Homura Mitokado

is the former teammate of the Third Hokage and Koharu Utatane. He is now a council member. Unlike the Third, he does not seem to think much of Naruto Uzumaki. He and Koharu wanted to restrict the number of missions that Naruto could go on and limit his area of activity in Konoha since they are afraid that Naruto would become a victim of Akatsuki, and that Akatsuki would, after extracting the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, become a threat to Konoha.