Shikaku Nara

Height: 175.2 cm

Nara Shikaku is the father of Shikamaru and the husband of Yoshino, and, like his son, he was part of an Ino-Shika-Cho trio, together with Choza Akimichi and Inoichi Yamanaka. Like his son, he is the Shika in the group name. As a member of the Nara clan, he raises deer, whose antlers can be used to make a medicine that halts the destructive effects of the Akimichi clan's three-colored pills. Since his son became a Chuunin, Shikaku has taken a great interest in Shikamaru's training as he knows his son has much greater potential than he gives himself credit, regularly playing him at shogi to further refine his son's intellect and teaching him more of their clan's secret techniques.

He is probably the most skilled strategist and shogi player in all of Konoha, he beats Shikamaru on a regular basis. When he is first seen, he is portrayed as a bit of an alcoholic, and at times…