His ideas often conflict to Matt's, resulting in a fight. The adventurous leader of the group, Tai is always the first to jump into action, though it often throws him into the path of danger. Tai relives these painful memories when Kari gets sick once more while facing the Dark Masters. Yuuko Kamiya, his mother, punishes him for his mistake. When Kari is four or five years old, she gets pneumonia, and Tai, not realizing the severity of her illness, takes her outside to play. This event leads to Tai being chosen as one of the DigiDestined, something they figure out once they return to the scene and is confirmed by a separate entity who possesses Kari. Using Kari's whistle, Tai manages to revive Greymon long enough for both him and Parrotmon to destroy each other. Agumon digivolves to Greymon to protect them from Parrotmon at Highton View Terrace, though he is beaten. Both Tai and Kari becomes friends with Koromon before he digivolves to Agumon and takes Kari on a ride, while Tai desperately follows. Botamon digivolves quickly to Koromon, becoming their first experience with Digimon. Tai and Kari receive a Digi-Egg, which eventually hatches into Botamon. He is the bearer of the Crest of Courage.īackground Digimon Adventure (Movie) and Pre-Series As a true leader, however, he manages to do whatever is necessary to rectify the situation, and in times of need, save friends and family from certain doom. This leads him to moments of friction and guilt between his best friend and rival Matt, his oldest friend Sora Takenouchi, as well as his Digimon partner Agumon. TakaishiĪs a brash person, he often acts on impulse without realizing the consequences of his actions. He is the older brother to Kari Kamiya and can be very protective of her, just as Matt Ishida is with T.K. He is characterized as a happy-go-lucky, adventurous, but naïve character who wears a set of goggles, a characteristic that would eventually become shared among the leaders of the various DigiDestined in Digimon. Taichi "Tai" Kamiya, is a fictional character from the first two seasons of the anime and manga Digimon Adventure, and Digimon Adventure 02.