T.K. Takaishi (Adventure:)

This article is about the 2020 Adventure: character. For for the 1999 Adventure character, see Takeru "T.K." Takaishi.

T.K. Takaishi (高石 タケル Takaishi Takeru)
Appears in:	Digimon Adventure:
First appearance	"Tokyo Digital Crisis" [01]
Actor(s):	(Ja:) Megumi Han
Partner(s):	Patamon
Digivice(s):	Digivice:
Profile
Grade	2nd
Gender	Male
Known relatives	Unnamed Father Unnamed Mother Matt Ishida (older brother)
Nationality	Japanese

T.K. Takaishi (高石 タケル, Takaishi Takeru^?) is a DigiDestined in Digimon Adventure:.

Appearance

T.K. is a young boy with fair skin, blue eyes, and spiky blond hair. He wears a green hat that leaves a tuft of his hair out and has printed on the left side the logo of Tachikawa Computer in yellow inside a yellow circle. He also wears a striped shirt of many shades of green with short sleeves, brown shorts, yellow socks, and green and yellow sneakers. The sneakers have white soles and laces.

Etymologies

Takeru Takaishi (高石 タケル)

Japanese name used in Digimon Adventure:. Officially romanized in the official site.

• (Ja:) Takaishi (高石, Takaishi^?). Japanese surname that means "tall stone". "Ishi" is shared with "Ishida".
• Ja: Takeru (タケル, Takeru^?). A Japanese masculine name. With Yamato, it is a reference to Yamato Takeru.

T.K. Takaishi

Name used in the American English release of the Digimon Card Game.

• T.K.. Derived from the two consonants present in both "Takeru" and "Takaishi".

Fiction

In August 2020, T.K. is in his room looking through the window. He appears to feel the moment Tai reaches for Koromon. Tokyo Digital Crisis

Trivia

• The logo on T.K.'s hat appears to match the logo for Tachikawa Computer, but the letters T.K. may be a reference to his nickname in the English Dub.
• T.K. is the only human in the main cast whose voice actor voiced a previous incarnation of them. Megumi Han voiced Takeru "T.K." Takaishi in the Digimon Adventure PSP game.