This is a list of characters from the Digimon anime series Digimon Tamers.
Voiced by: Makoto Tsumura (Japanese), Brian Beacock (English)
Takato Matsuki (松田 啓人 Matsuda Takato, Takato Matuda), is a cheerful, happy, carefree person who is the only child of family who runs their very own bakery. He loves Digimon, playing the Digimon card game and drawing up Digimon he made up. He eventually finds a Blue Card among his cards and unknowingly used it to bring Guilmon to life. Soon after, he meets Henry and then Rika, learning that Digimon are mysteriously appearing in their world. At first he's not very good at battling, but he improves overtime. Because Guilmon was a product of his imagination, Takato appears to empathic with his Digimon and thus the two influence each other in their fights. This bond is later augmented when Guilmon gains the ability to become Gallantmon when Takato Biomerges into him. He generally has feelings for Jeri Katou throughout the series.
Voiced by: Masako Nozawa (Japanese), Steven Jay Blum (English)
Guilmon (ギルモン Girumon) is a viral raptor-like Reptile Digimon who bares the Digital hazard mark on his chest. Guilmon was created by Takato as a drawing and was brought to life soon after by the Blue Card which the Digignomes secretly placed among Takato's card deck. Though a rookie, Guilmon originally has a child mentality and was unaware of the differences between humans and Digimon, calling his partner Tamer "Takatomon" and loving to eat the Matsuki Bakery's bread. Overtime, moved to Shinjuku Park to be kept a secret, Guilmon matures a bit to be able to speak normally and play with Takato's classmates. Guilmon has a very keen sense of smell and possess somewhat of a sixth sense to detect other digimon if around, usually going feral in earlier fights. Guilmon is very loyal and protective of Takato and would do anything for him. In the finale, Guilmon regressed to Gigimon as a side effect of the Red Card and thus was forced to part ways with Takato. Though a Rookie, Guilmon is very powerful, as shown in his fight with Ice Devimon where he destroys the Champion with relative ease where Kyubimon, also a Champion, was defeated by him.
Guilmon was created by Chiaki J. Konaka, influenced by Ultraman and Kaiju movies. Upon viewing the initial design sketches, he assumed that the character would be roughly the same size as Agumon. However, when he realized that Guilmon would be about the size of a human adult, he realized that "[h]e was nowhere near small enough for a child to hide in his room." Konaka then realized that he could tailor the plot of Digimon Tamers to incorporate this problem.[1]
Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa (Japanese), Melissa Fahn (English)
Rika Nonaka (牧野 留姫 Makino Ruki, Ruki Makino) is a tomboyish girl from a family consisting of her youthful mother and grandmother, known as the "Digimon Queen" due to her experience in the Digimon card tournament. Eventually, Rika finds a Blue Card which enables her to receive Renamon as her partner. At first, Rika sees Digimon as nothing more than data and wanted to make Renamon the strongest Digimon in the world. But after the ordeal with IceDevimon, Rika ends their partnership out of fear. However, Rika comes to Renamon's aid and the two begin their partnership anew on mutual terms.
Voiced by: Yuka Imai (Japanese), Mari Devon (English)
Renamon (レナモン) is a fox-like Beast girl Digimon who is very mature in both form and mentality. In a fight, Renamon uses ninja-like skills including vanishing from view until called and moving at fast speeds. She has no memory of her life before meeting Rika, whom she first saw as nothing more but a means to become stronger. But Renamon begins to realize her view on humans is incorrect overtime. Eventually after the ordeal with IceDevimon and the two parting ways, Renamon begins to understand Rika and vice versa as she becomes more focus on protecting Rika as their partnership becomes mutual over time. Renamon also developed a relationship with Impmon. In the finale, Renamon regressed to Viximon as a side effect of the Red Card and this was forced to part ways with Rika.
