Danjō

Danjo is the current daimyō of the Land of Earth.

Personality
Danjo is described as being sleazy and greedy, seeing as he was willing to invade the Land of Flowers and kill many innocent people due to his own frenzied huger for power. Despite regaining fertile territories the Land of Fire conquered long ago, Danjo was unwilling to stop the invasion of the Land of Flowers because his troops had already assembled, and thus he would lose a lot of money. Furthermore, he is easily frightened by intimidating movements, as shown by his reactions to the angry gestures from the Lightning Daimyō Tekkan. Despite his fear, however, Danjo is depicted as being stubborn enough to not give into the pressures of the Hokage and the daimyō of other lands.

Also, Danjo strongly believes that daimyō have no obligation to compromise with or mimic the Kage in any shape or form, finding it acceptable to fight and form alliances upon a whim. In order to reach his ambitions, he is willing to use the bloody nature of being a shinobi as an excuse for his violence.

Appearance
Danjo is repeatedly described as being extremely heavy, with fat hanging from his jaw and covering the rest of his body.

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At some point, Danjo ordered the Tsuchikage Kurotsuchi to invade the Land of Flowers for their fertile soil.

Later, once Iwagakure's troops had been assembled and Danjo's involvement in the invasion was uncovered by Konoha, he took part in the atypical Five Daimyō Summit via video-call. Present also were the other four daimyō, the Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, and his advisor, Shikamaru Nara.

During the summit, when Danjo was confronted about his plans, he shook his head with discontent. Glaring at Ikkyū Madoka, he stated that there is no need for the daimyō to mimic the Shinobi Union; rather, daimyō should be allowed to form alliances and fight as they like. He remarked that they should not let shinobi interfere with their politics. Afterwards, Tekkan and Danjo continued arguing about the invasion of the Land of Flowers, and often Danjo was frightened by Tekkan's mannerisms and responses. Nonetheless, he didn't give up on the invasion.

After a slight break from the summit, Ikkyū announced that the Land of Fire was willing to return small fertile territories to the Land of Earth—these territories had been previously stolen from the Land of Earth during a war, and also overlapped with the Land of Flowers since they owned it originally. Despite the offer, Danjo protested because he already spent money on assembling troops.

Although Danjo stated that the Land of Fire's sentiments were nice, he also said that he saw no reason for other lands to involve themselves in this matter, and believed they had motives other than peace. He once again refused the negotiations. However, his resolve began to crumble when Ikkyū announced his intention to create something called the Continental Summit—a meeting with all the leaders of the continent—as well as the threat of the Land of Fire and Land of Earth becoming enemies if this issue wasn't resolved.

At the Continental Summit, after Mifune's explanations, Danjo took the podium and spoke confidently to the hundreds of people present. With a smile he started his speech, stating that shinobi are a race of people raised to kill and deceive, and due to their presences the continent had been stained throughly by violence. However, he explained that will never suppress ninja's instincts and instead encourage them; since he was well-informed about shinobi's history, he reasoned by stating that fighting is necessary to maintain a power balance and prevent world-crushing disasters through healthy competition.

Afterwards, Danjo stepped away from the podium and allowed Ikkyū, Naruto, and Kurotsuchi to speak. After their significant speeches, at the end of the Summit, Danjo quietly called off the invasion of the Land of Flowers. He agreed to accept the territory offered by the Land of Fire and placed new taxes on it.