Tai Kamiya
| Taichi Kamiya (English Dub) Taichi Yagami (Original) |
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|---|---|
| Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 (counterpart), Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02 and Digimon Adventure tri. character | |
| Voiced by |
Toshiko Fujita (Japanese) Natsuki Hanae (Japanese, tri.) Joshua Seth (English) Jason Spisak (Revenge of Diaboromon, English) |
| Profile | |
| Aliases | Tai Kamiya (English dub) |
| Relatives | Mother and father: Susumu & Yuuko Yagami (Susumu & Yuuko Kamiya in the English dub) Sister: Hikari "Kari" Yagami (Kari Kamiya in the English dub) |
Taichi "Tai" Kamiya, known as Taichi Yagami (八神 太一? Yagami Taichi) in Japan, is the main protagonist of Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adverture tri. and the leader of the original DigiDestined. He is adventurous and a born leader, and is usually the first to spring into action. While he is partnered to Agumon in the Digimon Adventure anime series, Tai's Digimon partner in the alternate continuity of the Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 manga is a Veedramon he named Zeromaru.
Tai's original character was designed by Tenya Yabuno, one of the authors of manga V-Tamer 01. In an exclusive interview released with the Digimon Adventure DVD box on December 21, 2007, producer Satoru Nishizono revealed that as the staff decided on Tai's name using kanji that related to "luck". In Japan, all of Tai's appearances were voiced by Toshiko Fujita. In the English dub, Joshua Seth provides his voice. However, by the time the film Revenge of Diaboromon was dubbed in English, he had retired from the voice acting industry in 2005, causing casting director Jeff Nimoy to cast Jason Spisak as his replacement, remarking how similar he sounded to Seth.
In the Digimon Adventure Tri series, Tai's teenage design is made by Atsuya Uki.
In Digimon Adventure, set in 1999, Tai is 11 years old and wears a blue T-shirt with orange stars near the shoulders, a yellow pocket on each side of the chest, and three yellow buttons in the top. He also wears a yellow shirt underneath his blue one, brown shorts, where he keeps his digivice, a blue headband where he puts his goggles, a black wristband on the left arm, white gloves, white socks, and blue and white sneakers with yellow triangles on them. His headband leaves a tuft of his hair out on the front. While he keeps this look in the Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 manga, Tai also has a cape and a wrist-mounted Digivice.
In Digimon Adventure 02, set in 2002, Tai is 14 years old and has more hair. He usually wears the Odaiba Middle School uniform; a white buttoned shirt with long sleeves, under an opened green shirt with long sleeves, gray pants, and white and blue sneakers. Originally, Tai wore his goggles but gave them to Davis on the younger boy's first day in the Digital World. In the summer, he wears a green shirt under a blue T-shirt with a yellow border on the top, a yellow triangle on each sleeve, and a yellow triangle in the middle, which is cut by a yellow line. He also wears yellow wristbands on his hands, light brown shorts, gray socks, and blue and yellow sneakers with white soles. The series epilogue, which takes place in 2027 depicts Tai as a 39-year-old with his hair cut who works as a diplomat for the United Nations representing the Digital World. While his causal attire is yellow shirt under a zipped grayish blue jacket with a blue collar, wears blue pants and blue shoes with yellow soles, his business attire is a white shirt under a black suit, and a blue tie.
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