Deidara

Background

Madara taught Deidara his explosive release technique, and a plethora of other techniques.

Deidara before joining Akatsuki.

and devising the means to create C4.

Appearance

Deidara's Akatsuki attire.

Deidara

Abilities

The mouth on Deidara's palm.

rasgun

 

Nature Transformation and Explosive Clay

Deidara's explosive clay.

Deidara's most powerful technique, which almost killed him.

Eye Enhancement

Deidara's scope.

Physical Prowess

Deidara has the ability to mold his explosive release kekkei genkai ability into his clay

Part I

Sasuke Retrieval Arc

Deidara (episode 125).

Part II

Kazekage Rescue Arc

Deidara and Sasori approach Sunagakure.

Deidara, with Sasori, travelled to Sunagakure to capture Gaara so the Akatsuki can extract Shukaku the One-Tail from him. Getting passed gate security with the help of Sasori's sleeper agent Yūra, taking out any guards watching the sky, Deidara found that the village was artistically worthy of being blown up. Despite the stealthy infiltration, Deidara was quickly confronted by Gaara, who knew he was in the village due to the clay bird he was flying on not matching any species native in the Land of Wind. Deidara was then forced into taking up the defensive, seeing Gaara's abilities to make his opponent worthy of him using his artistic ninjutsu on. Nearly being trapped in a prison of sand pulled from the surrounding desert, Deidara ended up losing his left arm trapped in some of the sand from Gaara's gourd, forcing Deidara to pull what remained of it off to prevent the sand from crushing the rest of him.

Deidara captures Gaara.

Seeing that he was nearly out of clay, Deidara hatched a plan that would end the fight: Using a C3 bomb on the village as a decoy with Gaara left defenseless in his act to protect Sungakure for Deidara to use a clay bird. Though Gaara's sand stops the scheme, Deidara reveals that some of the clay in the arm Gaara took had mixed with his sand. Detonating the clay as Gaara uses his ultimate defense, Deidara abducts his unconscious opponent with Kankurō in pursuit before Sasori gives Deidara time to escape. After waiting for Sasori, Deidara headed out with him to one of their hideouts in the Land of Rivers to extract Shukaku with the rest of the Akatsuki. When Team Kakashi and Team Guy were announced to be on their way to save Gaara, Deidara couldn't help but feel embarrassed about his lack of stealth in capturing Gaara.

When Team Kakashi arrived at their location, Deidara was given a meagre clue from Itachi as to what the jinchūriki of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox is like - the one who barges in and barks first. To test Itachi's clue, he sat on Gaara's corpse while waiting for the team, to see which of the shinobi gave a response first. This worked and Deidara, taking advantage of this, left with Gaara's body in order to lead away the jinchūriki, leaving Sasori to deal with Sakura and Chiyo. He was set on capturing Naruto to help him in his quest for greater stimulation to his art sense as he found Naruto to be "a canvas worthy of my artistry". Deidara noticed that Naruto was an extraordinary jinchūriki and felt more interested in fighting him than Kakashi Hatake. He tried to separate Naruto from Kakashi so he could fight Naruto and capture him with several different tactics, but ended up failing each time.

"Deidara" committing suicide.

Kakashi tried decapitating Deidara, but only managed destroying his other arm, giving Naruto a chance to retrieve Gaara and knock Deidara into the forest. Handicapped, Deidara was taken by surprise when Naruto appeared behind him and pushed him to the ground, repeatedly pummelling him without rest. Right before Naruto could kill him with a Rasengan; Deidara managed to switch himself with a Clay clone and hid in a near-by bush. He watched in amazement as Naruto's anger caused him to enter a two-tailed form before Kakashi reverted it and Chiyo and Sakura arrived. Knowing Sasori must be dead, Deidara could only get in the last laugh about his partner as he prepared to leave. He was caught by Team Guy and forced to flee as he was now heavily outnumbered. Upon remembering his clay bird was still around, Deidara bit off some of it and used another substitution, allowing a Suicide Bombing Clone to take his place in an attempt to both kill his enemies and flee.

