Mizukage

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The Mizukage (水影, literally meaning: Water Shadow) is the leader of Kirigakure. While it can be inferred that there have been five Mizukage so far, only two shinobi and one kunoichi are known to have born the title. Their word are known to hold sway over all political and military issues that present themselves regarding Kiri and its inhabitants. Despite this, the line of the Mizukage was known to have been suspiciously criminal, with one Mizukage revealed as the founder of Akatsuki and another responsible for the village's infamous and violent reputation, eventually threatened by assassination by Zabuza Momochi as part of a coup d'etat.

The Mizukage's palace, where they inhabit and hold office, is the widest and largest landmark in Kirigakure, bearing the kanji for Sui (水, literally meaning: Water).

List of Mizukage

Unknown Mizukage

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Madara Uchiha, one of the former Mizukage.

Main article: Madara Uchiha

Fourth Mizukage

Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage.

Main article: Yagura Yagura Karatachi (枸橘やぐら, Karatachi Yagura) was the jinchūriki of the Three-Tails, Isobu and the Fourth Mizukage (四代目水影, Yondaime Mizukage, literally meaning: Fourth Water Shadow) of Kirigakure. Yagura is chiefly remembered for a bloody, despotic reign that contributed to Kirigakure being well known as the "Bloody Mist".

Fifth Mizukage

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Mei Terumī, the Fifth Mizukage.

Main article: Mei Terumī Mei Terumī (照美メイ, Terumī Mei) is the Fifth Mizukage (五代目水影, Godaime Mizukage, literally meaning: Fifth Water Shadow) of Kirigakure. After the dreadful reign of Yagura Karatachi ended, she became Mizukage and worked tirelessly to reform internal policies and recreate diplomatic relations with other villages.