Rioichi

Rioichi was the Third Kazekage of Sunagakure. He was said to be the greatest Kazekage in the history of the village.

Rioichi's parents were killed on a mission shortly after he became a genin. Knowing fully well that every ninja died at some point, he didn't take the loss hard. He eventually took the Chunin Exams and passed them on his first try. His great battle skills ensured his promotion to jonin soon after. He then became the advisor of Shamon, the Second Kazekage. Shamon was later killed by an assassin, and Rioichi became the Third Kazekage. As leader of his village, he led his village through many years, both good ones and bad ones. He eventually appointed a ninja named Rasa to be his advisor. At some point, a puppeteer named Sasori challenged him to a fight. Rioichi fought with all his might, but Sasori's puppets overwhelmed him and killed him. Rasa had seen the whole thing and reported what had happened to the whole village. Rasa became the Fourth Kazekage with a heavy heart, and promised to lead the village even better than his predecessors.

In terms of appearance, Rioichi had short messy, dark blue hair, yellow eyes, and always wore the Kazekage hat.

In terms of personality, Rioichi was very friendly and kind, even to his enemies. He always used the proper honorifics when talking to others.

In terms of abilities, Rioichi was known far and wide as an extremely powerful ninja. He had three chakra natures, Wind Release, Earth Release, and Magnet Release. His chakra affinity was wind. He used all these natures effectively in fights. He could create powerful gusts of wind, manipulate the earth to his will, and utilize his famous Iron Sand. Chakra natures aside, he could also use the Summoning Technique, but it was never revealed what animal species he could summon.

If Rioichi had an entry in the Naruto databooks, it would say:

His hobby was taking strolls around the village.

His favorite food was sushi, while his least favorite was anything sour.

He wished to fight Shamon, the Second Kazekage, and Reto, the First Kazekage.

He completed 721 missions in total, all of them S-Rank.

His favorite word was comrade.

Here are some fun facts about Rioichi:

The Third Kazekage is one of my favorite Naruto characters, since he has no name in the canon Naruto story, I decided to give him one here.

He is named after Rioichi Cooper from the Sly Cooper video game franchise.

Incidentally, Rioichi's favorite food being sushi is a reference to how in the Sly Cooper games, Rioichi Cooper was said to be the inventor of sushi.

He would be voiced by Shinobu Matsumoto in Japanese, and Steven Blum in English.

His Japanese actor does the voice of one of his predecessors, Reto, the First Kazekage.

His English actor does the voice of Rioichi Cooper in the video game, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time.