Deidara emerges from underground.

Some time later, he emerged from the ground, battered and weakened, but still alive. Lamenting that even his exploding clone failed, Deidara decided to seek out his severed arm before it began to rot. A bit later, he met Tobi and Zetsu who had found his severed appendage. Though Zetsu wondered why he did not capture Naruto, Deidara defended himself, saying that his quota had been fulfilled. He then comically tried to choke Tobi to death after being accidentally insulted three times by him.
At some point in time later, Deidara had what was left of his right arm sewn back on by Kakuzu along with a new left arm to replace the one Gaara had crushed.

Hidan and Kakuzu arc

Deidara during the Two-Tails being sealed.

Deidara was present during the sealing of the Two-Tails, and upon hearing Kakuzu mention he and his partner were heading to Konoha, Deidara warned the two that a very powerful jinchūriki lived there.

Three-Tails Arc

Deidara and Tobi confront the Three-Tails.

Deidara appeared later, with his arms successfully reattached by Kakuzu. In the anime, he and his new partner, Tobi, found that their next mission was to capture the Three-Tails. Along the way, they took a break at a nearby dango shop. Deidara also showed an interest in what Tobi looked like behind his mask, only for him to be tricked by Tobi to look away for a moment. After a short fight between the two due to Tobi's antics, they split up to seek out the beast.

Later, Deidara snuck up on and killed two Konoha ANBU, who were sending a report on the Three-Tails back to the village. Tobi congratulated Deidara and they headed towards the lake. Deidara commented that, since Tobi was now a part of Akatsuki, he should be able to capture the beast himself. Frightened by the huge beast and its devastating powers, Tobi ran away with the beast chasing after him. Deidara sent an explosive clay fish into the lake which detonated, taking down the beast and allowing Tobi to capture it. Surprised by the defeated beast, Tobi gloated that he did it with a special technique of his, not realising that it was Deidara's explosive clay that did it. Tobi later fell asleep while Deidara was speaking to him, which prompted an angry Deidara to exploding clay next to Tobi, frightening him.

Sasuke Pursuit Arc

After sealing the Four-Tails, Deidara learned that Naruto and the Eight-man Squad were searching for Itachi and Sasuke. When Naruto was mentioned, he openly said that he held a grudge against Naruto when he punched him in the face, and for disrespecting his art. He also heard about the death of former Akatsuki member, Orochimaru. Having wanted to kill Itachi himself, Deidara and Naruto sought out Orochimaru's killer: Sasuke Uchiha, the younger brother of Sakura Haruno. When they finally found Kakashi, Minato assisted in Boruto’s assault against him.

Deidara prepares his attack with Tobi.

Deidara attempted to attack from above using a bomb, but Sasuke used Hidden Shadow Snake Hands to wrap himself with a snake as a shield. Tobi also attempted an attack, but he was scared of Sasuke, and fled from him. Deidara told Tobi he was to handle Sasuke, and tested him with C1 grade fleas. Sasuke used the Chidori Senbon to stop the bombs. He then jumped behind Deidara, who used a bomb to distance himself. But Sasuke managed to avoid the bomb. Realising Sasuke's abilities, Deidara used C2 next, and summoned a clay dragon as a battle partner. The dragon then regurgitated a cluster of land mines to which Tobi said they were going with "that". Sasuke attacked with Chidori Sharp Spear, but Deidara was out of range. While Sasuke was busy with Deidara, Tobi planted the latter's mines around the field.

Sasuke stuck in Deidara's clay clone.

Deidara sent a new C2 bomb after Sasuke, and he activated his Cursed Seal level 2 to block the blast (at the cost of one of his wings). He shot two giant shuriken at Deidara. Deidara avoided them, but Sasuke attached wires to them. They impaled Deidara's arms against the dragon, and Sasuke flew up with his Chidori sword and severed one of the dragon's wings off. Deidara fell to the ground toward his land mines which subsequently destroyed the dragon. Tobi cried out for Deidara, but Deidara (who earlier had dislodged the shuriken and was now safely atop one of his clay birds) told him to be quiet. He looked into Sasuke's Sharingan and remembered when he had first seen them in Itachi.

