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| editMukai Kohinata | |||
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| Appears in | Manga | ||
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| Gender |  Male
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| Age | 34 (Deceased) | ||
| Kekkei Genkai |  Byakugan
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| Team | Team Mukai | ||
| Clan | Kohinata Clan | ||
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Mukai Kohinata (小日向ムカイ, Kohinata Mukai) was a Jōnin and ANBU of Konohagakure. He was also the leader of Team Mukai.
Background[]
Early Life[]
Mukai's family split off from the Hyūga clan several generations before his birth. Many assumed this meant his bloodline was too diluted to possess the Byakugan, but Mukai did in fact have a Byakugan in his left eye; he preferred to keep this a secret from anyone he wasn't close with. Once he became a Konoha-nin, Mukai led an accomplished career, ultimately joining the ANBU at the same time that he was promoted to jōnin. Although his membership in the ANBU had to remain a secret from most, Mukai's performance was nevertheless stellar enough to earn the trust of the Third Hokage.
Adult[]
Mukai is corned by Iwa's Explosion Corp
During the Third Shinobi World War, Mukai's battalion was reduced to a mere four shinobi by their Iwagakure opponents; however, when all apparent hope was seemingly lost, Minato Namikaze arrived. He briefed Minato on the situation and then he, and the other three shinobi, subsequently helped Minato wipe out about fifty opposing Iwa-nin by throwing his Flying Thunder God Kunai behind enemy line.
After the war, Mukai eventually married and had two children. But when one of his children, became sick, Mukai struggled to afford his treatment. In order to make the needed money, he began spying on Konoha for Kirigakure. Danzo got wind of this. In order to monitor him. Mukai was made the leader of Team Mukai with Shikari Yukionna and Arikurin Shiin.
Soon, Team Mukai was assigned to provide security to the Land of Fire's daimyō during his annual visit to Konoha. Konoha's Team 2 publicly served as the daimyō's escorts, while Arikurin, Shikari, and Mukai followed in the shadows to monitor for threats. When the daimyō's entourage was confronted by the masked man, Mukai and most of the other ANBU fell prey to the man's Genjutsu. Only Arikurin and Kakashi Hatake resisted the Genjutsu, but it took him some time to free Mukai and the others. They went to the daimyō's defence as soon as they were able, but the masked man had already been driven off by Itachi Uchiha.
Years later, they were to infiltrate Sunagakure and monitor a meeting between the Fourth Kazekage and a representative from Kirigakure; their villages were secretly developing an alliance. Such an alliance would break the delicate peace that had been formed after the conclusion of the Third Shinobi World War, and inevitably initiate another war. Mukai's team was to gather information, so that Konoha could take the necessary steps to prevent this from happening. Although they went unnoticed during the reconnaissance itself, a booby trap as hit they were leaving, alerting Suna's ninja to their presence.
Mukai defeats multiple Suna ANBU using Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven
Team Mukai rushed from the village, trying to cross the border back into the Land of Fire before the Suna-nin could catch up to them. However, as they traveled, Arikurin became convinced that the Suna-nin would catch them as he heard them getting closer and closer. It wasn't long until the Suna-nin had completely surrounded them. Mukai basically single handedly defeated more than twenty Suna-nin in close combat. With their pursuers dealt with, Mukai and his team resumed their course back to Konoha. In the end, because Suna and Kiri's planned alliance had been discovered by Konoha before it could be formalized, the two villages were forced to abandon it.
Mukai activates his Byakugan
On Mukai's next day off, he created a shadow clone to take his place around Konoha, notably spending some time with his sick son. The real Mukai, meanwhile, met with his Kirigakure contacts. Arikurin, Itachi and Shisui Uchiha, assigned by Danzō Shimura to eliminate Mukai for betraying Konoha, covertly followed Mukai to the meeting, defeated all the Kiri-nin he was meeting, and then confronted Mukai. They encouraged him to surrender, but Mukai declined, knowing he'd betrayed too many of the village's secrets to receive any mercy from Konoha's government. He released his shadow clone back in Konoha in order to regain its chakra, mused he would need to come up with an explanation to tell his son, activated his Byakugan, and then attacked the 3 young ANBU.
