Mikey Kudo

Mikey Kudō (工藤タイキ Kudō Taiki)
General information
Appears in:	Digimon Fusion
First appearance	"Taiki, Go to Another World!" [01]
Latest appearance	"Burn up Tagiru! A Glorious Digimon Hunt!" [79]
Actor(s):	(Ja:) Minami Takayama
Partner(s):	Shoutmon, Xros Heart Xros Heart United Army Collection
Digivice(s):	Red X Loader
Profile
Age	Xros Wars: 13 / Hunters: 14
Grade	Xros Wars: 7th / Hunters: 8th
Gender	Male
Known relatives	Mrs. Kudou (Mother) Unnamed Father
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	Student General of Xros Heart General of Xros Heart United Army Captain of Xros Heart (basketball team) Hunter

Mikey Kudō (工藤タイキ, Kudō Taiki^?) is a character in the Digimon Fusion series, and serves as the protagonist. Mikey is described in V-Jump magazine as "a hot-blooded 7th grader who saves the weak." He leads the red "Xros Heart" army, and is partnered with Shoutmon. Among others, Dorulumon, Starmons, Ballistamon and Cutemon also accompany him. Mikey's childhood friend Akari Hinomoto and "eternal rival" and classmate Zenjirou Tsurugi complete the posse. He is athletic and cannot turn down a challenge. He has genius capabilities but is naive about his prodigy abilities. His father is a sports trainer who travels throughout Japan. As the General of Xros Heart, Mikey possesses a red X Loader, which allows his soldiers to "DigiXros", allowing them to fuse together. Mieky is also able to hear the DigiMelodies of dying Digimon.

After Bagramon's defeat, Mikey leads the "Xros Heart" basketball team, whose members end up participating in the Digimon Hunt.

Appearance

Mikey is a young boy with gray eyes and spiky brown hair. He wears a black shirt under another blue shirt with a white oval with yellow borders and a yellow "t" in the chest and yellow line on the left arm. He also wears black leggings under brown shorts and belt, a red jacket, green goggles, red and white shoes, white gloves, and wears a Wrister on his left wrist. Interestingly, his design resembles a "fusion" of traits of previous male leads. He seems to have a mix of Tai's and Takuya's hairstyles, with Tai's white gloves, Davis's hair color, Takato's blue shirt, shorts and tennis shoes, and the reddish vest colors from both Takuya and Marcus. In the manga, after the battle against Tactimon's forces at Corridor Zone, Akari notices the damage on his jacket. Xros World!! The Secret of the Two Worlds!?

After returning to the Human World, Mikey starts wearing a shirt that is red on the left side and blue on the right, with the two colors separated by a white soundwave-shaped line. He also wears darker shorts, a brown belt, black socks, and red shoes. His shirt is later emblazoned with the Xros Heart emblem by Omnimon. In the manga he starts wearing those after fighting Tactimon's forces at Corridor Zone.

A year later, Mikey grew a bit taller and has a different hairstyle. He now wears a red shirt that is white on its right side, with a yellow stripe on the bottom, two yellow lines in the arms, and with a symbol that a mix of a crown and a reptile footprint. He also wears red and blue zig-zaged wristband on his hands, gray shorts, a brown belt, black socks, and dark red shoes.

Personality

Mikey has an overly outgoing personality. He is always happy, and often tries to see the good in his enemies, much to Shoutmon's chagrin. His motto is "I can't turn my back on anyone." Mikey cares for pretty much everyone, and wishes for an all good world where no one is evil. He has a tendency to never refuse a favor asked to him and often overexerts himself to the point of collaspe and even endangering himself, which often gets him yelled at by Akari. Mikey is however, shown to be a natural leader, looking out for his army, friends, as well as complete strangers.

Mikey is a child prodigy, being very athletic and a highly skilled strategist. He participates in many sports like basketball and kendo while showing immeadiate expertise despite just starting out. Using these abilties, he is able to adapt to any situation in order to turn the tide of battle. He has a habit of flicking his fingers on his googles whenever he gets a good idea.

Description

Anime

Mikey defeated Zenjirou Tsurugi in a Kendo match.

Later, after having a strange dream about monsters in another world, Mikey wakes up and runs to help out a friend with a basketball game, before suddenly collapsing from exhaustion. After the game he and Akari Hinomoto sit outside the sports center when Zenjirou shows up and challenges Mikey to a Kendo rematch. But hearing a voice begging for his help, Mikey follows the voice and finds a small transparent version of a dying Shoutmon. All of a sudden a blinding light shows him a white X Loader, a mysterious voice asks him if he wants to save Shoutmon. Answering that he does, Mikey receives his X Loader before he, Akari and Zenjirou are transported to the Digital World. There, Mikey and his friends are formally introduced to Shoutmon as they help him deal with a Bagra Army platoon under MadLeomon. Moved by Shoutmon's sincere wish to become the King of the Digital World in order to bring peace to it, Mikey decides to help Shoutmon and the two form their own faction comprising them and their friends: "Xros Heart".

