respect from the other members.
    But im not good with english and its just my half-cent.

  4. A_Girl_Who_Loves_Death says:

    Hm…There is a way for Tobi to be the Leader…Because NO ONE knows yet what Tobi’s powers are…He could actually be strong and we wouldn’t even know it. Most people say he “could be” an uchiha weeell it woulld make a good twist if he “is” really and uchiha but we don’t know. I have 5 things to say and I’ll list them for everyone to see!
    1) Tobi could be the Leader!
    2) Tobi could be an Uchiha!
    3) Tobi could be strong!
    4) HE MIGHT EVEN HAVE SPLIT PERSONALITITES!
    5) MY F-ING GOD PEOPLE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU POST THEM!
    That is all…and btw you may contact me and yell at me all you want at karlsson_death@yahoo.com . Have a great day, bye!

  5. AnotherTobiLuver! says:

    =O wow…A_Girl_Who_Loves_Death is technically right I mean eh she’s a bit uhm how would you say oh yes paranoid and a tad bit kookoo but she’s got a point with her urm 5 statements. She went a bit over the edge when she got to her 4th statement .____. hm well her 5th one makes a very good point indeed, I mean common people >.~

  6. AnotherTobiLuver! says:

    don’t post stuff that is a lie and you want it to be true, it’s just plain crazy to even do soemthing like that..oh yes sorry . ,. now I’m acting like her ^^;;;well I’m gonna stop wasting everyone’s time and go eat someting before I get tha cramps again >~

  7. AnotherTobiLuver! says:

    >~

  8. Pein says:

    hmmmmm
    that would be interesting if tobi was actually the “real” leader
    but like that would ruin the cuteness of tobi….
    like if he was all leader-y nd serious it would ruin his adorableness!!!!!!

    it would be freaky if the real leader guy was like tobi’s brother
    nd his whole family and or clan wore those masks….
    *im going insane* that would be cool though………
    *nods*

    ~Pein

  9. lj says:

    all I know is that the akatsuki leader has the rinnegan he is not related to naruto at all if he was naruto would have the rinnegan as well but he doesnt tobi is kakashi`s old teamate pein is not the leader of the akatsuki its……………………..

  10. Kayla says:

    TOBI FUCKING ROX!

  11. yahiko says:

    I think tobi is Obito…….you guys can see he was crying when he thought deidara died because of his own bomb….just like obito did….but,if he was really uchiha obito, how could he survive after the incident? and who saved him????????

  12. Hahaha- u guys r nutz… I know that tobi is Kakashi’s old friend. This just in, get your F*&#)$* facts straight. Also, Pien is somewhat the leader in the fact that there is more than one leader. Tobi is the real… not to be a smartazz but “man behind the mask” whereas Pein is a figurehead, like in politics, who keeps one group together and leads them. He still has advisors and so forth. You can tell this by that guy that Naruto blew up with the wind rasengan- how he controlled all the funds. This, I think, symbolises democracy in the Akatsuki??!!! WOW!?!

    (smart ones)

  13. DASHZER says:

    I think the true tobi is obito….
    because of his hairstyle are same as obito and his right eye that only can use after giving his left eye to kakashi

  14. DASHZER says:

    tobi is not uchiha madara…

    tobi comparing only himself as madara because he can use ______ sharingan hehehehe…..

  15. tobi says:

    tobi=obito=madara theories
    the story of tobi has many twist..
    uchiha madara is the leader of uchiha clan and as he says he refuse to die..
    so i think the body of obito is possessed by madara
    as far as i know.. madara obtained the real power of sharingan..
    i think tobi has the potential to be the akatsuki leader but pein has the rinnegan..
    rinnegan is the most powerful eye.
    the ninja that trained pein is jiraiya…
    so i think pein is really strong shinobi..
    PEIN is the real leader of akatsuki

  16. 0r0chimaru-san says:

    Tobi isn’t leader! The real Akatsuki leader has the Rinnegan eye, and only Pain has that. Most of you don’t seem to even know, but the Rinnegan’s power enables the user to utilize any ninja ability. This shows that it is even more powerful than MS of Tobi. A slight possibility that he is more powerful than Pain somehow, but fact remains: Pain is the leader. Tobi just helps him. And yes, Madara Uchiha is Tobi. He just uses the Tobi persona to cover himself up, as stated in the Founding of Konoha arc when Akatsuki was founded by him. One unconfirmed possibility that Tobi/Madara may be possessing Obito’s body can explain why Madara is immortal. Btw, the Tobi that was said to have died with Deidara was revealed to be fake

  17. 0r0chimaru-san says:

    Tobi isn’t leader! The real Akatsuki leader has the Rinnegan eye, and only Pain has that. Most of you don’t seem to even know, but the Rinnegan’s power enables the user to utilize any ninja ability. This shows that it is even more powerful than MS of Tobi. A slight possibility that he is more powerful than Pain somehow, but fact remains: Pain is the leader. Tobi just helps him. And yes, Madara Uchiha is Tobi. He just uses the Tobi persona to cover himself up, as stated in the Founding of Konoha arc when Akatsuki was founded by him. One unconfirmed possibility that Tobi/Madara may be possessing Obito’s body can explain why Madara is immortal. Btw, wasn’t the Tobi that was said to have died with Deidara revealed to be fake?

