Hinata Hyūga

Hinata Uzumaki (née Hyūga) is a major character in the manga/anime series Naruto and its sequel series Boruto. She is a chūnin-level kunoichi of Konohagakure's Hyūga clan and a member of Team Kurenai, alongside Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame.
She is also the love interest Naruto Uzumaki and a few years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, she married him and together they had two children; Boruto and Himawari Uzumaki. She later became the adoptive mother of Kawaki, until she, along with Naruto got sealed in the Daikokuten by Kawaki and framed Boruto of a crime he didn't commit.
She is voiced by in the Japanese version of the anime, and by (who also voiced Orihime Inoue in Bleach, Lotte Jansson in Little Witch Academia, Sailor Moon in the Viz Dub of the Sailor Moon franchise and Haydée Tebelin in Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo) in the English version.
==Background==
Hinata is the first daughter of Hiashi Hyūga and an unnamed Woman, being herself the firstborn of her parents, was the heiress-apparent to the clan's main house. From the beginning, because of her position, Hiashi had high expectations for Hinata and subjected her to long hours of arduous training, leaving little time for Hinata to have a normal childhood. After the end of another conflict between Kumogakure and Konohagakure, one night, Hinata was kidnapped by a head ninja from Kumogakure, who under the guise of striking a peace treaty with Konoha, had actually been sent there to steal the Byakugan. Her father killed the would-be kidnapper to save her, but Kumogakure demanded compensation in the form of Hiashi's dead body due to having signed a peace treaty with the village only moments before. This ultimately resulted in the death of Hinata's paternal uncle, Hizashi, who sacrificed himself in order to protect his clan and village. This incident was particularly significant in shaping Hinata's early relationship with her cousin, Neji Hyūga.
After Hinata gained a brutal beating from sparring Neji, both Hinata's father and grandfather began doubting her potential, especially when her younger sister Hanabi's own prowess began rivalling Hinata's, despite being five years younger. Ultimately, it was decided Hinata and Hanabi would duel to decide the future heir of their clan. While the two sisters began fighting on par with each other, Hinata soon had an opening to win, but hesitated in not wanting to hurt her sister, to which Hanabi quickly counterattacked and won the duel. As a result, her frailty disheartened her father, which made Hinata lose her position to Hanabi. As her father chose to focus and develop Hanabi, he left Hinata under Kurenai Yūhi's care and protection, deeming her a lost cause due to her lack of drive. Hinata's strained relationship with her father caused her to lose more faith in herself and she would often spend her time alone, crying.
It was not until she met Naruto that her perception changed drastically: On a snowy day in March, while preparing to enroll at the Academy, Hinata was degraded by a group of three bullies for her Byakugan. Naruto, who had witnessed the event, refused to let them insult her and came to her defense. Since they outnumbered him, the bullies had beaten him up and trampled over his red scarf. Surprised by how much Naruto stood up for someone he did not know, Hinata thanked him while Naruto let her keep the scarf since it was ruined. Ever since then, Hinata developed a strong admiration towards Naruto, and because he was treated as an outcast by almost everyone in the village, she found herself able to relate with his desire to be acknowledged and praised. She was also amazed that despite having nothing and no one to rely on, Naruto never gave up in believing he could become something great like Hokage. Inspired by his determination, Hinata ultimately decided to try her best to become strong so she could be acknowledged as well, and adopted Naruto's nindō of never giving up. Her admiration for Naruto eventually grew into love, despite warnings from her elders to stay away from him.
==Personality==
Hinata is characterized as a shy, thoughtful, serene, kind and very polite girl, as noted from her always addressing people with proper honourifics. She is also very gentle, a trait that Neji and her father used to consider a flaw, and dislikes competing and fighting. She is shown to be incredibly empathetic, and, because of her upbringing, is one of the very first characters who identifies with Naruto's painful childhood and desire to be acknowledged and the very first person who actually supports him. Despite her fascination with Naruto, she wasn't allowed to approach him, due to being Hyuga Clan's heir, thus was strictly guarded and scheduled, and she lacked the nerve to defy her father; in the Academy, she finally had further freedom, but couldn't directly approach Naruto at first due to her strong shyness.
Back in her childhood, as a result of her clan's high expectations as their heiress and her father, Hiashi's grueling training, being overshadowed by her younger sister, Hanabi, and Hiashi deeming her as a failure, Hinata had become very timid and lacked self-confidence. However, she has shown to be a very hard worker (something that her father initially failed to notice), as she continuously strove to change herself for the better, though initially this lack of self-confidence would hinder her on even missions. 
