Citron

Citron (シトロン) was a -level from  and a member of Team Takeshi.

Background
After graduating from the, Citron was placed in a team alongside Haruka Hakai, Aiko Kazama, and team leader, Takeshi Ito. Shortly after this, Haruka confined in Citron that she was suffering from low self-esteem about her peers and superiors always having high expecations of her, but her lack of natural talent causing her to fail in those expectations, but Citron encouraged Haruka to always persevere and never allow anyone to belittle or forge her own path, stating that only herself could choose her destiny.

Citron's influence caused Haruka to fall in love with him, but tragedy soon struck the group, as during a mission to intercept a group of -nin, Citron and his 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, and Citron's body was returned to for a burial.

Personality
Citron was a friendly individual who cared deeply for his comrades as well as his village. While Haruka had romantic feelings for him, Citron did not share them, and simply thought of Haruka as a friend rather than a love interest, but was seemingly unaware of Haruka's feelings for him, even during her most obvious moments of advances.

Nevertheless, Citron cared very deeply for Haruka and was willing to always help her in almost anything, such as giving her moral support. He was one of the first people outside of Haruka's family to acknowledge her as a person and a ninja, and he was confident that she would one day become strong to achieve her goals.

Abilities
While most of Citron's abilities were unknown, he was noted to have been an excellent who specialized in all ranges of combat. Citron was skilled in deceit strategies, using the Transformation Technique to fool his enemies by transforming into their allies and striking them when their backs were turned.

Nature Transformation
Citron was skilled in using the Wind Release nature transformation, being capable of infusing his Wind-based chakra onto weapons, increasing their damage power and durability to either attack or defend against enemy attacks. He also also capable of exhaling several small blasts of wind chakra that scatters in different directions, making it very difficult for one to avoid without injury.

Trivia

 * Citron's name is derived from a fruit that shares the same name.