Hyūga Clan

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐲ū𝐠𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐧 (日向一族, "𝐇𝐲ū𝐠𝐚 𝐈𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐤𝐮") 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐲𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐤𝐤𝐞𝐢 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐚𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐫𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦, 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐫𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬𝐮 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲.

## 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝

The Hyūga clan are descendants from the Ōtsutsuki clan, specifically from Hamura Ōtsutsuki's lineage. As a result, they are also distant cousins of the Uchiha, Senju, Uzumaki, and Kaguya clans. They are considered to be one of, if not currently, the most powerful clan in Konohagakure. Their fame and prowess stretches far and wide, leading others to both praise and covet their abilities. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, a Kumo-nin noted that they had a hard time against them during a previous war.

The clan is separated into two parts: the main house (宗家, *sōke*) and the branch house (分家, *bunke*), a system that protects the secrets of the Byakugan from outsiders. The main house runs the family while the branch house protects it. The members of the branch house are branded with a cursed seal upon the third birthday of the heir to the main house. This seal gives the main house members absolute control over the branch members, because they can destroy the branch members' brain cells with a simple hand seal, or cause them great pain to punish them. This seal also makes sure the secret of the Hyūga's Byakugan is safe, because it seals the Byakugan after the wearer of the seal dies. Because they are essentially servants, simply because of their birth order or heritage, some branch house members are hostile to those of the main house.

In the past, there have been several attempts on the part of Kumogakure to acquire the dōjutsu of this clan. This even culminated in the death of the would-be-thief: the Head Ninja of Kumogakure and the demands of Hiashi's corpse who had killed him according to the stipulations in the peace treaty that the two villages had signed. Ultimately, Hizashi was the one who sacrificed his life for the village and clan, sealing away his Byakugan as he died and avoiding war. This event would become known as the Hyūga Affair.

## 𝐀𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

It has been noted that this clan possesses more than one kekkei genkai. Unique to the Hyūga's main family, they had inherited the powerful chakra from their ancestor Hamura Ōtsutsuki directly. Only those who possess this special chakra can touch the Tenseigan without suffering its side effects.

The Hyūga are renowned for possessing the highly coveted Byakugan (白眼, *literally meaning:* White Eye, *meaning (Viz):* All Seeing White Eye), a kekkei genkai feared for the great visual prowess that it grants its wielder. The first ability of the Byakugan gives the user a near 360º field of vision, except for one blind spot at the back of the neck above the third thoracic vertebra. The second ability is being able to see through solid objects, and can use a degree of telescopic sight. The distance and the degree of telescopic sight varies from person to person, and can be improved. In Part I, Neji was able to see an area of 50 metres, but later he increases his visual range to at least 800 metres, while Hinata's range in Part II stretches at least as far as 10 km. However, the Byakugan cannot see through certain barriers, such as the Four Black Fogs Formation used by the Sound Four. The third and one of the greatest uses of the Byakugan is the ability to see chakra, its flow, as well as the chakra circulation system inside the body with great detail.

Members of the clan are instructed in the use of the Gentle Fist style, which uses the Byakugan to view the opponent's Chakra Pathway System and deal precise blows to disable and impede the flow of chakra. Due to training in this style, Hyūga clan members tend to have excellent chakra control. This is emphasised in techniques that utilise this chakra control, as well as the nuances of the Gentle Fist Art. Because of this, the Gentle Fist is regarded as Konoha's strongest taijutsu style.

Another ability possessed by members of this clan grants them the innate ability to expel chakra from every tenketsu in their body, allowing them to fully utilise chakra with attacks such as the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven and the Gentle Fist Art One Blow Body techniques. This allows descendants of the clan, such as Boruto to use the Gentle Fist despite lacking the Byakugan. In addition, the clan's techniques outside the basic Gentle Fist fighting style, like the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms etc., are only taught to members of the main house. Neji, however, has bypassed this restriction by learning them on his own through basic observation, furthering his reputation as a "genius" within the clan.

## 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬

* Hyūga Elder: Former Leader (Deceased)
* Hiashi Hyūga: Current Leader (Deceased)
* Hinata Hyūga: Former Heiress (Deceased)
* Hanabi Hyūga: Former Heiress (Deceased)

## 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚

* "Hyūga" (日向) means "place in the sun," and is also the name of the city in the Miyazaki Prefecture in Japan.
* In the anime, it was noted that the Hyūga also have elaborate training rituals such as the Senbon Sparring ritual where the trainee must spar roughly one thousand times in succession.
* While the clan's emblem didn't appear in the manga, it was featured at the end of each episode in the anime adaptation of *Konoha Hiden: The Perfect Day for a Wedding*.
* In the anime, it is alluded that despite inheriting the Byakugan, not all Hyūga are able to manifest its actual powers.