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Taichi "Tai" Kamiya was the main protagonist of Digimon Adventure and major recurrign character in its sequel, Digimon Adventure 02, only to be the main character once again in Digimon Adventure tri. Although technically not the first goggle-wearing, hot headed protagonist in Digimon's long and prolific history, he is certainly the most well-known and most commonly used as a "template" for future heroes. Appearing in his own manga series, four different anime, countless video games, a long running comic series and multiple novelizations, Tai is one of the most prolific heroes in the expansive Digimon multiverse.

Overview
Tai was a good-natured and friendly person. Easy-going but reckless, gentle but not one to be messed with. As a young child, Tai was shortsighted and adventurous - a disastrous combination that led Tai to enter the bizarre spiral his life would eventually become. Tai's life was one filled with adventure, at the age of five, Tai embarked on his first adventure where he came across and had to care for a Botamon. What seemed like a weird day caring for an odd animal at first quickly spiraled into a massive fight between two giant monsters that leveled parts of Odaiba and forever changed the lives of all those who witnessed it.

Although he could be cocky or arrogant at times, Tai was always fundamentally a leader at heart who always tried to do what he could to keep his friends safe and protected. Although his methods and attempts weren't always successful, he always had good intentions at heart. Although courageous and brave, Tai had a great fear of death, but eventually grew to realize that their were more important things than his mortality -- which became all the more apparent when the threats Tai had faced off against grew more and more powerful and destructive. He also had a great fear of innocents getting hurt in his battles and became incredibly apprehensive about using Omnimon to battle against Alphamon in fear he could harm civilians.

Tai was a generally upbeat and cheerful person in his youth, but he knew when to get serious. Lurking within his usually happy demeanor hid a rather violent temper, that while no where near as violent as some o his successors such as Takato Matsuki, was quite veracious in its own right. Tai was willing to resort to physical violence to his friends and enemy Digimon if sufficiently enraged, and even threatened Izzy when the two were in a stressful situation. In spite of his temper, Tai is a caring individual who loves his friends as if they were like family to him, with him openly saying T.K. was like a little brother to him, and with Izzy claiming he thought of Tai like an older brother. Tai's love for Agumon was a truly deep seeded bond that allowed the two to soar to heights thought impossible.

Though he would seldom interact with future goggle-heads (with the exception of Davis), Tai got along great with his fellow heroes in the two situations he met up with them. Takato looked up to Tai like a hero, as in the universe Takato hails from, Tai is a cartoon character, and Marcus seems to greatly respect Tai for his determination and for the strength of WarGreymon. Although often treated as among the strongest tamers in the Adventure continuity family, Tai was incredibly weak in comparison to Ryo Akiyama, though the power gap between the two is rather muddy as in Anode Tamer, Ryo was able to single handily defeat the villains who gave Tai and friends worlds of trouble, while in D-1 Tamer, an illusion of Tai was capable of holding his own against Ryo and in Brave Tamer, an evil version of Tai, backed up by an evil version of Davis and Takato gave Ryo a run for his money.

Tai had impressive "people skills" and got along with most people he met. This talent no doubt aided in how Tai would go on to become a well respected diplomat in his adult life.

Some of Tai's more nuanced personality traits would be rather inconsistently handled in media proceeding the original Adventure duology (trilogy if one counts the often forgotten Ryo Akiyama Saga as a part of the series), such as his fears of death and increased stress over his duties as a hero with later specials mostly focusing on Tai's upbeat and goofier side, even when he fought to protect "All Possible Worlds" from certain doom, he always cracked a smile and had fun with his work.