#plus at some point sako *does* defect from the hyuuga (and konoha as a whole) and uses the family name harada

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sako's naruto verse (aka his og verse before he got genshin'd) pointers:

-sako is a member of the hyuuga upper branch family, albeit not the main family like hinata and hanabi. like in all his verses, he's an only child raised by one mother and one father.

-what makes him unusual is that he refuses to use any of the gentle fist techniques, relying on swordsmanship. originally, he was trained in gentle fist, but made one of the lower branch members (and his sort-of servant/friend, okubo) go in his stead. it caused quite a bit of trouble.

-he's a jounin and nineteen-twenty years old at the beginning of og naruto, and twenty-two to twenty-three years old during shippuden.

-he doesn't like being referred to as a member of the hyuuga clan, due to a certain incident that was covered up by the clan so they didn't lose any standing (which applies to all his verses).

-when he was a genin, both of his genin teammates (sabito akimichi and kaori inuzuka) died due to various means. as he was close to them at the time, it was difficult for him to cope with their deaths. his genin sensei (who was like a mother to sako, as his biological mother let his old man be disgusting), miyo harada, died after sako became a chunin due to unknown means.