Eiki Takaha (鷹派英気, Takaha Eiki; lit. "Willpower of Hawk Faction") is a young aspiring genin originating from the Land of Fire who was later brought to Iwagakure by his liquidator mother. He is the son of Kari and "The Other", although he has no clue about his actual lineage. Eiki was brought up in an Ashram near the west outskirts of Iwagakure where he was trained for several years until his master's realized his potential and sent him to the academy so that, one day he would become an excellent warrior. Eiki passed from the academy at the age of 9 but waited for an entire year so that he would be ready to work with others, simply because he did not consider himself to be worthy of the title of "Genin". After training rigorously for a year, he finally accepted to join a four man squad and