Chiaki J. Konaka originally conceived Renamon as an androgynous character, but her personality development over the course of the series caused the character to be treated as female.[1]
Voiced by: Mayumi Yamaguchi (Japanese), Dave Wittenberg (English)
Henry Wong (李健良 Rī Jenrya, Lǐ Jiànliáng), nicknamed Jian (ジェン Jen) in the Japanese version, is the 3rd born child in a half-Chinese and half-Japanese family. Along with his father Janyu, Henry is a Tai Chi student. Prior to the series, Henry thought Digimon fighting each other was a game until he realizes they are living beings. After using a Blue Card to create his partnership with Terriermon, Henry vowed to never have to make the Digimon fight again. However, after many situations where Terriermon is forced to digivolve and fight, Henry realizes there are many battles worth fighting. For the first half of the series, Henry was unaware of his father's connections with the Monster Makers and Hypnos. In the finale, after using the Red Card to execute Operation Doodlebug to wipe out the D-Reaper, Henry realized that using it would mean that the Digimon have to return to their world
Voiced by: Aoi Tada (Japanese), Mona Marshall (English)
Terriermon (テリアモン) is an one-horned terrier/bunny Beast Digimon with a laidback personality, often using the word "Momentai" (written as 無問題 or 无问题), a Cantonese phrase that means "no problem" (In the English Dub, this has the translation of "Momentai" has been changed to "take it easy"). Terriermon also has very large ears which are often used for spinning attacks such as in the move "Terrier Tornado" or to float and glide. Terriermon was originally a wild Digimon who lives by the rules of the "survival of the fittest" doctrine in the harsh realm of the Digital World. When Henry received a Digimon video game as a present from his father, he selected Terriermon to play with because he identified with her. However, when Henry forced Terriermon to digivolve during a battle between a Gorillamon, Gargomon goes on a rampage befpre regressing and losing consciousness. Soon after, a remorseful Henry finds a Blue Card which he used to bring Terriermon into the real world as his partner. For the first half of the series, Henry hid Terriermon from his family in plain sight by making Terriermon act like a simple stuffed animal which his younger sister Susie plays with. In the finale, Terriermon regressed to Gummymon as a side effect of the Red Card and thus was forced to part ways with Henry.
Voiced by: Hiroki Takahashi (Japanese), Derek Stephen Prince (English)
Impmon (インプモン Inpumon) is an imp Digimon who mysteriously appears and harasses the Tamers and their Digimon on occasion, saying that no 'self-respecting Digimon' would ever ally themselves to one, though he ends up becoming friends with Guilmon and flirting with Renamon. He was even prone to harassing Calumon, scaring him on occasion. It is revealed later in the series that Impmon did live with two children upon entering the Real World- Ai and Mako. However, their fighting over who Impmon should play with more causes him to run away with disdain towards all humans. But Impmon resented the Tamers and their Digimon more as the latter are able to Digivolve through the former.
After attempting to prove himself by fighting Indramon, Impmon suffers a devastating and painful defeat that crushes his ego prior to accepting an offer from Chatsuramon as he brings him back to the Digital World: to be digivolved but only if he agrees to kill the Tamers and their Digimon when they arrive to retrieve Calumon. Though conflicted, Impmon accepts the offer and becomes the mega-level Demon Lord Digimon Beelzemon (ベルゼブモン Beruzebumon, Beelzebumon). Consumed by his new-found powers, Beelzemon acts on his whim to test new abilities before attacking the Tamers.
Eventually, despite Leomon's attempts to snap him out of it, Beelzemon kills him and takes his data before Jeri's eyes, indirectly causing the events that nearly destroyed the Digital World. However, Guilmon and Takato bio-merge into Gallantmon and defeat Beelzemon, sparing him on Jeri's request as she wanted no one else to die though she could never forgive him. Shocked, and feeling worthless, Beelzemon wandered until he allowed some friends of the Digimon he killed extact their revenge on him, regressing him back into Impmon before being found by Renamon and Rika, who decide to bring him back into the Real World.
Taking his leave without a goodbye upon reaching Shinjuku, Impmon decides to find Ai and Mako, touched upon learning that the two no longer fighting and asking forgiveness for the harm they put him through. Fueled by his new change of heart, and wanting to find his own redemption, Impmon gains the ability to warp digivolve into Beelzemon Blast Mode and helps the Tamers in their fight against the D Reaper before nearly getting himself killed saving Jeri. At the end of the series, after the D-Reaper's destruction and officially becoming Ai and Mako's Digimon partner, Impmon finally receives Jeri's forgiveness before he regresses to Yaamon and is forced to return to the Digital World.
