List of characters in Digimon Next

A list of characters in the manga series Digimon Next.

Tsurugi Tatsuno


Tsurugi Tatsuno (龍野　ツルギ) is a hot-headed boy, not very book smart but strong and open with his emotions. He cares a lot about his friends, and he believes in fighting fair. He is an elementary-school fifth grader who lives in the Light District's First Town (ヒカリ区・一番町). He is a part of his soccer club at school, and, at the beginning of the story, uses his Greymon to win a battle against a fellow member's Garurumon to become the club's strongest Digimon Tamer. The other members of his soccer club, including his friend Tooru, bring him to try "Net Battle", which would allow him to battle people all over the world.

Entering Net Battle, Tsurugi meets his Greymon and subsequently enters a battle against Saitou. While first unnerved by Saitou's Greymon's size, his Greymon proved to be much faster and utterly defeated his opponent. At the end of the day, however, Tsurugi heads to the bathroom only to be attacked by a Kuwagamon. When he is about to be killed, his Digimon Mini shines and Greymon appears to protect him. After Kuwagamon's defeat, Tsurugi cannot get anyone to believe that he was attacked, despite the wound he receives. He is also hurt when meeting his childhood friend, Shou Kahara, and being brushed off by him. Entering Net Battle again, this time accompanied by Ami Kitajima, Tsurugi finds that even Greymon doesn't remember the encounter. Tsurugi and Ami are then approached by a cloaked figure, who tells him that Greymon is an Illegal type and warns him to be wary of the Hacker Tamer. Tsurugi then continues to win battles until he is faced with a Peckmon who is the partner of the Hacker Tamer, Knight.

Spurred by Knight's inflammatory words, Tsurugi battles him and his Peckmon, but Peckmon is far faster than Greymon and has an ability called Protect to defend him. Further provoked, he finds the strength and tenacity to have Greymon shatter the Protect, forcing Knight instead immobilize Greymon by attacking Net Battle's program then delivering a deathblow. Peckmon is then ordered to kill him, but the cloaked figure teleports him away. When Tsurugi awakes, he goes to check on Agumon, dedigivolved from his Greymon, only to realize that he actually can feel things. The cloaked figure then reveals that he transferred him to the Digital World. Tsurugi guesses that the cloaked figure is Shou Kahara, only to find that it is instead Piximon. Confused, but willing to follow him, he then boards a Trailmon. It is only after stern explanation that Piximon convinces Tsurugi that he is no longer in a video game&mdash;that the Digital World is as much reality as his own. Once they reach Hidden Valley, Agumon wakes up and immediately gets into a fight with Tsurugi over their loss to Peckmon. Piximon interrupts the battle and explains their purpose&mdash;to save the world from the Demon Lord Barbamon, who has taken over the Host Computer. At Piximon's house, Tsurugi doesn't quite know what to feel about the situation, but a Patamon, in a panic, grabs them for a problem. Upon seeing Piximon being gravely wounded by Sealsdramon, a member of Barbamon's Commandents, Tsurugi's rage and Digisoul ignite and empowers Agumon to defeat Sealsdramon, causing his Commandramon subordinates to flee. Tsurugi then declares his resolve to fight Barbamon and his Commandments for the evil they spread. Piximon turns his Digimon Mini into a Digivice iC and charges them to go to Light City to meet another Overseer.

Hungry, however, Tsurugi asks Trailmon to detour into a town, only to find it in ruins from the Commandments. Tsurugi then discovers that his Digivice iC can materialize food, only to have it stolen by Gaomon. Tracking him, they find him as well as a friend, Yuu Inui. They are interrupted by a Tankdramon from the Commandments, who kills some of the surviving Digimon. Enraged, he sends his Digisoul to Agumon, who attacks Tankdramon to no avail. Firming his resolve, he makes his Digisoul burn even brighter and sends it to Agumon through his Digivice, and Agumon digivolves to GeoGreymon. With Yuu and Gaomon's help, Tanksdramon is defeated and Tsurugi invites them on his journey.

After dealing with GeoGreymon's inability to dedigivolve, the solution of which involved GeoGreymon releasing tension via his bowels, Tsurugi detours into an amusement park, where Digieggs are guarded by Waspmon. After revealing that Agumon is an Illegal, he is captured and taken to a dark room, where Ami and Pichimon already are.

