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== Background ==
 
== Background ==
 
[[File:Hinata's family.PNG|thumb|left|Hanabi as an infant along with her family.]]
 
[[File:Hinata's family.PNG|thumb|left|Hanabi as an infant along with her family.]]
Hanabi is the younger daughter of the Hyūga clan's head, [[Hiashi Hyūga]]. While always looking up to her sister [[Hinata]] and wanting to spend more time with her, Hinata's duties as the future heir of their clan made it hard the two sisters to have any time together. Watching Hinata and seeing her as strong yet so kind, Hanabi aspired to be more like Hinata and began training herself. While often watching Hinata train secretly, she also spied on Hinata as she would often leave home to watch [[Naruto Uzumaki]] from a far, making the younger sister wonder why Hinata was so fixated on the social outcast. Later, Hanabi was horrified to learn of the hatred the Branch house of the clan felt towards the Main house and the usage of the [[Hyuga's cursed seal]] to keep the Branch members under control. She was soon approached by [[Hyūga Elder|her grandfather]], who explained that the Hyūga clan must go to extremes sometimes to protect their secrets and everyone has a set path in life that they must endure.
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Hanabi is the younger daughter of the Hyūga clan's head, [[Hiashi Hyūga]]. While always looking up to her sister [[Hinata]] and wanting to spend more time with her, Hinata's duties as the future heir of their clan made it hard the two sisters to have any time together. Watching Hinata and seeing her as strong yet so kind, Hanabi aspired to be more like Hinata and began training herself. While often watching Hinata train secretly, she also spied on Hinata as she would often leave home to watch [[Naruto Uzumaki]] from afar, making the younger sister wonder why Hinata was so fixated on the social outcast. Later, Hanabi was horrified to learn of the hatred the Branch house of the clan felt towards the Main house and the usage of the [[Hyuga's cursed seal]] to keep the Branch members under control. She was soon approached by [[Hyūga Elder|her grandfather]], who explained that the Hyūga clan must go to extremes sometimes to protect their secrets and everyone has a set path in life that they must endure.
   
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[[File:Hinata vs Hanabi.png|thumb|Hanabi prepares to battle against her sister.]]
During sparring sessions between Hanabi and her sister, Hanabi's talent began to shine, amazing everyone by being about on par with her older sister. Later, as Hinata's progress began to be questioned after a strong beating by [[Neji]] during training, the [[Hyūga Elder]] suggested training Hanabi to be the heir. Ultimately, a duel was held between Hanabi and Hinata to decide the future of their clan. While Hinata found an opening to win the fight, she hesitated to strike down her sister, allowing Hanabi to counterattack and win the duel, much to Hanabi's distaste at hurting her sister.<ref name="NS389">''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 389</ref> Ultimately, as Hanabi showed more talent and confidence than her elder sister Hinata, their father decided to make Hanabi the heiress to the clan,<ref name="d1"/> and instead focused his grueling training regime on her instead of her sister, whose training he considered to be a waste of time.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 78, page 10</ref> As Hanabi continued to train under her father, believing the words of her grandfather that all are tied to a unchanging fate, Hanabi became determined to prove herself worthy of being the next head of the Hyūga Clan.
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During sparring sessions between Hanabi and her sister, Hanabi's talent began to shine, amazing everyone by being about on par with her older sister. Later, as Hinata's progress began to be questioned after a strong beating by [[Neji]] during training, the [[Hyūga Elder]] suggested training Hanabi to be the heir. Ultimately, a duel was held between Hanabi and Hinata to decide the future of their clan. While Hinata found an opening to win the fight, she hesitated to strike down her sister, allowing Hanabi to counterattack and win the duel, much to Hanabi's distaste at hurting her sister.<ref name="NS389">''Naruto: Shippūden'' episode 389</ref> Ultimately, as Hanabi showed more talent and confidence than her elder sister Hinata, their father decided to make Hanabi the heiress to the clan,<ref name="d1"/> and instead focused his grueling training regime on her instead of her sister, whose training he considered to be a waste of time.<ref>''Naruto'' chapter 78, page 10</ref> As Hanabi continued to train under her father, believing the words of her grandfather that all are tied to an unchanging fate, Hanabi became determined to prove herself worthy of being the next head of the Hyūga Clan.
   
 
== Personality ==
 
== Personality ==

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editHanabi Hyūga Camera font awesome Browse Information[1][2]
日向ハナビ Hyūga Hanabi
Debut
Manga Naruto Chapter #78
Anime Naruto Episode #46
Novel The Last: Naruto the Movie
Movie The Last: Naruto the Movie
Game Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3
OVA Finally a clash! Jōnin vs. Genin!! Indiscriminate Grand Melee Tournament Meeting!!
Appears in Anime, Manga, Novel, Game, Movie
Voice Actors
Japanese
English
Personal
Birthdate Astrological Sign Aries March 27 Search_Icon.svg
Sex Gender Female Female
Age
  • Part I: 7
Height
  • Part I: 132.4 cm1.324 m <br />4.344 ft <br />52.126 in <br />
  • Blank Period: 150 cm1.5 m <br />4.921 ft <br />59.055 in <br />
  • New Era: 170 cm1.7 m <br />5.577 ft <br />66.929 in <br />
Weight
  • Part I: 28.9 kg63.714 lb <br />
Blood type A
Kekkei Genkai
Occupation
  • Heiress of the Hyūga Clan
Affiliation
Team
Clan
Rank
Ninja Rank
Family
Jutsu

Hanabi Hyūga (日向ハナビ, Hyūga Hanabi) is a kunoichi from Konohagakure's Hyūga clan.

