A vain, fame-hungry television star, Ashina once drew her paychecks from Konoha's Film Studio, and she rates raw acting talent well above good looks. Her craving for attention pushes her into faking her own abduction, a scheme that unravels and leaves her under arrest.
Reddish-brown eyes sit beneath Ashina's long, dirty-blonde hair. For her soap-opera role she dons a sleeveless red dress, teaming it with black shorts, red boots, and fingerless gloves in black, plus a purely decorative shinobi headband.
Self-absorbed to the core, Ashina constantly foists her errands onto anyone within reach. Threats on her life barely register anymore; a menacing fan letter earns nothing more than a shrug before she calls for the next one. She judges performers by their craft rather than their faces, which is why Tomaru's looks-driven grip on productions grates on her. So consumed is she by public standing that she orchestrates a phony abduction to prop up a fading reputation, and her hunger for glory runs deep enough that she would gladly perish in a suicide bombing if doing so enshrined her name in the headlines.

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After menacing letters target both Ashina and her co-star Tomaru, Team 7 and Team 10 draw the assignment of guarding the pair. On the set she keeps Team 7 busy with chores, sending them to sort through her fan mail and fetch her meals. Tomaru is then abducted, and Ashina is handed the ransom to deliver, only for the truth to surface: she engineered the whole kidnapping herself, and she is taken into custody.
Ashina is a vain, fame-hungry television star who works for Konoha's Film Studio, known for prizing acting talent over looks and for orchestrating a scheme that gets her arrested.
Ashina is an actress at Konoha's Film Studio, appearing in a soap opera alongside her co-star Tomaru.
Team 7 and Team 10 are sent to guard Ashina and her co-star Tomaru after both actors receive menacing letters threatening their lives.
Desperate to revive her fading fame, Ashina secretly engineers the kidnapping plot against her co-star Tomaru, and when she is entrusted with delivering the ransom, the truth comes out and she is taken into custody.
Ashina is deeply self-absorbed, constantly offloading her errands onto others and barely reacting to threats on her life, and she judges performers by their craft rather than their looks.
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