Originally born in the Nadeshiko Village As a child, Kohara lived in Amegakure that was was still recovering after a war. When her house was attacked by Danzo's Root her parents and sisters were killed and her brother turned up missing. Orochimaru found her among the wreckage of the house and was curious as to how she survived, to which she replied that she could tell that huge groups of people were coming she tried to warn her parent but they said it was nothing to worry about. Orochimaru then brought her to Otogakure for a brief moment , where she served as a student and helper with his experiments She also learned a great deal of medical abilities from Kabuto .