Inojin Yamanaka is a genin and a member of Konohagakure's Yamanaka clan. Together with his teammates Chōchō Akimichi and Shikadai Nara, he formed the seventeenth generation of the Ino–Shika–Chō trio. Inojin bears a strong resemblance to his mother: he has light blue eyes and flaxen blond shoulder-length hair which he keeps in a small ponytail allowing the rest to fall about his face — both traits featured heavily in his clan. He inherited his father's pale white skin colour