Neji Hyuuga

Neji Hyuuga is a character from the Naruto series.
== Charactah Account ==
Neji Hyuuga is a stoic member of Might Guy's Team Guy, consisting of himself, Rock Lee, and Tenten. Neji and Lee have somewhat of a rivalry, much like that of Guy and Kakashi Hatake. Lee is determined to prove that a "failure" such as himself can defeat a "genius" such as Neji. Neji, however, doesn't seem to be interested in this goal of Lee's, and Lee doesn't seem to have made an effort to prove the point to Neji. Despite this apparent clashing of ideals between the two, Neji seems to get along fairly well with Tenten, with the latter often helping Neji with his training. Neji and Tenten also tend to share opinions on Lee and Guy's overactive behaviors, often wondering how they can train the way they do.
As a member of the Hyuuga clan, Neji has a Byakugan, allowing him to see the chakra flow of others and block the flow upon contact with his Gentle Fist style. As a member of the clan's branch house, Neji can never hope to be taught how to use the clan's most secret techniques by the clan's elders. Despite this, Neji has learned many of the clan's strongest techniques independently, even creating a few unique skills of his own. Because of this, Neji is known as a genius ninja and graduated from the Academy as the #1 rookie.
Because his father, Hizashi Hyuga, was a member of a branch house of the Hyuuga clan, Neji was born into the branch house. As a result, he was branded with the Hyuuga branch family seal at a young age so that the members of the main house could keep him in check. Hizashi, believing Neji to be denied his potential as a branch house member, openly resented the main house, causing Neji to acquire the same feelings due to his father's influence. In time, Neji's hatred for the main house would increase exponentially as result of Hizashi being sacrificed to save the life of Hiashi Hyuuga, Hizashi's twin brother. Neji believed that his father was forced to die for his twin brother. Because of this, Neji came to feel that fate was something decided at birth and that no matter what one does, people cannot escape their destiny. This idea would go on to shape Neji's life, creating a deep hatred for the main house and all of its members.
After the Chunnin Exams when Neji fights Naruto his both his great skill and potential are recognized by the clan leader, his uncle Hiashi Hyuuga, and is sought out by him to train with the main branch of the family to further enhance Neji's skills. This helps ease some of the tensions between the two branches of the Hyuuga clan.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
* Naruto
* Naruto Shippuuden
* Naruto Shippuuden Movie 1
* Naruto Shippuuden Movie 2: Bonds
* Naruto Shippuuden Movie 3: The Will of Fire
* Naruto Shippuuden Movie 5: Blood Prison
* Naruto Shippuuden Movie 6: Road to Ninja
* Naruto Shippuuden: Konoha Gakuen - Special
* Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals
* Naruto x UT
* Naruto: Finally a Clash! Jounin vs. Genin!
* Naruto: Hidden Leaf Village Grand Sports Festival
* Naruto: The Magic Genie and the Three Wishes
* Road of Naruto
=== Manga ===
* Naruto
* Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie
* Rock Lee and His Ninja Pals
=== Video Games ===
* Jump Super Stars
* Jumputi Heroes
* Naruto Mobile
* Naruto RPG 2: Chidori vs. Rasengan
* Naruto Shippuuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX 2
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! EX 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! Special
* Naruto Shippuuden: Kizuna Drive
* Naruto Shippuuden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising
* Naruto Shippuuden: Naruto vs. Sasuke
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Council 4
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Destiny 2
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ninja Destiny 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja 4
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja 5
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Blazing
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations
* Naruto Shippuuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution
* Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker
* Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Tribes
* Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Voltage
* Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2
* Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution
* Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2
* Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! 3
* Naruto: Gekitou Ninja Taisen! 4
* Naruto: Konoha Senki
* Naruto: Ninja Council 2 European Version
* Naruto: Ninja Council 3
* Naruto: Ninja Destiny
* Naruto: Path of the Ninja
* Naruto: Path of the Ninja 2
* Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
* Naruto: Shinobi Collection
* Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippu Ranbu
* Naruto: The Broken Bond
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 2
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Online
* Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
* Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles
* Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2
== Trivia ==
* The name "Neji" means "screw/whirl" or to "twist/wrench", which may be referring to his Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven. It's also possibly a play on "Nejia", an internal Chinese martial art that focuses on developing internal chi through whirling and spinning techniques. His family name "Hyuuga" means "place in the sun".
* According to the databook(s):
** Neji's hobby was meditation.
** Neji's desired opponents were Hiashi Hyūga and Naruto Uzumaki.
** Neji's favourite food was herring soba, while his least favourites were pumpkins, and he also had a low tolerance for anything spicy; in the anime, the very latter was shown in-series whenever Neji consumed the Curry of Life, as it would knock him out cold each time was fed it.
** Neji had completed 62 official missions in total: 26 D-rank, 19 C-rank, 4 B-rank, 11 A-rank, 2 S-rank.
** Neji's favourite phrase was "Flying leap" (hiyaku) which refers to making rapid progress in something.
** Neji's personality had been described as cool and realistic.
* In the fourth databook, hiden is not listed among Neji's special characteristics, despite his usage of at least one hiden technique.
* In an interview, Masashi Kishimoto stated that the origin of the name Boruto is from Neji, who brought Naruto and Hinata together, and can have the meaning of connecting. Boruto (bolt) is another way of saying Neji (screw).
* Neji places well in the Naruto Character Popularity Polls, reaching an all-time high of sixth most popular; he and Rock Lee are roughly matched in overall popularity.
* Neji and Tenten have the same theme song in the anime, but Tenten's has a slower beat, and Neji's is more upbeat.
* In the omake for Naruto: Shippuuden episode 156, Naruto points out how Neji doesn't appear in Naruto: Shippuuden very often, whereas Lee and Tenten frequently do. Neji argues that, as a jōnin, he is constantly away on missions and never has free time.
* Studio Pierrot has consistently given him the height of 158 cm at 13yrs, instead of 159.2cm as his Databook profile gives him.
* Despite technically being cousins with Hinata, she would commonly refer to him as "brother" (Nii-san), possibly because their respective fathers are twins. To which, Hinata's children would refer to their late cousin-once-removed as "uncle".
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Neji Hyūga at Narutopedia
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