Voiced by: Yoko Asada (Japanese), Bridget Hoffman, Philece Sampler(movie) (English)
Jeri Kato (加藤 樹莉 Katō Juri, Juri Katō), is the classmate of Takato whom the boy has a crush on and vice versa.[2] Her family happens to own a small tavern in Shibuya, where she works sometimes waitressing and even helping her father to handle drunk customers. She carries around a dog-shaped sock puppet from her half brother, which she uses to strike-up conversations with. At first glance, she seems to be a sort of perfect child because of her cheerful and happy personality. However, the death of her birth mother left an emotional scar on Jeri which her father was unable to resolve as she could not cope having a step-mother. Jeri happens to be among those aware of the Digimons' existence before meeting Leomon. However, Leomon's death causes Jeri to relapse into a withdrawn depression that attracts the D-Reaper's attention, kidnapping her to serve as a misery-powered battery while having the Jeri-Type Agent take the girl's place and infiltrate among her family before revealing itself. However, thanks to Calumon's presence and Leomon in spirit, Jeri regains her confidence and attempts to fight her way out before Takato saves her. From the ordeal, Jeri realizes that realizes that humans can make their own destiny and that she was never meant to be alone as she accepts Impmon's apology.
Early pre-production notes made by Chiaki J. Konaka suggest a female character which likely would become Jeri was named Mishio who cared for her younger sister more often as her parents were workers in the red-light district.[3] Jeri is voiced by Yoko Asada (Japan) and Bridget Hoffman (English).
Voiced by: Hiroaki Hirata (Japanese), Paul St. Peter (English)
Leomon is a Beast Man Digimon armed with a blade and master of the "Fist of the Beast King" attack. Before Bio-Emerging to the Real World, Leomon only knew of endless conflict and was at first bit frightened by Jeri's affection and insistence that he's her partner. But he grew to care for her, becoming Jeri's partner for real after his near-death experience with Zhuqiaomon during his attempt to halt Makuramon's escape. Despite Jeri's doubts of being worthy enough to be his Tamer, Leomon had much confidence in her. However, while helping the Tamers in the Digital World, Leomon dies when he restrains Beelzemon and tries to convince him what true strength is. The sight of Leomon being fatally impaled and then his data being absorbed by Beelzemon causes Jeri to fall into a depression. However, Leomon appears in spirit during the battle with the D-Reaper, first through Beelzemon using his trademark attack and then in Jeri's D-Ark to help her regain her confidence.
Kazu Shiota (塩田 博和 Shiota Hirokazu, Hirokazu Shiota), is one of Takato's closest friends, calling him "chumley" in the English version. He is also a player of the DigiBattle Card Game, enjoying beating Takato and Kenta all the time. His involvement in Tamers truly started when Takato actually beat him, leaving him confused, but when Takato mentioned about real life experience, Kazu wanted to go deeper into it. This leads to him and Kenta seeing Guilmon, though they eventually got over their fear and befriended him. Secretly, Kazu wanted to be a Tamer himself and be just as good as Takato and the others. His chance came when he went to the Digital World, although he and Kenta did seem out of place as the others had Partners, he made the best of it until he did finally get a partner of his own in the name of Guardromon.
An Android type, Guardromon is a protector by nature, a mechanical defense specialist who faithfully fights for justice. However, he tends to be rather foppish and frequently unlucky in his endeavors. He was originally the cyborg Digimon Andromon who attempted to liberate a village of Gekomon from the control of Orochimon, who had enslaved them to mix sake for him. By the time the Tamers under Rika arrived, Andromon was badly injured in the battle with the Tamers convince the Gekomon leader to give them some of the data packets from their drinks to heal Andromon. However, he had lost much of his energy from the fight and regressed into Guardromon as a result. He helps the Tamers defeat Orochimon before becoming Kazu's partner and helping them in the battles with Beelzemon and the D-Reaper. In the finale, Guardromon regressed to Kapurimon as a side effect of the Red Card and thus was forced to part ways with Kazu.
