Tayuya

was a kunoichi of Orochimaru's Sound Four team.

Personality
Tayuya was overbearing and foul-mouthed towards most people,especially Jirōbō,calling him fatso,as he criticized her over it. She didn't think much of Shikamaru Nara as a leader,but as a weak,useless rat,who ran away when she used her Doki to attack him. Like Jirobo and Sakon and Ukon,Tayuya had her own perception of morality,as she berated Shikamaru for sacrificing his team-mates to bring back one person who voluntarily left. Like Kimimaro,Tayuya constantly referred her enemies as "trash".

Abilities
Tayuya was very intelligent,and could think of excellent strategies,though not quite on par with Shikamaru. According to Shikamaru,she would probably also "be very good in shogi". She claimed to be the second strongest member of the Sound Four, inferior only to Sakon. She was also very skilled with genjutsu. Whe teamed up with her comrades,they were skilled with sealing and barrier techniques.

When in Level 2 Cursed Seal form, her hair grew longer, her skin turned dark brown,and she grew several horns on her head. She also gained immense stamina and endurance,which allowed her to overcome even Shikamaru's various shadow techniques.

Flute
Tayuya is the only member of the Sound Four to use sound as her primary fighting style,in the form of her Demonic Flute. She was shown to have have immense skill using it. In the fight with Shikamaru she was able to dodge attacks and play her flute simultaneously. The flute is her only weapon,as she does not even carry kunai. This makes her vulnerable to close-range combat. Despite this, Tayuya can use her flute for a variety of purposes; with it she could control her Doki. She could also perform genjutsu,which she called her greatest technique Demonic Flute: Dream Sound Chain.

Invasion of Konoha Arc
Tayuya made her first appearance with the rest of the Sound Four, erecting a barrier to keep others from interfering in Orochimaru's fight with the Third Hokage. She later escorted Orochimaru when he fled.

Sasuke Retrieval Arc
The Sound Four escorted Sasuke Uchiha when he decided to join sides with Orochimaru. When Team Shikamaru caught up with the Sound Four after leaving Choji and Neji behind to deal with Kidomaru and Jirobo,they managed to take the barrel Sasuke was being carried in from her. While trying to take it back,she was confronted by Kimimaro, who threatened to kill her if she didn't deal with some of the Konoha ninja resulting in her fighting Shikamaru Nara.

Tayuya summoned three demons,that she controlled with her flute and easily gained the upperhand against Shikamaru. Being unable to read her music he realized he would have to find a way to fight her some other way. After she started to play a different tune,her Doki generated chakra that took on its form from eating mental energy that started to attack Shikamaru. He then figured out they crave physical energy because it keeps them stable. After evading them and taking cover,Shikamaru started to build a strategy to fight her. After he is finished,he has nine moves to beat her with. As Shikamaru did each move,Yayuya blocked them and attacked where they came from. After he drops a flash bomb,Tayuya was blinded,and he took control of the three Doki with his shadow,telling her how he found Shogi fun because he can take over his opponent's pieces. Shikamaru then attacked Tayuya with the three demons prompting Tayuya to remove them,but she still hadn't outsmarted Shikamaru. After she gave a speech,she was caught by his shadow. She was then forced to activate the second stage of her cursed seal. Tayuya was then able to resist Shikamaru's shadow. She then trapped him in a genjutsu,causing him to throw a kunai at her and miss. He first broke his finger before doing so,however.

Picking up the kunai that had missed her earlier, she tried to slit his throat but was suddenly punched in the gut and caught by his shadow again,revealing that he only pretended to fall prey to her genjutsu. Shikamaru then explained about his plan and how he missed with that kunai on purpose to get her close while he then prepared his Shadow Neck Bind Technique. When she started relying on brute strength after going into Level 2 of her cursed seal. Tayuya was able to force his shadow down,but he forced it back up again,after doing that for a while,Shikamaru was beginning to run out of chakra. After he ran out of chakra,his shadow receded,and Tayuya nearly killed him. Temari,however,arrived at the last second,and blew Tayuya off with a strong burst of wind. Tayuya then attempted to use her flute to summon her genjutsu,but Temari repelled it with her fan. Tayuya then went into hiding,while Shikamaru told Temari about Tayuya's battle style,Tayuya then tried to use her genjutsu again,but Temari then used her Summoning: Quick Beheading Dance to destroy the forest,causing Tayuya to be cut several times in the process which made her scream in agony,ending when several sliced tree trunk parts fell on Tayuya,killing her. Her body then returned to its form and she lay defeated on the forest floor.

Trivia

 * The flute melody Tayuya used to control the Doki was in later episodes, used as background music in the Naruto anime.
 * Tayuya made a brief appearance in an omake in Naruto Shippūden episode 129, as she is seen walking around the festival.
 * Tayuya's hair is shown as dark pink in the manga. In the anime it has a colour closer to red, but becomes pink when she enters Cursed Seal stage 2.
 * According to the Naruto Official Databook:
 * Tayuya has completed 46 official missions in total: 20 D-rank, 15 C-rank, 8 B-rank, 2 A-rank, 1 S-rank.

Quotes

 * "I'll play you the melody of death!"
 * "No one has survived the sound of my flute."
 * "You said this was your last hand, right? I'm afraid it's reverse checkmate, you damn rat!"
 * "He's an amazing piece of trash."