Kihō

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鬼鳳 Kihō
Debut
Anime	Naruto Shippūden Episode #91
Appears in	Anime
Voice Actors
Japanese	Ken'ichirō Matsuda
English	Troy Baker
Personal
Sex	Male
Status	Deceased
Affiliation	Otogakure
Team	Team Guren
Jutsu Dark Smoke Sphere Smoke Dragon
Tools Wrist Launcher

Kihō (鬼鳳) was a shinobi who appears in the second Naruto Shippūden filler arc.

Personality

He seemed rather blunt and went along with Rinji's strategies without complaints. Kihō also feared death to which he referred to as "going boom".

Abilities

Although he did not receive much screen time in battle, his weapon of choice was a wrist/arm-mounted rocket launcher that fired projectiles, which made him a long-distance fighter. The smoke he emitted was capable of obscuring even a ninken's sense of smell. As shown in his defeat by Yamato, he appeared to be weak to Water Release.

Part II

Three-Tails Arc

He was one of Orochimaru's prisoners that was selected to join forces with Guren. When Guren left with Kabuto Yakushi and Yūkimaru, he was instructed to stay behind to deal with Team Kurenai and Team Yamato. He was easily defeated by Rock Lee, Tenten, and Kiba Inuzuka. Later, Kabuto forcibly activated the groups cursed seals. Kihō was then ordered to attack the Konoha ninja again. He and his team succeeded to defeat the first defense team consisting of Kiba, Lee, and Tenten. After doing so and retrieving Yūkimaru, Kihō and his team initially planned to run away from Orochimaru's grasp, only to find out that their cursed seals would kill them if not properly taken care of. Forced to stay, Kihō and his team were sent to stop the Konoha ninja from sealing the Three-Tailed Giant Turtle. He went against Yamato and ended up getting killed after Yamato destroyed his Smoke Dragons with his water jutsu. After his death, Nurari merges with him and Kigiri into a monster and they fought against Kakashi and the others. As Kakashi was about to kill them, they where killed by the rampaging Three-Tails.

Trivia

• He was the only henchman of Guren not to be shown in the opening theme "Closer".
• Kihō's name, when broke up can be translated as: 鬼 (Ki) means "ghost", "demon" or "devil", while 鳳 (hō) means phoenix. Together, they would be something like Devil Phoenix or Demon Phoenix.