Genin (Cdswalkthrough)

Genin (下忍; Literally meaning "low ninja", Meaning (Viz) "junior ninja") are the lowest level of ninja and also the ones that display the most difference in power. When they become genin, ninja start to do their bit for their village's economy – being sent on missions that the village gets paid for. They are typically sent either on D-rank missions, which are almost entirely risk-free jobs of manual labour, or, rarely, on C-rank missions, which are a cut above that and begin to verge on real "ninja" work that have a very low possibility of risk to the ninja involved. When Konohagakure was short-handed on upper-level ninja because of the invasion, the village had to occasionally send genin on higher-ranked missions.

Genin are put in Six-man cells or squad, consisting of Five genin and a jōnin-sensei, in order to learn teamwork and experience true ninja life under the supervision and protection of an elite shinobi. The make-up of these teams is based on the individual skills of the genin, so that there will be a balance between the teams.

Team Kakashi

 * Kakashi Hatake
 * Naruto Uzumaki
 * Sasuke Uchiha
 * Toshie Senju
 * Sakura Haruno
 * Mitsuha Uzumaki

Team Asuma

 * Shikamaru Nara
 * Kou Sakamoto
 * Ino Yamanaka
 * Ayako Ueda
 * Choji Akimichi