Yūga, one of the orphaned brothers out of the Land of Haze, matches his siblings in single-minded devotion. Following Yoruga's lead, he lays down his own life to stall pursuers so the hunt for Hashirama's cells can go on.
A brutal childhood left Yūga, like the rest of the brothers, wholly given over to their cause, ready without hesitation to spend his life for his siblings and their task. Having tasted real suffering, he prizes every fragment of happiness that comes within reach.
Yūga's trump card is Ephemeral Life, a forbidden Haze-Style jutsu held back as a final resort. It summons a spectre that feeds on the caster's own life force to take solid shape, and once embodied the being raises a vast, formidable barrier around its quarry. Fast, powerful, and remarkably durable, it siphons chakra from living things to grow stronger and can even regrow limbs it has lost. Yūga is skilled with the Transformation Technique too, bending it to fool his marks, while the tanto he carries points to kenjutsu training.

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Raised in a Land of Haze orphanage alongside his brothers, Yūga later joins the hunt for Hashirama Senju's cells, remains of the First Hokage that have slipped onto an underground market inside the Land of Silence. Dressed as women, the brothers try to coax the cells' location from Kirisaki, but he cools once Boruto Uzumaki shows up in a woman's guise of his own. Tracking Boruto's group, they find the cells in Sakuya's hands. Yoruga's dying sacrifice opens the castle's barrier, letting Yūga, Asaka, and Hiruga slip inside, where Yūga and Asaka cut Sakuya down and seize the prize. When Boruto appears, they frame him for both killings and flee, though Sakuya's dying butler still manages to warn the guards. Later, learning they are being followed, Yūga hands his earring to Asaka and stays behind to hold off the Konoha pursuers, giving his life for the mission just as Yoruga did. His earring is meant to hang beneath the peach tree back at their old orphanage.
Yuga is one of a group of orphaned brothers from the Land of Haze who join the hunt for Hashirama Senju's cells. Like his siblings, he is devoted to the cause and ultimately sacrifices himself to protect the mission.
Yuga's trump card is Ephemeral Life, a forbidden Haze-Style jutsu that summons a spectre fed by the caster's own life force, which then raises a powerful barrier around its target while siphoning chakra to grow stronger.
Yuga died holding off pursuing Konoha ninja so his surviving brother Asaka could escape with Hashirama Senju's cells, giving his life for the mission just as his brother Yoruga had done before him.
Yuga was among the brothers who infiltrated Sakuya's castle after Yoruga's dying sacrifice opened its barrier, and together with Asaka he cut down Sakuya and seized the cells before framing Boruto Uzumaki for the killings.
Yuga's brothers are Asaka, Hiruga, and Yoruga, fellow orphans from the Land of Haze who together pursued Hashirama Senju's cells.
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