Shinwa Sozo

is a descendant of the Land of Carrots' Sōzō clan (創造一族). On the surface, Shinwa is a physician who works in a Hospital within Kirigakure in the Land of Water who was noted to be an excellent healer who made use of his clan's abilities. In actual, Shinwa secretly is an ANBU Operative in the Hunter-Nin Corps due to his abilities as an Sōzō; able to preserve DNA and even to dispose of the bodies. Shinwa, due to his mastery over the swordsmanship and a unique sword, was considered by his peers' to be the 'Eighth' Swordsman in a contrast to the likes of the 7 Swordsmen of the Mist.

It is rumored to this very day that Shinwa was and is one of the many children whom Heiwa sired in his frolic adventures.