Kari Kamiya

## Voices

**Kari Kamiya** (八神 ヒカリ *Yagami Hikari***?**) is a character in the anime and manga series *Digimon Adventure*, *Digimon Adventure 02* and *Digimon Adventure tri.*. Kari is a DigiDestined, partnered with Gatomon, and embodies the trait of Crest of Light. She is the younger sister of Taichi "Tai" Kamiya.

## Appearance

Kari has short brown hair and eyes. It was initially chin-length, but later becomes a bob. She also wears a silver whistle with a pink cord that she eventually gave to Gatomon and a digital camera with a yellow cord in 02. Kari is around the same height T.K.. She wears a pale yellow sleeveless shirt with two white buttons, a pale pink neckerchief, hot pink pants with white socks and red and white sneakers. She gives her whistle to Gatomon when leaving the Digital World.

## Personality

Much like T.K., Kari is the sweet, innocent and cheerful younger sibling of a Digidestined. She always looking for the best side of people and doesn't fight but can be serious in drastic situations. Kari is also selfless, as she would put the safety of others before her own and doesn't want to trouble others. Her relationship with Yolei allows Kari to be more expressive, true to her heart, and overcomes the power of darkness as her friends are always there for her. As a young child, she is prone to illness, but grows out of it. As a teenager, Kari is whimsical, but is still a down-to-earth person.

Kari is shown to have a unique connection to light and darkness, which seems to be related to her associated trait of her crest. She is empowered by the powers of light on one hand, but very susceptible to the powers of darkness on the other, leading her to be empowered by light and weakened by overwhelming darkness. Her stronger willpower after forming friendship with Yolei allows her to overcome this negative aspect.

Kari is very close to Tai and hero-worships him for his kindness and strength well into adolescence. Tai and Kari used to share a room, but sometime between *Digimon Adventure* and *Digimon Adventure 02*, Tai has moved to another room. Dark Gennai noted that Kari's connection to Tai and her 'sensitive' nature made her easier to 'break', and the shock from Tai's apparent death caused her negative emotions to influence the creation of Ordinemon.

## Relationships

### Taichi "Tai" Kamiya

Tai is Kari's older brother and Kari thus has a huge dependency on him. She sees him as infallible, and finds it hard to believe her brother could possibly do anything wrong for anyone; thus, she considers him blameless when he accidentally causes her to get pneumonia.

### Yamato "Matt" Ishida

Whenever Tai is absent, Kari looks up to Matt as the missing-older brother figure.

### Sora Takenouchi

Like T.K., Kari considers Sora as an older sister figure.

### Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi

Though certainly not to the extent of Tai, Izzy and the other DigiDestined were rather protective of Kari when she first step foot in the Digital World. Eventually, everyone was able to let loose after Kari was able to repeatedly prove her own capabilities. Izzy has, on occasion, taken it upon himself to personally protect and guard Kari.

Kari greatly admires Izzy for his Knowledge and resilience. She knows that if ever a problem occurs, Izzy will eventually solve it.

Three years later, they were partnered to contact the Digidestined in Hong Kong.

### Mimi Tachikawa

Similar to Sora, Kari sees Mimi as an older sister figure to her. Kari also felt very depressed and sad when Mimi temporarily left the group during their struggles with the Dark Masters, but became relieved when she returned to help in the battle against Piedmon.

### Joe Kido

When Kari feels the team is at ends, she looks to Joe for stability. She views him as the moral center of the team and knows without him the group would have disbanded. She also understands that Joe doesn't take responsibility because he has to, but because he feels he has to, and that her safety, along with the other six's, are all up to him.

### Takeru "T.K." Takaishi

During Adventure, Kari and T.K. begin to work as their own microcosm-type team, oblivious to several of the problems of the rest of the group. T.K grows very protective of her, as shown in My Sister's Keeper and Piedmon's Last Jest.

In Adventure 02 Kari once again hangs around (and often teams up with) T.K. during several occasions. She also uses him sometimes as a source of experience to discuss with, as the two have dealt with Digimon far longer than the others.

In Kari's Digimon Girls Festival song "Reflection", the person Kari addresses is most likely T.K., as he fits all of her descriptions. In the song, Kari acknowledges that he has been protecting her and has known her for very long, since their youth. She describes their relationship as "too cute to be called romance".

### Davis Motomiya

Kari is aware that Davis has a crush on her, and sometimes exploits that to get him to behave. However, she does see him as a good friend and valuable ally.

Kari was asked out to the beach by Davis, but turned him down.

### Yolei Inoue

Yolei and Kari may have been chosen to be DNA Evolution partners because of how different they are. Kari is quiet and calm whereas Yolei can be rash and talkative.

### Cody Hida

Kari sees Cody as a good friend and ally of hers.

### Ken Ichijouji

Kari is initially wary of Ken due to her traumatic experiences with other dark lords like Myotismon and Piedmon, but eventually warms up to him due to their shared suffering at the hands of darkness. As a result, both of them can sense the presence of the Dark Ocean.