Angered that Sasuke, like Itachi, refused to acknowledge his art, Deidara used C4 — his most powerful explosive — ingesting the clay with his own mouth and spewing out a giant replica of himself. Believing himself to be victorious as Sasuke disintegrated into nothing, Deidara is shocked to realise that he had been placed under a genjutsu. Attacking Deidara with the Chidori, Sasuke seemingly pierces Deidara through the chest but this is revealed to be a clay clone as the real Deidara emerges from below and explains that he had trained his left eye to counter genjutsu.

Deidara turns himself into a bomb.

Enveloping Sasuke in another clone, Deidara prepares a homing bomb to detonate his C4 creation while he falls through the air. Sasuke, however, is able to escape and protect himself with his Chidori Current. He then jumped right next to Deidara and punched him. Realising that Deidara was out of chakra and could not get up, Sasuke asked where Itachi was but Deidara refused to answer, and attacked Sasuke again, but it was nullified and Sasuke collapsed of exhaustion. Deidara became enraged due to Sasuke's indifference to his art, and in a manic effort to defeat him, released the mouth located on his chest and turned himself into a bomb in a attempt to kill Sasuke. The ensuing blast was close to 5 tailed beast bombs in size; and entered The Land of Fire and Land of lightnings borders, nearly squallowing the Land of Lightning and everything close to it. The blast size dwarfed Bijuu, and was one of the subjects of the 5 Kage Summit. , Sasuke reverse summoned the giant snake Manda, whom he used as a shield from the blast, and teleported himself to safety at the other side of The Land Of Fire, at the cost of Manda's life.

Chikara Arc

Deidara and Sai clash.

In the anime, Kabuto acquired Deidara's genetic material and brought him a form of Superclay via Summoning: Pure Explosion Technique to aid him in the attack on the Hachō Village, fighting the Yamato-led Team Kakashi while protecting his summoner.

 When Kabuto was about to escape, Deidara prevented the enemies from following using an explosion to cast a smokescreen.

Deidara and Hidan act as a diversion.

The next day, with his personality restored, Deidara, along with a recreated Hidan, killed several guards from the Hachō Village who were guarding The Hole, allowing Kabuto to sneak into the nearby village. The two began bickering about their respective defeats, which nearly escalated into a fight between the two, when Yamato and Sai arrived with more Hachō guards. After a Tailed Beast Ball fired by a clone of Naruto detonated nearby, Deidara was recalled into his cave by Kabuto.

After the Ama no Hoko was activated by Disonasu, Kabuto summoned Deidara into battle once again. Deidara planted explosive clay on several of Kabuto's reincarnated shinobi, using them as suicide bombers to attack his enemies. Deidara then pursued Hidan's clone, intending to assist him in activating his curse technique on the members of Team Asuma. However, as he flew towards Hidan, Kabuto remotely removed Deidara's personality and forced him to fly back towards the Ama no Hoko. Kabuto then used Deidara to assault Kakashi, although he emerged from Deidara's attack unscathed. As Kabuto later left the area, he presumably recalled Deidara to his coffin.

Confining the Jinchūriki Arc

Deidara and Kabuto head out to find the jinchūriki.

In an attempt to both impede Tobi and coerce him into joining forces during their initial encounter, Kabuto Yakushi demonstrated his capabilities by revealing Deidara and the other thought-to-be-dead members of Akatsuki brought back by Pure World Summoning. Later, Kabuto transported himself atop of Deidara's clay bird, before placing a seal inside his head which, while granting Deidara a certain amount of free will, allowed Kabuto to maintain control over him. Deidara was pleased by the prospect of a further chance to create new art and seemed content with the idea of fighting Naruto again, because he had a score to settle.

