Chouza Akimichi

He is father of Chouji Akimichi and former team-mate of Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka. Together they were the previous Ino-Shika-Chou trio.

During the Nine-Tails’ Attack on Konoha, Chouza and his teammates assisted in the village’s defense. A few years later, Chouza learned that Chouji was treated as an outcast because of his weight and the belief that Akimichi were useless ninja. Chouza told him that one day, he would have true friends that would realize that wasn’t the true Chouji. Chouza is the head of the Akimichi clan, and was part of the first “Ino-Shika-Chou Trio” alongside Shikaku Nara and Inoichi Yamanaka, his name being the Chou part of the group name.