Janja

"The Pride Lands will never know what bit 'em."

- Janja, The Lion Guard

Janja is the leader of the hyenas and serves as a major antagonist to The Lion Guard.

Appearance
Janja is a grayish-blue spotted hyena with a slightly darker muzzle. He has a pinkish underbelly. His left ear has a visible notch. His nose and paws are dark gray. He also has dark gray lines across his back, with few spots.

Personality
Janja is a cruel, greedy hyena who has no interest in protecting the Circle of Life. He is shown to care only for himself, sometimes ordering others around to do his work for him. Although all of his clan were starving, Janja only cared about getting himself fed.

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. He then comes up with a plan - to get rid of as many animals as they can to stop the new Lion Guard from being created.

He 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, until 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.

Trivia

 * Hyena clans are normally led by a female.
 * Janja means "artful" or "crafty" in Swahili.