Kōji (Suna)

is a shinobi from Sunagakure and a team-mate of Ameno and Shishio.

Personality
When Ameno healed a fellow Suna shinobi and she refused the scroll they offered her, Kōji seemed frustrated about it, but then thought his village would never let him hear the end of it if he took a scroll from a wounded comrade. He is also rather condescending, belittling a team of Suna shinobi for not being familiar with the dangers of their own homeland.

Appearance
Kōji has messy dark blonde hair and violet eyes. He wears a light violet shirt with a big collar and a brown vest, which contains a pocket on one side and an attached scroll on the other. The vest contains Kōji's forehead protector on its back. He also wears black gloves, dark blue shorts and long black boots.

In Naruto's Footsteps: The Friends' Paths
Kōji and his team arrive in Konohagakure to partake in the Chūnin Exams. For the first phase of the exams, they placed separately in another room from his other team-mates. His team was able to qualify for the second round. A preliminary round had to be held to lessen the many participants there were. The preliminary round involved a race to Sunagakure with only the first 30 teams qualifying for the primary second round. The next day, the second exam proctor — Temari, announced the start of the second round taken place within Demon Desert. Shishio used his sensing seal to find an enemy team, ultimately locating Team Asuma. Ameno warned her team-mates that one of them Sakura Haruno being an apprentice to the Fifth Hokage.