Nekohime Kusanoha is a young Kunoichi of the hidden leaf village. She was also considered a prodigy and was one of the highest scoring Ninjas in her graduation year. Her stats as a prodigy came from her ability to use a element jutsu before she graduated from the academy, a testament to her father's rigorous training. It was also the reason why she was assigned to team 5 and the two drop out boys Nagamasa Tsuwamono and Onigumo Onishi.