Ranka

is a ninja from Konohagakure.

Appearance
Ranka is depicted as having brown hair that is covered by his forehead protector which he wears like a bandanna. He has a small pointed goatee and wears the standard outfit of the Konohagakure shinobi. He also has small, squinted eyes that rarely seem to open.

Five Kage Summit Arc
Ranka, along with Tokuma Hyūga and Muta Aburame were sent to replace Sai and Yamato who were aiding Anko Mitarashi in investigating one of Orochimaru's hideouts for Kabuto Yakushi's whereabouts.

Confining the Jinchūriki Arc
While on their mission, the team comes across the dead bodies of three Takigakure shinobi as Ranka checks the bodies, he confirms that it was in fact Kabuto that killed the shinobi. After hearing Tokuma's findings from scouting the area ahead of them, Ranka wonders if the masked man was "Madara Uchiha" from their intel.

Shinobi World War Arc
He and the team uncovered Madara's massive army and Anko told him and the others to report the finding while she would instigate further. Chūkichi and Deidara discovered them and Tokuma decided to hold them off while Ranka and Muta fled.

It is later seen that after surviving his battle with the revived Akatsuki, that Sasori took control of his and Tokuma's body and used them as a puppets to fight the Surprise Attack Division. He was later released by Omoi when he cut the chakra threads and taken away to be healed by Kiri.