Konohana Izanami

Konohana Izanami (イザナミ此花, Izanami Konohana), also known as Konohana of Red Claws (此花の赤い爪, Konohana no Akatsume) is a kunoichi of Konohagakure, the leader of the Izanami clan and the mother of Sakuya Izanami. She is the one who train other Izanami clan's members in the clan and respected and recognized among other clans in the village.

Background
Most of Konohana's background is unknown, except for the fact she took part in the First Shinobi World War and with the aid of her ability to use wild animals, Konohana helped Konoha gain information about the enemies' locations and strategies by using birds to oversee enemies' plans and report it back to her. Eventually, Konohana became the leader of her clan, married and had a daughter named Sakuya, who eventually had a child herself named Seimei, making Konohana a grandmother. Konohana eventually retired from active duty and passed down the leadership of her clan to Seimei.

Appearance
Konohana has pink hair, which is pulled back in a bun locked by a traditional Japanese hair pin with two pearls dangling off the side. During her days as a active ninja, Konohana's attire consisted of a simple black outfit, a grey breastplate, arm guards, fishnet tights with a skirt over it, a pouch strapped to her back with bandages, and regular shinobi sandals.

In her old age, Konohana retained her hairstyle, although her hair has since become grey, and wears a simple long kimono, closed by an obi, a jacket, and a sash over it.

Abilities
Her skills remain predominantly unknown, although it could be assumed she a very skilled kunoichi, to the point where he was once the leader of her clan and was well-respected within Konoha. She was also skilled fūinjutsu, summoning animals through her scrolls.

Chūnin Exams
Konohana is first seen in the series, congratulating her grandson on making to the Chūnin Exams, and alongside her daughter, wished Seimei luck on the exams. She was later seen watching the finals of the exam alongside her daughter, but never got to see her grandson's match as Konoha was invaded by Otogakure and Sunagakure, and Konohana was seen summoning animals from her scrolls to save civillians from falling debris.

Konoha Plans Recapture Mission
In the anime, when Tsunade learns that the village is rigged with explosive tags, Konohana offers to help search for some of the hidden tags by using tracking dogs to find about five tags around the outskirts of the village.

Pain's Assault
During Pain's assault on Konoha, Konohana was seen saving the children of the village by using horses and taking them to safety, and was seen alongside the other civillians at a safe place to protect themselves from the attack.

Trivia

 * According to the databook(s):
 * Konohana's favourite food is yogurt, and her least favourite food are vegetables.