Taiki, Go to Another World! Shoutmon, Roar!

It was only after MadLeomon's defeat, crossing paths with the rival group Blue Flare under Kiriha, that Mikey learns more about the Code Crowns from another human with a Xros Loader, Nene Amano, as he and Xros Heart go on a quest to retrieve the Code Crowns from the Bagra Army. During their travels, obtaining DigiMemories along the way, Mikey meets many friendly Digimon and a few former Bagra Army members who join their cause. But other than the Bagra Army, Mikey contends with Twilight, a group secretly led by DarkKnightmon with Nene as pawn. After Nene is rescued from DarkKnightmon, who created the Darkness Loader to execute DigiXros without her help, she and her Digimon companions also join Xros Heart.

After all 108 Code Crowns were claimed, Tactimon manages to steal Mikey and Kiriha's Code Crowns. Though Tactimon is defeated by teamwork by the rival groups, Bagramon arrives and takes the Code Crowns for himself before sending Mikey, Akari, Zenjirou, Shoutmon to the human world to ensure Xros Heart's core members would not interfere. Learning that time in the Digital World runs faster than in the Real World, Mikey attempts to fulfill Akari and Zenjirou's requests to him before he tells them his decision to return to the Digital World to save their friends. This attracts Omnimon's attention as he reveals himself and explains the origin of the DigiMemories and the history of the Digital World and how he ended up in the Real World as a DigiMemory while finding a child who can hear DigiMelodies: Mikey. Despite Tactimon's appearance in the real world before OmegaShoutmon destroys him, Mikey gives a heartfelt goodbye to both Akari and Zenjirou before he and Shoutmon leave for the Digital World as they must be left behind because Omnimon only has enough power to send Mikey back.

Upon returning to the Digital World, Mikey and Shoutmon learn from Lillymon that Bagramon had it reconstructed into a realm surrounding by Seven Kingdoms, each ruled by a Death General with their own Darkness Loaders.

Rival Kiriha, Appear! Island Zone, An Upheaval! DigiMemory, Shine! X4, The Crisis Breakthrough! Volcano Digimon, A Great Eruption! Fierce General Tactimon, Close In! Dorulumon, Run Like the Wind! Taiki, Become a Knight! Xros Heart, Burn! Sand Zone, A Great Adventure in the Ruins! Taiki, The Goddess's Warrior! Warrior Beelzebumon, Flutter! Heaven Zone, The Snare of Paradise! Dark Knight Digimon, An Entrance! A Miraculous DigiXros! Shoutmon X5 Flies! Stingmon, The Hero of the Digimon Jungle Legendary Deckerdramon, Stir! Dust Zone, The Great Scrap City of GrandLocomon! Showdown! DarkKnightmon VS Xros Heart! Wisemon, The Secret of the Digital World! Shinobi Zone, The Comical Ninja Battle! Dunce Monitamons, Keep At It! Zone Collapse! The Sparking Taiki and Kiriha! Shoutmon, The Proof of a King! Sweets Zone! The Sweet-toothed Digimon Battle! Activation of the Ultimate Weapon! Hang In There, Cutemon! Taiki-Kiriha VS Bagra Army, The All-out Showdown! Setting Off On a New Journey!! The Great Tokyo Showdown!! To a New World! The Fire-fury General's Dragon Land Stand up, Kiriha! The Xros Heart Rescue Strategy Spine Shivering! The Moon-light General's Vampire Land Don't Die Greymon!! The Birth of Shoutmon DX Power is Being Sucked Up! The Hunters of Honey Land Laughing Hunter! The Wood-spirit General Zamielmon Little Brother, Why!? The Nightmare of Enemy General Yuu Mysterious Cyber Land! The Maiden of the Town of Steel Xros Heart Breakup Crisis! The Water-tiger General's Devious Trap Merry Pirates, Appear! The Voyage across Gold Land!! Gold-thief Olegmon Laughs! Farewell, Xros Heart! Whispering to Kiriha! The Earth-god General of the Canyon, A Demonic Temptation A Mighty Love! Deckerdramon's Last Cry!! X7 of Bonds! The Grand Battle with Gravimon!! The Final Kingdom, The Shining Sun's Bright Land! Life or Death, The Showdown with Hell's General! Taiki VS Yuu! Duel of the Boy Generals!! Beelzebumon, Vanish into the Light! Taiki's Determination! Overcome the Strongest Apollomon! Resurrect! The Arrival of All Seven Death Generals!! For the Sake of the Digital World's Future! Friendship with a Death General! Bagra Brothers, The Bonds of Darkness! Loom! The Human World's Final Day, D5!! A Glorious DigiXros, Seize It! Our Future!!

Collection

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Shoutmon

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ChibiKamemon

Puppetmon

Starmons

Ballistamon (former)

Cutemon (former)

Deputymon (former)

Dorulumon (former)

PawnChessmons (former)