Tennoyari Clan

The Tennoyari Clan (天の槍; Tennoyari Ichizoku; literally "Tennoyari Family") is a prominent Yorugakure ninja clan, tracing their lineage back to the founder of the village, who also founded the clan. They are famed for their hiden jutsu, the Jingcan Arts, as well as their mastery of spear combat, known as sōjutsu. The clan leader, Jinmu Tennoyari, is also the current Sorakage.

History
The clan was founded by the legendary Shitennō, a ninja who lived around the time of the Gokage Sennin. He opposed the teachings of the latter, and made Yorugakure as a refuge for those who sought to integrate chakra into the existing system, rather than the peaceful ways taught by the Gokage. He knew that he could not defeat the Gokage Sennin, but his strength was enough to establish Yorugakure as a powerful village, and after his death his children took the name Tennoyari after his supreme skill with spears.

The Tennoyari clan was integral to the village's formation, but because Yorugakure was weakened by Shitennō's death, it could not afford to draw attention to itself, and so another was chosen as the first Sorakage. The clan would not come to power again until Jinmu was chosen as the Third Sorakage, and declared that Yorugakure would begin striving for control of the Frontier, though they had abstained from large scale offenses until then.