His father figure was replaced with an older brother figure after the latter completed the competition which would decide the raikage's partner, as Shichirou managed to match his attack. With this, Shichirou developed a sense of loyalty to the raikage, meaning he developed a sense of loyalty to Kumogakure as well, using his abilities for the sole goal of strengthening kumogakure. Unknown to him, Shichirou is actually being trained from a young age to become the next raikage, though only the elders of the village and the raikage possess such information. Before his teammates departed, Shichirou was apart of genin squad known as Team Karui. The leader of this squad was Karui of Kumogakure and a former combatant of the Fourth Shinobi World War. Shichirou was partnered up with two other except