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[indent][color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] N A M E
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]Kenji Yamanaka[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] A g e / B i r t h d a y
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]19 / July 7[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] G e n d e r
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]Male[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] B o d y T y p e
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]Skinny, tall, and remarkably straight backed in his posture for somebody as laid back as he is.[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] V i l l a g e
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]Konohagakure[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] C l a n
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]Yamanaka
A family of shinobi found in the hidden leaf. They specialise in mind related jutsu, and they own and run a flower store in the village. Most notable for their leading of the Konoha Barrier Team. 
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[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] F a m i l y
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]Father: Ichigo Yamanaka
Mother: Niko Yamanaka
Cousin: Yue Nara
Others:[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] R a n k
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]Tokubetsu Jōnin(Teacher) [/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
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[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] P e r s o n a l i t y
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]A man with an overt fondness for food, especially those dishes considered to be fine-dining, but lacking in the appropriate table manners and etiquette to properly associate himself with the class of people whom usually frequent these establishments. Kenji is fun-loving, and enjoys playing games of every kind, although he quite particularly loves games of cards and chance, having developed a penchant for gambling as a result; and can often be found trying to coax the other jonin into games. However, when push comes to shove, and it's time to get his work done, he is a man of incredible discipline and although he doesn't follow the codes of conduct to the letter, he operates just enough within the bounds of the rules to do things his own way. Narrowly avoiding any trouble with his superiors as a result. Although, truth be told his happy-go-lucky persona has gotten him into...predicaments with his peers in the past. [/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] L i k e s
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender][color=slategray]✖[/color] - Dancing
[color=slategray]✖[/color] - Card games
[color=slategray]✖[/color] - Eating
[color=slategray]✖[/color] - Swimming
[color=slategray]✖[/color] - Family [/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] D i s l i k e s
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender][color=slategray]✖[/color] - Xenophobia, he is always eager to meet those from other villages. 
[color=slategray]✖[/color] - Stiff upper lip types, they ruin his meals! 
[color=slategray]✖[/color] - Studying, he believes he did wayyyy too much of that in the academy. 
[color=slategray]✖[/color] - Losing, whether it be a fight, a game or money. Kenji loves to win. 
[color=slategray]✖[/color] - The netted undergarments of the Jōnin uniform. [/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] N i n d o
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]"I just want to be rich and famous, is that really too much to ask?"[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] B i o g r a p h y
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Born into the notorious Yamanaka clan, Kenji lived an ordinary and uneventful life, and was self admittedly a bit of a mummy's boy. That was, until the Nine Tails attacked. He was only seven years old when the demon fox rampaged throughout Konoha; at the time, Kenji had been "working" at the clan's flower store in order to spend more time with his mother when the attack began. Before the untold death and devastation that the coming of one of the bijuu wrought. As a meek child, he was unable to do anything but cry and cower in fear behind a large iron vase. Once the attack was over, after the sealing of the beast at the hands of Seiji Hyuuga, whom was soon after appointed Hokage. Kenji became resolute in his desire to become a shinobi. He never wanted to feel as useless as he did that day. Ever. Again. 

Upon his enrollment into the shinobi academy, the young Yamanaka quickly found a place upon a pedestal among the rest of his class. There were only a handful of shinobi that were even close to his calibre. Under ordinary circumstances this would be an incredibly good thing...but Kenji Yamanaka's class, were a particularly untalented bunch. Throughout the years of training they underwent, their mentors and tutors were somehow oblivious to this fact, despite their grade averages and practical test scores being abysmal in comparison to the previous year. Standing out so prominently among such a class meant that in actuality, Kenji was merely a slightly above average shinobi. But because this went unnoticed due to the scarcity of resources after the war, Kenji was appointed the leader of his class' Team 7 and they graduated with flying colours and were put forth for the Chuunin exams incredibly early, alongside the class a year ahead of them. 

