Daitan Futekina

is a jōnin from Ishigakure who was the first leader and founder of the village.

Personality
He was one of the most notable members of the clan Futekina, always enthusiastic about new missions and new opportunities to learn new skills to improve their techniques. However, I had no patience when discussing with Mū, showing his inability to save in insults.

Background
Before the founding of Iwagakure, Daitan was in the group of calculating ninja masters in buildings and architecture that dominated the east of the Land of Earth. Led by Daitan's uncle, the Futekina clan just left the category of wandering clan when it joined the First Tsuchikage in building Iwagakure, and since then, all Futekina clan ninja become Iwagakure shinobi.

Daitan was already a teenager when was created the classification of ninjas among genins, chūnins and jōnins, so he was only promoted to chūnin with sixteen, and afterwards at nineteen, became jōnin. Specializing in jutsus involving the Earth Release, Daitan became one of the most skilled ninja of his clan. Being the Futekina Clan's member who has built more homes with the use of Earth Release's jutsus.

During the government of the First Tsuchikage, had been speculated that Daitan became his assistant, however, with the death of his uncle, Daitan was appointed as leader of the Futekina Clan, and thus gave up the desire to become assistant of the Tsuchikage. Thus, expected to Daitan be appointed as the Second Tsuchikage according to the First aged. However, other Iwagakure ninjas and even Mū, by himself, armed hundreds of politics traps and ambushes for Daitan wasn't be named as the Second Tsuchikage.

Funding Ishigakure
Agreeing that it would be better to have a village leader who could dominate the Kekkei Tōta, Daitan agreed not to fight for the title of Tsuchikage, but also concluded that should leave Iwagakure and take with him to the Land of Gravels the Futekina clan. Then the whole clan left the Land of Earth and migrated to the Landy of Gravels, where Daitan (with the help of his subordinates and his wife Niwa Kuriharu) founded Ishigakure. Months later, the clan of his bride followed in his footsteps and left Iwagakure, sheltering in the newly created village in the Land of Gravels.

Dating with Niwa
Daitan met Niwa Kuriharu during a meeting between their respective clans. Niwa was the daughter of the deputy leader of Kuriharu clan, a minor clan of blacksmiths and weapon inventors, and Daitan fell in love with her ​​at first sight. Being the leader of the Futekina clan, Daitan couldn't simply show interest in the daughter of the deputy leader of the Kuriharu clan, but even so he decided to reveal his feelings for Niwa, but immediately, didn't get the desired response.

After nearly causing an incident between the two clans due to his successive processions against Niwa, Daitan finally win the heart of the kunoichi after he have saved her from a kidnapping written by Suangakure shinobi interested in Niwa's Kekkei Genkai: the Land Release.

Battle against Mū
Two years before Mu being defeated by the Second Mizukage, Daitan had to confront his old rival in a battle on the frontier between the Land of Gravels and the Land of Earth in a place later called the "Black Earth Frontier." In this battle, Daitan had to protect his village and his countryconstant attacks of Mu and Iwagakure, who wanted to take the territory of Ishigakure and expand areas of Iwagakure.

Having to fight against the "Non-Person" Daitan had no hope of surviving the fight. Then he adopted a strategy to defend against Mū and arrest him in a trap that would prohibit him to take and destroy Ishigakure. Even weakened due to assaults and injuries caused by Mū, Daitan managed to seal his opponent in a "Seal of the Wantonesses Shares," that would prevent Mū invade or to order an invasion against the Land of Gravels, otherwise Mū would die.

Quotes

 * (To Niwa)"Excuse me if I'm bothering you, Lady Niwa, but... From the first moment I saw you... I feel a burning in my heart... Please date me!"
 * (To his subordinates of the Futekina clan) "We live in a critical moment and the my uncle's death came in the worst possible moment... I am emotionally weak after the loss of the man who raised me and made me who I am today. But I should follow my obligations and I beg you all for your support! You can trust me, and our clan will never be forgotten or die! Put your faith in me and the clan Futekina will be eternal!"
 * (To the Iwagakure's Consil)"I agree to leave the race for the title of Second Tsuchikage, but due to the actions of many of you and one man in particular, report that: starting today, you have lost the support of the Futekina clan. We are leaving the village and the Land of Earth. We'll go to the Land of Gravels and any retaliation against my decision will be considered as enemy threat. I speak now as a missing-nin, but soon I hope your ring."
 * (To Mū)"You know you can beat me, but his ego is your weakness. Beware, Mū, because I can explore it even being at a disadvantage."
 * (Last words)"So I saved Ishigakure. Now all will be fine... Now I can die in peace."

Trivia

 * Daitan Futekina (大胆ふてきな) literally means "fearless".