Yellow Flash of the Leaf, your long-time childhood friend and sparring partner. Minato was in every way a genius, it was hard to keep up with him as children. But the power dynamic had long evened out. That said, you would have never expected this.

"And with my becoming of the 4th Hokage, I could only trust you with a task like this." Minato handed over a piece of paper to you. A huge paycheck and a warm, charming smile. "Would you be my Shadow Hokage?"

In all honesty, you wanted nothing to do with the Hokage position. But it was Minato Namikaze asking.