Kenta Kitagawa (北川 健太 Kitagawa Kenta) is another of Takato's friends, and Hirokazu's side kick. Kenta often gets credit for the numerous jokes that Kazu tells throughout the season. Like Kazu, Kenta wanted his own Digimon partner so he joins the Tamers in entering the Digital World. However, getting jealous and upset that he is the only own with a partner, Kenta attempts to pretend that Guilmon's his Digimon while he is separated from Takato. Eventually, though he tried to show him away, Kenta ends up becoming partners with MarineAngemon and is able to understand him.
MarineAngemon is a pixie Digimon who is about the size of a small housecat, said to dwell in the Internet Ocean, though he is rarely seen even by other marine Digimon. Though not a fighter as he hates violence, he does have power and deals with his attackers with his love-based Kakuna Wave attack. Appearing among the numerous mega level Digimon to help the Sovereigns fight the D-Reaper, MarineAngemon took a liking to Kenta and became his partner as a result. In the long run, MarineAngemon proves to be an unlikely ally during the battle against the D-Reaper as his love-based attacks frightened the Jeri-Type Agent, as the D-Reaper was powered only by Jeri's negative emotions. In the finale, MarineAngemon departs to the DigiWorld with the others.
Voiced by: Nagano Ai (Japanese), Peggy O'Neal (English)
Suzie Wong (李 小春, Rī Shiuchon) is Henry's little sister and the youngest of Wong children. Unaware of Terriermon's true identity, Suzie believed him to be a plush toy and often dresses him up in girls' dolls' clothes and calling him "Pwincess Pwetty Pants" to his dismay. Eventually, when Henry had to leave for the Digital World, Terriermon reveals himself to Suzie so she can let him go. However, in an unexpected turn, a digital fog appears in the real world while she is at the park with her father and ends up in the Digital World. There she meets and befriends the Deva Antylamon, who is later regressed into her partner Lopmon. Eventually, during the D-Reaper's attack, Suzie takes her role as Lopmon's partner seriously as she sends him to help the others.
Voiced by: Aoi Tada (Japanese), Michelle Ruff(TV), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn(Movie) (English)
Lopmon (テリアモン Roppumon) is an three-horned bunny Beast Digimon, he spoke in an archaic dialect in the Japanese version that result with him made a female in the English version of the series.[4] Originally, Lopmon was the Deva Antylamon (アンティラモン Antiramon) who was assigned the task of guarding the bridge leading to Zhuqiaomon's palace. Unlike the other Devas, Antylamon does not share their disdain with humans. Meeting Suzie, Antylamon saw the girl as a small annoyance before bonding with her to the point of fighting off Makuramon when he tries to hurt the girl. As punishment, Zhuqiaomon reverts Antylamon to Lopmon. Soon after, while taking the Tamers to meet Zhuqiaomon in an attempt to reason with the Sovereign, Suzie acquires a D-Ark that makes her and Lopmon partners. Later entering the real world, being taught by Suzie, Lopmon regains his ability to become Antylamon and aids the Tamers in fighting the D-Reaper. Afterwards, regressing to Chocomon, Lopmon is forced to return to the Digital World with the rest of the Tamers' Digimon.
Ryo Akiyama (秋山 リョウ Akiyama Ryō) is a main character in many Digimon video games. He also makes a brief appearance in Digimon Adventure 02. Ryo is voiced by Steve Staley in the English dub and Junichi Kanemaru in the original Japanese version. Akiyama is the only human character to span two continuities. He is partnered with Cyberdramon. He originates from a series of games for the Wonderswan game system, appeared in a few cameos, then was retired in Digimon Tamers. The final Wonderswan game to feature Ryo, Brave Tamer, serves as link in the chain that connects him to both the Adventure Series and the Tamers Series.[5][6]
Cyberdramon is an Ultimate Level Digimon, and is the partner of Ryo Akiyama. Feral in personality, his mission is to annihilate any Virus-type Digimon that have invaded the network. However, Cyberdramon is a lone soldier not affiliated with the "Virus Busters" group. His partner whips him if he gets out of control. One of his Digivolutions, Justimon, was inspired by Kamen Rider and other superheroes from the 1970s.[1]
Minami Uehara (上原 南 Uehara Minami) appeared in the first Digimon Tamers movie Battle of Adventurers. She is ten years old with brown hair and blue eyes. Minami is voiced by Stephanie Sheh.
