Korobi is a shinobi belonging to Sunagakure and he specializes in the use of puppets. At first, he was quite sacred of Gaara but soon enough he warmed up to him and became his friend.
Name | Korobi |
First Appearance in Anime | Naruto Shippūden Episode #182 |
Voice Actors | Hiroto Torihata(Japanese Dub), Todd Haberkorn (English Dub) |
Sex | Male |
Status | Alive |
Village | Sunagakure (Village of the Hidden Sand) |
Korobi was assigned to a team with Gaara in order to take out a group of bandits that were located between Suna and Konoha and Team 7 also took part in this. He is very afraid of Gaara at the start as he does not forget what Gaara used to be like.
But when Gaara was caught in a trap, he warned Korobi to get away as far as possible and when he ran into Naruto, he informed him that Gaara was captured. To this Naruto asked him why he abandoned him as he was his friend and this made Korobi wonder if Gaara was his friend and he felt guilty about leaving him behind.
They then went back to rescue Gaara and after the mission was over Korobi told Gaara that he considered him as his friend.
Korobi was quite scared and acted like a wimp in front of Gaara due to his past experience with him. He later on befriends Gaara and he becomes his first friend.
Korobi has small black eyes and wears the standard Sunagakure Ninja uniform with his forehead protector, the flak jacket and ghutrah.
Korobi specialize in the use of puppets. He carries a certain type of puppet which spews out water. He is able to defeat Anbu-level enemies too.
A. Gaara is not married. The Sunagakure Council tried to get Gaara married because if he didn't have kids, the role of the next Kazekage would be inherited by Temari's son, Shikadai Nara, a Konoha shinobi. The council arranged a meeting for Gaara with a woman they chose, Hakuto. Gaara liked her but things did not work out.
A. Gaara, the Fifth Kazekage, is known to be the strongest shinobi that have ever lived in Sunagakure.