Ring:Tama (Sphere)
Sasori is a former ninja of Sunagakure and known
as "Sasori of the Red Sand". His parents died when he was young,
leaving him in the care of his grandmother, Chiyo who taught Sasori the
art of puppetry, which he refined to fit his needs over the years.
Lacking the love of parents, Sasori left Sunagakure when he got older
and joined Akatsuki where he is initially partnered with Orochimaru.
After Orochimaru's defection Sasori teamed with Deidara, who looks to
him and his artistic knowledge with reverence. In due time he devised a
way to convert the corpses of humans into puppets, allowing him to use
any of the ninja abilities they possessed during their life for
himself. In time he even converted his own body into a puppet, which
gives him eternal life and allows him to control hundreds of puppets at
once. Each weapon in his puppets' extended arsenal is laced with a
poison of Sasori's design that causes extreme pain to the inflicted
until they die. Sakura Haruno is able to create an antidote for
Sasori's poison, allowing her and Chiyo to fight him uninhibited.