As the series progressed, Hinata became more open about her opinion and confident overall, as she demonstrated a willingness on occasion to take decisive action than ever before. By the time of the Fourth Shinobi World War, her bravery and confidence has extended to the part where she is willing to put her own life on the line for her village, friends, and family. The strongest amount of Hinata's newfound confidence and bravery was displayed after Neji had died where, although shedding tears for her cousin's death, she was able to pull herself together, and even prevent Obito Uchiha from breaking Naruto's spirit.
Hinata's growing self-confidence mainly comes from her long-standing admiration for Naruto, as she was inspired by his enthusiasm and his unyielding determination to never give up no matter what the odds. In the beginning, Hinata was very shy around Naruto, constantly blushing and stuttering when talking with him. However, as Hinata's confidence in herself grows she gradually becomes more confident with herself and her desire to gain Naruto's affections. As the series progressed, her admiration towards him grew into genuine care and affection, eventually leading her to fall in love with him. 
Hinata also has an unshakeable faith in Naruto, believing that he will one day achieve his goal of becoming Hokage. During Pain's assault on Konoha, Hinata finally confessed her love to Naruto and was also willing to risk her life to protect him; Hinata realised that she was much weaker than Pain - who was uncharacteristically surprised by her efforts - yet she still was courageous enough to defend Naruto and enable his freedom from the chakra rods. After Neji was killed by Obito, she pulled herself together despite the pain she was feeling so she could inspire Naruto once more to not give up on himself, reiterating their shared nindō, showing how far she has come. Her feelings for Naruto have ultimately become her greatest desire, simply to be together with Naruto, as shown through the Infinite Tsukuyomi. This desire would finally become a reality years after the war, when Hinata and Naruto got married and started a family of their own, with two children that she like her husband, loves dearly. Ironically, when Naruto began to realize his love for her, she was oblivious to it like he was to her that it took him accidentally confessing to her to realize it.
By the end of Part I, Hinata was able to foster better relations with both Neji and her father and started training with them, as well as growing closer and stronger together as a family. She is especially caring towards her little sister, Hanabi, to the point where she was hesitant to hurt her, even during their match to determine the heir to their clan. Two years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, when Hanabi was captured by Toneri Ōtsutsuki, she went to great lengths to save her such as "agreeing" to marry Toneri, but in truth, it was a ruse; in spite of Hinata's hatred of having to deceive Naruto, she was able to be pragmatic for the sake of her sister and world itself, which demanded her to avoid raising Toneri's suspicions. After Toneri was seemingly foiled, Hinata emphatically apologised to Naruto for the deception, while he likewise apologised for failing to understand her tactics at first; though neither Hinata nor Naruto felt anger or merely annoyance over each other, due to both being incredibly forgiving inherently, and both grateful for their love too much to be concerned. 
Hinata is also the closest to her sensei Kurenai, who is not only interested in Hinata's growth as a ninja but also as a person. She knows Hinata's personal struggles and unlike her demanding father, Kurenai tries her best to coach Hinata in ways in which she knows her pupil will best respond. After Hinata was knocked down for the final time by Neji in the Chūnin Exams, Kurenai silently congratulated her student's resolve and perseverance. Kurenai is aware of her affection for Naruto and encourages her to express herself to him; Kurenai would also act as her pupil's support in person when Hinata was struggling to other healing ointment to Naruto. 
Hinata gets along well with her teammates. Kiba has become one of her closest friends, and his actions toward her are often motivated by his concern for her, such as when he urged her to forfeit if she was matched against Neji or Gaara during the Chūnin Exams. Kiba is also aware of her feelings for Naruto, as he tends to tease her a lot about them by embarrassing her by telling her Naruto is near when he is not or pointing out when she blushes when thinking about Naruto. Shino possesses a quiet confidence in Hinata, and will make a point of assuring others when they doubt or worry about her; both Kiba and Shino hold a brotherly attachment to Hinata, thus they are both protective and encouraging of her.
Perhaps due to her shyness and insecurity from being considered a failure, Hinata also had self-esteem issues in her appearance. By the time she was 16, she had become noticeably beautiful, however, her attire was either formal Hyuga ware, or most commonly her ninja uniform that was so baggy it hid her features. Granted, a not mutually exclusive factor could be that she was aware of her growth, but felt so self-conscious that she took steps to hide that fact; in the bathhouse, she became really self-conscious when other girls complimented her development. By the time she was 18, her experiences had built up her confidence so that her ninja outfit was more form-fitting and revealed her arms, in contrast to her original overly long sleeves. Ironically, her loss of insecurity coincided with Naruto's realisation that he loved her, thus he bashfully pointed out the relatively revealing style of her outfit, which she no longer considered an issue.
