Sana

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サナ Sana
Debut
Anime	Naruto Shippūden Episode #398
Appears in	Anime
Voice Actors
Japanese	Mariko Higashiuchi
English	Erin Fitzgerald
Personal
Sex	Female
Classification	Sensor Type
Affiliation	Sunagakure
Team	Team Saya
Rank
Ninja Rank	Part I: Genin
Jutsu Sand Cloak Technique Sandstorm Technique Sensing Technique
Tools Sand

Sana (サナ) is a kunoichi from Sunagakure and a team-mate of Saya and Mamushi.

Personality

Much like her team-mates, Sana is an arrogant and sadistic kunoichi. At the same time, she is very submissive before Saya, referring to her as "Elder Sister" (お姉さま, Onē-sama).

Appearance

Sana has long, light violet hair, tied up in a braid with two green hair-bands, and grey eyes. She wears a lime greem and blue kimono with a brown croset and fishnet pants. She also has two wristbands and bandages wrapped around her legs. Her forehead protector is attached on her right sleeve of her outfit.

Abilities

Sana creates a sandstorm.

Sana is skilled in the use of a sai, combining it with close-range fighting. She is also quite skilled in sand manipulation, being capable of creating a vast sandstorm and cloaking an ally with pre-existing sand to provide additional defence and better mask their presence. Sana is also able to sense chakra, quickly noticing when a person's reserves increase.

Interlude

In Naruto's Footsteps: The Friends' Paths

Sana and Mamushi battling Chōji.

Sana and her team entered the joint Chūnin Exams held by both Sunagakure and Konohagakure two years after the assassination of the Fourth Kazekage. Her team passed the first exam and successfully qualified for the second exam held within Sunagakure. On the second day of the second exam, with the goal of having to pass obtaining an Earth and Heaven scroll from an enemy team, Saya and her team found Team Asuma. Finding a liking in Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka's appearance, Saya decided to take them on personally, leaving the less-desirable Chōji Akimichi to her and Mamushi. As the battle wages, a giant Chōji restrains she and Mamushi, but they are soon freed from the Konoha-nin's grasp by Saya who turned her technique onto Chōji after leaving Ino's body.

Ultimately, Ino succeeds in repelling Saya from Chōji's mind, to which the large ninja quickly counters and attacks the Suna team, forcing them to retreat. After regrouping, a hysterical Saya demands to take revenge on Team Asuma for the recent humiliation. Sana then produces a sandstorm to keep enemy ninja at bay while Saya unleashes a swarm of sand puppets to attack them. Sana also masks Mamushi with sand for an additional sneak attack. Despite this effort, Sakura emerges through the sand and defeats the Suna team with a single punch.

Trivia

• Sana addresses to Saya as "Elder Sister" (お姉さま, Onē-sama), but whether she does it out of respect or to signify a family relationship is unknown.
• Sana's techniques require certain dance-like arm movements in her hand seal weaving.