Matsuda Takato

=Biographical Information=

=Profile= Takato is one of the main protagonists of Digimon Tamers, and the Tamer and creator of Guilmon. 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.

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-Arc appeared in place of his card reader. The D-Arc scanned the images Takato drew of Guilmon, a Digimon he created, and actually brought Guilmon to life.

Digimon Movie 5 - The Adventurer's 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 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 Shiisamon, Minami's "partner", rescued her and her father before engaging Mephismon in battle. Ruki, Jenrya 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 Galfmon.