The Fourth Hokage (Ûãîkq, Yondaime Hokage?), also known as "The Leaf's Yellow Flash" ((ÎInÄrDƒI, Konoha no K+roi SenkM?), was the brave ninja responsible for sealing the demon fox inside Naruto. He is said to be the greatest ninja Konoha had ever produced. Though his skills in combat go largely unwitnessed, he was considered dangerous enough that a flee-on-sight order was given in regards to him during the Third Ninja War. Before performing the seal on the demon fox, the Fourth said that he did not want Naruto to be viewed as the container of a monster, but as a hero who saved the village from annihilation. This request, however, was not honored by the villagers, who still held much resentment for the demon fox. He was a student of Jiraiya along with two other unknown Genin, and was the sensei of Kakashi Hatake, Obito Uchiha, and Rin.
The Fourth shares many similarities with Naruto, including the same spiky blond hair, blue eyes, same techniques, the same blood type (B), and overall similar personalities as noted by Jiraiya. Itachi Uchiha noted Naruto to be the Fourth's "legacy". Furthermore, when Jiraiya was trying to force Naruto to release his demon fox chakra, he pushed Naruto off of a cliff, saying, "Forgive me, Fourth," as he did so. Beyond these, there are several minor comparisons made consistently throughout the series. Any hints to his real name, history, or family relations have been carefully avoided, making his past one of the biggest mysteries of the series.
The Fourth created several distinctive techniques, including the Flying Thunder God Technique, which essentially allowed him to teleport to any location with the use of a special seal. He also created the Spiraling Sphere, a technique that does not rely on hand seals, but instead uses a concentration of spinning chakra in the palm that causes immense damage to its victim on contact. Later in the series it is revealed that this signature technique is actually incomplete. The Fourth had planned to add his own nature manipulation training to the Rasengan, making it even more powerful, but couldn't manage to combine the two prior to his premature death.
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Age
12-13 in Part I15 in Part II
Birthday
December 27
Blood Type
A
Height
148.3 cm
Weight
38.2 kg
Known relatives
Hiashi Hyuga (father)Hanabi Hyuga (sister)Hizashi Hyuga (uncle, deceased)Neji Hyuga (cousin)
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Current rank
Chunin
Current affiliation
Hyuga clan (Main), Konohagakure
Current team
Team 8 (Kurenai Yuhi, Shino Aburame, Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka)
Hinata Hyuga is a shy and quiet member of Kurenai Yuhi's Team 8, consisting of herself, Kiba Inuzuka, and Shino Aburame. As the oldest daughter of the Hyuga clan, Hinata is technically the clan's heiress, though her father deemed her a lost cause at an early life – apparently of lesser skill than her younger sister, Hanabi Hyuga – and thus left her in the care of Kurenai when she became Hinata's sensei, stating, "Do what you want with her. She is of no use to me." Hinata's favorite foods are senzai (soft bean jam) and cinnamon rolls, with her least favorite being crab and eel. Her hobby is flower pressing and her favorite phrase is "self-confidence".
As a member of the Hyuga clan, Hinata possesses the Byakugan, which gives her an almost 360° field of vision. She also specializes in the Gentle Fist fighting style, which allows her to damage her opponent's chakra circulatory system and inner organs directly with even a slight tap.
At the start of the series, Hinata lacks self-confidence and gives up easily. Although she would train more than anyone else in order to improve her skills, she would immediately give up when faced with competition. In an attempt to change herself, Hinata entered the Chunin Exam, where she found the will to never give up in Naruto Uzumaki, her academy crush, whose constant determination and confidence she admires. Hinata's strong affections for Naruto seem to be a rather glaring exception, as no other girl around Naruto's age has displayed anything of the sort for him. In the first databook, Masashi Kishimoto states, "Humans are separated by differences they are born with but I want to believe that people can change and wanted to express that. Hinata's theme is 'by believing in yourself, you can become a new person.'"
Hinata seems to share similarities with a somewhat established anime/manga stock character characterized by shyness, short dark or blue hair, a fierce resolve to work harder, and a crush on the unaware main character. Her appearance during the Bikochu arc is consistent with this, as the uncharacteristic encounter where the main character is shocked by a side of the character he hasn't seen before, often involving nudity, is a recurring theme as well. Compare Shinobu Maehara, Nodoka Miyazaki, Rei Ayanami and Ami Mizuno.
During the first phase of the Chunin Exams, Hinata is seated next to Naruto for the written portion of the exam. When Naruto finds himself unable to answer any of the questions, Hinata allows Naruto to copy off of her paper. Although he is tempted by the opportunity, Naruto decides against it, not wanting Hinata to get in trouble if they get caught.
For the preliminary matches of the Chunin Exam, Hinata is pitted against her cousin, Neji Hyuga, who holds a grudge against the Main house of the Hyuga clan. Neji takes this opportunity to belittle Hinata's hopes of changing herself, giving a rather mentally unbalancing speech that concludes that personality traits and ability are determined at birth and, ultimately, people cannot change. As the ferocity of the speech and Neji's psychological warfare intensifies, Hinata is brought to the verge of tears, at which point Naruto, enraged by Neji's belittling, shouts to her to stand up for herself.
Hinata vs. Neji in the preliminary matches of the Chunin Exams.
