Sora Takenouchi

Infobox animanga character
name = Sora Takenouchi
color = Red
series = Digimon


caption = Sora in Digimon Adventure (season one)
first = Episode one, "And So it Begins..."
last = "A Million Points of Light"
creator =
voiced by = Yuko Mizutani (Japanese)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey (English)
Circe Luna (Spanish)
age = 11 (Adventure)Fact|date=May 2008
14 (Adventure 02)Fact|date=May 2008
aux1 name = Grade
aux1 = 5th(Adventure)Fact|date=May 2008
8th (Adventure 02)Fact|date=May 2008
aux2 name = Trait
aux2 = Love
aux3 name = Digimon
aux3 = Biyomon

nihongo|Sora Takenouchi|武之内 空|Takenouchi Sora is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. She is partnered with Biyomon.Sora is a very reliable person and tries to take care of the other kids. Her father, Haruhiko, works as a professor at Kyoto University and in season 2, Jim Kido (Shuu) [In the Japanese version, Joe Kido has two brothers, Shin (seen in Digimon Adventure), and Shuu (introduced in 02). However, in the English dub, both brothers became one, Jim Kido.] researches at the university with Sora's dad. She lives only with her mother, Toshiko, a famous flower arranger who also has an ikebana academy. Sora is the bearer of the Crest of Love.

She was voiced by Yuko Mizutani in the Japanese version and Colleen O'Shaughnessey in the English version.

Prelude to Digimon Adventure

She witnessed the Greymon/Parrotmon fight, which resulted in her becoming one of the DigiDestined.

Digimon Adventure

Sora is eleven years old (the same age as Tai and Matt) and in the fifth grade when the series starts. She holds the Crest of Love (愛情の紋章 "Aijō no Monshō"). Her role is often as a motherly figure for various characters, especially to T.K. and Kari. In one episode, T.K. asks her not to leave because she reminds him so much of his mother.

Sora has a very tomboyish character. She played on the soccer team with Taichi "Tai" Kamiya (Taichi Yagami). She has a few issues with her loving but strict mother, who wanted Sora to quit soccer and study the art of flower arranging (ikebana - 生花), and her father, who is often absent. It was thanks to Biyomon that Sora and her mother made peace. Sora can be seen as like her mother in many ways, such as a tendency to be almost overprotective of everyone else.

Sora tries to put everything on herself, even when she cannot handle it, which leads her to eventually trap herself in a dark cave like Yamato "Matt" Ishida (Yamato Ishida), who along with Joe Kido, eventually helps her to escape.

At the start of the Myotismon saga, Sora remains hidden, secretly helping out the DigiDestined, thwarting DemiDevimon's plans. When DemiDevimon tried to feed Tai and T.K. some mushrooms that would make them forget who they were, Sora whispered that they were bad mushrooms to Agumon, who warned T.K. and Tai. Later, DemiDevimon also removed a support brick from a table in an attempt to make a box of potatoes fall outside the diner where Matt and Joe were trapped, working off Joe's debts. Demidevimon's hope was the Digidestined would have to work even longer, and keep the team apart. However, Sora replaced the brick, preventing the table from falling over.

When Demidevimon plots to ensure Mimi will continue taking advantage of the Gekomon who need her to wake their master, Sora appears to Mimi after she has a nightmare and comforts her, though Mimi believes that Sora was possibly a figment of her dreams. Despite Sora's help, she becomes emotional when DemiDevimon tells her that her Crest of Love will never glow because she doesn't know a thing about love. However when Myotismon attacks the children in the digital world Biyomon digivolves into Birdramon and holds off Myotismon. Birdramon is no match for him, and just as he is about to deliver the final blow Sora, overcome with emotion, shouts "No!, Birdramon I love you!" activating her crest of Love and thus allowing Birdramon to digivolve into Garudamon.

In May 2000, Sora arrived in the Digital World and gave up her Crest power to free the Digimon Sovereigns. As a result, Biyomon lost the power to become Garudamon.

Our War Game!

Sora was angry at Tai after he made an insensitive comment about her hair. Izzy tried to call her to help, but she refused to answer the phone when she heard it was from the Kamiya residence. After Diaboromon was destroyed, Sora finally got the e-mail apology that Tai had sent earlier (Kari hit the Send button) and forgave him.

Digimon Adventure 02

The second season takes place 2 1/2 years after the original. During this time, Sora loses some of her tomboyishness and is now learning the art of flower arranging from her mother. She also wears a sailor fuku. Although she no longer plays soccer, she is in the tennis club and still joins the other Digidestined whenever she can. There are signs that show that Sora develops feelings for Matt, such as when Sora goes backstage to give Matt some homemade cookies during the Christmas Special.

By the year 2027, Sora has become a fashion designer. With Matt she has a daughter who has a Yokomon and a son who has a Tsunomon.

Hurricane Touchdown/Supreme Evolution! The Golden Digimentals

Sora is practicing ikebana at home, but a reaction from her Digivice causes her to vanish.

Michi e no Armor Shinka

She was at a store with Mimi and Hikari "Kari" Kamiya (Hikari Yagami), intent on making home-made chocolate cookies for Yamato. But they were taken hostage by Boltmon.

Revenge of Diaboromon

Sora was mainly busy with her tennis group, as well as that she had little method of transport being as trains were cut off. However, she showed up at the end to where Tai and Matt were after Imperialdramon showed up.

Trivia

* Sora has three Japanese image songs, "Ashita wa Motto" ("Tomorrow I'll Be More"), "Shiny Days," and "Sora Iro no Kaze" ("Sky-Colored Wind"), as well as a fourth one sung with Biyomon (Shigematsu Katori) called "Futari de Habatakeba" ("If We Fly Together").

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