Chinami Clan

The Chinami clan (千奈美一族, Chinami Ichizoku) is a clan known for their dōjutsu kekkei genkai, the Kiokugan. They are a previously nomadic clan of historians who have been settled in Takigakure for their past three generations.

Background
The Chinami clan is a previously nomadic clan, originating from Amegakure.

The main force of the clan has since settled in Takigakure, but individual people and families are known to settle other villages, such as Sunagakure, Amegakure and Kirigakure. Upon awakening his unique Kiokugan, Atsushi Chinami founded the clan. They went from village to village, documenting what they could, attempting to create an unbiased source of information through what they saw through their own eyes.

After many generations of traveling the land, the clan eventually settled down in Takigakure. Many members, mostly the younger generation, choose not to spend their time helping to document what they see, and instead pursue normal lives.

Kiokugan
The Kiokugan (記憶眼; literally meaning "Memory Eye") is the dōjutsu kekkei genkai unique to the Chinami clan. It allows the user life long eidetic memory, or photographic memory. Anything that the user sees with their eyes while activated will become a permanent memory, and are able to replay memories in their mind and recall precise details with almost perfect accuracy. All members who posses the blood of the Chinami clan possess the Kiokugan, and can use it at birth with no specific thing or event needed to awaken it.

There is only one known stage of the Kiokugan. When activated it divides the iris of user's eyes by three rings. The exact colors are dependent on whatever color the user has, but the outer ring is always the darkest, the middle ring remains the same while the pupil is enlarged and replaced by a very light shade.

Members are warned of the dangers of extreme overuse of the Kiokugan. Atsushi Chinami, the clan's founder, was ultimately lost in memories he had of his deceased wife, Bunko Chinami, entering a state of derealization and becoming prisoner of his own mind.

Appearance
Most Chinami clan members have light colored eyes, most usually ranging from yellow-green to green to teal. They have no specific or unique hair color and commonly fair skinned in complexion. Clan colors for attire are white with deep blue and black accents.

Trivia

 * "Chinami" means "one thousand waves" (千奈美), possibly a reference to their eventual settlement in Takigakure.
 * Members usually specialize in Water Release nature manipulation techniques.