Hinata Hyuga (日向ヒナタ,
Hyūga Hinata) is a member of the
Hyuga Clan. She is on
Team 8 with
Kiba Inuzuka and
Shino Aburame, under the leadership of
Kurenai Yuhi.
Part II Hinata in Part II.
In Part II, she had attained the rank of
Chunin and was still part of Team 8, renamed Team Kurenai. When Naruto greeted her, she passed out, overcome by the prospect of seeing him for the first time in two and a half years. When she came to, just as she began to focus, Naruto came to her and asked, very vaguely, to come with him on his mission, telling her to "shut up and come with him". Hinata misinterpreted the words and promptly passed out again. After this, Hinata asked Kiba if she seemed more grown up in hopes of impressing Naruto. Kiba jokingly teased her by saying she was still as silly as ever, and then that told her that Naruto was behind her, surprising and upsetting her.
Three-Tails Arrival arcIn the anime, when Tsunade learns of
Orochimaru's current whereabouts, Tsunade calls for Team 8 thanks to their tracking and info-gathering skills. As they leave (under
Kakashi who is filling in for Kurenai), Hinata wondered if Sasuke was there, and after hearing that it was, asked if Naruto knew, too, but Shino told her that if he did, he would be unable to contain himself.
During the search, Hinata hopes to succeed in this mission to make Naruto acknowledge her again. Her Byakugan then detects unusual chakra, and discovers it belongs to one of Orochimaru's test subjects for the
Cursed Seal. Through the man's chakra trail, Hinata leads her team to Orochimaru's hideout, only to barely escape from it after a trap is sprung, destroying it. While searching for survivors they find several men imprisoned in crystal before disintegrating. While Kakashi has
Pakkun deliver one of Shino's crystal-encased bugs to Tsuande for analysis, the team continues looking for the enemy. Eventually, Hinata's Byakugan detects the enemies' chakra.
Immediately, Hinata and her team at a disadvantage through use of a smokescreen. Hinata however is able to negate this by using her Byakugan. She ends up facing
Nurari, a man with the ability to shift his body to the point of repositioning his organs to avoid damage, effectively making Hinata's
Gentle Fist useless. In the end, she is saved by Shino and his insects. She is injured, but says she is still able to move. When the teams later meets
Guren, Hinata finds out that her Byakugan is being disrupted by Guren's crystal barrier, as it produces too much reflective light. When she proves able to defeat one of Guren's
clones, the real Guren appears and crystallizes Hinata, rendering her completely immobilized.
After Hinata is saved from Guren, everyone is shocked to see that she remained unharmed after the crystal shattered unlike previous victims. Hinata revealed that she encased herself in a coat of chakra before the crystal captured her, allowing the team to realize that the crystal jutsu cannot crystallize raw chakra. After being healed by Sakura, Hinata joined up with her team again in time to save them from the enemies' smokescreen ambush with her Byakugan. Unfortunately, the enemies escape against after the appearance of a huge tidal wave. After a powerful fog emerges, Hinata uses her Byakugan to discover that a
powerful chakra is responsible for creating it.
Later, Hinata and her team are joined by backup from Konoha with orders directly from Tsunade to seal the newly emerged Three-Tailed beast. While not having expertise in sealing techniques, Hinata is placed on the sealing team because of her great chakra control from her Gentle Fist and further assistance from her Byakugan.
Hunt for UchihaTeam 8 is recruited to help
Team Yamato find
Itachi Uchiha. With her Byakugan, she was able to see that one third of Kabuto had been taken over by Orochimaru's remains. Later, when the squad regrouped, they came across
Tobi, who appeared to be blocking their path to Sasuke. During the battle that followed, Hinata took the role of stationary scout using her Byakugan to follow Tobi's chakra signal. When Tobi and Zetsu left for the location of Sasuke's fight with Itachi, Hinata was asked by Kakashi about what she saw; she said she saw black flames. Kakashi recognized it as the
Amaterasu flames, and he started leading the group to the hideout. Unfortunately, her team arrived too late due to
Zetsu and Tobi's inhumanly fast movement. Tobi had already taken Sasuke away, leaving no trace for the team to track.
Invasion of PainHinata survives
Pain's destruction of Konoha. She showed concern for an injured branch house member named
Kō Hyuga, stated that his wounds needed to be healed, but Kō told her that he would never be able to forgive himself if anything happened to her. When she realizes Naruto is fighting by himself she attempts to run to his side but is stopped by Kō who warns her she'd only be a burden. When Naruto was pinned down by Pain, Hinata intervened knowing she could not defeat Pain. She confessed her love for Naruto and proclaimed she was willing to die to protect him. In the end, she was no match for Pain as she was thrown aside by his
Shinra Tensei and apparently stabbed by one of his chakra blades. In anger over what had happened to her, Naruto slipped into his
six-tailed transformation while a barely conscious Hinata looks on. When the demon fox chased Pain out of the village, Sakura stated it was their chance to help Hinata. Later, still conscious, she was found by Team Guy, who immediately rushed to save her. According to Tenten, her wounds were not fatal, but could be if not dealt with quickly, prompting Neji to start looking for a medic.
AbilitiesByakuganAs a member of the Hyuga clan, Hinata possesses the
Byakugan, which gives her a near 360° field of vision, albeit a blind spot around the back of her neck. She can focus her sight to drastically increase her range in one direction, far outstripping Neji's visual range while doing so. In Part II she is able to see a fire 10km a way, while Neji's known maximum is 800m. During the hunt for the Bikochu, she was able to effectively see every small insect in the area. Later during her fight against
Guren in her
crystal labyrinth, Hinata's Byakugan was used against her as their were many reflections, yet she was able to focus her Byakugan on her target, Guren, perfectly.
Gentle Fist Taijutsu Hinata using Protective Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms
She also specializes in the
Gentle Fist fighting style, which allows her to damage her opponents' chakra circulatory systems and inner organs directly with even a slight tap. Despite all these abilities,
her father at least initially believed her to be too weak to lead the clan. After her fight with Neji, Hinata took her quest to get stronger to new levels. She used training that consisted of manipulating water to sprout in an orb around her. This training manifested itself during the Bikochu filler arc where she showed her self-made technique
Protection of the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms. With it Hinata emits streams of
chakra from her palms to create extremely sharp blades, which she can use to hit any target in her field of vision. Due to the speed at which these blades move, the amount of control she has over them, her natural flexibility, and her ability to manipulate their size, Hinata can use this technique to attack and defend simultaneously.
During the Three-Tails arrival filler arc, Hinata faces
Guren's clone. Hinata reveals her new technique after due to her training during the timeskip. This technique is the minor version of the
Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms called
Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms. Hinata has also put her natural flexibility into a great performance. While battling
Nurari, Hinata was capable of dodging almost all attacks, even if Nurari has a elastic body. She also demonstrates great accuracy with her attacks. When fighting Pain, she was able to force him back and was about to use a new attack, called the
Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists, before being defeated.