On route to the island, they are ambushed by Ōnoki, with Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi. However, both Kabuto and Deidara are revealed to be clay clones and were then blown but Ōnoki is also revealed to have been one of Akatsuchi's rock clones. By Kabuto's orders, they continue towards the island, rather than engaging with Ōnoki in battle. He is ordered by Kabuto to mould a big bomb, which takes the form of a jellyfish and explodes beneath the giant tortoise. Deidara offered to let Kabuto go ahead to look for Killer B and Naruto while he fought Ōnoki and his bodyguards. During the battle his explosives were blocked by Akatsuchi's rock golem. After being drawn away from the giant island turtle, Deidara challenges Ōnoki's Dust Release with his own explosive clay, but before he could attack he was placed back in the cave, much to his dismay.

Shinobi World War Arc

Assigned to the Surprise Attack and Diversion Platoon, Deidara is tasked with disrupting the Allied Shinobi Forces using his explosives, as the Fourth Shinobi World War commences. After arguing with Sasori about art and telling him that they were both dead, their group mobilises atop Deidara's clay birds, where he locates the three remaining members of the Infiltration and Reconnaissance Party

.

Deidara prepares to confront the Surprise Attack Division.

Complaining about Muta Aburame's insects, he bombards their position, until the group is eventually taken captive. Deidara then booby-traps Muta's jar, before Sasori manipulates him so as to attack the opposing Surprise Attack Division. The enemy uncovers the trap and evades the blast, forcing Deidara to engage them directly, where he tells them only one squad can emerge victorious, but that they can't lose as they're "immortal". Fooled into thinking Omoi was about to attack him, when he actually intended to free the Tokuma and Ranka, he becomes enraged. However, the earth beneath him is suddenly raised, making him collide with the falling Sasori. Deidara then resorts to detonating the clay placed inside of Shin, yet Kankurō manages to smother

 it.

Deidara and Sasori attacked by a furious Sai.

Displeased that the blast was lessened, his remarks provoke Sai, by referring to Shin as "the bomb". Teasing him further as a weakling who couldn't even replace Sasuke, while reminding him that Shin could be made into a bomb again, Deidara then ridicules Sai's art when he starts to draw. However, struck from behind, both he and Sasori are contained by Kankurō's puppets. Threatening to activate C0, despite its repeated use cheapening his art, Deidara is instead pierced by Omoi's lightning-infused sword, diffusing his clay. As Kankurō later lectures Sasori about how a puppet master could find true immortality in one's own work, Deidara becomes furious, telling Sasori not to listen to him as true art was found within a fleeting blast.

Legacy

When news of Deidara's survival sreaches the rest of the Akatsuki, Pain comments that his loss is a huge blow to the organisation, instructing the other members to mourn his death quietly amongst themselves.

Despite Iwagakure ridiculing his artistic values and his subsequent defection from the village, Deidara has earned some respect from certain high-ranking villagers, as Kurotsuchi called him "Deidara-nii" (an honourific meaning "big brother", either as family or a sign of respect), and wished to fight the person who defeated him: Sasuke Uchiha. The Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki, still recognising Deidara as his pupil, also seemed displeased that someone like Sasuke could defeat his former student. He set off an underground bomb that ate away at the Earths surface. It will explode somewhere on the earth when Deidara dies. His wherabouts are unknown.

Video Games

Deidara is a playable character in the following video games:

Game name	Japanese release	English release
		17 November 2012
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX	22 February 2007
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 2	29 November 2007
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! EX 3	29 November 2008
Naruto Shippūden: Gekitō Ninja Taisen! Special	2 December 2010
Naruto Shippūden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising		6 November 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ninja Council 4	19 July 2007	2 June 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ninja Destiny 2	24 April 2008	15 September 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ninja Destiny 3	29 April 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Shinobi Rumble	22 April 2010	8 February 2011
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 4	5 April 2007	24 March 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 5	20 December 2007	27 November 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3	10 December 2009	11 May 2010
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Impact	20 October 2011	18 October 2011
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2	21 October 2010	19 October 2010
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3	18 April 2013	5 March 2013
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations	23 February 2012	13 March 2012
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution

• Appears in Dragon Blade Chronicles, and Naruto SD Powerful Shippūden. Not playable.*