Inspired by Naruto's words, Hinata battles Neji, much to Neji's surprise. While Hinata seems to be doing well at first, it is revealed that Neji has simply been toying with her, his abilities being much greater than her own. Although he blocks off the chakra holes in her arms, rendering her Gentle Fist attacks useless, Hinata fights on, unwilling to submit. Neji is confused by Hinata's defiance of the obvious outcome, but still retains control of the match, eventually delivering an attack to her heart. Having apparently been a finishing blow, the examiner prepares to declare Neji the winner, but Hinata gets up before he can do so.
On the verge of collapse, Hinata tells Neji that he has the situation backwards: that he is the one fighting fate, not her. Driven into a blind rage, Neji attempts to kill Hinata, though the observing Jonin intervene before he can finish his attack. Despite this, Hinata's previous injuries are too severe, and she collapses soon after. As a medical team takes Hinata away to recover, Naruto comes to checkup on her. Hinata tries to ask him if he thinks she changed at all, though she loses consciousness before she can finish.
As Naruto is heading towards the site of the final matches of the exam, he finds Hinata training. Naruto confides in Hinata that his self-doubt is increasing, and he thinks he only appears strong to her because he's always acting strong to cover up the frustration of his constant failures. Upon hearing this, Hinata immediately tells him that it isn't true, saying that even though he fails a lot, he never gives up. Cured of his self-doubt, Naruto thanks Hinata by saying that he's started to like people like her. As Naruto heads off, he asks Hinata to watch his final match, though she is paralyzed with embarrassment by Naruto's last comment. While she does come to see Naruto's fight, Hinata's injuries from her fight with Neji are not fully healed, and she passes out before the end of the match.
During the Bikochu arc, Hinata convinces the rest of Team 8 to try to find some way to help Naruto overcome his loss of Sasuke Uchiha. Shino suggests that they try finding the rare Bikochu (®™k, Bikochu? "faint smell bug" or "scent bug"), though says that they shouldn't bother since the chances of finding it are very small. Uncharacteristically, Hinata insists that they should try anyway, and they manage to get Naruto to come with them.
As the group takes a break, Naruto gets up to go to the bathroom. While he does so, his attention is drawn to a nearby waterfall, where a nude girl is performing a sort of swirling dance that causes the water to sprout in an orb around her. Awed by this captivating sight, he approaches her and asks who she is, only to slip on a rock and fall in the water, thus alerting her to his presence. He apologizes but there is no response, as she is already gone. Though it is quite obvious that this girl was Hinata, Naruto fails to make the connection and later excitedly recounts to Kiba how he saw this "ultra-pretty girl" during the night, embarrassing her incredibly.
Hinata uses Protection of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
It is eventually revealed that the Kamizuru clan is also after the Bikochu, and they battle Team 8 and Naruto to make sure that they are the ones who find it. When her teammates all lie on the verge of defeat, Hinata uses her newly developed Protection of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms to singlehandedly beat the opposing ninja. Shino explains that the technique is a result of Hinata pushing herself to the limit so that she could be acknowledged by her father and Naruto.
During the Land of Vegetables arc, Hinata is teamed with Naruto and Choji Akimichi to escort a group of peddlers. During the course of the mission, it is revealed that one of the the peddlers is a princess, who believes Naruto is a failure. Hinata defends Naruto, saying that he has never thought about running away or abandoning people to save himself, and eorks hard to gain respect and become the next Hokage. The princess questions Hinata about her feelings for Naruto, and while Hinata only responds by blushing, the princess is able to deduce the answer. Later, when a group of ninja brothers try to capture the princess, Hinata is able to defeat one of the brothers by interrupting his flow of chakra, reversing his technique back on to him.
During the Konoha 11 arc, Hinata, along with Neji, uses her Byakugan to help the group of Konoha Genin find traps. When Naruto is in need of a Byakugan user he asks Hinata for help, accidentally using a double entendre which can also be mistaken as asking someone out on a date. Hinata, at a loss for words, begins to blush and twiddle her fingers. Confused by her reaction, Naruto determines that she's busy and decides to ask Neji instead, leaving Hinata confused.
When Gaara's student is captured by a group called 'Shiitenshounin', Hinata is a part of the medical support and scout team (along with Neji, Shino, and Sakura). She is seen very little in this arc, but she is seen more in the end. After rescuing Gaara's student, Hinata is seen sparring with Neji. When Neji corners Hinata into the wall, he stops his hit a few inches from her face. Neji then tells Hinata that they should stop sparring for the day. When she asks why, Neji says that it's about time for Naruto to be setting off. When Naruto is walking with Jiraiya, Hinata is hiding behind a pole watching Naruto, vowing to get stronger.
Hinata, 2 ½ years later
Hinata makes her Part II debut sporting longer hair, a much more mature look, and slightly different-colored clothing. Hinata's feelings for Naruto seem to have been magnified by his long absence; she wasn't able to bring herself to greet him, opting to hide instead and fainting when he rather loudly detects her. Like the rest of her teammates, Hinata has become a Chunin during the timeskip.
Naruto was born on October 10, but not much is known beyond that. His parentage remains a mystery, as do any other family ties he may have had. As a newborn infant, the nine-tailed demon fox, which had attacked the village of Konoha, was sealed within Naruto's body by the Fourth Hokage of Konoha.
Despite the Fourth Hokage's wish that Naruto be seen as a hero who contained the demon, the villagers of Konoha harbored a fierce hatred for the young child, since he bore the spirit of the demon who decimated their once peaceful village. Naruto wasn't even aware of the presence of the demonic entity inside him until he was twelve years old, leaving him confused for most of his childhood about why the villagers of Konoha hated him so much.
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