Kihō

is a shinobi who appears in the second Naruto Shippūden filler arc. He was one of Orochimaru's prisoners that is selected to join forces with Guren. When Guren leaves with Kabuto and Yukimaru, he is instructed to stay behind to deal with Team Kurenai and Team Yamato. He was easily defeated by Rock Lee, Tenten, and Kiba. Later, Kabuto forcibly activated the groups cursed seals. Kihō is then ordered to attack the Leaf Ninja again. He and his team succeed to defeat the first defense team consisting of Kiba, Lee, and Tenten. After doing so and retrieving Yukimaru, Kihō and his team initially planned to run away from Orochimaru's grasp, only to find out that their Curse Marks would kill them if not properly taken care of. Forced to stay, Kihō and his team were sent to stop the Leaf Ninja from sealing the Three-Tails. He goes against Yamato and ends up defeated after Yamato destroys his Smoke Dragons with his Water jutsu. After his defeat, Nurari merges with him and Kigiri into a monster and they fight against Kakashi and the others. As Kakashi was about to kill them, they where killed by the rampaging Three-Tailed Giant Turtle.

Abilities
Although he does not receive much screen time in battle, his weapon of choice is a wrist/arm-mounted rocket launcher that fires projectiles, making him a long-distance fighter. The wrist-mounted launcher has a tube/pipe that is connected to something on his back, possibly the source of the launcher's ammunition, but it is obscured by his cloak. The smoke he emits is capable of obscuring even a ninken's sense of smell. As seen in his defeat by Tenzo, he seems to be weak to Water Release.

Trivia

 * He was the only henchman of Guren not to be shown in the opening theme "Closer".
 * Kihō's name, when broke up can be translated as: 鬼 (Ki) means "ghost" or "devil", while 鳳 (hō) means phoenix. Together, they would be something like Devil Phoenix.