Koharu Utatane

is the former teammate of the Third Hokage and Homura Mitokado. She is now a council member. Like Homura, she does not seem to think much of Naruto Uzumaki. She and Homura wanted to restrict the number of missions that Naruto could go on and limit his area of activity in Konoha since they are afraid that Naruto would become a victim of Akatsuki, and that Akatsuki would, after extracting the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, become a threat to Konoha. She and Tsunade are not on very good terms, as seen in the same episode and in Part II. She is not easily intimidated and is one of the few people who can put the temperamental Tsunade in her place when she oversteps her authority.