Tai Kamiya (V-Tamer 01)

Tai Kamiya (八神 太一) is the main character of the manga Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01.

Tai is the first Digimon protagonist to wear goggles.

Appearance
Tai looks exactly like the Adventure character of same name, except that he wears a yellow cape, and a Digivice 01 on his left wrist.

Etymologies

 * Taichi Yagami (八神 太一)
 * Yagami (八神). Japanese surname that means "eight gods". Possibly a reference to God, who created the V-Tamer Tags Taichi seeks.
 * Taichi (太一). Japanese name that means "magnificent one" or "thick one" with "ta" meaning "magnificent/thick" and "ichi" meaning "one". Together with Zeromaru, it is a pun on "". As "Zeromaru" uses the number "zero" twice, their names form "", as Taichi and Zero often claim to have "100%" wins.

Name used in the American English release of the Digimon Card Game.
 * Tai Kamiya
 * Tai. Derived from "Taichi".
 * Kamiya. A Japanese surname. Yagami (八神) written backwards.

Development
Tai's design was influenced by that of Kentarou Kamon. He was originally intended to be named Kakeru Jimon (時門 カケル), and to be 12-years-old.

Fiction
He was a boy whose V-Pet had a Digimon thought to be a glitch, and for the most part looks like Digimon Adventure character of the same name, save for the yellow cape. But when he was transported to the, he learned that the "glitch" was his partner, Zeromaru, a Veedramon. He met, who brought him to the Digital World to help them fight. Tai agreed, and with Gabo as a tour guide to find the five V-Tags. He faced the likes of Etemonkey, the evil Digimon that guard the V-Tags. He even fought other humans, like Neo Saiba and the Alias III, who eventually helped him out. After he and Zeromaru defeated Daemon, Tai and the other children returned to the Real World.

There were a few team-up specials Tai had with Davis Motomiya, Ryo Akiyama, and Takuya Kanbara.

Digimon Xros Wars (manga)
mentions having a Partner when he was younger and that the two saved the before.