Akimichi

The Akimichi clan is a ninja clan from Konohagakure known for its specialization in ninjutsu that focuses on expanding the user’s body. The members rely on calorie-rich diets and special pills to fuel their techniques, which are based on converting calories into chakra to increase body size and strength.

The clan’s signature methods are the Body Expansion Techniques and various Expansion Jutsu that allow the user to enlarge limbs or the entire body. By using Calorie Control and Akimichi pills, they can channel calories into chakra to achieve greater expansion, at the cost of stamina and speed. Higher-level variations enable larger transformations, but they place a heavy burden on the user’s body.

Culture and organization: the Akimichi are one of Konohagakure’s established clans and are part of the broader alliance known as Ino-Shika-Cho, alongside the Yamanaka and Nara clans. Notable members include Choza Akimichi, an experienced clan elder, and his son Choji Akimichi, a prominent member of Team 10.

In media, the Akimichi appear throughout the Naruto series, including major wartime arcs, where Choji and other clan members demonstrate the power and risks of expansion techniques. The clan is depicted as resilient and loyal, balancing large physical capabilities with disciplined training and careful use of clan-specific pills and diet.