Ino Yamanaka
Ino Yamanaka is a female anime and manga character who features in Naruto.
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Biography
Origin
Ino Yamanaka (Japanese: 山中 いの, Hepburn: Yamanaka Ino) was a female human ninja who was born in the Ninja World as the daughter of Inoichi Yamanaka (山中いのいち, Yamanaka Inoichi) who was the head of the Yamanaka clan in the ninja village of Konohagakure.
Naruto
Shippūden
Upon the return of Team Kakashi, Ino along with her team came to meet them where they met Sasuke's replacement who was a young ninja named Sai. Ino was immediately smitten by him as she saw within Sai a similar quality as Sasuke. Their sensei Asuma Sarutobi wanted to have a private discussion with the injured Kakashi Hatake and thus their two respective set of students went to have a meal together. During their dinner, she attempted to get to know Sai together who was still struggling in the basics in human interaction and in an effort to make friends he called Ino 'beautiful' which made her blush.
Shikamaru then gathered her and Choji in the early morning as they sought to hunt down the Akatsuki that had killed their sensei. They were confronted by Tsunade who ordered them to stand down but Kakashi Hatake convinced her that the three young shinobi were determined to embark on this mission. Instead, he offered to accompany them and ensure the success of their mission with the Hokage reluctantly agreeing to the assignment. This saw Team Asamu tracking the Akatsuki where they ambushed the pair though their initial plan to take down the two villainous shinobi failed.
At the onset of the Fourth Shinobi World War, Ino came to join the Allied Shinobi Forces where she was assigned to the Fifth Division. This unit was tasked with providing support to the First Division allowing her to be reunited with Choji and Shikamaru. At the time, they faced Kinkaku of the infamous Gold and Silver Brothers from the the hidden cloud who had been reanimated to serve the Akatsuki. Going into a rage, the ninja used his stolen Nine-Tails chakra to enter into a more powered state where he went on a rampage for the defeat of his brother. This was until Team 10 used the Ino-Shika-Cho formation that allowed them to capture him and seal Kinkaku in the Kohaku no Jōhei. Team 10 then were confronted by a reanimated Kakuzu who was keen to fight the trio but revealed that their former sensei Asuma had similarly been brought back to serve the Akatsuki. Thus, Team 10 had to battle their own mentor where they did not wish to fight him but at the same time were best qualified to battle their sensei.
Next Generations
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Ino Yamanaka was a female human with fair skin, light blue eyes and long platinum blonde hair that she wore in a ponytail with bangs framing the right side of her face. Due to her being pretty, one of the names that was given to her was Mrs. Beauty (美人さん, Bijin-san).
Later on, she was attracted to Sai Yamanaka (山中サイ, Yamanaka Sai) as she qualities similar to Sasuke in him. This eventually led to the two entering into a romance and getting married where he took her family name. Years later, the pair had a child together with this being a son named Inojin Yamanaka (山中いのじん, Yamanaka Inojin).
Powers and abilities
Born a human, Ino Yamanaka was capable of manipulating chakra allowing her to perform a number of jutsu and thus serve as a shinobi. As a genin, her mentor Asuma came to note that she was an exceptional kunoichi. Her own father had said that Ino was a kunoichi with the potential to become the strongest member of the Yamanaka clan.
Seeking to be more useful, Ino later underwent training to become a medical ninja where she requested Sakura to help convince Lady Tsunade to train her.
She knew a number of techniques that included:
- Mind Body Switch Technique (心転身の術, Shintenshin no Jutsu) :
- Mind Body Disturbance Technique (心乱身の術, Shinranshin no Jutsu) :
- Mind Body Transmission Technique (心伝身の術, Shindenshin no Jutsu) :
- Mind Clone Switch Technique (心転分身の術, Shinten Bunshin no Jutsu) :
Typically, her mind transfer techniques were used in conjunction with Shikamaru's shadow possession ability. This was to ensure that the target was immobilised to ensure her taking control of them. Otherwise, there was a risk of her missing her target which would mean it would take sometime for her to return to her body which was vulnerable to an attack in that state.
Notes
- Ino Yamanaka was created by Masashi Kishimoto where he featured in the setting of Naruto.
In other media
Television
- In Naruto, Ino Yamanaka appeared in the setting of the anime adaptation where she was voiced by Japanese voice actress Ryoka Yuzuki and by English voice actress Colleen O'Shaughnessey.
Films
Video games
Appearances
- Naruto:
- Boruto: Naruto Next Generations:
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