Team Takeshi

Team Takeshi (タケシ班, Takeshi-Han) was a team led by Takeshi Ito. Its members were Haruka Hakai, Citron and Aiko Kazama.

History
Haruka, Citron and Aiko are placed in the same team under the leadership of young Takeshi Ito. The team's first few missions were harmless and overall successful, and while Haruka and Citron were friends, Aiko was distant towards her teammates, which overall damaged the group's teamwork skills.

The team's existence was short-lived, however, as during a mission to intercept a group of -nin, Aiko and her team found themselves in a three-way scuffle between themselves, the Iwa-nin, and 's, in which the Hyūga accidentally cut down Citron after mistaking him for the enemy, resulting in his death. In return, Haruka used the remaining of her strength to mercilessly kill Citron's killer.

Citron's death marked the downfall of the team, as following his death, both Haruka and Aiko would effectively retire from active duty, with Haruka's lack of natural talent hurting her self-esteem and ultimately opening up a bakery with her older sister, while Aiko became traumatized by the experience and sought for a safer line of work that didn't require her to needlessly risk her life. Takeshi was also affected by Citron's death, as Takeshi blamed his lack of leadership skills as the major factor of the young 's death and refused to lead another squad, opting to work solely by himself to prevent another young casualty.