Inojin Yamanaka

**Inojin Yamanaka** (山中いのじん, *Yamanaka Inojin*) is a genin and a member of Konohagakure's Yamanaka clan. Together with his teammates Chōchō Akimichi and Shikadai Nara, he forms the seventeenth generation of the Ino–Shika–Chō trio.

## Inojin Yamanaka

* Human
* Avatar

### Relatives

Sai Yamanaka (Father), Akihiro Yamanaka(Brother)Atsuko Yamanaka (Mother)

## Background

Inojin is the youngest child of Ino and Sai Yamanaka. As his parents continued to stay close to their childhood friends over the years, Inojin ultimately came to know the various parents' respective kids well. From a young age, Inojin would often have sleepovers with Chōchō and Shikadai, even having matching pyjamas. Their parents would also continue Asuma Sarutobi's tradition of taking the kids to Yakiniku Q to celebrate accomplishments. On the day of the Seventh Hokage's inauguration, he watched the ceremony with his parents and Shikadai.

## Personality

Inojin seems rather obedient and the most reasonable of the new generation of the Ino–Shika–Chō trio, as he, unlike his teammates, insisted on going to training to learn the Ino–Shika–Chō techniques. At the same time, he can be very blunt and indifferent to people, situations and the feelings of those involved even to the point of being condescending. He also seems to have inherited the role of being the most motivated of the trio from his mother, Ino, and his late grandfather Inoichi. Because of his nature, Inojin is a very alert individual with outstanding powers of observation.

Despite regularly practising his respective parents' ninjutsu skills, mainly his father's, Inojin is always looking for a newer and more stylish means to go about it. At the same time, he has very simple goals in life, hoping to make more practical use of his skills for better financial gain.

## Abilities

Inojin is noted to be a very talented shinobi and well-versed in a variety of skills.

### Ninjutsu

Like his mother, Inojin is also a practitioner of Medical Ninjutsu. While also a Sensor Type, Inojin struggles to detect people, having limited range. He can compensate for this with his drawings, using them as a medium to focus his sensing as they're also made with his chakra. He does, however, have a knack for detecting alterations to one's chakra signature. As a member his generation's Ino—Shika—Chō, he has become proficient in Cooperation Ninjutsu, able to synchronise techniques with his team.

#### Bukijutsu

Being trained regularly by his parents even before joining the Academy, Inojin had very advanced shurikenjutsu prowess, able to easily hit the bulls-eye. Inojin is also skilled in kenjutsu, wielding a tipless tantō for close-range combat. For his signature skill, Inojin has also been taught the art-oriented techniques of his father, and as such he is able to effectively animate his drawings for various purposes, though his drawing style differs greatly from that of his father's, and even more noticeably, he uses colour in his drawings. He can apply explosive tags to his drawings to cause them to detonate when in close proximity of his target.

#### Fūinjutsu

In the anime, he can effectively use fūinjutsu, able to restrict a person's movements, and reinforce fellow users' fūinjutsu. Later, Inojin's prowess proved great enough to master the Sealing Technique: Tiger Vision Staring Bullet, letting him use his drawings to seal targets back within his scrolls.

#### Yamanaka Clan Techniques

As a member of the Yamanaka clan, Inojin has begun learning the various mind-oriented techniques of his clan, like the Mind Body Switch Technique. After becoming a genin, he began learning more advanced techniques, including the Mind Body Transmission Technique to mentally communicate with people from considerable distances.