Yagami Hikari

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八神 ヒカリ

**Yagami Hikari** (八神 ヒカリ) is one of the the main protagonists in *Digimon Adventure*. She is a Chosen Child, partnered with Tailmon, and holds the Crest of Light. She is also the younger sister of Yagami Taichi, who is also a Chosen Child.

## Appearance

Hikari has short brown hair and brown eyes. In 1995, as a 3-year-old toddler, Hikari wears a silver whistle with a pink cord, a red shirt with long sleeves, yellow pants, pink socks, and shoes. She has two pajamas; one is a pink shirt and pants. The other is a yellow shirt under a brown bodysuit with buttons near the neck with a koala-shaped hood. At the age of 4, her hair grows a bit, and she wears a pink sleeveless dress and pink shoes. At age 5, Hikari is a bit taller and her hair is a bit shorter again. She wears a dress with three buttons on the top of the back, socks, and shoes. Her pajamas are a buttoned shirt with short sleeves and shorts.

By 1999, Hikari is around the same height as Takeru, and her hair has grown to her chin. 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 also wears her whistle, which she gives to Tailmon when leaving the Digital World. Her pajamas are a beige buttoned shirt with long sleeves and matching pants, and sometimes a pink cardigan and slippers with yellow straps and pink soles when going outside.

On March 4, 2000, Hikari goes to a birthday party wearing a pink dress with long sleeves and a white collar with red borders and ribbon attached to it, cream-colored stockings, and brown shoes. On May, when Gennai summons the children back to the Digital World, she wears a sleeveless peach shirt with a white collar, pink shorts, yellow shoes with white soles, and a very similar whistle to the one she gave to Tailmon.

By 2002, at the age of 11, Hikari has grown much taller and started wearing a hair clip that pulls the left side of her hair. During the spring and fall and when she is in the Digital World, she wears a sleeveless white and pink turtleneck shirt, pink finger-less opera gloves with an oval cut from the top of the palms, yellow shorts with a brown belt, white socks, and pink and gray boots with black soles. She also wears a digital camera with a yellow cord. During summer, she wears a pink sleeveless top with three red lozenges on the chest, a yellow bandana around the neck, a pink wristwatch on her left wrist, a black and red wristband on her right wrist, purple shorts with a brown belt and a pocket for her camera, white socks, and white and yellow sneakers with a wing motif. During winter, she wears a long-sleeved pink sweater dress with red pockets and collar, yellow tights, and brown boots. Outside, she wears a white beret and a red scarf. While in Hong Kong, she wears her scarf around her waist.

On March 25, 2003, Hikari wears a pink dress under a blue denim jacket, yellow pants and pink shoes.

In 2005, Hikari wears an Odaiba Middle School uniform with a green long-sleeve sailor uniform. In the chaotic battle against the Kuwagamon at the Haneda airport, Hikari wears a white long sleeved button shirt with a large, dark-blue collar, a light-blue skirt with frills, and brown short boots. During the battle against Alphamon, Hikari wears a light blue long sleeve shirt, a dark cream colored skirt with two pocket in each sides, dark blue thigh high socks, and white shoes. She also wears a necklace with a gold heart serving as her pendant. In summer, she wears her summer Odaiba Middle School uniform—a short sailor uniform with green strips and blue trim.

In 2010, Hikari wears a cream-see through loose shirt with a pink sleeveless top underneath, light blue denim shorts with a tan colored belt around her waist and brown open-toed sandals with straps.

In 2012, Hikari's hair has grown a bit and she ties it in a low short ponytail. She wears a beige coat over a cream turtleneck sweater and baggy grey pants. She has begun to grow her hair out and has a small ponytail.

In 2028, Hikari hair has grown to reach past her shoulders and with her bangs tucked behind her ears, she wears two hairclips that pulls both sides of her hair. She also has yellow studded earrings. She wears a pink shirt with buttons running down the collar and white pants.

## Personality

As a toddler, she was quite introverted and seldom talked, as she mostly blew her whistle instead of using words to express herself.
She accepted the sudden appearance of the Digitama without resistance and immediately became friends with the newly born Digimon.
Although she is prone to illness, Hikari is strong at heart.

## History

When they were young, Hikari and her older brother Taichi lived with their parents in Hikarigaoka.

### Digimon Adventure (movie)

On a late night in the spring of 1995, Hikari stares at the family computer, which flashes red with static, as an egg emerges from the computer. The next morning, Hikari is asleep with the egg in her hands, as her mother goes to run errands, leaving her brother Taichi to watch over her. As her brother makes breakfast, Hikari insists on clinging to the egg while she is seated at the table, but when she reaches for her drink, the egg slips out of her lap and rolls itself away from her. Hikari chases the egg around the house, as it rolls back into the siblings' bedroom and hatches into a small and round black creature.