Yuu Inui


Yuu Inui (乾　ユウ) is a shy, quiet boy with a weak heart which requires medication. His father is an inspector at the police department. He was drawn into the Digital World through his home Battle Terminal, where he met Gaomon, who protects him. When Gaomon stole Tsurugi Tatsuno's Digivice iC to help feed him, he met Tsurugi, only to have their reunion cut short when a Tankdramon from the Commandments kills the remaining survivors from an earlier attack. Yuu points out Tankdramon's weakpoint and has Gaomon distract Tankdramon in order for GeoGreymon to attack it properly. He and Gaomon then join Tsurugi on his journey.

In the amusement park they stop in, Yuu is interested in the eggs in the beehives, so he takes one, alerting Waspmon. He is then taken by Waspmon into a dark room, along with Tsurugi, where they are trapped. They meet Ami Kitajima and Pichimon, the former of whom reminds Tsurugi that Yuu has a heart condition. Yuu then reveals that he feels fine in the Digital World, as if he was cured.

Ami Kitajima


Ami Kitajima (北島　アミ) is a kind-hearted girl with a somewhat forceful personality who has a little brother named Taku (タク). She is the class representative and appropriately takes care of her classmates. She doesn't believe in Digimon battling; she considers it childish and prefers to raise them instead. When she finds that she doesn't have to fight in "Net Game", she enters the world with Tsurugi and meets with her partner, Pichimon. She then witnesses Tsurugi's battle with Knight, only to log off and wake up in the Real World to find that Tsurugi vanished into the Net Game. After watching Tooru argue with police, they are taken to the police department, where they meet Inspector Inui, Yuu Inui's father, whose son has also gone missing into the Net Game. She returns to the Battle Terminal where Tsurugi disappeared, only to be drawn in herself and be captured by Waspmon and his Fanbeemon. When Tsurugi and Yuu are deposited with her, she is glad to see familiar faces but worried about Yuu's heart condition.

Pichimon


Pichimon is the digimon partner of Ami Kitajima. He is also an Illegal Digimon. Ami first met him when logging onto the Battle Terminal for the first time, and when she was drawn into the Digital World, Pichimon was with her as well.

In Chapter 11 however, it is revealed that Pitimon carries the DigiMemory of Water and can Digivolve to MarineAngemon. Pichimon and Ami are kidnapped and Pichimon alongside his DigiMemory is taken.

Piximon


Piximon is the general Overseer in the Digital World. He is the one who opposes Barbamon and thus calls a human to the Digital World to fight him. He carries the Holy Digimemory.

Piximon first appears as a cloaked figure watching Tsurugi Tatsuno's movements. He watches him battle and then warns him of the Hacker Tamer, but Tsurugi believes him to be part of a video game event and doesn't take the warnings seriously. However, when Peckmon defeats Greymon and moves to kill Tsurugi, Piximon intervenes and takes both Tsurugi and him to safety. Revealing himself, though Tsurugi initially believes him to be Shou Kahara, he explains that he took them to the Digital World, beating into Tsurugi's head that they aren't in a video game. At the Hidden Valley, he explains that Barbamon and his Commandments have been spreading fear in the world and that if he obtains all the Digimemories, he would have incredible power.

A Sealsdramon from the Commandments attacks a village, however, and Piximon is heavily wounded in the resulting fight as well as has his Digimemory stolen. Seeing Tsurugi's resolve, he upgrades his Digimon Mini into a Digivice iC and tells him to go to Light City to meet another Overseer.

Trailmon (C-89 Model)


Trailmon (C-89 Model) is a Trailmon dedicated to making sure his passengers get to their destination safely. He is the Trailmon Piximon has Tsurugi Tatsuno and Agumon board when he first transfers them to the Digital World and on whom Tsurugi continues to ride during his journey.

Trailmon is killed at Light City after being attacked by Mummymon and his Commandramon squad, as well as the Amoured Trailmon.

MegaKabuterimon


MegaKabuterimon is the leader of the North Forest.

Andromon
Another overseer of the Digital World who resides in Light City. He holds the Machine/Mutant Digi-Memory. He is killed by Chaosdramon.

He reappears as a projection emerging from NEO's machine arm, revealing he placed a virus in the Digi-Memory. This manifests as the other Digi-Memory holders (minus Barbamon) all restraining NEO.

Barbamon


Barbamon is the Demon Lord who has taken over the Host Computer in the System World, where he now makes his base. He aims to take over the Digital World by obtaining all the Digimemories for the future of Digimon, NEO, already having the Dark Digimemory. For that purpose, he created the Commandments and recruited Shou Kahara and Peckmon, who have the Bird Digimemory.

