Team Minato

Team Minato was a team that was headed by the future Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha and Rin were the members of the team.

In the Kakashi Gaiden, which was set during the Third Shinobi World War, the team went to Kusagakure and destroyed the Kannabi Bridge to cut off supplies for Iwagakure ninja. Rin was captured by Iwagakure ninja, during the mission. Kakashi and Obito rescued her but Obito was crushed by a cave-in caused by the Iwagakure ninja Kakkō. Obito gifted Kakashi his remaining Sharingan and tells them to flee, before the second cave-in supposedly killed him.

Some time later, Minato would sacrifice his own life to seal away the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. In time, Rin eventually died as well. The team the whole time thought that Obito Uchiha had died many years ago. Minato without knowing battled him but with the identity of Masked Man or Tobi. In chapter 599, it was revealed that Obito Uchiha did not perish years ago and is actually Tobi.

Trivia

 * The team makes a cameo before their actual introduction in chapter 122 and Naruto episode 72 during a flashback of the Third Hokage, and on the cover of chapter 16.