Kou Sakamoto

Kou Sakamoto is a shinobi of Konohagakure's Sakamoto clan.though Despite his personal dislike of responsibility and Lazy behavior. He possesses a great intellect that consistently allows him to prevail in combat. The responsibilities that these successes leave him with cause him frequent annoyance, but he gladly accepts them so that he may be of service to his fellow members of Team 10, and to prove himself to generations of the past and future.

Personality
Kou acts very light-hearted he possesses an intellect which matches his fellow team member Shikamaru. however, Kou feels he has no reason to actually worry about politics or the stability of the Village. Easily regarding the conflicts in the land as "pointless" or "bothersome",

When he personally experiences the hardship Kou is forced to seriously consider his future and undergoes a rapid maturity after the death of his teacher, Asuma Sarutobi, whose loss forces Shikamaru to recognize that the world is not safe that he cannot be kept protected from it forever. After avenging Asuma, Shikamaru takes it upon himself to do all that he can to make things better for future Konoha generations, especially Asuma's then-unborn daughter, Mirai; such is the Will of Fire. He may still balk at the prospect of the work he must do, but he no longer runs from it, even going so far as to argue in favor of difficult choices if it will guarantee his friends' and village's survival.

He eventually gains the confidence to think for himself. Once he no longer concerns himself with meeting other people's expectations, his true qualities begin to shine. His desire is to break the futility he sees in blindly following past traditions in a land of unprecedented harmony.