Known for infamously disappearing from Konoha and the Hyuga and fleeing to Takigakure, plus being a skilled bounty hunter with a history of never failing; Kaoru Shin'ya hunted down Densetsu in the Hunted Arc. Tracking down the Uchiha, Kaoru managed to gain bucket loads of information on the shinobi, gradually displaying an obsession to capture the elusive missing nin dead or alive after hearing of how he dispatched Jinin Akebino. Shin'ya returned to Konoha eventually and turned into one of their strongest Jōnin members.