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Name : Dosu Kinuta
1st Appearance : Chapter 35
Age : 14
Rank : Genin
Height : 156 cm
Weight : 49 kg
Birthday : June 12
Blood Type : A
Affiliation : Otogakure (Hidden Sound)
Signature Ability : Kyomeisen (Vibrating Sound Drill)
Kinuta Dosu is one of the three Genin from the Otogakure (along with Tsuchi Kin and Abumi Zaku) who entered the Chuunin exam not for becoming a Chuunin, but rather as a part of a mission from to assassinate Uchiha Sasuke (which in a twist turns out to merely be a mission of testing Sasuke's strength, having obtained Orochimaru's cursed seal). Dosu was equipped with a special speaker tied to his wrist which served to amplify sound waves and dramatically strengthen his sound-based attacks. Under the bandages he wears on his head, it is revealed that he has brown hair.
Dosu wounded both and (presumably Kabuto healed himself with his medical abilities) during the first and second exams by directing his sound into their inner ears. Both later recovered for their fights. In the preliminary examination,  Dosu easily defeated Akimichi Chouji. Dosu was largely a jealous person, attempting to kill Sasuke after realizing that Orochimaru's intentions were not as he had told them. Similarly, his attacking of Kabuto was a result of not being notified of Kabuto's affiliation. He seems to be loyal to his team-mates, as, after Zaku is maimed in the battle with Aburame Shino, he says he will avenge him, (or rather, his severed arm).
Orochimaru treated him as largely a pawn, even though he was quite a powerful ninja. Dosu's undoing, however, was his own attempt to kill Sabaku no Gaara so that he could fight Sasuke earlier in the third Chuunin exam. Not realising the monstrosity he was actually going up against (which shocked and surprised him), his death was quick and unceremonious, only taking Gaara one strike to kill him.
He seems to be the wisest of the group since he was able to understand how the Bykugan worked very quickly and he understood what happened to Sasuke after the seal activated.
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