Village Head

As the name implies, a Village Leader is the leader of a village, just like the five Kages lead theirs. The difference is that the villages that are considered too poor or too weak to be among the most powerful villages, are under a leader without the Kage-title. However, that does not always means that the village leaders are weaker than kages. Most, if not all, are ninja of Kage-level, such as Nagato and Hanzo, who both were Village Leaders of Amegakure in their time.

The requirements to achieve this position are currently unknown, but probably vary between villages, and are most likely close to the requirements a Kage meets. Sometimes a Village leader can even be referred to as Kage, like the Hoshigakure's Hoshikage.

Known Village Leaders

 * Shibuki of Takigakure
 * Orochimaru of Otogakure
 * Hanzō, Nagato and Konan of Amegakure
 * Akahoshi of Hoshigakure