While originally becoming overwhelmed by bashfulness and nerves to even be in the presence of Naruto, eventually, as her confidence grew over time, she was able to interact with him without stammering or passing out anymore; although, should there be somewhat lengthy separations, her prior shyness would return to an extent. Hinata was able to fearlessly confess her love during her fight against Pain, however, the life-threatening status of the situation, and presumption of death, likely gave her the push - if not adrenaline boost - to ignore her usual shy nature. Although, years later even at 18 years old, if she actually tried to express her feelings for him again, but during an everyday scenario, she would blush and be easily deterred; despite her hesitation being connected to her self-esteem, it was also simply her love being unconditional, since she only wanted Naruto to be happy, and although personally sad, she would selflessly support his happiness overall, even it were with another girl.
After becoming a mother, Hinata became more mature and seemingly gained a stricter side, having to remind her children not to run outside barefoot when embracing their father. Furthermore, her heightened strictness has allowed her to keep both Naruto and Boruto in line, with the latter being fearful of incurring Hinata's anger. However, she is not above joining in their fun, such as having a snowball fight with them and her husband, and acts as a wise and supportive figure for her family. She does have some remnants of her old bashful self, such as when reminiscing about her past with Naruto, she falls into daydreaming until someone interjects, which makes her slightly embarrassment.
Hinata's variant in the genjutsu world in Road to Ninja: Naruto the Movie, like most has a vastly opposite personality. She is abrasive, ill-tempered, mean-spirited, violent, arrogant, and aggressively possessive of Menma (Naruto's alternate self). Unlike the regular world, she is the most dominant of the Hyuga, causing the bumbling Neji to become terrified of her anger. She also flaunts her beauty now, with her routine outfit, but now with shorts and the coat is unzipped to reveal a mesh midriff top. The only main personality continuation is her love for Menma/Naruto, although her possessiveness drives her to dangerous jealousy.
==Appearance==
Hinata has dark blue hair and fair skin - traits that she inherited from her mother. She also has the customary white eyes of her clan, which have a tinge of lavender in the anime. She is usually seen with a timid, shy expression in Part I, but less so in Part II, with the exception of when she is around Naruto. Like the rest of her clan, she possesses the renowned Byakugan which, when activated, stimulates the veins and arteries immediately around her eyes to protrude much more prominently.
In Part I, her hair was in a short, leveled hime-cut style just above her forehead, with chin-length strands framing her face. She wore a cream-coloured hooded-jacket with a fire symbol on the upper right and left sleeves and fur around the cuffs and hem, with navy blue pants. After earning her genin rank, she wore her Konoha forehead protector around her neck. At the Chūnin Exams finals, Hinata wore a long-sleeved, light blue blouse with a high collar, and dark blue pants. While at home, she was seen in the traditional Hyūga garb, consisting of a simple, loose-fitting robe with different colored trimmings, and an under-shirt.
In Part II, Hinata retained her straight, hime-style haircut, but she had let her hair grow to reach her lower back, while the short strands that frame her face had grown to shoulder-length. Her figure had also grown to become much womanlier. She also donned an attire comprised of a loose-fitting, lavender and cream hooded jacket with lavender cuffs over mesh armor with navy blue pants and black, low-heeled sandals. Although she still wore her forehead protector around her neck, its color had changed from blue to black. 
In one of the omakes, she was seen wearing a beige apron and light blue scarf tied in a bandana style. In another omake, she was seen in a casual outfit that consisted of brown capri pants, brown sandals, and a dark green, hood-less jacket with a fire symbol on the upper-right side of her chest. The cuffs of the jacket were rolled up to the middle of her forearms; the inside of the jacket was shown to be cream-colored. Hinata had a light lavender blouse underneath. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, she donned the standard uniform of her village inclusive of flak jacket. Instead of wearing the forehead protector of the Allied Shinobi Forces, she has seemingly opted not to wear one at all.
