In Naruto, Akatsuki is a criminal organization. This organization has become one of the biggest threats the shinobi world has ...

The Akatsuki is perhaps the most iconic villain group in all of anime. Kishimoto reveals why he created them in Naruto.

According to this Naruto theory, Kishimoto wrote Neji as a potential Akatsuki member but dropped the ideas due to his similarities with Sasuke.