  18. chandler says:

    you are all wrong i know who the real akatsuki leader is. if you want to know look at this video here

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7SP7CFZxKk&NR=1

    no joke this is acually the leader

  19. Nana says:

    Tobi is kakashi….using a mirror image jutsu he is able to provide another image of himself. He sought to avenge his father the white fang of konoha…

  20. alex says:

    tob is actually obito because I know pein has red hair and tobi dose not

  21. Darth says:

    Tobi is Uchiha Madara, and tobi didnt died along with deidara because he escaped the explosion

  22. Vader says:

    Pein has yellow hair not red

  23. I says:

    Pein is the leader but he is actually following the orders of tobi…

  24. Jude says:

    lol,tobi is not kakashi..,,anfortunately kakashi have the sharinggan witch belong to obito.,,.the reason why the mask of the other tobi is only showing the right eye,,,.

  25. marvic07 says:

    tobi is uchiha madara,the founder of akatsuki,…..and i think,there is a scene in a comics that tobi show his face to kakashi and naruto…the face was too old,and the eyes haved sharingan…

  26. max says:

    “But my QUEST’ IS’
    WHO IS ,MADARA, OBITO AND TOBI’

    “ARE THEY ONLY ONE PERSON ”

    THEY SAID MADARA HAVE 2 SOUL IN ONE BODY’
    ‘AND THE OLD NAME OBITO CHANGED TO THE NAME TOBI!
    THE RUMOURS” IS TOBI A sPY’ ON AKATSUKI
    WHAT IS THE REAL POWER OF TOBI?
    WHO IS TOBI?
    WHERE DID HE COME FROM?
    WHO IS MADARA UCHIHA?
    WHO IS OBITO UCHIHA?
    TOBI ARE THE LEADER OF AKATSUKI CLAN?

  27. max says:

    “”"”"”"”ON YOUTUBE-SEARCH-Obito-Madara-Tobi are ONE

    ‘COMMENT ON YOU TUBE SAYS’

    maybe is truth, but remember, Tobi is Obito! and in case you don´t know,MADARA´S SPIRIT IS ON ITACHY´S SOUL!! ITS ON THE SHIPPUDEN MANGA!!
    rokkolpo (2 months ago) Show Hide

    i think without a doubt that it is obito,s body many things conclude that
    if only at an episode we get to see his mangekyou we all would know.
    if it looks like kakashi,s he obito.
    if he looks like madara eternal mangekyou he,s madara
    bashar33 (2 months ago) Show Hide

    i think that too beacuse he has a mask with one eye is beacuse he give a eye too kakashi
    phillj12 (4 months ago) Show Hide

    damnit my theory and first ever one sounds like i stole some parts of it from yours shit im pissed
    HalloweenGothicEmo (4 months ago) Show Hide

    Well, I can sympathize with your theory, but it has also been said, by him, that he is, in fact, Madara. I myself thought that Tobi was Obito, until a person gave me the link to the episode in which he said that he was Madara. Madara is waaaaay older than Obito had been when he died in the cave after he told Kakashi to take Ren to safety when he was crushed.
    Greygearsfoward (5 months ago) Show Hide

    meant to put Madara’s soul
    and also, if you say Orochimaru is too young to have lived for that, just think about it
    He switched faces with a woman that the 4th Hokage knows
    Orochimaru has performed the Soul Transfer jutsu countless times, and by countless, I mean probably like four times
    Greygearsfoward (5 months ago) Show Hide

    My Theory:
    Orochimaru was a member of the ataksuki at the time that Madara joined, correct?
    Madara was old. . .like. . .ridiculously old, right?
    So Oroichimaru transfered Madara’s body into Obito’s corpse after bringing it to life (Thus the bolts in Tobi)
    Seeing how Madara could not risk using his old name, or Obito’s old face, he used the mask and switched his name, thus becoming Tobi
    tajahksmith07 (5 months ago) Show Hide

    maybe you have a point
    ObitoAkatsukiUchiha (6 months ago) Show Hide
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    that is sort of like my theory! i totaly agree with yours though! it makes a lot of sense!
    phillj12 (7 months ago) Show Hide

    dude thats exactly what i think but i think that pein might have transfered his soul into obitos body
    everyone i tell that to says im stupid for saying that but at least i have some who agrees with me

