Allied Shinobi Forces

The Allied Shinobi Forces, also called the Shinobi Alliance, is the combined ninja army that fights the Akatsuki in the Fourth Great Ninja War. It was proposed at the Five Kage Summit, where the mediator Mifune suggested that the Kage establish the world's first Shinobi Alliance.

Lore & Background

Gaara serves as commander-in-chief of its five battle units and as captain of the fourth. Darui leads the First Division, Ao captains the Sensor Division at the Alliance headquarters in Kumogakure, Shikamaru Nara, Temari and Choji fight in the Fourth Division and Rock Lee in the Third.

Reader's Guide

The Alliance faces Kabuto Yakushi's reanimated ninja, among them Haku, Kimimaro and Deidara, and then Obito and Madara Uchiha. A Tailed Beast Bomb from the Ten-Tails destroys its headquarters and kills Shikaku Nara and Inoichi. Sasuke's team Taka and the four reanimated Hokage later fight on its side.