Team Dosu


 * Name: Team Dosu
 * Leader: Orochimaru
 * Members: Dosu Kinuta, Kin Tsuchi, Zaku Abumi
 * Affiliation: Otogakure
 * Status: Inactive (all members deceased)

Team Dosu was one of two squads sent by Orochimaru to infiltrate the Chunin exams. Unlike the team led by Kabuto, this group was made up all of Genin. Their primary purpose was to test the abilities of Sasuke Uchiha, who defeated them soundly using his new Cursed Seal, after they fought Sakura, Rock Lee, and Team Asuma. All three participated in the third stage of the Chunin exams, with Kin and Zaku (the latter having been injured during the fight with Sasuke) losing to Shikamaru Nara and Shino Aburame. Dosu won his match against Choji Akimichi and was scheduled to fight Shikamaru in the fourth stage, but was killed by Gaara of the Hidden Sand Village before the event took place. Caring little for his defeated Genin, Orochimaru used Kin and Zaku as sacrifices to bring back the First Hokage and Second Hokage during his battle with the Third Hokage. After briefly dominating the battle, the identities of both were revealed as the Third Hokage defeated them by combining Shadow Clones with the Reaper Death Seal.