Mukai is ambushed
Despite Arikurin's attempt to keep his distance, Mukai quickly got close to him and performed a disembowelling manoeuvre, but the Arikurin he attacked turned out to only be a Swiftlet Clone. Shisui then attacked him with a Great Fireball, but Mukai dispersed the flames with his Gentle Fist. He began to spar with Shisui, but soon noticed that Shisui seemed to be guiding him towards something. Guessing that Itachi had concealed himself somewhere in order to catch him in a genjutsu, Mukai discretely located Itachi's hiding spot. Mukai began striking Itachi's tenketsu, but was interrupted by an attack from Shisui, directed at the Byakugan's blindspot. Mukai grabbed Shisui by the throat and started to strangle him. Though Itachi was having difficulty moving because of Mukai's previous attack, he nevertheless tried to intervene, approaching Mukai with his Sharingan active. Mukai warned him that the Sharingan's genjutsu wouldn't work on him, prompting Arikurin to wonder if the same was true of the his Shindo Tanto So, he began to play a Genjutsu Melody.
Arikurin catches Mukai in a Genjutsu
After being caught in Arikurin's Tree Binding, Shisui activated his Mangekyō Sharingan against the immobilized Mukai. As a result of his defeat, he cut open his own stomach, activating a jutsu meant to prevent him from being interrogated if and when his spying activities were ever discovered. He attempted to get a final cigarette for himself, but his motor skills had already deteriorated too much. Itachi placed a cigarette in his mouth for him, which Shisui lit. With Mukai dying, Arikurin completed his main mission taking the Byakugan. Before he dies, Mukai confesses to his crimes so that his family in Konoha will not be persecuted for anything he did.
Personality[]
Mukai's Lighter
Mukai was a smoker as well as an alcoholic and would indulge in these vices whenever he had the opportunity. Despite this, Mukai was a capable ninja and confident in his abilities, even willing to compromise an important mission in order to display his abilities for the famed Itachi Uchiha. His love for his family led him to betray his village, and at his death, he confessed everything to spare them from paying for his crimes.
Appearance[]
Mukai 's left Byakugan
Mukai had long black hair and a dark blue bandanna-style forehead protector. Two strands of his hair hung down on both sides, framing his face. He wore the standard Konoha Jonin and ANBU gear. When his Byakugan was activated, his left eye was white and there are no distinguishable pupil.
Abilities[]
Mukai was an extremely powerful and experienced shinobi, credited by Danzō Shimura as being similarly talented as Itachi Uchiha, though not with the same innate skills as Itachi. In battle, Mukai showed that he could be merciless, attacking the leader with a full Eight Trigrams technique, despite the fact that a single blow would have sufficed, not wanting to let the leader of the enemy team escape unscathed. He was apparently in the habit of not only facing superior numbers of enemies by himself, but moreover of prevailing against them unharmed, as his teammates knew to leave him to fight by himself without being told. He was confident that he would defeat Itachi and Shisui Uchiha, despite recognising them both as prodigies in the Uchiha clan.
Byakugan[]
Mukai's Byakugan
Being distantly related to the Hyūga clan, Mukai was able to activate the Byakugan in his left eye, a genetic throwback. His eye only resembles a Byakugan when it's active, and otherwise it appears like any normal eye. The Byakugan allows Mukai to see chakra, helping him to precisely attack his opponents' tenketsu as well as locate enemies that are trying to hide from him.
Taijutsu[]
Mukai clashes with Arikurin
Mukai was feared for his taijutsu prowess, as he's both incredibly fast and incredibly strong. Mukai's Byakugan gives him a huge advantage in combat, allowing him to see everything in his surroundings and react with maximum efficiency: when a volley of kunai were thrown at him, he only bothers to deflect the kunai that would have hit him. Because the Byakugan can see the chakra pathway system, he was similarly able to focus his attacks at where opponents are most vulnerable, typically defeating them with only a single strike; this is known as the Gentle Fist. Because his reliance on close-combat makes him naturally vulnerable to long-range attacks, Mukai was careful not to let his opponents get too far from him so that they won't gain an advantage over him.
Part II[]
Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation[]
Mukai reincarnated, alongside Asuma and Dan
In preparation for the Fourth Shinobi World War, Asuma was reincarnated by Kabuto Yakushi to fight against the Allied Shinobi Forces. He was later mobilised alongside Asuma Sarutobi and Dan Katō. Informed by Dan of their current situation, he stated that he had an ominous feeling of what was to come. Relocating to the Land of Lightning's coast, Mukai emerged from the sea amongst the White Zetsu Army and a few other reincarnated shinobi, before engaging the opposing First Division. Confronting Chōza Akimichi with Dan initially, he soon separated from them and began fighting other shinobi, engulfing several in an enormous explosion.
Fourth Shinobi World War: Climax[]
Later, with the release of the Impure World Reincarnation, Mukai's soul, like the others, was returned to the afterlife
Credits[]
- Timeline of Naruto Universe
- Anime-edited image source credits to: Photopea.com, Naruspot, Narutopedia, Masashi Kishimoto, & Osamu Kobayashi
