Human Puppet


 * Name: Hitokugutsu, 人傀儡, literally "Person Puppets"
 * Type: S-rank, probably: Hiden, Supplementary
 * Users: Sasori, Chiyo

Made by Sasori of the Red Sand, a master puppeteer from the Akatsuki. By removing the internal organs of a foe and preserving the body to prevent decomposition, as well as adding weapons and defenses, Sasori can make powerful human puppets. These puppets retain their use of chakra and any kekkei genkai that the human host once had. Sasori developed this during his time after leaving the Sand Village, and he claims to have 298 of them, using 103 in his battle with Sakura and Chiyo. His most powerful human puppets seen are himself, as he turned himself into a puppet as a defense, Hiruko, a deadly puppet he wears like a suit that was once a great shinobi of the Sand Village, and the Third Kazekage, who he kidnapped and killed, able to use the deadly Iron Sand techniques. Whether there are more powerful ones or not remains a mystery, as Sasori took them and the technique with him when he died. Chiyo uses a variation of this technique, in which she can control a still living person, if the person lets her. She uses this to control Sakura in their fight against Sasori, allowing them to defeat the Third Kazekage by using her massive strength.

One of Sasori's most powerful techniques revolving around the Human Puppets is the Red Secret Technique: Performance of a Hundred Puppets, which, with his own puppet body modifications, allows him to cotrol one hundred human puppets, a feat impossible for even the most elite puppet users. Though they lack team work, they are used to overpower the enemies through attrition, and was claimed to have taken down an entire nation.