Yagami Taichi (Adventure)

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Taichi Yagami is a main character from the first two seasons of the anime Digimon. He is not to be confused with Yagami Taichi of the V-Tamer manga.

Taichi is an adventurous boy that wears a pair of goggles, a characteristic that is shared among the main characters in the various Digimon series. The goggles also act as a symbol of leadership, and Taichi is the leader of the Chosen Children in Digimon Adventure and the leader of the senior group in Digimon Adventure 02. He is the older brother to fellow Chosen Child Yagami Hikari.

As a leader, he often acts first without realizing the consequences of his actions. This has led him to moments of friction and guilt between his friends, as well as his Digimon partner Agumon. However, he manages to do whatever is necessary to rectify the situation, and in times of need, save friends and family from certain doom.

Prelude to Digimon Adventure
When they were young, Taichi and Hikari lived with their parents in Hikarigaoka. On March 1995, they discovered a DigiTama that came out of their father's PC. Before long, it hatched into Botamon and evolved into Koromon, and the two children befriended it. However, it became feral when it evolved into Agumon, and then Greymon. A Parrotmon that also crossed over from the Digital World challenged the aggressive Greymon and defeated it. However, Hikari revived it with her whistle, allowing it to overpower Parrotmon and causing both Digimon to vanish from the human world. Following this incident, which was appropriated to a "terrorist bombing", the Yagami family moved to Odaiba.

Digimon Adventure
The adventurous leader of the group, Taichi was always the first to jump into action though it often throws him into the path of danger. He soon realizes to be a true leader he must the others' confidence and use empathy rather than reckless courage.

Digimon Adventure: Our War Game
Taichi was writing an e-mail to Sora to apologize after a fight they had concerning his birthday present to her, and accidentally put a heart at the end of the letter. Taichi's letter, however, wasn't to be received after Hikari sent it because of a strange Digimon who had appeared on the Internet. Koushiro came over to Taichi's house and they contacted Gennai, who sent Agumon and Tentomon into the Internet to battle the rapidly evolving Digimon. Yamato, Takeru and their partners joined Taichi and Koushiro's partners in battling the Digimon, who had become Diablomon. The letters being sent to the Chosen Children to encourage them were slowing their partners down and allowed Diablomon to defeat them and escape. War Greymon and Metal Garurumon tracked Diablomon, who was rapidly multiplying, and were again plagued by the e-mails. Taichi and Yamato entered the Internet to revive their Digimon and they fusion evolved to become Omegamon. Taichi, Yamato and Omegamon then fought Diablomon in the Internet, destroying him in the nick of time. Taichi's e-mail to Sora finally got through and the two eventually made up.

Between Digimon Adventure & Digimon Adventure 02
During May of 2000, Taichi arrived in the Digital World and gave up his Crest power to free the Four Holy Beasts. As a result, Agumon lost the ability to become Metal Greymon and War Greymon.

Digimon Adventure 02
Taichi has grown emotionally by this time, becoming calmer and less likely to jump right into action without thinking, though he was still a soccer player. Having more free time on his hands than most of the older Chosen, he often helped out the younger Chosen Children in their quest. He was the idol of Daisuke, who inherited the trait of Courage from him.

Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon Strikes Back
In this movie, he was the leader of both generations of Chosen Children, though Koushiro had more of an understanding of what was going on. Taichi and Yamato went into the Internet to defeat Diablomon once and for all. After they defeated Diablomon, Omegamon blasted his way out of the Internet to fight Armagemon. The gargantuan Digimon managed to destroy Omegamon's arms, and Taichi nearly lost hope until Imperialdramon came. After the Omega Sabre was given to Imperialdramon, he became Imperialdramon Paladin Mode and defeated Armagemon. When the Kuramon started to appear following Armademon's defeat, Taichi and the others used their Digivices, along with the spectators' cellphones, to delete the Kuramon.

25 Years Later
Taichi has become a United Nations Diplomat for the Digital World. He is married and has a son, who has a Koromon for a partner.