editShiba[1]
(シバ, Shiba)
Debut
Manga	Chapter #110
Anime	Naruto Episode #65
Appears in	Anime and Manga
Voice Actors
English	Derek Stephen Prince
Personal
Gender	Male
Age	Part I: 20
Status	Deceased
Occupation	Personal Guard
Affiliation	Kusagakure
Partner	Midori
Rank
Ninja Rank	Part I: Chūnin

Shiba (シバ, Shiba) was a chūnin from Kusagakure.

Part I

Chūnin Exam Arc

He and Midori were the personal guards of the unnamed daimyō during the Chūnin Exams. They were assigned to make sure Gaara lost to Sasuke Uchiha, making their daimyō win a bet with another daimyō. When they threatened Gaara to lose, they greatly offended the young jinchūriki, who proceeded to brutally crush Shiba to death, and then Midori, who tried to flee in terror, died shortly after. Their gruesome deaths quenched Gaara's blood-lust, which saved Naruto Uzumaki and Shikamaru Nara from the same fate.

Trivia

• Shiba's forehead protector symbol changed to the Suna symbol right before he died.

References

1. ↑ First Databook, page 141