Two years after the Fourth Shinobi World War at age 18, Hinata changed her previous outfit to a slightly more revealing and form-fitting one. She is now seen wearing a light lavender, sleeveless kimono-style blouse with vertical lines, tied with a dark purple obi around her waist. She wears a pair of short dark navy shorts with thigh-high stockings, revealing parts of her upper thighs, and has changed her regular ninja sandals to black high-heeled boots. Hinata's hair increase slightly in volume and grows to hip-length. She also no longer wears her forehead protector. While off-duty, she wears a grey long-sleeved shirt underneath a pink shirt, black pants underneath a long cream-coloured skirt with pink horizontal stripes, and a pair of brown sandals. She is also seen wearing a lavender hooded jacket. After Hinata was brainwashed by Toneri during their marriage ceremony, she wore a black long and sleeveless dress with a high collar and matching long gloves. She also wore a black turban with a black and light-yellow veil over, and yellow crescent moon earrings. After she marries Naruto and becomes a mother, Hinata has cut her hair and bangs to shoulder-length. Her attire consists of a maroon jacket with a dark purple shirt and a cream-coloured skirt. She also wears a pair of lavender slippers.
Years later, Hinata has let her hair grow long again, and ties it in a ponytail now. She also dons an outfit that consists of a long-sleeved, collared white shirt, lavender dress, and blue pants.
==Plot==
===Part I===
Hinata was born on December 27 and is the first daughter of Hiashi, who is the leader of the clan, and his unnamed wife. She has a younger sister named Hanabi and a cousin named Neji. Hinata is described as a weakling in the clan because of her sweet and gentle nature in which her father fears that she is not fit to be the next heir to the clan and that her sister who is only about five years younger can surpass her. Hinata does her very best to become strong and she trains very hard to impress her father. Hinata has both feelings and admiration for Naruto who gives her the confidence to work very hard. She was later taken in by Kurenai Yūhi who became her sensei, and she later became part of the Rookie 9. During the Chunin Exams, she fought against her cousin Neji with Naruto cheering her on and giving her the courage to never back down, even though she was severely wounded. She is now on good terms with her clan, especially with Neji, who has become her protector, and later watched Naruto depart with Jiraiya on his two-year training so that he can get Sasuke back after he, the retrieval team, Rock Lee, and the three sand siblings previously failed due to the interference of Kimimaro.
===Part II===
In Part II, Hinata is 16 years old and is now a full-level Chunin. When Naruto came back home for the first time after his journey, Hinata blushed and fainted.
Hinata was assigned with her team along with Team Kakashi to look for Sasuke. Hinata along with Naruto and Yamato split up together until they were confronted by Kabuto Yakushi who gave them a book that had records and all the information about the Akatsuki members. Before Kabuto left, Hinata used her Byakugan and noticed that 33 percent of Kabuto's body is being covered with Orochimaru's flesh. Later, Hinata met up with her team and they encountered Tobi who delayed their search. Hinata used her Byakugan to help guide her team in finding Tobi. After hearing the news that Sasuke defeated Itachi, Tobi disappeared and Hinata used her Byakugan to help her team follow him. Hinata discovered that there were black flames (Amaterasu) burning where Sasuke and Itachi had their final battle, and the team rushed to investigate only to find that Tobi got there before they did and took Sasuke with him.
Later, Pain invaded Konoha and Hinata helped tend to the citizens to escape the wreckage and heal the wounded. Hinata witnessed Naruto fighting Pain with her Byakugan and noticed that Naruto was starting to lose to Pain and was pinned down by him. Despite Naruto's orders not to get involved in his battle, Hinata rushed to Naruto's aid to defend Naruto. Naruto asked her why she was throwing her life away and she told him that she was doing it because she loved him, which shocked Naruto.
In the manga, Hinata used her Twin Lion Fists to attack Pain, but Pain simply dodged the attack, threw her down, and used his Chakra Sensor Rod and stab her. In the anime, she was able to hit the Deva Path with her Twin Lion Fists and Pain used his Shinra Tensei to subdue her, but Hinata was able to stand up and continue to fight. She was able to crawl over to Naruto and remove the Chakra sensor Rod from Naruto's hand. While her nindo way was echoing in Naruto's head, Naruto watched as Pain stabbed Hinata. In both of these versions, it caused Naruto to snap and release the Eight-Tailed Kurama while the weakened Hinata watched on. Hinata was taken away from the team with Sakura healing her. Later, a relieved Hinata celebrated with the villagers on Naruto's victory of defeating Nagato and she smiled softly as the worried Sakura hugged and thanked Naruto.