Background

Hinata's family

Hanabi as an infant along with her family.

Hanabi is the younger daughter of the Hyūga clan's head, Hiashi Hyūga. While always looking up to her sister Hinata and wanting to spend more time with her, Hinata's duties as the future heir of their clan made it hard the two sisters to have any time together. Watching Hinata and seeing her as strong yet so kind, Hanabi aspired to be more like Hinata and began training herself. While often watching Hinata train secretly, she also spied on Hinata as she would often leave home to watch Naruto Uzumaki from afar, making the younger sister wonder why Hinata was so fixated on the social outcast. Later, Hanabi was horrified to learn of the hatred the Branch house of the clan felt towards the Main house and the usage of the Hyuga's cursed seal to keep the Branch members under control. She was soon approached by her grandfather, who explained that the Hyūga clan must go to extremes sometimes to protect their secrets and everyone has a set path in life that they must endure.

Hinata vs Hanabi

Hanabi prepares to battle against her sister.

During sparring sessions between Hanabi and her sister, Hanabi's talent began to shine, amazing everyone by being about on par with her older sister. Later, as Hinata's progress began to be questioned after a strong beating by Neji during training, the Hyūga Elder suggested training Hanabi to be the heir. Ultimately, a duel was held between Hanabi and Hinata to decide the future of their clan. While Hinata found an opening to win the fight, she hesitated to strike down her sister, allowing Hanabi to counterattack and win the duel, much to Hanabi's distaste at hurting her sister.[3] Ultimately, as Hanabi showed more talent and confidence than her elder sister Hinata, their father decided to make Hanabi the heiress to the clan,[1] and instead focused his grueling training regime on her instead of her sister, whose training he considered to be a waste of time.[4] As Hanabi continued to train under her father, believing the words of her grandfather that all are tied to an unchanging fate, Hanabi became determined to prove herself worthy of being the next head of the Hyūga Clan.

Personality

Hanabi's character was not expanded on in the manga very much. In the anime, Hanabi seems to be a quiet, polite and respectful girl, although she seems to open up to people a bit easier than her sister. Unlike how Hinata once was, Hanabi is more confident in her abilities. In the anime, since a young age, Hanabi adored her elder sister, always wanting to spend time with Hinata and just being close to her. She was also sad when she learned the harsh conditions Hinata had to endure. When Hanabi learned of the harsh nature the Hyūga lived by and that she would be expected to lead her clan, Hanabi gradually became more hardened, similar to Neji's original views in pre-destined fate and its inescapable nature, determined to not let her clan down as the future leader.[3] Later, after seeing her sister rise beyond everyone's expectations and grow so strong, Hanabi regained much of her previous joyful demeanor.[5] Also in the anime, she gained great respect for the social outcast, Naruto. This came not only from changing the views of both Neji and Hinata for the better by inspiring them, but also convincing herself of being able to shape her own fate.

Appearance

Hanabi - The Last

Hanabi as she appears in The Last: Naruto the Movie.

Hanabi has dark brown hair with long parted bangs with a single lock of hair falling into her face. She also has large, white eyes - a trait shared by all members of her clan. In the anime, her eyes have a hint of lilac in them. In Part I, she was seen wearing a sleeveless, blue v-neck shirt, with mesh armour underneath and blue shorts and sandals.

During Part II, Hanabi had cut her hair short and wore a modified version of her original outfit and had a tan vest jacket with white wristbands on both hands. Her footwear was shinobi sandals with white bands around her ankles. In the Invasion of Pain Arc, while Hanabi was with her father for political matters, she wore a light yellow kimono with light violet painted textures, a red-orange obi with a green cord around, and white tabi with sandals. Hanabi also had a pink flower hair clip attached to her hair on the left side.

In The Last: Naruto the Movie, two years after the Fourth Shinobi World War, her hair has grown significantly longer and is tied into a lower ponytail, reaching past her waist and both of her strands are tied in two pink ribbons. She wears a tannish long sleeve kimono shirt with red-orange flames on it with a matching skirt, along with a white strap around her waist.

Abilities

Hanabi's Gentle Fist

Hanabi using her Gentle Fist while sparring against Hinata.

It was stated during the Chūnin Exams that she is more talented than her sister's, but less than Neji. In the anime, it was shown that she is very skilled with taijutsu even at her young age, as she was able to knock out Hinata in a sparring duel using her clan's Gentle Fist technique; however, part of this victory stemmed from Hinata's reluctance to harm her sister.[3]

Dōjutsu

Byakugan

Hanabi's Byakugan

Hanabi's activated Byakugan.

