Matsuda Takato

For the digital copy of Matsuda Takado that appears in Digimon Tamers 2018: Days -Information and the Unordinary- and Digimon Tamers 2021, see here.

Matsuda Takato
Kanji/Kana	松田 啓人
Dub Name	Takato Matsuki
Age	10 (Dub: 12)
Partner Digimon	Guilmon
Digivice	Red D-Ark (until Guilmon's Dark Evolution), Gold D-Ark
Family	Matsuda Takehiro (Father), Matsuda Yoshie (Mother), Urazoe Kai (Cousin)
Voice Actor	Tsumura Makoto (津村 まこと)
	Brian Beacock

Matsuda Takato is the lead protagonist of Digimon Tamers. He is the partner and creator of Guilmon.

Profile

Takato is sweet, cheerful and a bit awkward. He loves Digimon with all his heart, and likes drawing them and playing the Digimon card game. He is kind-hearted and loyal, and is determined to protect his friends.

Takato lives with his parents, Takehiro and Yoshie, in a small two-story house. The family lives in the top floor, and runs the family's bakery on the ground floor.

Evolution

• Dukemon (with Guilmon)
  • Dukemon: Crimson Mode

Card Game Evolution

• Agnimon
• Susanoomon
• Vritramon

Appearances

Anime

Digimon Tamers

In the beginning of a series, Takato found a strange blue card in his card collection. When he slashed the card in his card reader, it seemed that the device broke. After school, he saw a strange light emitting from the place where he hid his card collection. When he came, the Blue Card disappear and a D-Ark appeared in place of his card reader. The D-Ark scanned the images Takato drew of Guilmon, a Digimon he created, and actually brought Guilmon to life.

Takato struggled with the new reality of being a Tamer, but was helped by fellow Tamer Lee Jianliang. He also encountered Makino Ruki, the best Digimon card game player in Japan, who was also a Tamer, though they were off to a rocky start, as their views on the meaning of being a Tamer were opposite; while Ruki thought Digimon were only data, Takato believed that Digimon had souls and that their lives were as valuable as those of humans.

The Adventurers' Battle

Takato took Guilmon with him to the island of Okinawa, where he was to stay with his cousin, Urazoe Kai, and his grandfather. Takato wasn't thrilled with the idea of vacationing in Okinawa, but eventually found himself liking the experience. When Digimon started showing up in Okinawa, Takato, Guilmon and Kai took up battle with several of them. After saving Uehara Minami, the daughter of the creator of a V-Pet, Takato looked after her until she was kidnapped by rogue Digimon and taken to VP Labs. Takato, Growmon, Kai and Siesamon, Minami's "partner", rescued her and her father before engaging Mephismon in battle. Ruki, Jianliang and their partners soon joined the battle against the strong Digimon. When the battle continued into another dimension where Megalo Growmon, Rapidmon, and Taomon created the Trinity Burst to defeat Gulfmon.

The Runaway Digimon Express

After helping Juri prepare for Ruki's birthday party, he calls Ruki to let her know about it, much to her dismay. During that time, an out-of-control Locomon appears. Takato, hoping to stop him before any damage could be done, jumps aboard the Locomon. Once inside Locomon, he is joined by Ruki, and the two attempt to learn why the Locomon is running wild, with no success. After attempting to stop the Locomon manually, Ruki enters a trance-like state, and begins attacking Takato. Takato is pursued by Ruki onto Locomon's roof, where he realizes that both Ruki and Locomon have become possessed by Parasimon. After helping to free Ruki from Parasimon's control, Takato leads the other Tamers and their Digimon to defeat the Parasimon. Afterward, Takato attends Ruki's birthday party with the others.

Digimon Xros Wars: The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time

A silhouette of Takato and Guilmon appear on Old Clock Shop Man's boat. He later appears with Guilmon and evolves into Dukemon in order to fight Quartzmon.

Manga

Digimon Xros Wars

The Royal Knight Dukemon was once the Partner Digimon of a human being he fused with. While he was only shown as a silhouette, said silhouette was identical to Takato.

During "BONUS TRACK", Wizarmon saw other universes. In one of them, he saw Takato travelling through the Digital World alongside Guilmon, Makino Ruki and Shioda Hirokazu.

Wizarmon's vision in "BONUS TRACK".

Video Games

Digimon Tamers: Battle Evolution

Takato serves as Guilmon's Tamer. As such, he appears in the character select menu alongside his Partner Digimon and when Guilmon evolves into Dukemon.

Digimon RPG

Takato is one of the main characters of the game.

Digimon Adventure

Takato among all the future protagonists in the Digimon Adventure PSP.

Digimon All-Star Rumble

Takato's voice can be heard out of Dukemon.

Digimon Masters

Takato is available as a Tamer starting from August 25, 2020.

TCG

Hyper Colosseum	Re-16 CB07-CP01 BT12-089 (DCG) EX2-056 (DCG) BT12-089 EX2-056
Battle Spirits
Digimon Card Game

Super Digica Taisen

Matsuda Takato is one of the Generals in the Super Digica Taisen card game.

Image Gallery

Artwork

Digimon Tamers	Digimon Tamers (with Guilmon)	Digimon Tamers (Goggles)	Re:Digitize
Digimon 20th Anniversary Project	Digimon 20th Anniversary Project (with Guilmon)	Digimon Tamers 15th Blu-ray BOX

Video Games

Digimon Masters	Digimon Adventure

Miscellaneous

Digimon Tamers (Character Design Prototype)	Digimon Tamers (Opening)	Premium Select File Vol.2 (Digital Monster Card Game)	Digimon 20th Anniversary Project
Digimon Card Premium Edition (Digital Monster Card Game)	Illustration for the Digimon Web Official Twitter	Illustration by Watanabe Kenji	Digimon Partners

Additional Information

References	Notes

Digimon Tamers
Main Characters	Matsuda Takato • Makino Ruki • Lee Jianliang • Katou Juri
Partner Digimon	Guilmon • Renamon • Terriermon
Supporting Characters	Culumon
Hypnos	Yamaki Mitsuo •
Antagonists	Twelve Deva • Four Holy Beasts • D-Reaper
Terms	D-Arc • Realize • Yuggoth • Shaggai
Other	List of Episodes • List of Characters
Other Media	Digimon Tamers 1984