Inoichi Yamanaka

is a Jonin from Konohagakure, and alongside Shikaku Nara and Choza Akimichi, he is a part of the first Ino-Shika-Cho trio. He runs his family's flower shop.

Part I
Inoichi first appears in the anime alongside his former teammates, being derided for having a daughter instead of a son. He appears again during the invasion of Konoha, protecting the village with Shikaku and Choza.

Part II
When Ibiki Morino proves unable to learn anything about Pain from Yūdachi, he calls on Inoichi for assistance. He probes Yūdachi's mind, rapidly going through his memories before arriving at the revelation that Pain had requested of Yūdachi dead bodies. Before he can think on this Ino arrives to inform him of Pain's attack on Konoha and the village is soon afterwards destroyed. Shizune is killed in the chaos and, using the information Shizune had learned before her death, Inoichi realizes that Pain is animating dead bodies in a manner similar to his own clan's mental manipulation techniques, thereby meaning the true Pain is in a remote location somewhere relatively close. While on the path to find Pain's main body, he and his team run into Naruto. He argues with Naruto that he shouldn't go alone, for he has exhausted himself while fighting the last of the six realms of Pain. When Naruto mentions that he has to talk to Pain, he tells Naruto that there is nothing to talk to Pain about. He reluctantly agrees to let Naruto go alone once Shikaku interrupts their conversation.

Abilities
Inoichi, presumably being the head of his clan, has shown himself to be a highly capable ninja. He is well-versed in all of his clan's secret techniques. During the invasion in Part I, Inoichi skilfully performed the Mind Body Disturbance Technique to make the invaders he encounter fight themselves without any control. Further proof of his skill is shown from his status as an interrogator during Pain's invasion of Konoha. He was able to skilfully probe a Yūdachi's mind even though Pain had guarded it with mental blocks and traps. He has also shown the ability to communicate telepathically with his daughter Ino.

He is also skilled at tracking targets through their chakra trail, so long as the target's chakra signature stays the same.