Taki Tachibana

Taki Tachibana is the main male protagonist from the Your Name series.
== Charactah Account ==
Taki is generally a kind, hardworking and caring individual. He is also helpful, responsible, and level-headed. Although he is organized and mostly handles everything quite nicely, his busy lifestyle and creative side; being interested in architecture and art and having artistic abilities, can come off as unorganized but hardworking. He can also sometimes be persistent, and may even be called sensitive towards others as he is quick to anger. This causes him to come off as impatient and stubborn, as he is shown with a bandage on his face the first time Mitsuha wakes up in his body, which suggests that he was injured in a fight.
Taki is somewhat quick-tempered and blunt, and he has a tendency to accidentally blurt out the first thing on his mind without restraint or tact when he is nervous or stressed, whether it may be wrong or right. However, he quickly fixes his way of speaking by saying what he really wants the second after. Although polite, Taki is very straightforward and can easily stand up for himself and others and hates taking belittlement from others. In contrast to Mitsuha who takes the belittlement from her father and her classmates without so much as a whisper in retaliation, Taki in her body ends up delivering verbal (and in some cases, physical) lashings. He puts his excess of assertiveness to good use when it rubs off on Mitsuha and she eventually gains the confidence to stand up to her father.
Although he tries to restrain himself, Taki gropes Mitsuha's chest when he inhabits her body, which would lead to Mitsuha calling him a pervert later on. He is also considered very carefree and tomboyish as Taki in Mitsuha's body, as he doesn't take much consideration about things like skirts, bras and Mitsuha's growing popularity. Taki also noted that Mitsuha became more popular because of him inhabiting her body, with both boys and girls sending love letters to her, indicating that Taki is charismatic and sociable. However, he seems to quite poor in romance and he states that he is single because he apparently wants to, having absolutely no idea what to do during his date with Okudera, and being dishonest about his own feelings. This is seen when he denied his feelings towards Mitsuha although they were very obvious. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* SUNTORY × Your Name
* Your Name
=== Light Novels ===
* Your Name Another Side: Earthbound
=== Manga ===
* Your Name
== Trivia ==
* The kanji for him given name, Taki, combines the characters for "water" and "dragon".
** This serves as another connection between himself and Mitsuha as water is also mentioned in Mitsuha's surname and since the Miyamizu folklore includes mention of a dragon, which symbolizes the destructive power of Tiamat.
* The red braided cord Taki got from Mitsuha could be a reference to a Japanese myth: "The red string of fate". The two people connected by the red thread are destined lovers, regardless of time, place or circumstances. This magical cord may stretch or tangle, but never break.
** This is also associated with the concept of the movie: "Musubi", time; which has a similar description. Taki and Mitsuha were separated by time, circumstances and memory, but when they found each other in the end after so long, their feelings were still connected.
* When he inhabits Mitsuha's body, Taki wears her hair in a ponytail since he doesn't know how Mitsuha does her hairstyle.
** However, on the first day they started switching, Taki wore her hair down.
* Taki used to touch Mitsuha's chest quite often when they switched bodies, as Yotsuha saw it happening at least three times.
* When Taki told Mitsuha to write her name on his hand at Twilight (Kataware-doki), it's actually a reference to the first time they started switching bodies, as Mitsuha wrote her name on her hand when she was in Taki's body.
* When Mitsuha and Taki met at Kataware-doki, it was the only time they were the same age, as one would experience something inhuman during Kataware-doki.
* Taki has a tendency to clench his fist when embarrassed or nervous.
== Gallery ==
File:Taki Tachibana Render 01.png
File:Taki Tachibana Render 02.png
File:Taki Tachibana 01.png
File:Taki Tachibana 02.png
File:Taki Tachibana 03.png
File:Taki Tachibana 04.png
File:Taki Tachibana 05.png
== External Links ==
* Taki Tachibana at Kimi no Na wa. Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Males
Category:Your Name