Orochimaru (Former Member)

Rank: S-Rank, Missing Nin
Students: Sasuke Uchiha, Kabuto Yakushi
Former Students: Anko Mitarashi
Former Sensei: Third Hokage
Former Teammates: Tsunade, Jiraiya
Specialties: Snake summoning, Sealing jutsu
Chakra Type: Earth, Water, Wind, Fire

Orochimaru was once a student of the Third Hokage, Sasutobi, but betrayed Konoha and has become one of its most hated enemies. Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Tsunade were originally teammates. They were such skillful shinobi that they gained the title of the “Three Legendary Ninja” or “Sannin.” Orochimaru was Sarutobi’s favorite and he took him under his guidance since Orochimaru had lost his parents at a young age. However, he soon realized there was a dark side to Orochimaru.

Orochimaru craved for power and would use any means to obtain it. Sarutobi had originally wanted Orochimaru to succeed him as the next Hokage of Konoha, but realizing his pupil’s dark ambitions, he nominated Jiraiya’s student instead. Orochimaru was angered by this and continued his pursuit of power in other ways. He eventually developed an obsession for obtaining immortality and started learning and developing forbidden jutsus. When Sarutobi discovered that Orochimaru had been abducting villagers for his experiments, he confronted his pupil but could not bring himself to kill him. After this event, Orochimaru left Konoha but vowed to one day return and bring total destruction to the shinobi village.

After leaving Konoha, Orochimaru joined the Akatsuki organization as one of its ten ring-bearing members; his ring, ‘Void’, is on the pinky of the left hand. His partner was Sasori, and the two apparently accomplished many great feats for Akatsuki.