Yūra


 * Character Name: Yuura (Yūra)
 * Kana: 由良
 * Seiyū: Hideo Watanabe
 * Country: Wind Country
 * Birthday: February 11
 * Bloodtype: A
 * Age: 17-18
 * Height: 5'9
 * Weight:
 * Current Affiliation: Hidden Sand Village
 * Current Team:
 * Debut: Chapter 247, Shippūden episode 2
 * Relatives: Unknown
 * Rank: Jonin
 * Jutsu: Unknown

Yuura (由良, Yūra) is a Jonin-ranked shinobi that hails from the Sand Village.

Yuura is a Sand shinobi that is affiliated to the Akatsuki. Very little is known about Yuura, but Yuura was assigned to command the defense of the Sand Village at the time Gaara, as the 5th Kazekage, was kidnapped. Viewers were revealed that Yuura has something embedded in his brain, which is a memory-blocking technique. This allows the Akatsuki to gather information about the Sand Village's defense system without Yuura even aware of his use. Yuura was killed in an S-ranked technique, presumably used by Itachi Uchiha, which transformed the Sand shinobi into a replica of Itachi, gaining all of the fallen leaf's memories and skill. This replica was defeated by Naruto with the use of the Big Ball Spiraling Sphere.

Yurra whose name means "beginning" in Japanese, served as a trusted member of the Kazekage advisory council of Sunagakure for four years. In reality, he was a sleeper agent for Akatsuki and a subordinate of Sasori. He was used in the Akatsuki leader's Shapeshifting Technique, which made him take on the shape of Itachi Uchiha and allowed Itachi to take control of his body. Naruto killed him with his Great Ball Rasengan while in this form.

Biography
Yurra was a Suna Jonin and had worked his way up to a member of Sand's elder council after four years. He was also the captain responsible for guarding the gates to the Hidden Village of the Sand. However, it was revealed in episode 2 of Naruto Shippuuden that Yuura was actually a sleeper agent who was under a form of mind control jutsu used by Sasori. After the attack on Sand by Akatsuki, Yuura disappeared without a trace. His fate was revealed later after Naruto defeated a shapeshift imitation of Itachi Uchiha and discovered that Yuura's body was used for the technique.