As a member of the Hyūga clan, Hinabi possesses the Byakugan: a dōjutsu kekkei genkai which grants her an almost 360° field of vision (with the exception of a small blind spot), x-ray vision and the ability to see the chakra pathway system.

Part I

Chūnin Exam Arc

In the anime, as Hanabi continued arduously pushing herself to become stronger, she learned of Hinata entering the Chūnin Exams. Later, Hanabi learned to horror that Hinata was badly injured facing Neji. When Hanabi went to visit Hinata in the hospital, she was amazed to learn that Hinata was determined to change herself and refused to give up even against a stronger opponent like Neji, wanting to be more like Naruto.[5]

Hanabi and Hiashi

Hanabi and Hiashi watching Neji's match in the finals.

Later, Hanabi watched Neji's match against Naruto during the final round of the Chūnin Exams with her father, and was amazed to see that he had learned powerful secret techniques on his own. In the anime, Hanabi was also amazed at Naruto's determination to exceed everyone's expectations of him, much like Hinata.[5] It was also indicated that she knew nothing about the failed attempt to kidnap Hinata that had resulted in Hizashi's death, mostly because she wasn't born at that time, as she did not know how her father could still be alive after the Land of Lightning demanded his death.

Invasion of Konoha Arc

In the anime, she appeared with her father at the funeral of the Third Hokage.[6] After the Invasion of Konoha, while Hanabi became conflicted by the various believes of destiny, she was shocked to see Neji, a branch member who openly despised the Main House, willingly help Hinata train and also voice his changed opinion about destiny thanks to Naruto.[5]

Search for Tsunade Arc

In the anime, she also attended Tsunade's inauguration as the next Hokage, standing with her cousin Neji and his team-mate Tenten.[7]

Part II

Hidan and Kakuzu

In the anime, as Hanabi began to struggle learning the Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven, Hanabi began to get discouraged. She later heard about how much stronger Naruto had become in facing the Akatsuki, and began inspiring everyone to follow from his example. Hanabi was amazed to watch Hinata do just that, mastering more advanced Hyūga techniques all in the effort of keeping up with Naruto.[5]

Invasion of Pain Arc

File:Hanabi A.jpg

Hanabi's attire for the political meeting with the Taketori clan.

During Pain's attack on Konoha, Hanabi was away with her father.[8] In the anime, while she and her father were dealing with political matters between the Hyūga and allied clans such as the Taketori clan, they received word about the attack. Upon returning to the village, they were horrified at the level of destruction following the attack, and even more surprised to hear that no one died. What truly amazed Hanabi and her father was that it was Naruto who saved everyone, after he was protected and inspired by Hinata who risked her life to help Naruto. Later, seeing Hinata grow so strong and determined yet retained her kindness, Hanabi was very happy for her sister in finding her own path, becoming determined to do the same. In the spirit of this, she cheerfully asked her father to train her, to which the father proudly agreed.[5]

Shinobi World War Arc

In the anime, Hanabi was able to proudly wish her sister good luck before she headed off to fight in the war.[5]

The Last: Naruto the Movie

Two years after the events of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Hanabi is kidnapped by a mysterious man of the Ōtsutsuki lineage, having failed to capture Hinata thanks to Naruto's intervention. Naruto, Hinata, Sakura, Sai, and Shikamaru are deployed to go and get her back.

Video Games

Hanabi Hyūga is a playable character in the following video games:

Game nameJapanese releaseEnglish release
Naruto Mobile20162016
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 45 April 200724 March 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 520 December 200727 November 2009
Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 44 February 20169 February 2016
Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Voltage22 November 201722 November 2017
Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections16 November 202317 November 2023
Naruto: Shinobi Collection2014
Naruto: Shinobi Collection Shippū Ranbu27 July 2015
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 322 December 200525 March 2008
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Online14 April 201320 July 2016

Trivia

Springtime of Youth
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  • Hanabi's name means "fireworks".
  • According to the databook(s):
    • Her favourite foods are bananas and milk, while her least favourite food is mitsuba.
    • Her hobby is training with her father.
Hanabi TS

Part II Hanabi concept, in the Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden spin-off.

  • Despite Kishimoto designing a post time-skip version of Hanabi revealed in Rock Lee no Seishun Full-Power Ninden spin-off, in Hinata's Infinite Tsukuyomi dream, she appeared in her Part I design.
  • As the younger sibling, there is a possibility she will be placed in the Branch Family and receive a cursed seal, once the next heir turns three. However, because her father felt that Hanabi was a more suitable heiress than Hinata, and because there have been several changes in the way the Hyūga family works, it is possible she might be exempt from this. Since she is a girl, however, it is also possible she was never meant to have a cursed seal in the first place, as Japanese tradition usually only allows men to start a branch family.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 First Databook, page 110
  2. Retsu no Sho, page 26
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Naruto: Shippūden episode 389
  4. Naruto chapter 78, page 10
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Naruto: Shippūden episode 390
  6. Naruto episode 80
  7. Naruto episode 100
  8. Naruto chapter 430, page 9