=== Blank Period ===
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=== New Era ===
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== Powers and Abilities ==
Originally, Hinata was considered weak due to her gentle personality which hindered her performance which deemed her unworthy for her role as the clan heiress. After committing herself to training to become stronger for Naruto, she received praise from her team and her clan for improving her skills and strengthening character. Two years after the war, Hinata was recognized by Hamura Ōtsutsuki as the Byakugan Princess proved to be crucial in the destruction of the Tenseigan, although she could not destroy it herself. Despite spending at least, a decade as a housewife she was able to survive an attempt to get Naruto back from Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki and defeat Hanabi who is an active jōnin and continues training to become the next clan leader, in a sparring match. Hinata at the time was reluctant to fight and unprepared when Hanabi was attacking seriously. Despite being rusty, she was able to keep up and win against Hanabi.
===Chakra Prowess and Control===
From special clan training, Hinata has very advanced chakra control. Hinata did additional training and expanded on it during Part I; one product of this training was to make Water Needles by forming her chakra around her from nearby water sources and be used as a projectile. By Part II of the anime, Hinata's control has advanced enough to match a medical-nin. which was the reason she was assigned to help perform the Four-Corner Sealing Barrier. 
When meeting Hamura, she inherited some of his charka because she is a member of the main house of the Hyūga clan. Its strength and purity of her chakra attracts Toneri Ōtsutsuki. Because she is a member of the main house of the Hyūga clan and a direct bloodline from Hamura she could come into contact and find the Tenseigan. Though she could not destroy it herself, she instead held Naruto's hand to give him allowance to touch the Tenseigan and for him to destroy it, since anyone who does not have the bloodline of a Hyūga and Ōtsutsuki cannot touch it. 
===Byakugan===
As a Hyūga, Hinata possesses the Byakugan, which grants her penetrative vision in a near-360° around herself, with a blind spot at the back of the neck above the first thoracic vertebra. With it, she is able to assist others frequently in tracking, and scouting the area for their target(s); by focusing her vision on a single direction, Hinata can see across distances, reaching as far as 20 kilometers by the battle against Toneri. Hinata's Byakugan grants her attacks with pinpoint accuracies, which she can share with others to also improve their own. She can also use it in order to identify genjutsu, searching for the caster in the nearby area. In the anime, she can use infrared vision and magnify it to see tiny targets. By adulthood, the chakra sensitivity provided by the Byakugan allows her to pick up on the slightest presence of chakra.
==Quotes==
==Trivia==
*Hinata is the only female character in her generation to never have a crush on Sasuke. Interestingly, she was the first female and one of the first in general of their age group to acknowledge Naruto, and never downgrade or make fun of him whenever he screws up.
*Masashi Kishimoto admits that Hinata was his favorite female character, even feeling that her background makes her a better heroine than Sakura. 
**In an omake for Naruto: Shippuden Episode 165, Sakura accuses Hinata of trying to be the main heroine (due to her popularity), much to the latter's confusion.
**He also admits that he planned on Hinata and Naruto getting together midway throughout the manga, knowing that they were meant to be.
*In the Ultimate Ninja Storm games, whenever Hinata and Naruto are used in a team match, they are labeled as either "Secret Lovers" or "Joined Hands".
*When a young Hinata uses her Ultimate on a young Naruto in Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations, she blushes when she notices she's on top of Naruto and jumps further away than normal. An animation hinting at a female character's feelings for another male character can also be seen with Karin and Sasuke.
*Ironically, in an omake for Naruto Shippuden, Episode 95, Hinata is shown beating everyone in a ramen-eating contest, finishing 46 bowls of ramen, beating Naruto and flabbergasting everyone.
*Hinata is one the two important people (along with Sasuke Uchiha) in Naruto's life.
*Hinata's only regret and worst mistake was breaking Naruto's heart as she "accepted" Toneri's proposal, despite it was a ruse while secretly following Hamura's orders.
*Hinata shares some similarities with her mother-in-law Kushina Uzumaki.
**Both were bullied when they were young.
**Both were kidnapped by people who wanted to use them, and then fell in love with the person who rescued them.
**Both would later marry and have children with the person who saved them.
*Fans theorize that because Hinata has received Hamura's chakra and Naruto received half of Hagoromo's chakra, this mixture might cause Boruto to have the Jōgan.
*Naruto and Hinata are only ones among their friends to have two children, while the others have only one child.
*Hinata, along with Naruto, was sealed in the Daikokuten by Kawaki against her will, before Ada’s Omnipotence altered everyone’s memories (except Sarada and Sumire). But it’s hard to tell if Hinata’s memories were altered or not, because the Daikokuten dimension stops time itself.
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