Ishida Yamato

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石田 ヤマト

**Ishida Yamato** (石田 ヤマト) is a main protagonist in *Digimon Adventure*. He is a Chosen Child, partnered with Gabumon, and holds the Crest of Friendship. He is also the older brother of Takaishi Takeru, who is also a Chosen Child.

## Appearance

Yamato has sharp blue eyes and spiky blond hair windswept bangs. In 1995, as a young boy, he wears a blue shirt with light blue raglan sleeves and a white-collar, as well as khaki shorts. His pajamas include a green shirt with long sleeves.

By 1999, Yamato is a preteen, and much taller. He wears a sleeveless green shirt, brown gloves, navy blue jeans, dark brown shoes with gray soles, light green socks, and grey briefs with a white band. His pajamas consist of an oversized black T-shirt and grey sweatpants.

On March 4, 2000, Yamato wears a wine-colored button-up shirt with long sleeves, dark blue pants and brown shoes. In May 2000, when Gennai summons the children back to the Digital World, he wears a white T-shirt with green raglan sleeves, a green collar and the word "WILD" written on the chest in dark red. He also wears light blue jeans, light brown shoes, and light green wristbands.

In 2002, Matt is a teenager, has grown taller and grown out his hair. He usually wears the Odaiba Middle School uniform; a white buttoned shirt with long sleeves under a closed green blazer jacket, gray pants, white socks, and brown shoes. During summer, he wears a black short-sleeved button-up shirt, wine-colored pants, and cream slip-on shoes. During winter, he wears a dark brown turtleneck sweater over a black tank top, black pants with a black belt, and dark brown shoes with cream soles. Outside, he wears a dark grey jacket with a thick black line across the chest. While in Mexico, he doesn't wear his coat or sweater.

On March 25, 2003, Yamato wears a black turtleneck sweater with a wide collar, dark green pants and dark brown shoes.

In 2005, as a 17-year-old, Yamato has grown much taller and his blond hair is a bit shorter. He wears the Tsukishima High School Uniform but without the navy blue vest. In the chaotic battle against the three Kuwagamon at the Haneda airport, he wears wears a rocker type of outfit he was suppose to wear for his concert; a very long short sleeve openly baggy hoodie with a gray undershirt with the sleeves reach through his elbows and has a United Kingdom logo on front, red jeans and black boots. During the battle against Alphamon, Matt wears a casual outfit; a green long-sleeved denim blazer with a dark blue short-sleeved undershirt with red trim, charcoal gray cargo jeans with a gray chain and his black boots from his rocker outfit. He also wears a chain necklace on his neck. During Summer, Matt wears a summer version of an Tsukishima High School uniform as his long-sleeve button-up shirt from his winter school uniform is folded into cuffs and his black necktie is worn loose.

In 2010, Yamato's primary appearance has him wearing an olive green long sleeved shirt as the sleeves reaches through his elbows, white jeans with a brown belt around his waist and gray and black sneakers. He also wears a silver dog tag necklace on his neck. While joining the others to send Parrotmon back to the Digital World, He is seen wearing a black rider jacket beneath his primary attire and a white motorcycle helmet where he rides a motorcycle. At the final battle against Eosmon, he wears a black denim blazer with sleeves folded into cuffs, a gray shirt, green jeans, and black loafers.

In 2028, as an adult, Yamato taller and his hair is shorter. He wears a black turtleneck sweater under a brown leather jacket and cream pants. As an astronaut, he wears a full white space suit.

## Personality

Yamato always behaves calmly and in a mature way.

## History

When they were young, Yamato and his younger brother Takeru lived with their parents in Hikarigaoka, where he was a student at Daiyon Elementary School. On a late night in the spring of 1995, Yamato and his brother witnessed the battle between Koromon and a Parrotmon, as they both use binoculars from their bedroom window. Although the damage and destruction was blamed on a terrorist bombing, Yamato overheard Takeru insisting to his mother that he saw monsters, to which she argued he was only dreaming, therefore Yamato did not feel she would believe him as well. Shortly after that, his parents divorced and Yamato stayed with his father, while Takeru stayed with his mother. After that, Yamato moved with his father to Odaiba.

## Digimon Adventure

On August 1st, Yamato along with Yagami Taichi, Takenouchi Sora, Izumi Kōshirō, Tachikawa Mimi, Kido Jō, and Takaishi Takeru attend a school summer camp, that is hit by a sudden blizzard. The students take shelter, and after it stops all of them step outside and witness an Aurora in the sky. They are interrupted by what appears to be a meteor strike and discover that small electric devices landed for each member of the group. A portal then opens up in the sky and sucks them into an alternate dimension, separating them. In this strange world, Yamato meets Tsunomon and finds his brother Takeru with Tokomon. They later reunite with the other children and their little creatures. The creatures introduce themselves as “digimon” as the children introduce themselves as well. On hearing Mimi’s scream, they find her and Tanemon, fleeing Kuwagamon. The group flees again until they reach a cliff. The digimon all attack Kuwagamon at once, but they are hit. The children pick up their Digimon, but Kuwagamon gets back up. Their digimon partners leap out of the children’s arms, evolve to their child form, attack Kuwagamon and eventually knock him behind some trees. The group celebrates but Kuwagamon gets back up and breaks the cliff sending them all plunging into the river.

## Epilogue

By 2027, Yamato and Gabumon are reunited and Yamato has become the first astronaut with a Digimon partner. The two visit Mars where they conduct a sucessful experiment where Gabumon manages to evolve even though they are far from Earth. They plan to go to Jupiter next, where Yamato says they might encounter an enemy, but Gabumon reminds him of his kid's school entrance ceremony, and they return to Earth. One day Yamato and his family go to a meeting with all the other Chosen Children and Digimon in the Digital World.

## Trivia

* Ishida (石田) is a Japanese family name that means "stone field", with 石 ("Ishi") shared with his brother's last name, "Takaishi". Yamato (ヤマト; 大和 in Chinese media) is a Japanese male given name that means "great harmony". Together with his brother's first name, "Takeru", it could be a reference to Yamato Takeru, the 12th Emperor of Japan.
* In the English version, his first name was changed to "Matt", derived from "Yamato".

## References

1. ↑ Digimon Real Size Comparison on DigimonCard.dev
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Digimon Adventure, episode 29
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Digimon Adventure (movie)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Digimon Adventure, episode 1
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Digimon Adventure, episode 35
6. ↑ Digimon Adventure, episode 8
7. ↑ Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!
8. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02, episode 27
9. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02, episode 2
10. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02, episode 17
11. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02, episode 38
12. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02, episode 42
13. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon Strikes Back
14. ↑ Digimon Adventure tri., Reunion
15. ↑ Digimon Adventure tri., Determination
16. ↑ Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Digimon Adventure 02, episode 50
18. ↑ TV Anime Digimon Adventure Official Zukan
19. ↑ Digimon Adventure, episode 3
20. ↑ Digimon Adventure Character Perfect File