Koharu Utatane

is a former member of the dissolved Team Tobirama. She and her team-mate Homura Mitokado now serve as members of the Konoha Council.

Background
Under the guidance of the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, Koharu and her team-mates, Hiruzen and Homura, completed numerous missions and became close friends. When Hiruzen became the Third Hokage, Homura and Koharu became his councillors. With their years of experience, knowledge and their unending effort to make Konohagakure a better place, they eventually gained similar respect and social status as the Hokage himself.

During the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha, Koharu was fighting alongside her team-mates and many other shinobi, attempting to restrain the beast. She was seen wearing an armour similar to that of Hiruzen.

Personality
Koharu is assertive and strong-willed, yet she always has Konoha's best interests in mind. She holds the belief that the group is more important than any of its individual members, which often clashes with the Third and Fifth Hokage's view. Like Homura, she is more militant than the Hokages she serves under, to the point of leaning towards Danzō's way of thinking. This became apparent when she and Homura supported the Uchiha clan massacre, believing it to be the most advantageous course of action for the village's sake. Later, they wanted to restrict Naruto Uzumaki's movements, and after Pain's defeat she agreed that Tsunade was partly to blame for Konoha's destruction.

Appearance
In her youth, Koharu was a beautiful kunoichi with dark eyes. Her hair is pulled back in a twin bun locked by a traditional Japanese hair pin with two pearls dangling off the side. She also had fringes that covered her forehead protector. Her armour consisted of a simple black outfit, fishnet tights with a skirt over it and regular shinobi sandals. During the Nine-Tails' Attack on Konoha, she was seen in the same outfit as her team-mates Hiruzen and Homura, complete with a gauntlet on her right arm and mesh armour.

In her old age, she maintains her original hairstyle without the bangs. The pearls on her hair needle have also increased and tassels were added to the other end. Her earrings are also considerably longer. As a member of the Konoha Council, Koharu wears a simple long kimono, closed by an obi, a jacket, and a sash over it. Koharu has also taken to squinting, barely opening her eyes at any point in time.

Abilities
Her skills remain predominantly unknown. However, in the anime it was shown that she is highly perceptive, detecting an exploding tag hidden in a wall, extracting it, and noticing that the tag was decades old.