Izumi Kōshirō

=Biographical Information: =

=Profile= Koushirou is a computer expert and spends most of his free time researching on his laptop (which resembles a Tangerine Apple iBook, only with a pineapple symbol). He is very curious and is always making theories and trying to understand the world around him. He starts out as a very introverted person, who isn't very in touch with other people and doesn't really understand their feelings. Being logical and thoughtful, he doesn't appreciate impulsiveness and gets angry when people around him act before thinking. He used to be on the soccer team with Takenouchi Sora and Yagami Taichi, though this was only to avoid contact with people as he isn't very good at playing soccer. He is the partner of Tentomon and the bearer of the Crest of Knowledge

Koushirou's biological father was a genius mathematician and a lecturer at a university; he and Koushirou's biological mother died in a car crash when he was a baby. He was adopted by Izumi Masashi, a distant relative of his father's and his wife Yoshie, who had suffered the loss of their own baby boy not long before the accident. Koushirou was unaware for most of his life, and once he found out, he was devastated. However, he had since learned to accept himself as a true Izumi.

Prelude to Digimon Adventure
In 1995, he lived in Hikarigaoka for a few months with his parents. However, he witnessed the fight between Greymon and Parrotmon that was later attributed to a terrorist bombing. Not wanting to stay in such a dangerous place, his family moved to Odaiba.

Sometime before Digimon Adventure begun, Koushirou overheard his parents talking about whether they should tell him he is adopted or not. He took this hard, believing he is not a true Izumi and thus a disgrace, and started to subconsciously distance himself from people, especially his parents.

Digimon Adventure
Koushirou was the brains of the group, and he frequently helped the group out of difficult situations. He became the owner of the Crest of Knowledge, not only because he was extremely smart, but because he also had a hunger for the truth.

When Taichi and Metal Greymon disappeared following the defeat of Etemon, Koushirou and Tentomon split from the group to look for Gennai, hoping he had answers for Taichi's disappearance and the children's role as Chosen Children. However, due to Pico Devimon's meddling, they ended up trapped in Vadermon's pocket universe. Threatened by Vadermon by being sent to hell, Koushirou gave up his inquisitive heart to save them, and was stuck in an odd trance, rejecting Tentomon and his Crest. As Tentomon devolved into Babumon, Koushirou realized what he had done and recovered his inquisitive heart and Crest with Babumon's help. His desire to become curious again ended up activating his Crest, and the newly-evolved Atlur Kabuterimon defeated Vadermon and destroyed his pocket universe.

After finding Gennai, Koushirou learned from him about attributes. This was key in activating Vamdemon's Digital Gate, as the cards to the gate were sorted by levels and attributes.

At one point, when Koushirou and his parents were hiding away during the siege on Odaiba, Koushirou's parents decided to discuss the subject of his adoption, revealing to him that his parents died in a car crash when he was a baby and Koushirou's adoptive father, a distant relative of Koushirou's real father, adopted the orphan as his own. After learning this, Koushirou accepted his past and truly accepted his adoptive parents as his own.

Digimon Adventure: Our War Game
In Our War Game, Koushirou was the one who first discovered a DigiTama infected with a computer virus on the Internet. He rushed off to alert the others, at first only successful in finding Taichi. He played a key role as the brains behind the attacks that were implemented by Taichi and Yamato.

Between Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02
In May 2000, Koushirou arrived at the Digital World and gave up his Crest power to free the Four Holy Beasts. As a result, Tentomon lost the power to evolve to Perfect.

Digimon Adventure 02
Although he grew, he was still short compared to the other Chosen Children. Koushirou had a lot of free time comparing to some of the other old Chosen, and often stopped by the Odaiba Elementary computer club to help the new Chosen Children. He was still very much into computers, and was curious about the new items the new Chosen had access to. According to Inoue Miyako, he was somewhat revered as the former president of the school's computer club.

Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon Strikes Back
Like in Our War Game, Koushirou was responsible for the planning and execution of the attacks on Diablomon. He was the one who gathered all the Chosen Children (including Tachikawa Mimi who flew in from America) to help defeat Diablomon and stop the havoc it wreaked on the net and the real world.

25 Years Later
By the year 2027, Koushirou set up a research team to study more of the Digital World than what the human population already knows. He works with Takenouchi Haruhiko, Sora's father, and Kido Shuu, Jou's older brother. He is married and has a daughter, who has a Motimon as her partner.