Alice McCoy is 11 years old with blond hair, and blue eyes who dresses in the gothic lolita fashion style. Alice is voiced by Philece Sampler.
A sister and brother respectively, Ai and Mako used to fight over sharing things, like a teddy bear. Because of this, the two gave Impmon an horrible impression on humans. However, after Impmon ran away, the two children began to change their ways by the time he found them at their grandmother's house as they attempt to get his forgiveness for their behavior. In the finale, while tending to Impmon's wounds, the children end up with a D-Ark. Ai is voiced by Terada Haruhi (Japan) and Rebecca Forstadt (English). Mako is voiced by Miwa Matsumoto (Japan) and Wendee Lee (English).
Devas (デーヴァ Dēba) are servants of Zhuqiaomon, most sharing his disdain for humans, each modeled after an animal from the Chinese Zodiac. Some of them entered the human world in search of Calumon while the rest remained behind to oversee matters in the Digital World. Their only survivor is Antylamon the rabbit Deva, who became Lopmon.
Maildramon was first seen chasing Calumon in the Digital World until it was attacked by DarkTyrannomon. When DarkTyrannomon Digivolved into MetalTyrannomon, Maildramon was defeated.
DarkTyrannomon attacked Maildramon when he was chasing Calumon in the Digital World. Maildramon has the advantage and nearly destroyed DarkTyrannomon until he digivolved into MetalTyrannomon and killed Maildramon by stomping on him.
When Takato was sleeping, he had a dream experience at the moment in town when Rika and Renamon were fighting Lynxmon. Renamon managed to delete Lynxmon.
Rika and Renamon fought Goblimon at a baseball field. When Calumon's powers activated, it caused Goblimon to Digivolve into Fugamon. It was deleted by Renamon.
Gorillamon was Terriermon's old foe from the video game that Terriermon emerged from. He bio-emerged in town and attacked Henry and Terriermon at a construction site. He was defeated when Terriermon fired his Bunny Blast into his cannon.
While Guilmon and Calumon were decorating the school yard at Yodobashi Elementary, Vilemon bio-emerged there and attacked them. Takato and Henry arrived and Vilemon ended up fighting Guilmon and Terriermon. When Rika and Renamon arrived, Vilemon was deleted by Renamon.
Allomon had bio-emerged in a neighborhood and encountered Rika and Renamon. Though Renamon had a hard time fighting him, she gained unlikely help from Guilmon and Terriermon. When Renamon used a combination of her Diamond Storm attack and a copy of SnowAgumon's Frozen Wind attack, Allomon was defeated.
Rika and Renamon encountered Dokugumon in a park and ended up fighting her. Dokugumon badly damaged Renamon. When Rika called out to Renamon, she Digivolved into Kyubimon and deleted Dokugumon.
A Devidramon bio-emerged in the episode "The Question of trust" and began terrorising the city. Rika wanted Renamon to fight it but she told her it was Guilmon's fight who in question was already dueling with him. Guilmon felt upset that Takato was angry at him when he never meant to do anything wrong (Impmon had manipulated him into helping him make mischief) and couldn't put his full heart into it. When Takato learnt the truth and told him he wasn't angry, Guilmon digivolved into Growlmon and destroyed Devidramon absorbing his data.