  28. kller Quest' says:

    pein Killed himself to be the undead creator of the world he wnts 2 destroy using his rinnegan eye circle
    he wnts to be the greatest sinister black demon
    pein he wants to suffer all pepol by his pain of black death

    he wnts 2 suffer ppol by;
    pain
    death
    sick
    fury
    worst
    rage
    killing
    destroy
    by the the hidden tech’ of (pein-pain)
    the ‘eye gravity’ the most strongest power of all eye like SHARINGAN-BYAKUGAN-MANGEKYOU, TOTAL
    POWER s ZERO RESULT ALL ENEMIES HE ONLY DISTRACT
    AT 1 SECONDS IF THE ENEMY DISTRACT HE USE TO MAKE SOME ENEMIES BLIND THEY CAN’T SEE AND
    he never lost any SINGLE fight

    THE TRUE POWER OF PAIN

    HE ONLY HIDE HIS GREATEST POWER
    HE ONLY USE SOME USELESS TECH
    AND HE ALSO CAN DEFINE WHAT HAVE MORE POWERS YOU HAVE
    AND ALL SECRET HDDEN POWERS YOU HIDE CAN SEE BY;HIS EYE RINNEGAN

  29. michael says:

    wrong…madara is tobi.how do i know?first tobi told sasuke about his life that he was one of konohas godfathers.2nd he showed himself to kisame and kisame recognized him as madara uchiha(actually kisame said like this way “mizukage?i mean madara uchiha”…Thats all i know.

  30. michael fails to check on the date the topic was posted and for that he wins the noble prize for stupidity

    • gian says:

      the real leader of akatsuki is pain.. tobi only control pain using the sharingan.. and it realy tobi because if you watch the episode wher tobi and kakashi while still young there was an accedent that tobi give his left eye to kakashi.. thats why only the hole to the right eye…

  31. mikez says:

    who is the real leader of akatsuki?

  32. Ken says:

    tobi is uchiha madara…. he is the founder of the akatsuki,,,,

  33. Copy Ninja says:

    Hmmm,

    To make sense, You can’t be a member of akatsuki if you are not famous. See Orochimaru & Itachi . . . Orichimaru is a genius sanin and the one who killed the 3rd hokage & Itachi was known who killed all the uchiha clan. Why Tobi did easily joined in the akasuki? It’s simple, to make have sense. Maybe Tobi is a famous ninja. I have tought that that the real identity of Tobi is Obito. Look, the name was sound similar. To make sense, Why is his mask has a hole in the left side? Since Obito had 1 eye left when he give his right eye to kakashi. But it doesn’t mean he had still his left eye sharingan, In the episode, Obito’s half body was covered by large rock, we may conclude that his left eye was broke. The real leader of the akatsuki is Uchiha Madara. He may be the one who kill the real Tobi, in order to join and disguise in the akatsuki even though he is the leader. Maybe he has some purpose. It’s impossible that why Uchiha Madara was still alive? Madara might knows the reincarnation technique like orochimaru’s technique. we don’t know what did happen during the battle of the 1st hokage and Uchiha Madara, it says that the hokage killed the Madara. It is possible that Madara is still alive, since kakuzu is a batch of 1st hokage.

    • Copy Ninja says:

      i’m sorry about the left and right eye . . . make it interchange . . .

    • Copy Ninja says:

      another to make my explanation understood… It is already revealed that Uchiha Madara is the leader of Akatsuki. It doesn’t mean that he is the strongest among the akatsuki. If pain knows how to control his renigan. He may be the one the most powerful ninja. Since Renigan is the father of all the jutsu that was learn by ninjas.

  34. jomari says:

    wat da pack ……………….i know that tobi is the real akatsuki leader and most powerful nin.

  35. Albert Lava says:

    love this manga so much :) hehe

  36. Itachi says:

    Actually theres a posibility that tobi is the real leader.because there are some rumors that he is Uchiha Madara.,maybe he is really powerful…because i see in one episode of shipuuden naruto and the others cannot hit him in other words invulnerable

  37. ruhnel says:

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  38. ruhnel says:

    mga fans ni nauto panoorin nyo ang gost payter tagalog version ang lakas ng dating ni tarugu, at nakakatawa talaga he he

  39. tarugu said says:

    panoorin nyo ang gost payter ang lakas tlaga ng pwersa kaysa nauto , sa totoo lang nilabas ni toguru ang dragon na may mailit na sisiw he he

  40. taguro said says:

    toguru said, mas malakas ako kaysa naruto actually nilabas ko and 100 percent ng lakas ko, hinigop ni denis at jermiah ang lakas ko, bakla talaga. kaya natalo ako sa laban ni eugene he he

  41. sasuke says:

    sa totoo lang yun sharingan ko ay contact lens lang, napeke kau he he he

  42. naruto says:

    mamaya may concert ako sa araneta coliseum, punta kau , libre entrance, at freebies ha, he he

  43. tobi madara says:

    ang labo ng mata ko, gusto ko nangmagpasukat ng salamin sa he he

  44. Obito Tobi! says:

    indeed! the leader of the akatsuki was tobi the one who gave his right eye to kakashi! he revealed his identity saying he is “n one ” in manga stream.

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