After attempting to attack Taichi, Hikari follows it as it hides under the bed. While Taichi attempts to attack it back with his goggles unsuccessfully, Hikari blows her whistle, and the creature responds to her by blowing its bubbles, and the two bond. As the siblings find that the creature has a big appetite, Hikari keeps feeding it while rejecting her brother's suggested names for it. After feeding it, the black creature transforms into a slightly bigger pink creature. Hikari then takes Mīko's food bowl to give to the creature. In gratitude, it unexpectedly latches onto Hikari and Taichi's faces, though Mīko then enters and attacks it, taking back its food. Later that evening, when their mother comes home, Hikari and the creature begin talking to each other, as it introduces itself as Koromon. Out of gratitude, Koromon latches onto the children's faces again.

Late that night, Hikari wakes Taichi using her whistle because Koromon appears to be extremely ill. Before their eyes, Koromon evolves again into a big yellow Dinosaur who shatters their bunk bed with its sheer size. As Koromon forces its way out the window and destroys it, Hikari climbs onto its back and it leaps out of the apartment, crushing a car. Koromon and Hikari explore the Hikarigaoka area, as it causes some damage around the area. As Hikari notices that Koromon is no longer speaking, it blows up a phone booth. Despite Hikari's protests, Koromon nearly attacks a bus and attempts to attack some aircraft lights in the sky. Just then, a massive egg appears in the sky and releases another big parrot creature who descends onto a street, as Koromon attempts to attack it to no avail.

Hikari tries to stop Koromon from fighting, just as Taichi finds her. The parrot retaliates with an electric blast that shatters the bridge above Koromon, Taichi, and Hikari. Hikari and Taichi are protected by Koromon, who has evolved again into a much larger orange dinosaur. He engages the parrot monster in battle but is eventually knocked out. Hikari is distraught, and she and Taichi attempt to wake Koromon up, with no effect, as the giant bird stalks closer to them. Hikari tries blowing her whistle for Koromon again, but she is unable to make a sound with it as she cries breathlessly. Taichi then snatches the whistle from Hikari and blows it with all his might in her stead. In response to the whistle, Koromon wakes up and unleashes another blast of fire that engulfs both it and the parrot monster, making the two disappear. As the sun begins to rise, Hikari, saddened, cries out for Koromon over and over, imploring it to come back to her.

### Interlude

After these events, people were convinced that the destruction was caused by a terrorist bombing. Hikari's family decided to move to Odaiba, like many other families. One day Hikari was sick and stayed at home. When Taichi returned from school he saw her watching TV and thought she was getting better, so he took her outside to play soccer with him. While playing, Hikari collapsed and was taken to the hospital. Their mother was so worried and angry that she slapped Taichi. Hikari was in the hospital for three days in critical condition. After recovering, she returned home and the first thing she did was apologize to her brother that she couldn't play with him, unknowingly making him feel more guilty for her sickness.

## Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning

In 2012, Hikari is teaching part-time at a daycare center, as she is taking her first steps toward her dream of becoming a kindergarten teacher.

## Epilogue

By 2027, Hikari has become a kindergarten teacher and had a Son. One day she tells Tailmon that she wants to set up a kindergarten in the Digital World where Digimon and children can study together. Hikari also tells Tailmon that she'd like her to be a counselor in her kindergarten, and although she is skeptical, Tailmon agrees when she sees how important it is to Hikari. On another day, Hikari takes her son to a meeting with all the other Chosen Children and their Digimon in the Digital World. Before her son sets off she wishes him good luck.

## Trivia

* Yagami (八神) is a Japanese family name that means "eight gods". Hikari (ヒカリ; 光 in Chinese media) is a Japanese female given name that means "light".
* In the English version, Hikari's name was changed to "Kari Kamiya"; her first name "Kari" was derived from "Hikari", and her last name "Kamiya" is Yagami written backwards (神八).

## References

1. ↑ Digimon Real Size Comparison on DigimonCard.dev
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Digimon Series Memorial Book Digimon Animation Chronicle
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Digimon Adventure (movie)
4. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02: Part I: Digimon Hurricane Touchdown!! Part II: Transcendent Evolution!! The Golden Digimentals
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Digimon Adventure, episode 48
6. ↑ Digimon Adventure, episode 32
7. ↑ Digimon Adventure, episode 50
8. ↑ Digimon Adventure, episode 21
9. ↑ Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!
10. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02, episode 27
11. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02, episode 1
12. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02, episode 15
13. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02, episode 38
14. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02, episode 40
15. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02: Diablomon Strikes Back
16. ↑ Digimon Adventure tri., Reunion
17. ↑ Digimon Adventure tri., Determination
18. ↑ Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna
19. ↑ Digimon Adventure 02: The Beginning
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Digimon Adventure 02, episode 50
21. ↑ DIGIMON MOVIE BOOK
22. ↑ Digimon Adventure Official Encyclopedia
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Digimon Adventure, episode 29
24. ↑ Hikari's character review on Digimon Partners
25. ↑ Digimon Adventure Character Perfect File