Renamon (Tamers)

Renamon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise. Renamon is the Digimon partner of Rika, and is a main character in the Digimon Tamers season (as well as the two related movies Battle of Adventurers and Runaway Locomon). Renamon's Digivolution forms are inspired from the Kitsune and other fox spirits of Asian myth. The name "Renamon" is derived from Renard, the French word for Fox.

Appearance
Renamon is quite tall for a Rookie level digimon - in or above the height of a human. Unlike the other Rookie Digimon, Renamon is a far more mature Digimon, with experience and a jaded view on life. Renamon's animalistic features and penetrating icy blue eyes can make it seem quite intimidating, even when it is not trying to be.

Description
Renamon became Rika's partner after she received her D-Power, which she recieved from winning a Digimon Cards tournament. Many Digimon appeared to ask Rika to be their tamer, but at the end, Rika's choice was Renamon. Renamon remained as Rika's companion throughout the Tamers season.

At first, Renamon's view on humans was that they were just aids for Digimon in Digivolution. Rika thought that Digimon were just fighting machines. The two had a distant relationship. As time passed, the two saved each other on many occasions and their friendship grew stronger. It reached its zenith when it enabled the final Bio-mergance that sparked Sakuyamon's birth.

 Attacks: 
 * Diamond Storm (Fox Leaf Arrowhead) Renamon summons a cloud of razor-sharp shards which it fires on its foe.
 * Power Paw (Wisteria Punch) Renamon's fists and feet glow in a ghostly blue light which quickly become engulfed in a raging inferno of blue flames. Renamon then leaps into the air, kicking and slicing at its foes.

Other forms
The name "Renamon" refers to only the rookie form of this digimon. Throughout the series, Renamon gains the ability to Digivolve into a number of more powerful forms (each with a different name). The rookie form, however, remains the most common and preferred form.

Reremon


Reremon is the Fresh form of Renamon. Reremon never actually appears in the anime.

Viximon


Viximon is the In-Training form of Renamon. The name "Viximon" comes from "Vixen", the word for a female fox. Viximon is a small yellow round ball with four legs, a pair of sharp pointy fox ears and a fluffy white-tipped tail.

Viximon appears once when Renamon De-Digivolved after the defeat of the D-Reaper, and returned to the Digital World soon after.

 Attacks: 
 * Killing Stone Viximon turns itself into a stone and attacks the opponent by emitting a poisonous gas.

Kyubimon


Kyubimon is Renamon's Champion level form. Kyubimon is a yellow nine-tailed fox with a white mane and mystical blue flames flaring around its paws and tail tips. Kyubimon was inspired by a mythical Japanese beast, the kitsune.

Rika had wanted Renamon to digivolve for a long time, but wasn't able to achieve it. However, when the two were attacked by a Dokugumon, Renamon protected Rika, thus taking the full blast of Dokugumon's attack. This act caused it to digivolve to Kyubimon, who was now able to defeat the Spider Digimon. Renamon later digivolves again several times to battle the Devas and other evil Digimon in the Digital World.

 Attacks: 
 * Fox Tail Inferno (Demon Fireball) The blue flames on Kyubimon's tails become brighter, and ghostly faces similar to that of DemiMeramon's appear on them. The faces then become small fireballs which Kyubimon launches at its opponents to destroy them in an explosion of energy as well as trap them in a cage of blue flames which singes them.
 * Dragon Wheel (Fox Flame Dragon) Kyubimon starts to spin very fast, which causes the flames on its body to erupt into a fiery inferno. This turns its body into a ball of swirling blue fire. When in this state, Kyubimon summons a mystical dragon, which emerges from its body to destroy its enemies.

Taomon


Taomon is Renamon's ultimate form. Taomon's dress style, including the long hat and the robes it wares, is based upon the religion Taoism.

Taomon fights by summoning various spells and weapons to help it harness the powers of the magical energy that flows through the universe. Taomon first appeared to fight the Ox Deva, Vajramon. Vajramon had asked to talk with Renamon, and the two briefly returned to the Digital World. Vajramon, who seemed smitten with Renamon, tried to convince it to join the Devas. When Renamon turned it down, Vajramon was enraged and attacked Renamon. With Rika's aid, Renamon was able to Digivolve to Taomon, defeating Vajramon easily and destroying it with the Talisman Of Light. Taomon later appeared again to fight Vikaralamon, Beelzemon, Zhuqiaomon and the agents of the D-Reaper.

 Attacks: 
 * Thousand Spells: Taomon leaps high into the air with its sleeve-covered arms outstretched. It then shoots thousands of magical, red spell papers from them. The spell papers can bind enemies to a spot as well as combust in a fiery explosion.
 * Talisman of Light: A large, magical paintbrush emerges from Taomon's long sleeves, which can be used as both a weapon and a magical staff. The brush can be used to paint mystical symbols into the air, which release beams of pure light energy that can decimate all but the strongest of Digimon.
 * Talisman Spell: Taomon throws a magical red spell paper into the air, which is used to summon and manifest various magical effects. This includes a spherical shield of impenetrable magical energy, as well as releasing small spectral blasts.
 * Talisman Star: Taomon creates a symbol of razor sharp, red mystical energy symbols in its hand which fly in a boomerang-like pattern when thrown. Upon impact, enemies glows white with light energy while being torn apart.
 * Trinity Burst: Taomon energy and combines with WarGrowlmon and Rapidmon into an energy arrow.

Sakuyamon


Sakuyamon is the Mega level form of Renamon. Sakuyamon was formed when Rika Biomerged with Renamon while they took a leap of faith to save Calumon from the D-Reaper. Rika fell back into Renamon and there was a blinding flash of blue light. Data rings formed around them as the visage of a lady with long hair was seen leaping high into the moonlight, landing clad in golden armour and a Vajra staff. Sakuyamon appeared thereafter in almost every battle against the D-Reaper. Near the end of the series, Sakuyamon passed its energy to Justimon to help it defeat the Cable-Reaper, which only proved to be in vain.

 Attacks: 
 * Spirit Strike (Rice Cord) Sakuyamon summons 4 mystical fox spirits that are imbuded with the powers of fire, water, wind and lightning that obey and fight for Sakuyamon.
 * Amethyst Mandala (Vajra World Mandala) Sakuyamon creates a huge ring of golden energy that surrounds an enemy and slowly decreases in size, crushing it to a pulp.
 * Amethyst Wind Sakuyamon summons a mystical wind that carries hundreds of purple crystalline shards. These shards can rip enemies to shreds.
 * Crystal Sphere Sakuyamon creates a spherical crystalline barrier that is charged with magical energy. The barrier can deflect incoming attacks as well as radiating outwards and destroying all enemies that come in to contact with it.