Itachi Uchiha (うちは イタチ, Uchiha Itachi?) is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto. In the series, Itachi is the older brother of Sasuke Uchiha and is responsible for killing all the members of their clan, sparing only Sasuke. Though treated as an antagonist for much of the series, it was later revealed that Itachi slaughtered his clan in order to prevent a coup d'état which would result in a war, and that he had been acting in both Konoha's and Sasuke's best interests the entire series. Itachi has been featured in one of the films, has appeared once in an original video animations from Naruto and is a playable character in most of the video games from the series. Itachi's character had been popular within readers from the manga, and was positively received by critics; his appearance as an antagonist has been praised by several writers, although some considered his initial to be unsurprising. The gradual revelations of his pa...