Gen'yūmaru

was Orochimaru's last body. He was told to have a fight to the death with the others that Orochimaru had kept captive, and the winner would be able to go free. Gen'yumaru defeated and massacred them all, only to find out that he was the next vessel for Orochimaru. As his last wish, he asked for his clan to be released, which was being held captive for Orochimaru's experiments. It is unknown if this request was ever granted. Orochimaru notes that part of Gen'yumaru's consciousness would remain within him after the transfer — making Gen'yumaru still alive, in a sense. After Orochimaru abandons Gen'yumaru's body, Gen'yumaru still remains within his subconscious. It is implied that Gen'yumaru and Guren knew each other, since a flashback in Guren's memory reveals that she came to Orochimaru's Hideout the day of Orochimaru's last reincarnation to be told by Kabuto that Gen'yumaru had been chosen as the new vessel, since she was too late to enter the fight with the other captives.