Kudou Taiki

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Kudou Taiki
Kudou TaikiKudou Taiki
Kanji/Kana 工藤タイキ
Dub Name Mikey Kudo[1]
Taiki Kudo[2]
Title Red General
Age 13
14 (Hunters)
School Shinonome East Middle School (東雲東中学校)
Partner Digimon Shoutmon
Army Xros Heart
Digivice Red Xros Loader
Family Unnamed mother
Unnamed father[3]
Voice Actor Japanese Takayama Minami (高山 みなみ)
English Nicolas Roye

Kudou Taiki, also translated as Kudo Taiki, is the lead protagonist of Digimon Xros Wars, and one of the protagonists of Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time.

Profile[edit]

Taiki is an extremely caring and athletic person who tries his best to help out anyone who asks or who looks like they need his help. He does this to the point of pushing himself to exhaustion or just endangering himself in general. He's shown to believe in the best in others, including his rivals and those that would be his enemies. He is an excellent strategist, coming up with plans on the fly, and often deceiving opponents with cheap tricks and disguises. In Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time, he ends up taking more of an exasperated mentor roll to the other Hunters.

Card Game Evolution[edit]

Appearances[edit]

Anime[edit]

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Digimon Xros Wars & The Evil Death General and the Seven Kingdoms[edit]

Taiki, as well as friend Hinomoto Akari and self-proclaimed rival Tsurugi Zenjirou, was drawn into the Digital World by the call of a dying Shoutmon. Once there, he met the newly-revived Shoutmon, Ballistamon and the other residents of Green Zone. Though initially wary of helping Shoutmon achieve his goal of becoming the Digimon King out of concerns of Shoutmon wanting the title out of mere greed, he relented upon learning of the Bagra Army and of Shoutmon's intention to claim the title to protect his people.

Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time[edit]

One year later, Taiki has assembled a small street basketball team after school, named Xros Heart after his army; it's comprised of himself, Amano Yuu and Akashi Tagiru.

Originally, Taiki did not have any access to his digimon while in DigiQuartz because all of his army was still in the Digital World. However, Wisemon managed to create a machine to transfer some of his friends from the Digital World directly to his Xros Loader, including his partner Shoutmon. Rather than hunting like Tagiru and the others, Taiki wants to help as many Digimon as he can.

Collection[edit]

Digimon Ep
Ballistamon.jpg Ballistamon XW56
Cutemon4.jpg Cutemon XW56
Dorulumon.jpg Dorulumon XW56
Starmons.jpg Starmons XW56
Pinochimon.jpg Pinochimon XW57
Wisemon2.jpg Wisemon XW58
Chibikamemon.jpg Chibi Kamemon XW73

Manga[edit]

Digimon Xros Wars[edit]

Video Games[edit]

Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars Blue & Red[edit]

Taiki is the main playable character, whose army you control during the game as the protagonist.

Digimon Adventure[edit]

Four Chrysalimon appeared in a flash of light and surrounded Yagami Taichi, Agumon and Hackmon in Episode 72, "Shout! Omega Shoutmon". Taichi didn't know how they could escape with the wounded Hackmon. Taiki and Shoutmon then appeared and destroyed two of them, before asking Taichi and the rest if they were okay. Taiki and Shoutmon introduced themselves, the latter as the Digimon King, which confused Agumon, but Taiki thought it best to focus on getting out of there first. The group then escaped through the opening Shoutmon made.

Taiki and Omega Shoutmon then join the party as guests. Omega Shoutmon can't be controlled, has 9999 HP and infinite SP. He can deal multiple hits to one enemy with Hard Rock Damashii and Beat Slash, deal multiple hits to all enemies with Heavy Metal Vulcan, heal the entire party for 2000 HP with Giga Heal +, or increase the defense of one Digimon by two stages with DEF Charge Ω. He can take two actions per turn thanks to his Continuous Action support ability.

As they reached Area 2, Taichi taught Taiki about Gankoomon, the responsible for trapping them in the Digital Dungeon. Agumon added that Hackmon knew Gankoomon. Taiki said he had tried to gather information since they were sent to the Digital Dungeon, and thanks to Taichi and the rest he now had a good grasp of the situation. Taiki asked them to join forces to look for a way out which Taichi agreed with. Shoutmon pointed out they were now allied with Team Xros Heart, and Taiki explained it was the team name for all their friends. Shoutmon added that Taiki was their General who led them into battle. Taichi thought Shoutmon really liked Taiki and Shoutmon said that Taiki couldn't turn his back on those in need, which Taiki added angered Shoutmon sometimes.