It was around this time that Kenji would meet his first true mentor Kamoji. After a long day of physical training, the young Yamanaka boy went to  swim, relax and bathe in a large pond on the outskirts of the village. After some time passed, an offensive smell hit the boy's nose. Believing it to be some form of contamination in the water, he exited and attempted using his water purification jutsu upon the pond. Before he could finish, he came to realise that a large man had been sat feeding the pond's ducks the entire time. Beside him, was a gargantuan duck, whom the man spoke to as though it were a human. Curious to see what this was all about, Kenji approached the man. Who revealed himself to be a wandering Jonin from the leaf, and after a brief chat, the man explained that he was somewhat a genius when it came to the water style, and that he would happily teach the young Yamanaka some of his jutsu.[i] For a price[/i] 

Without hesitation, Kenji pulled forth his wallet and thrusted every penny he had into duck-sensei's chest and gave him a gleamy hopeful look. With a jovial laugh and confirmation, Kamoji rose to his feet and began instructing a young Kenji on how to form water with his chakra into a weapon. Once he had the basics down, Kenji was pretty swift to adapt that lesson into the next, which was to form a whip with the manipulated water and to lash at the nearby trees. The basics of this lesson would later go on to serve Kenji greatly in the creation of the Wind Style: Wind Shockwave Slash. After their lesson concluded, Kenji returned to the village, with a newfound determination in his heart. Remembering the duck-sensei's words:

[i]"With this move, you can defeat a hundred men easily. Now you've got it and even I tremble at what I've unleashed..."[/i] 

After a few days passed, the day of the chuunin exams arrived. After the candidates were briefed on their objectives for the first portion of the test, they were placed into a homeroom of sorts. It was here that Kenji would first meet Kuroki Kiyuusagi, a member of Mitsuyo's team 11. The test was structured as such that at all but two remaining teams would be eliminated. Before entering the "Forest of Death" four random teams were each given a heaven or an earth scroll. Once inside the forest, the genin were tasked with recovering one of each scroll from another team. Only those that made it to the tower in the centre of the forest with both scrolls would advance to the final stage of the exams. After a full, gruelling day of combat, the two teams which would emerge victorious from the forest were Team Mitsuyo, and Team Kenji. Althlugh it should be noted that Team Mitsuyo cleared the stage many hours before Kenji's team were able to. 

Given the brutality of the exam's first stage, the two remaining teams were given a week to rest and mingle amongst themselves in order to formulate their respective strategies. Such prep time was absolutely necessary, as the final stage would be a series of one on one duels, with the winner progressing to the next stage. Talk about the town was that even before the exams had started, Team Mitsuyo were the heavy favourites to win; and now that it had been filed down to just Team Kenji in their way. Their victory was all but assured. In the first round, Kenji had been paired against Kuroki Kiyuusagi and the two shared an initially very even contest...Initially. 

Before long it became very evident that Kuroki had begun toying with Kenji, and at the command of a voice from the rafters; Kuroki launched a blunted arrow, which hit the young Yamanaka boy directly in the esophagus, rendering him entirely unable to breathe. With this strike dealt, victory was achieved for the Kiyuusagi boy, and the two shook hands in the center of the arena. Once Kenji had regained the ability to breathe of course. The two became friends afterwards, and the blonde haired genin looked to the origin of the voice. To his surprise, it was none other than duck-sensei. In all honesty, he had been glad to be defeated by the student of such a well respected shinobi, and was proud of himself to have even been able to go toe to toe with Kuroki to begin with. Especially given that he would go on to lose only to Genjin Kani, in the exam's finals.

The next year, Kenji's Team 7 would go on to win the exams with minimal difficulties. Thus earning the title of Chuunin. From there, they were assigned to the patrol the land of fire as a whole for four years, given their task, most of them were spent uneventfully. Eventually, growing tired of roaming the villages outskirts for months at a time, and rarely being able to gorge himself in Konoha's restaurants, Kenji enlisted into the academy as an instructor, where he would ironically, after a failed dating escapade with his now close friend Kuroki's younger sister Yuhiko;  go on to teach the class of Haruhi Kiyuusagi. The youngest of the three siblings. He was granted the rank of Tokubetsu Jōnin, as a symbol of authority for his students to look up to. 