IceDevimon is a mass murderer who killed and absorbed many Digimon in order to become more powerful. In "The Icemon Cometh", he Bio-Emerges in the Real World and begins stalking Rika, who he believes to be as harsh and cruel as himself, and able to make him even more powerful. He tries to tempt her with describing his power, eventually seizing her and taking her to his frozen lair atop a skyscraper. Though he shows her the graveyard of his amassed victims (IceDevimon implied that some of his victims had human partners), she is able to resist the temptation and refuse his offer. He then demands a duel against Renamon, who starts toward the lair. Meanwhile, Takato, Henry, Guilmon, and Terriermon arrive and try to rescue Rika, but IceDevimon encases the Digimon in ice. Renamon appears, but IceDevimon is too powerful for her, and even after Rika declares that Renamon is her friend and Renamon digivolves to Kyubimon, she is unable to defeat him. Guilmon and Terriermon then break free of the ice, and Takato uses "Speed" and "Hyper Wing" cards on Guilmon, allowing him to defeat IceDevimon and absorb his data. Because of this ordeal, Rika again had trouble with accepting Renamon as a friend, and she nearly gave up being a Tamer.
The Hypnos Organization once used Yugoth to prevent Musyamon from bio-emerging in the Real World with Musyamon vowing revenge. By the second time, Musyamon evaded Yugoth and bio-emerged. He ended up fighting Takato and Guilmon until Henry and Terriermon arrived. Musyamon was deleted by Gargomon.
Renamon fought three of these in the park. When Rika was unable to enter the Digital Field to help, Renamon managed to delete them anyway.
Takato and Henry ended up encountering Harpymon in the park. When Renamon joined the battle, she was no match for Harpymon. When Harpymon was about to finish off Renamon, Rika stabbed her with a stick. Calumon's powers caused Renamon to Digivolve into Kyubimon who deletes Harpymon but doesn't absorb her data.
Takato and Guilmon fought DarkLizardmon in an abandoned building one night and managed to knock her down. Just then, Yamaki and some Hypnos Agents arrived and took DarkLizardmon into custody. The experiments Hypnos subjected DarkLizardmon to was enough to delete her.
In "Battle of Adventurers", Apocalymon attempts to Bio-Emerge in the Real World, but is confronted by Omnimon. During the battle, Apocalymon reformats to Mephistomon, and though Omnimon attacks him, he is unable to stop Mephistomon from Bio-Emerging. Mephistomon has a deep hatred for all life, and so plots to destroy the world and everything in it. In order to do so, he disguises himself as Ryuuji Tamashiro, the president of the Okinawan VP Laboratories. He soon becomes famous for his part in marketing the V-Pet, a digital pet that he modified to cause other Digimon to Bio-Emerge and become his servants. Takahito Uehara, the original creator of the V-Pet, detects the virus that Mephistomon had implanted in the V-Pets, and creates a vaccine program which he implants into the original V-Pet, which manifests as Seasarmon. When Mephistomon finds out about the vaccine, he uses his servants to kidnap Takehito and find out the vaccine's location. Once Uehara reveals that the vaccine is in Seasarmon, Mephistomon doffs his disguise and attacks Seasarmon and the Tamers. As part of the battle, he drags the group into an apocalyptic dimension modeled after his intentions for the Real World, but is defeated, allowing the vaccine program to activate and purge the virus. It is revealed that Mephistomon is not actually dead, and he digivolves to Gulfmon, a larger and more powerful, but less intelligent form. The Tamers' Champion Digimon are unable to scratch him, but Calumon's powers activate, digivolving them to Ultimate. As Gulfmon charges at them, they combine their powers into their "Trinity Burst" attack, impaling and destroying Gulfmon.
In "Runaway Locomon", Locomon bio-emerges in the Real World. It hurtles along Tokyo's train tracks, creating a rift to the Digital World at Ichigaya station. Hypnos and the Tamers work together to try and stop Locomon. Growlmon initially attempts to hold back the train, but fails and reverts to Guilmon. He then goes to get help from the other Tamers while Takato, Rika and Renamon sneak aboard. Once aboard, Rika attempts to attack Locomon's furnace, but is in turn attacked by Parasimon. Beelzemon, while riding Behemoth, also attacks Locomon, but hardly fazes him. At this point, Rika returns to the others and attacks them. It is soon revealed that she is being controlled by Parasimon, and that Parasimon is also responsible for taking over Locomon and sending him through Tokyo. The other Tamers catch up to Locomon and return Guilmon, who immediately frees Rika from Parasimon's control. Parasimon forces Locomon to digivolve to GranLocomon, and then attacks Takato and Guilmon, who biomerge and destroy him. However, Parasimon is able to send a signal into the rift before he disappears — this signal allows many other Parasimon to bio-emerge, and they begin destroying the city. The Tamers and their Digimon enter into pitched battle with the Parasimon horde, but are overwhelmed until Gallantmon digivolves to Gallantmon Crimson Mode, flies into the rift, and uses his Crimson Light technique to obliterate the entire swarm. Afterwards, GranLocomon reverts to Locomon and returns to the Digital World.
