Hiashi Hyūga

Part I: Age 40 Part II: Age 42 Rank: Jonin Affliation: Konohagakure, Hyuga Clan (Head) Known Relatives: Hyuga Hinata (eldest daughter), Hyuga Hanabi (youngest daughter), Hyuga Hizashi (twin brother (deceased)), Hyuga Neji (nephew)

Part in the Story
As the father of Hyuga Hinata and the uncle of Hyuga Neji, Hiashi has a major supporting roll despite his limited screentime. When his daughter, Hinata, was kidnapped by a Kumogakure Jonin, the ambassador of the Cloud Village to be exact, he had no choice but to kill her kidnapper. Kumo overlooked the kidnapping, and they demanded a life for a life, asking Hiashi surrender his life and be killed, or else a new wave of warfare between Kumo and Konoha. However, Hizashi, his twin brother, took the punishment and let himself be killed.

Over time, his heart seemed to harden. He constantly put his two daughters against each other. When Hinata kept coming up short, he slowly lost confidence with her. Then, fresh from her Genin graduation, he put her up against Hanabi, he made them spar. When Hinata lost, he practically disowned her, not caring if she returned from a mission alive.

He witnessed the battle between Naruto and his nephew Neji who harbored a deep hatred against the Main Family of the Hyuga Clan. When Neji lost, Hiashi delivered his brother's death bed letter to his nephew. His heart softened, and by the end of the first series, he had let Hinata rejoin the clan, and relations began to soften. He even seemed to take Neji in as his son, or at least his apprentice, since he began training him personally.