Koharu Utatane

is a former member of Team Tobirama, together with Hiruzen Sarutobi and Homura Mitokado. Homura and her now form the Konoha Council.

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

She holds the belief that the group is more important than any of its individual members. Because of this, she always tries to do what she thinks is the best for Konoha, even if it goes against the Hokage's or her opinion. She is also quite demure, but does not let this stop her from voicing her opinion. In fact, despite this, she is one of the few people able to put the Fifth Hokage in her place when she oversteps her authority. Like Homura, she is more militant than the Hokage she served under have been, and sometimes leans more to Danzo's point of view. This became most apparent when Homura and her supported the Uchiha Clan Massacre and later when they wanted to restrict Naruto Uzumaki's movements.

Part I
Koharu is first seen with Homura at a meeting with the village's Jonin discussing the murder of Hayate Gekko, and the possibility of war with the Sand Village, and suggested that the village gather intelligence. After the Third Hokage's funeral, she and Homura approached Jiraiya and asked him to become Hokage, but he nominated Tsunade and set out to look for her.

Sasuke and Sai Arc
Shortly after Team 7 returns from its mission to save Gaara with intelligence on where Sasori had planned on meeting one of Orochimaru's spies, Koharu and Homura, having been consulted by Shizune, meet with Tsunade to discuss Naruto, during which Homura suggested that Naruto should be given few missions, not sent on ones where he might encounter the Akatsuki, and only sent out with Jonin. After Homura decided to compromise, Koharu calleed in Danzo to select Naruto's additional teammates, but he only chose Sai to replace Sasuke, leaving the selection of Kakashi's replacement up to Tsuande.

Invasion of Pain Arc
When Tsunade orders Kosuke to send wordto tell Naruto to return to Konoha to fight Pain, Koharu arrives and tells her to leave him at Myobokuzan, saying that they cannot risk having Naruto face an opponent strong enough to kill Jiraiya. Tsunade angrily replied that Naruto was a part of the village, and that the elders needed to have faith in him, just like the First Hokage had faith in their generation. Koharu then reluctantly alllowed Tsunade to bring Naruto back. After Naruto defeats Pain, Koharu attends an emergency meeting with the daimyo of the Land fo Fire, and tells the daimyo that they do not know when Tsunade will emerge from her coma and that Tsunade was partly responsible for Konoha's destruction.