Tao clan

The Tao clan
Clan name: Tao clan.

Kekkei Genkai: Lighteye (exists in 3 different levels).

Village: Hidden Elemental Village (Taogakure).

Sub-clans: Water clan, Earth clan, Fire clan, Wind clan, Iron clan,

Wood clan, Light clan, Darkness clan, Lightning clan.

                                                                                                                                                Known members:

Chin Tao (Main Family/former)

Chin Tao's unnamed mother (Main Family/deceased)

Chin Tao's unnamed uncle (Main Family/deceased)

Cho Tao (Earth clan)

Himura Tao (Earth clan)

Jun Tao (Iron clan)

Mei Tao (Iron clan)

Nikito Tao (Iron clan)

Qi Tao (Wood clan)

Qin Tao (Main Family)

Sagara Hyuga Tao (Wind clan/not by bloodline)

Sha Wen (Light clan/not by bloodline)

Shen Tao (Main Family/deceased)

TenTen (Main Family/not by bloodline)

Unnamed Tao clan ANBU Captain (sub-clan unknown)

Unnamed Tao clan ANBU Ninja (sub-clan)

Unnamed Tao clan Chunin #1 (sub-clan unknown/deceased)

Unnamed Tao clan Chunin #2 (sub-clan unknown/deceased)

Unnamed Tao clan Jonin #1 (sub-clan unknown/deceased)

Unnamed Tao clan Jonin #2 (sub-clan unknown/deceased)

Unnamed Tao clan Jonin #3 (sub-clan unknown/deceased)

Wu Tao (Lightning clan)

Xiao Tao (Water clan)

Yahiko Tao (Fire clan)

Yan Tao (Main Family/former)

Yan Udo (Darkness clan/former)

Zhao Tao (Wind clan)

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The Hitokiri wars
Over 40 years ago, a great war reached its main point; The Hitokiri Wars. Ninjas from both the Tao clan and Tsurugi clan fought each other, led by the Hitokiri, which was a special group of powerful Ninjas, mostly using Katanas. During the Hitokiri wars, it existed almost 100 Hitokiri. The surviving Hitokiri was secretly sealed into living people at the moment they died. The named Hitokiri Ninjas who fought in this war was the Hitokiri that would be sealed into: Chin Tao, Yan Tao, Yan Kunemaru (Kunemaru Sojiro), Sha Wen, Third Hitokiri (unnamed), Mei Takani (Fourth Hitokiri), Fifth Hitokiri (unnamed), Yan Myojin (Myojin Kaguya). Several other Hitokiri has been sealed into currently living Ninjas, but where the other Hitokiri wanders now is currently unknown.

The Yan clan's invasion
The Yan clan's invasion was an era of the Tao clan when one of it's sub-clan's, the Iron clan, was divided into two groups: The Yan clan and the Metaru clan. While the Metaru clan remained loyal to the Tao clan, the Yan clan wanted the destruction of the entire Elemental Village. The Yan clan eventually succeeded in invading Taogakure, and killing the Taokage. However, the young boy Chin Tao, the son of the Taokage, managed to kill all Yan clan Ninjas in the attack force, and saved the village before it was destroyed. Not much else is known about this era.

The 50 Tao Shinobi
When Chin Tao had left the Tao clan and created his own group, the Kataki, the Elemental Village was invaded by an army of Jiang Si Ninjas, sent by the Yan Yuuno. While most Ninjas was sent away, only about 50 Tao Shinobi had to stand against 300 000 Jiang Si. This is the current era of the Tao clan, and which side that will win the battle is not known yet.