The black shadow once again appeared in Area 3, taking the form of Omega Shoutmon. Shoutmon was angered he was copied. Taiki told him not to let his guard down, then they fought. After defeating his copy, Shoutmon exclaimed that was the power of the real Digimon King and Taichi praised Agumon. Taichi said they'd split up now and thanked Taiki for his help, which Taiki returned. Shoutmon was worried for Hackmon, who still couldn't talk, but Agumon told him to leave him to them. Before splitting up, Taiki told Taichi that another person had come with them and asked Taichi to take care of him if they met, and he'd help him in return. Taichi's group then left. Said person was Akashi Tagiru, who forgot about Taiki.

The protagonists met once again in Episode 74, "Everyone Unite! The Final Battle". They reunited because they heard about Gankoomon and Hackmon. Kanbara Takuya pointed out a lot happened but it wasn't the time to deal with it and Daimon Masaru apologised to him for attacking him earlier. Taiki pointed out their first priority was to deal with this. However, a quake suddenly hit the Digital Dungeon, followed by the appearance of two Diablomon and a Keramon. Taichi realized they wouldn't get to the spatial core so easily. Masaru proposed them all to break in at once, Taiki thought they should conserve their energy, Matsuda Takato proposed to split into pairs but Taichi pointed out they wouldn't make it in time like that. Motomiya Daisuke told Taichi to just go ahead and Takuya recognized him as their leader. Hackmon told Taichi to pick who should go with them. If the player refuses every choice, Taichi won't be able to pick, and Hackmon will hurry him up to do it.

After stopping the spatial core, upon regaining consciousness, Hackmon found himself back in the normal Digital Dungeon, surrounded by the protagonists. He asked them what happened to the spatial control core. Agumon told him everything was fine and the copies were gone. Gankoomon then arrived and praised everyone. The Chosen Children were ready to go back to their own worlds, each with their own thoughts. Gankoomon granted them a reward: to face them, as a Royal Knight. After a harsh fight, the team won, with Hackmon being gladly surprised they did. Gankoomon wondered if that was the power of humans allied with Digimon. Hackmon and Gankoomon agreed they still had a lot of training to do. Taichi asked Gankoomon if they could finally go home. Gankoomon said yes, but added they would lose all memories they got in the Digital Space upon leaving it, since if they kept those memories from a space that existed beyond space-time, it would disturb the order of the Digital Field. Hackmon thought it was a shame since they just got to know each other, but the protagonists accepted it, if not without regrets, with Taiki and Tagiru feeling they'd meet again. They all then promised to do so, before finally separating.

Taiki and Shoutmon in Digimon Adventure.
Taiki among all the future protagonists in Digimon Adventure.
The protagonists of the crossover arc of Digimon Adventure.

Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode[edit]

While Taiki doesn't appear in the game, Taiga's Partner Digimon can obtain Taiki's Goggles as an accesory to wear by winning the Colosseum 40th floor Tournament: "I can't believe my eyes!".

Digimaru wearing Taiki's Goggles

Digimon Fusion Fighters[edit]

Digimon New Century[edit]

Kudou Taiki appears on a poster that promotes Digimon Xros Wars in the "Multi Dimensional Digital World Memory Observation Recorder".

TCG[edit]

Hyper Colosseum
Digimon Card Game


Super Digica Taisen[edit]

Kudou Taiki is one of the Generals in the Super Digica Taisen card game.

Image Gallery[edit]

Artwork[edit]

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Digimon Xros Wars Super Digica Taisen Digimon Xros Wars Glitter Trading Collection Digimon 20th Anniversary Project Digimon 20th Anniversary Project
(with Shoutmon)
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Digimon Series: Acrylic de Card

Video Games[edit]

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Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars Blue & Red
(Sprite sheet)
Digimon Adventure

Miscellaneous[edit]

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Promotional artwork Digimon Xros Wars
(Character sheet)
Digimon Xros Wars
(Character sheet)
Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms
(Character sheet)
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Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time
(Character sheet)
Digimon Xros Wars
(Reference art)
Digimon Xros Wars
(Reference art)
Digimon Xros Wars: The Evil Death Generals and the Seven Kingdoms
(Reference art)
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Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time
(Reference art)
Digimon Xros Wars Digimon Latest Big Picture 2
(with Shoutmon)
Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time
(Reference art)
Digimon Series: Acrylic de Card Vol.3
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Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time
(Eyecatch)
Premium Select File Vol.2
(Digital Monster Card Game)
Digimon 20th Anniversary Project Digimon 25th Anniversary Project
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Digimon 25th Anniversary Project Digimon Card Premium Edition
(Digital Monster Card Game)
Digimon Partners Project - Let's Make Digimon Line Stamps Together! Digimon Partners DigiGift Wallpaper

Additional Information[edit]

References Notes
  1. BT18-078 (DCG) Duskmon can change any Tamer's Color into any other Color, except White.