Naruto characters - Kurenai Yuhi

Kurenai Yuhi

Kurenai Yuhi (夕日 紅 ,Yūhi Kurenai^?) is the leader of Team 8. Of all her students, Kurenai is closest with Hinata, acting as a surrogate parent in the absence of Hinata's father, and helping Hinata overcome her weaknesses.^[60] Whenever Kurenai appears in the series, she is regularly accompanied by Asuma Sarutobi. Because of this, many other characters assume them to be a couple, though they both deny this.^[66] During Part II of the series, Kurenai is revealed to be pregnant with Asuma's child, making their relationship clear.^[67] In battle she specializes in casting illusions, and is shown to be particularly skilled with illusions involving plants.^[68] In the Japanese anime, her seiyū is Rumi Ochiai.^[69] In the English adaptation of the anime, she was voiced by Saffron Henderson in episode three, and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn in all subsequent appearances.^[70][71]