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When Inari went looking for assistance to fight Gatô, Agari's husband Giichi was reluctant to help. However, she told him how much Inari reminded her of his father Kaiza. This spurred Giichi to help. With Giichi deciding to help Inari, the other citizens decided to help out as well.

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After Orochimaru's death, Ahiko and his fellow prisoners revolted, escaped their cells and killer their jailers. They were confronted by Team Snake who had arrived looking for curse seal originator Juugo. Even though Ahiko and his fellow prisoners activated their level two seals, they were quickly taken out by Sasuke and Suigetsu.

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Akahoshi is cognizant of the fact his village is not worthy of the "kage" title, but he felt the chakra enhancing meteor would make them powerful enough to rival the Five Great Shinobi Countries. When the Third Hoshikage forbid the training, Akahoshi and his minions actually killed him. He then assumed leadership of the village and started the training again. Natsuhi, a former kunoichi who had passed the training alongside her husband returned to the village to steal the star. Years before she and her husband had attempted to stop the training by stealing the star but they were stopped by the Third Hoshikage who promised to end it. Akahoshi managed to use Natsuhi's son Sumaru as bait and get the star back. He then killed Natushi.

When the young trainees came before Akahoshi telling of the star's bad side effects, Akahoshi ignored their warnings. The village ninja began to turn against but he would hear nothing of it. Proclaiming himself Fourth Hoshikage, he embedded the star in his chest and flooded himself with the Kujaku Myouhou power. A former remnant of Natushi remained behind in a sealing mark and she assisted Naruto in destroying the meteor for good. Akahoshi then faced punishment by his village.

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Amachi abducted citizens from the country, especially those who came near the Kikaijima island laboratory. One such citizen was a young girl named Isaribi, who served as a working prototype for Amachi's ambitions. He would later perfect the experiments on his very own body. Amachi's evil designs were brought to an end by Naruto and he was taken back to Konoha to face justice.

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Three years later Amayo saw her son and ex-husband when he visited her and her parents at their home. She did not recognize him after putting so much weight on after their separation. She was happy to see her son but had no plans to get back together while Michiru still had the same bad attitude. After Michiru helped regain control of his country, he learned how to be a better person and hoped to resolve his differences with Amayo.

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Sandayuu served in the administration of Snow Country Daimyou Kazahana Sousetsu. When Sousetsu was murdered, Sandayuu was saddened and he believed Sousetsu's daughter Koyuki had perished as well. When he later saw Fujikaze Yukie perform as an actress on the stage, he learned she had not actually been killed. He then became her personal assistant and sought to protect her. Sandayuu desired for Koyuki to return to the Snow Country and overthrow her uncle.

His desire to protect her would prove his end. When he helped return her to the Snow Country to film a movie, she began to be attacked by her uncle Dotou's forces. Sandayuu and loyal forces within the country attempted to protect Koyuki from harm, but they fell in battle to Dotou's kunai launching train apparatus.

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After Orochimaru's death, Sasuke came to the Southern Hideout to recruit jailer Karin. Bakuto and his fellow prisoners were freed on the promise they would spread word that Sasuke killed Orochimaru and freed them.

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Bansai was one of the few survivors of Hidan and Kakuzu's rampage through the Fire Temple. When the two Akatsuki members came looking for a Jinchuuriki, Chiriku and the other monks tried to defend the Temple. Almost all the monks died, and Bansai informed Sarutobi Asuma that Chiriku's body had been taken away by the duo. The monk then offered his prayers for Asuma as he left to go track down the Akatsuki duo.

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Chishima traveled to Konoha and finally convinced Tsunade to send a team to investigate. The team of Naruto, Neji and TenTen journeyed to the Bird Country. There they confronted the Noroimusha and were baffled by its ghost-like abilities. Neji learned the Noroimusha was really a ninja in disguise. Koumei was revealed to have a connection to the ghost and took the fall for the ghost warrior's terrorizing. There was more to the events however.

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When Naruto accidentally spills food on Gantetsu's designer jacket, Chouseki demands that Naruto pay Gantetsu for the damage. When Gantetsu goes to attack the two Leaf ninja, Jiraiya performs the Rasengan on Gantetsu. This sends him backward into this man, knocking them both out.