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[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] N a t u r e s
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]Water and Air.[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] T a l e n t s
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]Given his propensity for the consuming of food, Kenji has developed a rather fine palate, although he is not above eating for the sake of eating. Additionally, the Yamanaka is an exceptional swimmer.[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] J u t s u
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]Water Style:

Underwater Breathing Jutsu
A simple water manipulation jutsu, Kenji uses his chakra to create a bubble of varying sizes, which is filled with oxygen in order to breathe whilst submerged. A skilled user of this technique gains the ability to breathe underwater for around thirty minutes, although Kenji can only manage ten. This ability doesn't require the use of handseals.

Purify
By placing his hand on a surface of water, Kenji is able to remove all harmful impurities to be from it. This makes the water suitable for consumption regardless of origin and easier to manipulate with his Suiton techniques. 

Water Whip
With this jutsu, Kenji creates a whip of water that can allow him to lash an opponent or even bind them in place until a teammate is able to properly restrain them. 

Violent Water Wave
After forming the needed handseals, Kenji expels a strong jet of water from his mouth towards his opponent. Often used to counteract fire style jutsu. 

Water Column Jutsu 
Upon completion of the hand seals, water floods out into the surrounding area before being condensed in different areas upon a body of water, spouting upward swiftly, to create columns that can strike a target from underneath or to collapse upon the target.

Water Style Gunshot
After kneading his chakra, and converting it into water, Kenji then spits it out in the form of condensed balls. The high-speed water ball attack possesses immense velocity, and is more than capable of penetrating armour and even certain walls. While this is a water release technique, it can still be employed without a body of water present.

Wind Style:

Wind Shockwave Slash
A jutsu created by merging the concepts of the Wind Cutter and Chakra Shockwave Slash jutsus; Kenji infuses wind style chakra into his blade, before slashing out towards his opponent with his katana, creating a strong slicing force, which sends a powerful shockwave in a concentrated direction, that is capable of cutting through multiple opponents, or obstacles in quick succession. It should be noted however, that this technique is highly chakra intensive, and Kenji has not been known to use it more than twice in battle without being left almost completely drained of chakra. 

Wind Cutter
Using his chakra, Kenji is capable of creating one to several blades of wind, which are capable of slicing through his target. Although, Kenji is not particularly adept at utilising this version, and has found significantly more success with his own sword-based variation.

Hiden Jutsu:

Mind-Body Switch Jutsu
Like most Yamanaka, Kenji is able to convert his consciousness to spiritual energy with the clan's hiden jutsu, in order to "fire it" at a target. His consciousness whilst in this state moves slowly towards the target in a straight line. If he misses their target, it takes several minutes for their consciousness to find its way back to his own body. To prevent this from happening, the Mind Body Switch should only be used against targets that are stationary or that are restrained. Should his consciousness successfully make it to the target, Kenji supplants the target's mind and takes total control of their body.

Whilst possessing a target, Kenji's own body is left inert. This isn't necessarily an issue in one-on-one encounters, but when facing multiple opponents this leaves his body vulnerable to attack. As a result he almost never utilises this jutsu when he is alone. Furthermore, any damage the possessed body receives is done to their original body as well. If the Mind Body Switch is used on an ally for whatever reason, the ally's consciousness can be transferred to the user's body so that it won't be defenseless. 

Misc:

Sensing Technique
With the Sensing Technique Kenji is able to mould his chakra and change it to thay of the sensory type. This enables him to detect and track down targets via their chakra signatures.

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[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] W e a p o n s A n d T o o l s
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]An ordinary katana, a brace of wire kunai and various equipment for the field dressing of wounds. [/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] F i g h t i n g S t y l e
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]Kenji isn't the strongest of folks in terms of raw combat power, and as such disdains engaging in head on close and personal combat. However, he more than makes up for this with a guile and wit about him which allows him to pick off his opposition on his own terms, or rendering them unable to fight back. Should you be unfortunate enough to come face to face with Kenji beside a large body of water. Do yourself a favour. Stay away from it. [/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] T h e m e S o n g
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]https://youtu.be/11551XI6ciw[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[color=slategray] ✖ ‖[/color] P l a y e d B y
[indent][indent][indent][color=lavender]DirtyDingo.[/color][/indent][/indent][/indent]
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