Zōri

Zori and his partner Waraji were hired by Gato to be his bodyguards. Gato ordered them to kidnap Tsunami so that Tazuna, Tsunami's father and the bridge builder, to make him stop building his bridge. When Waraji threatened to kill Tsunami's son, Inari, Tsunami also threatened to kill herself unless she let him go. Since Zori was told by Gato that they only needed one hostage, they leave Inari alone and proceed to take Tsunami to the bridge. However, Inari, remembering what Kaiza told him, ran to save his mother. Ultimately, Naruto came and got Tsunami away from Gato's men. Both Zori and Waraji were then defeated by Naruto's Shadow Clone Technique and were tied up and left there.

Later on, in the anime-only, while Suigetsu and Sasuke are wandering around the Land of Waves, searching frantically for Zabuza's Sword, Suigetsu and Zori accidentally knock into each other, as soon as Zori provokes a fight, however, Sasuke intimidates him, and he retreats. Later on, Suigetsu and Zori bump into each other again, and Suigetsu interrogates him on the whereabouts of Zabuza's Blade, he cracks under the pressure of being killed.

Zori and Waraji make a later appearance in the Konoha festival episode, when Naruto has to go to the bathroom.