Hōki (Takumi)

is a ninja from the Takumi Village. He and his group abducted Matsuri, Gaara's student, to get access to Gaara's Shukaku powers to revive Seimei, Takumi Village's founder. He later gave his powers and his body to Seimei to defeat Gaara's Shukaku form therefore killing him.

Trivia

 * His name, meaning "treasured tortoise" comes from Genbu, the Black Tortoise of the North.