Yagura is chiefly remembered for a bloody, despotic reign that contributed to Kirigakure being well known as the "Bloody Mist". As a child, Yagura took part in the village's barbaric ritual where Academy students would be forced to kill each other in order to graduate.
In the anime, he effectively united the various islands of the Land of Water under his leadership. In the anime, when two members of Akatsuki infiltrated the Land of Water, Yagura joined a team of hunter-nin to apprehend them. Around this time, a masked man who claimed to be " Madara Uchiha " took control of Yagura, effectively gaining control over the village. According to one of the Boruto novels, the masked man used his control of Yagura to steal money, information, and other supplies from Kiri for use by Akatsuki.
This motivated the tyranny of Bloody Mist, in order to cover up and compensate for the stolen resources. His tyrannical reign led many in Kiri to believing he was being manipulated, [9] as well as other villagers wanting him to be executed. Although Yagura died shortly after Tobi's hold over him was broken, he did sire a child prior to his death, who years later went on to have Kagura. He does, however, have an exuberant and defensive side as seen by his exasperated outburst at Naruto Uzumaki for thinking he was weaker and younger than him, who had died before experiencing the world as well as ignoring what he was saying.
Yagura is also proud of his accomplishment as a Mizukage, claiming to be distinguished in his life. Having been placed under Tobi's genjutsu during his reign as Mizukage, however, Yagura became a tyrant known to instill fear throughout the village; committing various crimes against them and having absolutely no tolerance for shinobi he deems traitors to the village. Yagura was a young-looking adult, [14] though rather short for his age. He had short, messy, grey hair, which fell over the right side of his face and spiked up on the left.
He also had pupilless pink eyes and what seemed to be a stitch-like scar running from under his left eye, all the way down his cheek. His attire included a grey, sleeveless shirt with the Kiri forehead protector attached to the front, as well as a short-sleeved mesh armour, which he wore a green poncho. He also wore a turquoise sash around his waist, paired with a matching green apron over his pants and a pair of brown boots.
