Ōtsutsuki Clan

"Ōtsutsuki" roughly means "big bamboo tree" and is derived from an obscure passage in the second volume of the Kojiki about the genealogies of Emperor Suinin, the eleventh emperor of Japan, which states that he had a consort named Kaguyahime no Mikoto, the daughter of a king named Ōtsutsukitarine no Miko; tradition holds that these individuals served as the basis for Princess Kaguya and the old bamboo cutter in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

Due to the fact that members of this clan are considered and even revered as gods, it can be said that they are partially inspired by the Imperial House of Japan. In Shinto, there is a belief that the Imperial House of Japan are descended from the kami, especially the sun goddess, Amaterasu. In addition, many powerful and historical clans of Japan such as the Fujiwara, Minamoto and Tokugawa originated as cadet branches of the Imperial Household, similarly to the Uchiha, Uzumaki, Senju, Kaguya and Hyūga being descendants from the Ōtsutsuki.

According to Kinshiki's profile in Naruto Mobile, the Ōtsutsuki were the strongest race in the universe.

The horns sported by members of the Ōtsutsuki clan are meant to symbolise rabbit ears, denoting a connection to the moon by evoking the moon rabbit, with Kaguya even being known as the "Rabbit Goddess" to her followers. The trend continued with Momoshiki and Kinshiki via their chakra pills, based on the cinnabar elixir that the moon rabbit is depicted using a mortar and pestle to create in Chinese folklore.

During the clan's civil war, the main and branch families used different emblems to set each other apart: the main family used an eight-pointed sun ray, while the branch family used a crescent moon and a sun.

The clan symbol used on Earth.

On Earth, several clan ruins and Karasuki have a pattern etched into them, which in the case of Karasuki, indicate that it may be some sort of sealing device.

The Ōtsutsuki clansmen on the Moon donned ceremonial kimonos (with various decorations from the back) with sash tied over the right shoulder and shinobi sandals. In battle, they donned a turban, a mask over the lower-half of their face, a white vest, purple sash, purple pants and a purple long-sleeve shirt with bandages over their arms and feet, and additionally using long robes for commander level.

Hinata Hyūga is referred to by the entire Ōtsutsuki Clan as the "Byakugan Princess". The reason for the title is not explained, but by having it, Hinata is immune to Toneri's chakra drain and she is the only individual who can destroy the Tenseigan.

The clothes Toneri and Hinata wore during their wedding ceremony were traditional wedding attires of the clan.

Passing bread from a groom's mouth to his bride's mouth is part of the clan's wedding ritual.

Based on discoveries in an Ōtsutsuki-related site, Sasuke Uchiha postulated they arrived in new worlds in pairs. Amado later confirmed this as one serves as a sacrifice for the Ten-Tails as the other watches over the blossoming God Tree.

Due to their actions of going from planet to planet in order to harvest chakra until it's nothing more than a husk, and forcibly transforming others into perfect copies of themselves, especially when they are on the verge of death and want to preserve their life, Amado has referred to the clan as parasites.

Boro, a subordinate to Isshiki, formed a cult that was dedicated to worshipping the Ōtsutsuki as benevolent gods and saviours of humanity. He claimed to have received an indestructible body from one of such gods, and that the Five Great Shinobi Countries were evil for killing several clan members.