

Do any of the characters from the Naruto filler arcs or movies show up again
in the main series, or they are just strictly made for the fillers and movies?

I was watching Shippuden season 1 and at some point the opening and closing
songs had scenes from the Priestess Shion movie, or the first Naruto Shippuden
movie.


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Do filler episode characters ever appear in the main storyline?


[Utakata](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Utakata) was introduced during [the so-
named Tsuchigumo Kinjutsu
arc](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/213/which-episodes-of-the-
naruto-anime-are-core-plot-and-which-are-filler), but he eventually makes his
way in the main storyline as a reanimated ninja fighting in the Great Shinobi
War.

It could be conjectured that he wasn't a filler character, but until Naruto
chapter 515 at the earliest, the Six-Tails host was not identified by name.

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CE5S5.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CE5S5.jpg)

In this picture, Utakata is second from the left.


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