Waraji

Tall in build, Waraji sports an eye-patch on his right eye and gathers his three-parted brown hair into a fancy topknot. A detailed tattoo sprawls over the whole of his left flank and inner thigh, while stitched scars mark one side of his forehead and one corner of his mouth. His kimono is worn loosely and against custom, its top dropped to circle his waist so his torso stays bare, and he rounds things off with bandages bound at the middle, plain sandals, and a fairly long blade.

By all appearances Waraji lives for the thrill of bloodshed and combat, eager to cross blades with anyone who can quicken his pulse. Cruel and spoiling for a fight, he kills merely to relieve boredom; heading toward Tazuna's house he cut down trees and animals along the way and spoke of wanting to skin Tsunami.

The blade is his instrument, and Waraji trained in kenjutsu and the samurai style of Iaijutsu, drawing and slashing in a single smooth motion; he once split a wall with one clean stroke, supposedly managing the feat even from a formal seated posture. Strong as well, he cut down a giant boar en route to Inari's house, and the anime shows him besting a number of Naruto's shadow clones. He and Zōri turn up together when Gatō arrives to scold Zabuza for botching the job of killing Tazuna. The pair move on Zabuza but are called off, and their attempt on Haku ends with their own weapons pointed back at them. Gatō then sends them to seize Tsunami so her father, the bridge builder Tazuna, will abandon his work; Waraji menaces her boy Inari, yet once Tsunami swears to kill herself and Gatō's men judge a single hostage sufficient, they spare Inari and haul her off toward the span. Naruto reaches them in time to rescue Tsunami, and the two hired blades are thrashed by his shadow clones, trussed up, and abandoned. An anime flashback later reveals the duo stayed behind in the Land of Waves seeking payback, grabbing Inari, Akane, and several other youngsters, only to be foiled all over again, this time by the villagers and Team Kakashi rising up to oppose them.