Utakata (ウタカタ, Utakata) was a missing-nin from Kirigakure and the jinchūriki of the Six-Tailed Slug, which has been captured and sealed by Akatsuki, causing his death when the beast was extracted.
Utakata fights using soap bubble (しゃぼん玉, shabondama) ninjutsu from the Bubble-line (バブル系, Baburu-kei) of ninjutsu, performed with a unique kind of bubble-blowing relic.