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Janja is a male hyena and was the leader of a small clan of hyenas that live in the Outlands.
He is the main antagonist of The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar and a major antagonist of The Lion Guard, serving as one of the main antagonists of Season 1 and, alongside Ushari and Kiburi, one of the three secondary antagonists of Season 2 (behind Scar) before reforming in Season 3 when he joined Jasiri's Clan. Janja was the sworn enemy of the Pride Lands and Kion, leader of the Lion Guard before redeeming himself and became an ally.
Janja is a smoky gray spotted hyena with a grayish-beige underbelly. He has large ears that curve to a sharp point, with his left ear bearing a visible notch. His nose, feet, and the upper side of his tail are black. The under side of his tail is a beige color. His muzzle is gray. He also has dark gray spots, one spot forms a gray heart, across his back and a ridge of black fur running along his head and upper neck that juts back in sharp spikes. Janja's eyes are black, with thick eyebrows and a ring of darker gray fur around them.
Janta as adult looks exactly same, only he looks slightly taller.
Initially, Janja was a cruel, greedy, arrogant and villainous hyena who had no interest in following the Circle of Life. He was always ordering others around to do his work for him. Janja did frequently refer to the other members of his clan as "fur-brains", which is shown to be both endearing and insulting depending on the circumstance. He mocked them frequently, but did not like being laughed at himself. He was ruthless and determined to eat as much food as he could.
Janja's intelligence is undeniable. He is a devious and manipulative planner who is always hatching new plots to defeat the Lion Guard or take over the Pride Lands. He is notably the only hyena in his clan who uses cunning to obtain what he wants. True to his name, Janja is very crafty and sly, though he sometimes has difficulty grasping simple concepts and tends to overlook certain details. Janja also has a sense of humor and a fondness of witticism; he will occasionally make jokes and clever remarks.
Despite his ferocity and sharp intellect, Janja is somewhat of a coward, usually only choosing to fight when the odds are in his favor (when his clan has an advantage in numbers). He is also something of a sore loser in the face of defeat. Protective of his territory, he does not tolerate intruders and will attack those who invade his land. As shown in many episodes, Janja harbors a deep hatred for the Lion Guard, especially Kion and his Roar. He also has a strong dislike and disdain for jackals, believing them to be "annoying" and regarding their intelligence as inferior to that of his own species.
Since the beginning of the series, Janja has been shown to have deep admiration and respect for Scar. When a snake named Ushari informs him that it is possible to contact Scar, he immediately agrees to work together with Ushari to figure out how to do it, which they ultimately succeed in doing. Ever since Scar's return, Janja is shown to be respectful, but also highly fearful of Scar. He also appears somewhat threatened by Scar's new leadership over him and his clan, and asserts to his minions that they still have to listen to him, but still acknowledges Scar as their true boss for fear of stirring his wrath.
However, Janja proved to have empathy in "The Hyena Resistance" when Jasiri saved his life. Rather than scorn her, he expressed great shock and confusion at why she helped him. Although Janja refuses her offer for him to join the Hyena Resistance, he hesitates for a moment leaving Jasiri feeling confident he will come around in time. This moment alone causes the skinks (who had been secretly watching) to question Janja's loyalty.
In "Battle for the Pride Lands", it is revealed that Janja and his clan are growing unhappy with constantly having to fight the Lion Guard to be able to eat what they want only to always lose and wind up hungry. Janja is also shown to be envious of how happy Jasiri and her clan are working with the Lion Guard. This causes Janja to begin to think that he should take Jasiri up on her previous offer to join her and that he is on the wrong side. After Janja attempts carry out another of Scar's plans to destroy the Lion Guard only to find that Scar was also planning to get rid of him and his clan for possibly betraying him, Janja realized that Scar never cared for him and finally switches sides. After Scar is defeated, Janja happily volunteers Jasiri as the new leader of the Outlands. He also displays a newfound respect for the Circle of Life and vows to stop any animal in the Outlands that tries to threaten it. He also looks to care about his clan and their safety.
Prior to The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Janja was descended from the same clan of hyenas from the Elephant Graveyard that had helped Scar become the King of the Pride Lands before they were all defeated by Simba and his friends. Despite being a male, Janja became the leader of a small clan of hyenas in the Outlands, the forbidden wasteland beyond the Pride Lands' borders and was an enemy to the Pride Landers due to his disrespect of the Circle of Life. One day, when Janja was still a young pup, he and his gang attempted to steal an egg from the Pride Lands. However, his attempt to kill and eat the egg was challenged by a young group of Pride Landers: Bunga, Beshte, Fuli, and Kion, the son of Simba. Kion and Janja engaged in a fierce battle, but eventually, Janja and his cronies are defeated and chased back to the Outlands. As Kion and Janja grew older ever since that fateful day, they have retained their rivalry, which would grow stronger as Kion would become the leader of the Lion Guard. At some point in his life, he also met the friendly female hyena Jasiri, but due to Jasiri's core beliefs towards the Circle of Life conflicting with his lack of regards for it, they along with their clans quickly became bitter enemies, with Janja, at some point, threatening Jasiri with her life should she invade his territory.
