Rookie 9

Rookie 9
The Rookie Nine was a nickname used for nine Konoha Genin, fresh out of the academy who were all nominated to take the Chunin exam by their Jonin team leaders. The Rookie Nine is sometimes referred to as the Rookie Eight due to Sasuke's leave to the Sound. During the anime's filler arc, particularly the Konoha 11 Arc, Team Guy would join the Rookie Nine to be recognized as the Konoha 11.

Team Kakashi
Main articles: Team Kakashi, Kakashi Hatake, Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke Uchiha Team Kakashi, also known as Team 7 or Squad 7, is a genin team led by Kakashi Hatake. From a series of events, Team Kakashi was fragmented when Sasuke Uchiha defected from Konohagakure to join Orochimaru, though the remaining members stayed together as Team Kakashi almost two years after the defection. This team resembles Team Minato greatly because there is Kakashi Hatake (a member of Team Minato), an Uchiha (Sasuke Uchiha), a medical-nin (Sakura Haruno) and the Fourth Hokage's son (Naruto Uzamaki).

Team Kurenai
Main articles: Team Kurenai, Kurenai Yuhi, Hinata Hyuga, Shino Aburame, and Kiba Inuzuka Team Kurenai, also known as Team 8 or Squad 8, lead by Kurenai Yuhi was the tracking team of the Rookie Nine. Each member of the team has an ability that allows him or her to track a target down, the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan, the Aburame clan's bugs, and the Inuzuka Clan's dogs.

Team Asuma
Main articles: Team Asuma, Asuma Sarutobi, Shikamaru Nara, Choji Akimichi, and Ino Yamanaka Team Asuma, also known as Team 10 or Squad 10, and the second generation of Ino-Shika-Cho Trio (as each of their fathers were on the same team), was led by Asuma Sarutobi before his death. Out of all the rest of Rookie Nine, Team Asuma had the best teamwork of them all. When Asuma died in a fight with the Akatsuki, the three stayed together under the name "Team 10", albeit without a Jonin leader. However, Tsunade objected to this development, and so Kakashi Hatake stepped forward to take charge of the squad.