In "Battle of Adventurers", Omnimon is seen chasing an Apocalymon that reformats itself into Mephistomon, until the foe escapes from his pursuit. Later, he aids the Tamers by bringing them to Mephismon's hideout in an abandoned Okinawan laboratory.
The Tamers encountered Meramon during their first trip to the Digital World. He attacked them thinking that they were the enemy. He was later killed in a Jagamon stampede.
Following their encounter with Meramon, the Tamers were awakened later that night by a Jagamaon stampede. Meramon ended up killed by the stampede. When Rika bereted them the next morning, the lead Jagamon stated that they were frightened by the attack of Makuramon and Majiramon.
Rika, Renamon, Kazu and Kenta ended up transported outside a house in a valley with strong winds. The residents of the house ended up being Babamon and her husband Jijimon, who fought with each other because they were bored. They were happy to have guests and gave the children and Digimon dinner. When Kazu and Kenta asked for them to be their partners they got it confused: They thought that they were supposed to be the Tamers and so they tamed Kazu and Kenta until Renamon ended their roughhousing by hurtling them down a flight of stairs. When Rika and the others left Jijimon and Babamon went back to fighting each other for entertainment. Later on when Calumon released his Shining Digivolution power, Jijimon and Babamon appeared with the other Mega level Digimon that gathered to help the Sovereign fight the D-Reaper.
Takato, Guilmon, Henry, Terriermon, Jeri and Leomon came across a Mudfrigimon village in the barren desert, which was constantly attacked by an evil motorcycle called Behemoth. When Behemoth appeared again, Leomon rescued a young Mudfrigimon and thus the other Mudfrigimon welcomed them happily. An older Mudfrigimon also explained to them that they are in the "forgotten village of discarded data", which (as well as the Mudfrigimon) was created by useless data. When Behemoth again attacked, Guilmon knocked off its possessed pilot (a MetalKoromon) but ended up being possessed too. Leomon broke its control on Guilmon and the motorcycle fell into a lava pit, only for it to re-emerge with Beelzemon (the digivolved Impmon) as its driver on it. Later all the Mudfrigimon were exposed to the Light of Digivolution but it is unknown what they digivolved too.
MetalKoromon was possessed by the Behemoth Motorcycle and ended up attacking the Chuchidarumon's village. Guilmon managed to free him from Behemoth.
Clockmon and Hagurumon were the caretakers of the Clock Plain that Rika, Kazu, and Kenta ended up in.
Megadramon was found imprisoned in the Clock Plain and accidentally freed when Rika restarted the clock that ended up freeing him. Kyubimon was no match for him, but the arrival of Ryo and Cyberdramon managed to reimprison Megadramon.
In Kazu's Upgrade, Orochimon has enslaved a Gekomon and Otamamon village. An Andromon continuously tries to defeat Orochimon, but is unsuccessful, and Jeri ends up being kidnapped by Orochimon to make milkshakes (or saké, in the Japanese version). Orochimon is ultimately destroyed by Leomon when Jeri uses a LadyDevimon Digi-Modify card.
The Gekomon lived in the village that was enslaved by Orochimon. They were later freed by the Tamers.
A bunch of Otamamon live in an underground/underwater part of the Digital World and are protected by a Divermon.
A Divermon resided in the underground/underwater part of the Digital World. It mistook Takato, Henry, and Terriermon for harming them and attacked. He learned that they weren't actual harming them after being knocked down by Terriermon's attack.
A bunch of Mokumon resided in a mansion where Takato, Henry, and Terriermon encountered Shibumi's conscious.
