Hokage Guard Platoon

The guard platoon is a dedicated protective unit drawn from Konohagakure's ranks, formed for the single purpose of shielding the village's leader. Rather than a large standing force, it functioned as a tight three-person cell whose members worked in unison. Over the course of its history the group answered to more than one Hokage before eventually falling inactive.

Guarding the sitting Hokage defined everything the platoon did. Under the Fourth Hokage they were trained in the Flying Thunder Formation Technique, a scaled-down relative of the Flying Thunder God Technique. What set the formation apart was its reliance on teamwork: all three shinobi had to act in concert for it to work, unlike the solo version its creator wielded.

The unit carried the same duty into the next administration, watching over the Fifth Hokage as well. To keep her within reach, they placed a seal on her tied to the formation technique, most likely so they could appear at her side the moment danger struck.

The platoon operated as a coordinated three-member team, and the source does not single out its individuals by name. What is recorded is the group's unbroken continuity of service, spanning the reigns of both the Fourth and Fifth Hokage before the unit was disbanded. Its ties reached beyond the village during wartime, when it counted among the ranks aligned with the Allied Shinobi Forces.