Jeri Katou

Jeri Kato, known in Japan as Juri Kato (加藤樹莉 Katō Juri), is a fictional character from the Digimon Tamers series. Jeri is voiced by Bridget Hoffman in the TV series, and by Philece Sampler in the movie 'Runaway Locomon'.

Usually shown with her sock puppet early on in the series, Jeri is a cheerful person who is always there to encourage her friends, though her later descent into despair has led some fans to deem the character as "feeble." It is made openly clear that Takato Matsuki has a crush on her, and by the end it is obvious that the feeling is mutual.

Jeri's family owns a restaurant, where she works sometimes, serving drinks.

Digimon Tamers, 1st Half
At first, Jeri is not all that important to the series. She just plays as a school girl Takato has a crush on. You might say that she is perfect because of her cheerful and happy personality. (She didn't become a Digimon tamer until later on) However, there was a scene when she had claimed she was not interested in digimon, but had cards dropping out of her pocket when she fell. She was known for her sock puppet from her brother, which she uses to strike-up conversations.

Where Kazu and Kenta ran away when the existence of Guilmon (Takato's partner Digimon) was proven, Jeri was quick to befriend the strange digital life-form, becoming the first non-Tamer to do so.

Jeri is into the DigiBattle Card Game and has some very rare cards in her possession. Rika gave her some pointers on what cards to use, and that is how the friendship between the two of them got started. Jeri becomes a Tamer and her partner is Leomon, although when he first appeared, she didn't exactly show that and rather chased him like a madman. But, she went to the Digital World with the others.

She eventually becomes Leomon's partner before the Tamers (including Kazu and Kenta) headed out into the Digital World in search of Calumon.

Digimon Tamers, 2nd Half
Despite wanting Leomon, Jeri at first felt withdrawn from him with she recieved her D-power, repeatedly apologizing to Leomon for being stuck with her. However, he would help her confidence and tell her that she "has a lions heart" and power and strength doesn't make one strong. He becomes somewhat of an adult figure in her life and she proves herself to be a capable Tamer but unfortunately, her career is cut short when Beelzemon kills Leomon and loads his data.

Following this Jeri becomes very withdrawn and depressed, believing that her destiny is to be alone. Leomons deletion seemed to strip away the last of her happiness and some time during their return to the real world, Jeri becomes the puppet of the D-Reaper as it also has thoughts of anger and destruction. Her cheerful facade is ripped away and through flashbacks, her less-than-cheerful past is revealed. It seems that her mother had died a while ago and when Jeri met her stepmother, she didn't gave her a chance, so deeply traumatized she was over the death of her real mother.

Jeri showed no signs of caring about what was going on around her and she kept on looking into her now dead D-Arc. When she disappeared for a moment and then came back, her eyes were different as if she was possessed by something, and she had an evil smile on her face.

We later discovered that this was not Jeri rather it was the D-Reaper's Agent 1, by discovering it's "wings", who assumed Jeri's form to learn all she could about the Tamers. The real Jeri had been taken away and placed in a space within the D-Reaper. The Agent 1 said that Jeri was the perfect being for the D-Reaper as it used her sadness to strengthen itself.

Meanwhile, Jeri's puppet was being controlled by the D-reaper and played on Jeris sadness,trying to convince Jeri that humans don't deserve to live. D-Reaper was able to feed off her negative emotions, but gradually she decided to speak up and reject the idea of real death. She spoke what Leomon had spoke (while he was destined to die, she still had lots to live for, and so did the others) and was rescued by the other tamers.

By the end of the series, Jeri snaps out her depression, thanks to Takato, and realizes that humans can make their own destiny and that she was never meant to be alone.

Digimon Tamers: Runaway Digimon Express
Jeri not only attended Rika's birthday, but she along with Calumon also helped Rika's Grandmother, Seiko Hata with all the decorations as well.