Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist



The is an organization consisting of only the greatest blade-wielding shinobi that Kirigakure can produce, all of them S-Class and above. There can only be seven members at a time, hence the name. We currently know three members, though the third only appears in the Curry of Life filler arc.

History
The members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were the people who came from the Bloody Mist's graduation exams with the greatest battle skills. However, the members also had a great lust for power. This led many of them to defect and become missing-nin. Kisame Hoshigaki was the first to abandon Kiri. Later Zabuza Momochi would follow him after a failed coup d'etat and assassination attempt on the Mizukage. Before leaving, he encountered a boy named Haku with a unique ice kekkei genkai and took the boy with him, as well as the Demon Brothers: Gouzu and Meizu. It hasn't been confirmed when Raiga Kurosuki left Kiri, but it was around the same time when he discovered a boy named Ranmaru who ended up having a similar relationship with Raiga to that of Zabuza and Haku. The Hozuki brothers, Mangetsu and Suigetsu both trained with the intention of joining the Seven Ninja Swordsmen together, their ambitions were cut short when Mangetsu died and Suigetsu got captured by Orochimaru.

Known members

 * Zabuza Momochi, (Missing-nin) (deceased)
 * Kisame Hoshigaki, (Missing-nin) (currently a member of the Akatsuki)
 * Raiga Kurosuki, (Missing-nin) (defected and founded the Kurosuki Family, deceased)
 * Nobura Ryokata, (Missing-nin) (current whereabouts unknown)
 * Suigetsu Hozuki and Mangetsu Hozuki trained to become members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, but their ambitions were cut short by Mangetsu's premature death. Suigetsu is later recruited as a member of Team Hawk by Sasuke Uchiha.