Fan:Taichi "Tai" Kamiya

This article details the relationships between Taichi "Tai" Kamiya and his fellow DigiDestined of Digimon Adventure/Digimon Adventure 02.

Fan:Yamato "Matt" Ishida
Matt is a definitive foil for Tai; while Tai is capable of being extremely impulsive and working without thinking, Matt tends to think cautiously about a situation and choose a solution that would be the most practical. This can lead to disputes between the two about whether to take the most logical but not necessarily humane solution, or to go with emotion and choose the idea that seems most empathetic.

During Adventure, the two are on extremely tight terms. They often get into disagreements, which is not helped by Matt's "loner" personality. Tai believed that Matt did not "understand" anything and thinks too much, and that his antisocial ways will not help the team at all.

In Adventure 02, Tai and Matt are on a much more likable basis. At one point, Tai punches Matt in order to snap Matt back to reality as a service to him.

Fan:Sora Takenouchi
Sora and Tai had been classmates prior to Adventure and were already familiar with each other by the time the series had started. Over the course of Adventure, Sora becomes an important person to Tai and the source of his distress when she is kidnapped by Datamon.

During Adventure 02, Sora and Tai are slightly more detached than before; they do not hang out in such close proximity as much anymore and Tai has visibly found other things to worry about. Still, Sora remains an important person to Tai and he seems willing to help her when she has problems, such as when she wanted to confess to Matt. (In the English dub, it is implied that Tai has feelings for Sora; in the original Japanese, however, Tai is merely helping her to confess.)

Fan:Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi
While Tai likes to mock Izzy for carrying his computer around, he does indeed understand Izzy's ability to think through things and process facts. This becomes important in Adventure, when Tai recognizes Izzy's capacity to figure out the code of the cards, admitting that Izzy has a better intellect than himself.

Fan:Mimi Tachikawa
While Tai sees Mimi as an occasional disturbance, he seems to trust in her opinion and consider her an important asset to the team. He also occasionally goes to her for solace.

Fan:Joe Kido
Tai sees Joe as a person with ambitions and the caretaker of the team, and thus is able to rely on him for verifiable facts.

Fan:Takeru "T.K." Takaishi
In the beginning of Adventure, whenever Matt is not around, Tai acts as the missing older-brother figure to T.K. However, as the series progresses, Tai exhibits more of this behavior more often, leading to tensions with Matt.

In Adventure 02, Tai believes T.K. to have grown up enough and thus lets him have his own responsibilities.

Fan:Hikari "Kari" Kamiya
As Kari's brother, Tai feels responsibility for Kari's well-being, something that escalated when Tai wanted to play with Kari as a young child and ended up giving her pneumonia. This leads to a paranoia of sorts, as he eventually becomes so overprotective of her that he begins to believe anything should be sacrificed for the sake of his sister.

In Adventure 02, Kari has matured enough so that Tai lessens his mania about Kari, although he still feels protective of her.

Fan:Davis Motomiya
To Tai, Davis is his protégé. Because Tai has entrusted taking care of a DigiDestined team to Davis, he passes on his beloved goggles to him as a symbol of such. Tai occasionally oversees everything that Davis does to make sure he's doing it right, and is willing to offer advice.

Fan:Yolei Inoue
Tai sees Yolei as the more excitable girl of the group.

Fan:Cody Hida
Tai sees Cody as the "straight man" of the group.

Fan:Ken Ichijouji
Tai is often willing to assist Ken in times of need and help him get over his stress over having been the Digimon Emperor.