Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-1207741-20180718211633/@comment-27797856-20180726210821

Sarutobii2 wrote: So Tsunade who holds the the most official position in her village addresses teams by unofficial names? That makes little to no sense. If i recall correctly, the Chunin Exams list Minato's team as Team Minato, which again makes no sense unless the name was official. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The anime, at the very least, is very inconsistent with which name they use. Pretty sure it's what Snapper said: the numbers are official, but the sensei names are what they're usually called (to avoid confusion between repeating numbers i'm guessing).

But that's just me spitballing. Would be cool to find a source or something.