Barbamon was able to hijack the host computer of the Digital World, which lied in the System World. His target is to take over the Digital World, and for this goal, he has gathered a large army of Digimon and even a human named Shou (together with his partner Peckmon) to help him. To take over and reform the Digital World as he wishes, he needs the eight "DigiMemories", which Shou is helping him gather. It is later revealed that he was merged with Yggdrasil. In the end, he is defeated by Tsuguri and VictoryGreymon, but not before completing NEO.

Shou Kahara


Shou Kahara (華原　ショウ), also known as the Black Knight, Knight (黒騎士・ナイト) and the Hacker Tamer (ハッカーテイマー), is Tsurugi's childhood friend, though he has grown distant with time. He is protective of his black Digimon Mini, even shoving Tsurugi away when he moved to take a closer look. As Knight, he has the power to turn the Digimon he defeats into trash data, unable to be reborn. He and Peckmon interrupt Tsurugi's battle with Kondoo by deleting Kondoo's Raremon. Deliberately provoking Tsurugi, Shou then has Peckmon mercilessly attack Greymon while defending with Protect, up until the point where Greymon actually break Peckmon's Protect, to his disbelief. Then Shou orders Peckmon to first disable the Battle Terminal, thereby freezing Greymon in place, then to attack Greymon head-on, inflicting a critical blow. He then orders Peckmon to kill Tsurugi, but a cloaked figure intervenes, and Shou is forced to report to his boss in disgust about his failure. At that point, he reveals to the audience that he is Knight and has the Bird Digimemory.

A black Peckmon is the Digimon Partner of Shou and possesses the Bird Digi-Memory, which Barbamon needs to gain total control over the Digital World. Peckmon first appeared when Shou attacked Tsurugi Tatsuno under the guise of the Hacker Tamer "the Black Winged Knight". Peckmon fought Tsurugi's Greymon, causing it to de-digivolve into Agumon, and would have claimed total victory if not for Piximon's intervention. In its battle against MegaKabuterimon to claim the Plant/Insect DigiMemory, Shou Digivolved Peckmon into Yatagaramon. During the attack on Light City, Chaosdramon revealed to Shou that Barbamon told him to dispose Shou and that is why Chaosdramon tried to kill him. Afterwards, he reappears to fight Murmuxmon, making Peckmon digivolve into Ravemon.

Norn


Norn, who used the name Norn Mikihara (美樹原 ノルン) in the Real World, is a girl imprisoned by Barbamon. She was sent by Yggdrasil to learn what Digimon mean to Humans, where she befriends Tsuguri, Yuu, Ami, and Shou. She is actually the manifestation of Yggdrasil's conscience.

Yggdrasil


A resident of the System World and the God of the Digital World. After he sent Nourn to the real world, he was forcibly merged with Barbamon.

NEO


NEO is, according to Barbamon, the future of Digimon. It first appears as a shadowed larva in a large tube.

An artificial Digimon being created by Barbamon. To complete this creation, all 8 DigiMemories are needed. He first appears as a small black blob, but evolves to an embryonic form by merging with the Holy and Insect Digimemories. It grows arms after receiving the Machine Digimemory and begins to grow a body after receiving both the Water Digimemory and Pichimon's data. After Barbamon is defeated, it absorbs the Bird and Darkness Digimemories along with a massive amount of data to take on a completed humanoid form.

Tooru


Tooru (トオル) is one of Tsurugi's friends in the soccer club. He was the one who first suggested that Tsurugi enter Net Battle, but is left behind to worry when all of his friends disappear. He futilely tries to convince police officers that Tsurugi disappeared into the Battle Terminal, but no one believes him. He and Ami are then taken to the police department, where they meet Inspector Inui, Yuu Inui's father, whose son has also gone missing into the Net Game.

Saito


An Elvis Presley-esque DigiBattler, Saitou (サイトー) a 27 year old self-proclaimed gamer who is the first Tamer that Tsurugi battles in the Terminal. His Digimon Partner is a Greymon which is larger than Tsurugi's, but, due to Tsurugi's Greymon's speed, he lost. His then gets his mentor Kondoo to fight Tsurugi as a revenge.

Kondoo


Kondoo (コンドー) is Saito's teacher and master. His Digimon Partner is Raremon. Kondoo's Raremon fought against Tsurugi's Greymon as revenge for his student until his Raremon was deleted by Peckmon.