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Kakuzu, an Akatsuki member who works with Hidan as a pair, has a unique ability. His body is full of black strings that he can use to steal the organs of his opponents.

He uses this ability in order to

steal his enemies' hearts, which gives him two important advantages:

1) Provides a type of "immortality". He can have a maximum of 4 hearts but this means he needs to be killed 4 times without him replacing the lost hearts in the mean time.

2) Allows him to use the chakra nature elements of the stolen hearts. For example, if he steals a heart from someone who possessed the wind chakra nature element, he'd be able to use that.

Is it known what Kakuzu's own original chakra nature element was?

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Being originally from the Waterfall village plus using the only element without having an embodiment,

I'll have to take an educated guess and call Water on Kakazu.

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    Naruto is from Konoha, in the Fire Country and his element is Wind... – JNat Dec 12 '12 at 15:54
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    @JNat: Konoha is quite special in that sense, because it's a collection of clans left from the early times. It's inherent that most people in the Mist for example are water-style users, and most people in the Sand are wind-style users. Konoha is the only one which don't conform to that rule. – Madara's Ghost Dec 12 '12 at 15:56
  • Ok, I guess you're right. – JNat Dec 12 '12 at 15:56
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    @JNat: *also*, like I said, out of all of the five elements he displayed, Water was the only one that didn't have a weird black creature attached to it. – Madara's Ghost Dec 12 '12 at 15:57
  • Still, it is only a guess (or deduction) – JNat Dec 12 '12 at 15:58
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    @JNat: like I said, it's an educated guess. – Madara's Ghost Dec 12 '12 at 16:01
  • I'll wait before accepting in case someone else provides something and then accept. :P – Alenanno Dec 12 '12 at 16:06
  • ok. sold! +1 for you! – JNat Dec 12 '12 at 16:06
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    Kakashi destroyed a mask, before he could use the element. It would be logical that this heart had the water-element ;). – looper Dec 13 '12 at 07:46
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    Only he used it in battle afterwards. Kakashi destroyed the earth element. – Madara's Ghost Dec 13 '12 at 08:30
  • Kakashi destroyed the Water element mask -- Just because he lost a mask doesn't mean he can't use the element anymore period. Most skilled shinobi can use at least two chakra release types. See -> http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_Grudge_Fear – RFKomos Aug 01 '16 at 19:02
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The Official Character Data book provides no info on this. I'd say that any answer other than this without any strong sources is mere speculation, or some educated guess (as MadaraUchiha's answer).

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While impossible to know since many shinobi use multiple chakra elements, Earth Style was the only type he used without a mask (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_Release:_Earth_Spear) -- He had masks for Water, Fire, Wind, and Lightning. So I'd say that was probably his natural affinity, or at least what he was most comfortable with/most practiced with in his original body.

Ref: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_Grudge_Fear

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