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
Janja and his clan are starving in the Outlands. Cheezi notices a baobab fruit nearby and wants to eat it, but Janja is disgusted at the idea, and instead starts to chomp at a passing butterfly. He fails to catch it, and the other hyenas start to laugh as it lands on his ear. Janja snaps at them for this, though soon notices Bunga looking for his ball. Flicking the bone away, he orders Chungu and Cheezi to bring the honey badger over to him for his lunch. Later, Mzingo hears of the new Lion Guard being formed and immediately alerts Janja, who shows great concern over this news as he remembers what the original Lion Guard stood for. He then comes up with a plan (after a brief interruption as he attempts to eat a nearby caterpillar) - to get rid of as many animals as they can to stop the new Lion Guard from being created. He leads his clan in the singing of the song Tonight We Strike to explain his plan to them. At sunset, Janja and the rest of his clan then start an attack on the gazelles in their grazing spot, to which Kion is alerted to. Janja then fights the Lion Guard and sustains an injury, though eventually, he comes face to face with Kion himself. After taunting the lion cub, Kion lets loose the Roar of the Elders, and he and the other hyenas scatter back to the Outlands.
Never Judge a Hyena by Its Spots
Janja, along with Cheezi and Chungu are seen attacking a herd of oryxes, but shortly thereafter The Lion Guard arrive on the scene. Kion orders the rest of the Lion Guard to calm the herd while he goes after Janja's clan. However during the pursuit, a log snaps under Kion's feet and he falls into a river, which sweeps him into the Outlands. Later on, Janja and his clan confront a female hyena named Jasiri, who helped Kion escape the Outlands. She is able to easily fight off Cheezi and Chungu but is pinned down by Janja. Luckily, Kion returns and saves Jasiri by using the Roar of the Elders, which causes Janja to retreat, and both he and the rest of his clan scamper farther into the Outlands.
Which Way Out?
Janja, Cheezi, and Chungu are in the Pride Lands. When the Lion Guard spot them, Janja announces that they should scram. They run into a large canyon, where they fool the Lion Guard into getting lost inside. The Lion Guard are able to escape the maze though, and Janja orders his henchmen to go after them. They all go different ways and soon realize that they have gotten themselves lost in their own trap.
Janja's Prisoners
Janja, Cheezi and Chungu kidnap Timon and Pumbaa when they wander too close to the Outlands. Although Chungu is worried that they are friends with the Lion Guard, Janja does not care. If the Guard choose Bunga's route, they find Janja, Cheezi and Chungu fast asleep having taken a nap along the way back home. The Guard use Termites to break open a thorn cage that they have placed the duo in and, when they awake, the bugs bite Janja's nose. If the Guard choose Ono's route, Janja leaves his prisoners on a rock surrounded by lava in the Outlands. The Guard are able to save Timon and Pumbaa by getting Beshte to push some rocks into the lava, redirecting the flow. Janja arrives to discover that the lava flow has been redirected to his own lair.
The Night Mission
Janja and his crew go on a night hunt in the Pride Lands until the Lion Guard enters the scene thanks to a little bat alerting them. During the chase, Janja is alerted by one of his clan members that Cheezi and Chungu ended separated from them and decided to use that to their advantage. While the guard was chasing them, Cheezi and Chungu would bring something back. As Janja waits for them at the border between the Pride Lands and the Outlands, he begins to get annoyed that his two members haven't arrived yet. Until, the two come sliding down from the cliffs right into him; upset at another failed plan Janja calls them useless and returns to the Outlands.
•Janja and his clan are descendants of Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, and the hyenas from the original film. as stated in a promotional Disney Junior video.
•Janja and Cheezi are the only members of their clan who resemble the main hyenas from the original Lion King movie. Janja looks similar to Shenzi and Banzai while Cheezi looks similar to Ed.
•Janja is the third villain, after Makuu and the Traveling Baboon Show who eventually reforms.
•Janja's voice actor also voices Hitashi and Ora.
•Along with the above, Janja is the leader of his clan, despite females usually leading a hyena clan, such as Jasiri. Although there were shown to be no female hyenas in the clan so it's likely that Janja was a last resort.
•However, after Battle for the Pride Lands, Janja likely revokes the leadership of his clan and submits it to Jasiri's clan, making the clan similarly formed to real-life hyena clans.
1.Janja's New Crew
2.Can't Wait to be Queen
3.The Mbali Fields Migration
4.Never Judge a Hyena by Its Spots
"The Lion Guard" Janja's New Crew (TV Episode 2016) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
With Max Charles, Joshua Rush, Diamond White, Atticus Shaffer. Kion, the son of Simba, leads his friends known as the Lion Guard to protect the Pride Lands.
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English. Janja. Background information. Feature films. The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar. Shows. The Lion Guard. Voice. Andrew Kishino. Inspiration. Shenzi Winifred Sanderson Banagi. Character information. Other names. Hyena Boss Fur-Brain. Occupation. Leader of the Hyena Clan. Affiliations. Janja's Clan Army of Scar (formerly) Home.
Kion speaks with the Lion Guard, knowing that as long as they're around, the Pride Lands won't end. Anga arrives and announces that the Outlanders are attacking, so the Guard all go there to fight. The Lion Guard and the Pride Animals are shown to be busy defending the Pride Lands from the Army of Scar, with the help of Jasiri as well.
