Chinoike Clan

Biodata

Background / History

The Chinoike Clan possessed the legendary Ketsuryūgan, a dojutsu feared for its powerful genjutsu. Because of this power, the clan was branded cursed and exiled to the Valley of Hell. The Uchiha Clan was assigned to guard them, creating a lasting enmity between the two clans 12.

Uchiha Chen's parents descended from the Uchiha branch responsible for guarding the Chinoike forbidden ground in the Land of Lightning. They abandoned their identities and lived as commoners to escape their enemies 1.

After Chen killed twenty-seven villagers while protecting his younger brother Jin, the family's Uchiha heritage was exposed. The Chinoike Clan pursued them, and their strongest fighter, Miyashiro En, confronted the family. Chen's parents sacrificed themselves to let Chen and Jin escape; En used the Ketsuryūgan to trap victims in genjutsu and manipulate their blood into human bombs 14.

Chen awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan at age ten after witnessing his parents' deaths and began hunting the Chinoike across the world. His campaign continued for three years and targeted clan members regardless of age, gender, or guilt 14 94. Jin later personally killed Hachishiki and his relatives in revenge for their parents 94.

Abilities & Skills

Ketsuryūgan

The clan's hereditary dojutsu is renowned for exceptionally dangerous genjutsu and blood manipulation 12.

• Places targets under powerful illusions, rendering them vulnerable to the user 12.
• Allows the user to control a victim's blood after trapping them in genjutsu 12.
• Can turn controlled victims into “human bombs” 12.
• Its danger was the stated reason for the clan's exile and cursed reputation 12.

Relationships

• Uchiha Clan — Historical guards and enemies of the Chinoike Clan; the clan holds extreme resentment toward the Uchiha over its exile and confinement 12.
• Uchiha Chen — Descendant of the Uchiha guard line whose parents were killed by Miyashiro En; Chen subsequently hunted the clan for three years 1 14 94.
• Uchiha Jin — Chen's younger brother; later killed Hachishiki and his relatives to avenge their parents 94.
• Miyashiro En — The clan's strongest expert and a survivor; father of Chiyo and the man who killed Chen and Jin's parents 12 14.
• Hachishiki — Chinoike member killed by Jin alongside his relatives 94.

Trivia

• The clan name contains the characters for “blood” (血) and “pool” (池).
• Chen initially considered the possibility that a surviving Chinoike member had awakened an unusually powerful Ketsuryūgan and was seeking revenge against him and Jin 267.