Fan:Yamato "Matt" Ishida

This article details the relationships between Yamato "Matt" Ishida and his fellow DigiDestined of Digimon Adventure/Digimon Adventure 02.

Taichi "Tai" Kamiya
In Adventure, Tai and Matt are in a state of strife; they both look to each other for validation of their point of view when making decisions but Matt is distressed by Tai's impulsiveness and believes Tai can lead the team into danger by ignoring his generally more practical solutions. As Matt feels he does not identify with Tai, Cherrymon is able to convince Matt that Tai is his enemy at one point. He also feels resentment occasionally towards Tai for taking up the responsibility of acting as a role model for T.K., something Matt believes should be entrusted to himself. In spite of their obvious tension Cherrymon is surprised to find their relationship as strong as it was and so difficult to undermine. Tai and Matt, however, reconcile at the end of Adventure.

In Adventure 02, Matt and Tai are on better terms and best friends, and when Matt punches Tai at one point, it is purely for Tai's sake.

Sora Takenouchi
Matt treats Sora like an adult and tries to understand her emotions, and understands at one point when she wants to be alone, Matt tells Tai to let her do so because it would be better for her to recover herself that way.

In the Christmas episode of Adventure 02, Sora presumably confesses her feelings for Matt and it is assumed the two have started dating since then. Material released after the series states that he is publicly dating Sora. During the drama CD "The Mixed-Up Armor Evolutions", Matt declares he loves Sora while tap dancing to distract Boltmon.

The finale of Adventure 02 implies that Matt and Sora are married, something confirmed by Toei.

Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi
Matt values Izzy's abilities to process facts and relies on him as a source of information. In Digimon Adventure Izzy is the only member of the team besides Sora that Matt shows genuine respect to.

Mimi Tachikawa
Matt is often annoyed by Mimi's antics, but accepts her as a member of the team. Matt gets frustrated easily by Mimi's lack of common sense such as when she withholds the fact she has a (albeit broken) compass and cooking fuel.

In 02 they seem somewhat closer, Matt mentions at one point in the series that he's been talking to Mimi over the phone from America

Joe Kido
Matt initially seems to have rather a lot of contempt for Joe, frequently expressing irritation at Joe's complaining and difficult personality, but over time he comes to look at Joe as a reliable friend. He considers Joe on equal footing to him since their first encounter, where he addresses Joe casually (mistakening him for being in the same grade as himself), highlighted in the original version.

Takeru "T.K." Takaishi
Since T.K. and Matt's parents are divorced, Matt feels he must take extra responsibility for T.K.'s well-being and becomes overprotective of him. However, when T.K. proves himself to be self-sufficient, Matt feels like he has lost his purpose, causing him to leave the group temporarily to try to figure things out.

In Adventure 02, T.K. has maturned enough so that Matt is easily able to let him be self-sufficient.

Hikari "Kari" Kamiya
Whenever Tai is not around, Matt takes responsibility for Kari, although not to the same degree as Tai for T.K. Still, he seems extremely distressed when Kari is taken by Phantomon.

Davis Motomiya
Matt accepts Davis as the new leader of the DigiDestined, but does not like Davis's disrespect for his sister Jun, even though Matt is afraid of her.

Yolei Inoue
Matt sees Yolei as an essential member of the new DigiDestined team. Yolei also does sound-mixing for his band, The Teenage Wolves, and her sister is in his class.

Cody Hida
Matt sees Cody as an essential member of the new DigiDestined team, and even sees a little of himself in him.

Ken Ichijouji
Matt is willing to help Ken get over the stress from having been the Digimon Emperor.