Kihō

is a shinobi who appears in the second Naruto Shippūden filler arc.

Personality
He seemed rather blunt and went along with Rinji's strategies without complaints. Kiho also feared death to which he referred to as "going pop".

Three-Tailed Beast arc
He was one of Orochimaru's prisoners that is selected to join forces with Guren. When Guren leaves with Kabuto and Yūkimaru, he is instructed to stay behind to deal with Team Kurenai and Team Yamato. He was easily defeated by Rock Lee, Tenten, and Kiba. Later, Kabuto forcibly activated the groups cursed seals. Kihō is then ordered to attack the Leaf Ninja again. He and his team succeed to defeat the first defense team consisting of Kiba, Lee, and Tenten. After doing so and retrieving Yukimaru, Kihō and his team initially planned to run away from Orochimaru's grasp, only to find out that their Curse Marks would kill them if not properly taken care of. Forced to stay, Kihō and his team were sent to stop the Leaf Ninja from sealing the Three-Tails. He goes against Yamato and ends up defeated after Yamato destroys his Smoke Dragons with his Water jutsu. After his defeat, Nurari merges with him and Kigiri into a monster and they fight against Kakashi and the others. As Kakashi was about to kill them, they where killed by the rampaging Three-Tailed Giant Turtle.

Abilities
Although he did not receive much screen time in battle, his weapon of choice was a wrist/arm-mounted rocket launcher that fired projectiles, which made him a long-distance fighter. The wrist-mounted launcher had a tube/pipe that was connected to an ammunition pack mounted on his back, though it was usually covered by his cloak. The smoke he emited was capable of obscuring even a ninken's sense of smell. As shown in his defeat by Tenzo, he appeared to be weak to Water Release.

Trivia

 * He was the only henchman of Guren not to be shown in the opening theme "Closer".
 * Kihō's name, when broke up can be translated as: 鬼 (Ki) means "ghost" or "devil", while 鳳 (hō) means phoenix. Together, they would be something like Devil Phoenix.