Noriaki Hyuga was a member of the Hyuga Clan, son of Jaotu Hyuga and Rei Hyuga, and brother of Sayuri Hyuga. When his uncle, Shogun Masamori Hyuga, fell ill and the morale of Yamatian troops was falling as the Grand Alliance grew stronger during the Great War, Jaotu and Distreyd Thanadar XII cast an elaborate illusion spell on Noriaki which made Noriaki look like the Shogun.