Neji was born into the branch family of the hyuga clan .at a young age neji's father was killed in order to protect his older brother who was in the main head of the clan. beleive this act was against his fathers will neji held a grudge against the head family , especialy his cousin hinata who was kindnapped and save but resulted in a leaders death and as collateral neji's father was killed.nejis is very powerful and refured to as a genius by his fellow genin, after his defeat against uzumaki naruto and after finding the truth about his fathers death, neji changes his whole outlook on destiney and life.