Kōji (Suna)

is a shinobi from Sunagakure and a team-mate of Ameno and Shishio.

In Naruto's Footsteps: The Friends' Paths
Kōji and his team arrive in Konohagakure to partake in the Chūnin Exams. For the first phase of the exams, they placed separately in another room from her other team-mates. His team was able to qualify for the second round. A preliminary round had to be held to lessen the many participants there were. The preliminary round involved a race to Sunagakure with only the first 30 teams qualifying for the primary second round. The next day, the second exam proctor — Temari, announced the start of the second round taken place within Demon Desert. Shishio used his sensing seal to find an enemy team, ultimately locating Team Asuma. Ameno warned her team-mates that one of them Sakura Haruno being an apprentice to the Fifth Hokage.