Team 7 (Kakashi)


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 * Leader: Kakashi Hatake, occasionally Tenzo
 * Members: Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, Sai, formerly Sasuke Uchiha, Sora (temporarily)
 * Affiliation: Konohagakure
 * Status: Active

Team Kakashi, also known as Team 7, is a team led by Kakashi Hatake, which was formed after the members became Genin. The members were selected in order to balance out their talents: Naruto, the worst student in his graduating class, would benefit from Sakura's intelligence and Sasuke's proficiency with ninja skills. Sakura would similarly benefit from her more battle-capable teammates, whereas Sasuke would benefit from being forced to work with others. All primarily use some form of ninjutsu.

When Sasuke defected from Konoha at the end of Part I, Team Kakashi was disbanded for the next two and a half years. The remaining members reformed Team Kakashi at the start of Part II in order to go and rescue Gaara. After that mission was completed, Sai was added to the team as Sasuke's replacement, and Tenzo briefly led the team. Although intended to be a temporary replacement, all of Team Kakashi's subsequent missions have been led by Tenzo. According to Sakura, Team 7 also has the best teamwork with Team 10. The Tenzo-led Team Kakashi, otherwise known as "Team Yamato" (Tenzo's codename), was later part of the Eight Man Squad.

Missions

 * Find Lost Pet
 * Rank: D-Rank
 * Status: Success

Team 7 was assigned to find Tora, a lost cat.


 * Escort
 * Rank: C-Rank (technically B-Rank)
 * Status: Success

Because rescuing lost animals bored Naruto, he requested a more challenging mission. Because of this, Team 7 was assigned to escort Tazuna to the Land of Waves. Along the way, they discovered that Tazuna had assassins after him, and needed protection while he finished building a bridge. Because he could not afford the fees for the actual B-Rank mission, he had lied about what he was hiring Team 7 for. Team 7 stuck with the assignment, however, and after Gato and the assassins were killed, Team 7 was able to return home.


 * Miscellaneous missions
 * Rank: D-Rank

When Team 7 returned from the Land of Waves, they were given a number of uneventful assignments. These included pulling weeds, picking up litter, and walking dogs.


 * Bodyguards
 * Rank: B-Rank (possibly A-Rank as Tsunade stated)
 * Status: Success

In the anime, Team 7 was hired to protect Idate Morino during his race.


 * Rescue the Kazekage
 * Rank: A-Rank
 * Status: Success

At the start of Part II, Team Kakashi was sent to help Sunagakure rescue Gaara from Akatsuki. One of the Akatsuki members was killed during the course of the mission, and Gaara was saved.


 * Infiltrating Orochimaru's Hideout
 * Rank: A-Rank
 * Status: Failed

Using some intel gained from Sasori, the new Team Kakashi (led by Yamato) went to Kusagakure to meet with a spy in Orochimaru's ranks. Alhough hoping it would give them an opportunity to bring Sasuke back to Konoha, Sasuke eluded capture.


 * Search
 * Rank: B-rank
 * Status: Failed

In the anime, Team Kakashi and temporary member Sora were assigned to find and stop thieves robbing the tombs of former Twelve Guardian Ninja. They were unable to stop the grave robbers or reacquire the stolen bodies in time.


 * Back-up Team 10
 * Rank: Unknown
 * Status: Success

Following Naruto's completion of the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, Team Kakashi was sent to help Team 10 fight Akatsuki members Hidan and Kakuzu. Their combined efforts were enough to kill the latter.

Trivia

 * All original members have defeated and/or killed at least one Akatsuki member: Naruto defeated Pain and helped defeat Kakuzu, Sasuke defeated Deidara and Orochimaru, Sakura helped Chiyo defeat Sasori, and Kakashi defeated and killed Kakuzu.
 * All original members, excluding Kakashi, have been trained by one of the Sannin: Naruto by Jiraiya, Sakura by Tsunade, and Sasuke by Orochimaru.
 * Like the Sannin, the original Team 7 also bears some resemblance to Team Minato.
 * Team Yamato was never used in the manga, but is used as a fan term to separate the original team, which included Sasuke, and the reformatted team, which replaced Sasuke with Sai.