Additional Appearances

Deidara: Geijutsu-den

Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden, chapter 8.5

Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden, chapter 16

Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden, chapter 19.5

Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden, chapter 27

Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden, chapter 32

Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden, episode 30

Naruto SD: Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden, episode 38

Trivia

• Deidara's catch phrase was originally coined by famous Japanese abstract artist Tarō Okamoto, whose works, and words inspire many of Deidara's explosives.
• Deidara ranked 3rd in one official character popularity poll shortly after his debut, one rank above Naruto. He also ranked higher than any other member of Akatsuki (though at the point that poll was taken, only about half of Akatsuki's members were formally introduced).
• Unknown to him, his second partner, Tobi, has the kekkei genkai he despises: the Sharingan.
• Deidara was apparently very curious as to what was behind Tobi's mask, as when they stopped to eat dango during the Three-Tails Arc, he began to tense up when Tobi began to remove his mask to eat.
• Deidara's characteristic "katsu" (喝), which he uses to detonate his explosive clay, is a type of shout that is used in Zen Buddhism to stop the discursive thoughts of practitioners, potentially helping them achieve an enlightenment experience. It is also used as a means of focusing energy.
• According to the databook(s):
  • ​Deidara had completed 82 official missions in total: 4 D-rank, 27 C-rank, 35 B-rank, 13 A-rank, 3 S-rank.(As of the time frame of ch. 362. Now would be much more.)
  • Deidara's hobby is experimenting with explosions.
  • Deidara wishes to fight Itachi Uchiha.
  • Deidara's favourite food is bakudan, a pun on the actual food (boiled eggs in surimi) and the Japanese word meaning bombs.
  • Deidara's least favourite food is mixed rice/pilaf.
  • Deidara's favourite phrase is "Art is an Explosion!" (芸術は爆発だ, Geijutsu wa Bakuhatsu da).
• Tobi commented that Deidara would die from an explosion, while Sasori said that he was the type to die young.Both of them were right, as Deidara would later self-destruct with a massive explosion, as a last ditch effort to kill Sasuke.
• He referred to his previous partner Sasori as Master Sasori (サソリの旦那, Sasori no Danna; English TV "Sasori, my man"), but Sasori was not the only person that Deidara called with this title: in Naruto: Shippūden episode 18 and in an omake for this episode, Deidara referred Kisame as "Kisame no Danna" as well.
• After being reincarnated Deidara was not aware that Sasuke was still alive, having died believing that his final attack killed the both of them despite what Ōnoki had told him. In the anime, Kurotsuchi reiterates this point to Deidara once more. 
• Deidara's tendency to finish his sentences with nasal grunts is similar to Zaku Abumi's.

Quotes

• (Catchphrase) "Art is an explosion!" (芸術は爆発だ!, Geijutsu wa Bakuhatsu da!).
• (Before killing the Suna guards) "Look at those fools. They have no appreciation for art. You have to feel art. And true art... is an EXPLOSION!"
• (To Sasori) "Fine art is the beauty of that single fleeting moment of explosion."
• (To Tobi, after he mocked how Deidara had lost his arms) "Tobi, even a Buddha loses patience when insulted a third time… One more word and there'll be no doubt about the cause of your death."
• (To Sasuke) "You think you're so cool! And those eyes make me sick!! Always judging me... and my art!! You have no appreciation of the beauty of my work... and it makes me want to kill you!!"
• (Last words to Sasuke) "This will be my ultimate piece of art. I'll explode. I shall die and become art itself! This will be like no explosion before it, and it will leave a scar upon the Earth unlike anything else. Then, my art will receive the admiration it's always deserved! Tremble! Be afraid! Recoil in despair! Cower in awe! And cry your heart out, because my art… is an EXPLOSION!"
• (To Ōnoki after being reincarnated) "Shut up! I killed Sasuke Uchiha! And you're next, you art-hating sack of wrinkles!"
• (Catchphrase) "Art is an dexplosion!" (芸術は爆発だ!, Geijutsu wa Bakuhatsu da!).