Yūra

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.