Calumon's Shining Digivolution enabled some of the Digimon to Digivolve and rendevous with the Digimon Sovereign in order to help fight the D-Reaper. Besides Jijimon and Babamon, the Digimon that came to their aid were MetalSeadramon, Machinedramon, something that looks like Pukumon, Gryphonmon, Hououmon, Boltmon, Plesiomon, and GranKuwagamon. MarineAngemon was originaly part of the army, but he became so attached to Kenta that he became his partner instead.
Voiced by: Yoko Asada (Japanese), Bridget Hoffman (English)
The D-Reaper, also known as the "True Enemy", is a digital lifeform that appears as the primary antagonist. Unlike the antagonists of the other Digimon series the D-Reaper is not intentionally evil and in fact it is barely conscious, with its members having a hive mind and resembling a pinkish-red grey goo in its original form, destroying just because it was programmed to do so. Though it began in an extremely primitive state, it is thought that its ability to become powerful enough to overcome the Digital World was due to its hibernation being so far beneath the Digital World that it actually connected with another dimension.[8] The general design aesthetic of the D-Reaper was that of a "Digital creature", exemplified in such details as the jigsaw-like fringes of the Agents, and the optic fiber/telephone wire construction of the Reaper and Mother D-Reaper. Konaka remarked that he was especially fascinated by details like the wings on ADR-02.[9] Aramaki was also responsible for the design of the "D-Reaper Zone" as it appears on Earth.[10]
The Reaper program was created in the late 1970s, allegedly by the United States Department of Defense, before Digimon and even the DigiGnomes, which appeared in the early 1980s. Though this is only set 30 years in the past of Digimon Tamers, in the fast-growing Digital World it is comparable to the Cambrian period (542-488 Ma). It was designed so that whenever the number of digital lifeforms surpassed a set amount, it would delete them to return the Digital World back to a state of nothingness, in order to prevent the Digital World from being overloaded. However, when it was written, the Digital World had a very small RAM size, and while the network has grown exponentially, the D-Reaper's threshold is still based on that early, tiny figure. With nothing to do at the time, the D-Reaper program went dormant and remained deep within the recesses of the Net.[8] At about this time, the "Creeper" virus infected ARPANET, the network belonging to the Department of Defense. It was deleted by the "Reaper" program, which was allegedly created for only this purpose.[11]
In 1980, the Artificial Life research project "Tierra" began operations. However, the Reaper program causes mass genocide of Tierra's virtual lifeforms whenever they multiplied beyond a certain amount of memory. Throughout the 1980s, the SIGINT system known as "ECHELON" began operations under the leadership of the United States Department of National Security, which built communications bases in various nations across the globe. It is thought that the self-defense program used by ECHELON was a forerunner of the D-Reaper, or the program itself.[11]
By the 2000s, the network had expanded exponentially. This created a huge influx of data into the Digital World, which the Digimon used to "Digivolve" and change. Though the system was large enough to handle this load, the Sovereign Azulongmon sensed that it could reawaken the D-Reaper, and with the help of the DigiGnomes he transformed the "Catalyst" program into the form of a Digimon, Calumon. Though this greatly slowed the growth and Digivolution of Digimon, it was not enough to stave off the D-Reaper, which soon reactivated. At the time, though, it was still in an extremely primitive state, and the Sovereigns attempted to find solutions before the problem became too huge.[8][11]
However, managing to capture Jeri, the D-Reaper uses Hynpos's system to manifest its main body, holding its Kernel Sphere, into the human world and turn the Shinjiku Metropolitan building into its base of operations while converting the surrounding area into the D-Reaper Zone. To accomplish its goals of expanding its territory while studying humans, the D-Reaper produces extensions of itself known as "ADR's", or "Agents of the D-Reaper". Due to being drones that all act according to the single consciousness of the D-Reaper, the Agents operate outside of the D-Reaper Zone by a red life line, similar in function to umbilical cords. When these cords are severed, the Agent becomes much weaker and easier to defeat, and weaker Agents will dissipate completely. Once the D-Reaper creates a new type of ADR, it will continue to use it until it is no longer useful and efficient. The various ADR's are named by the order they are created in, though they also possess codenames based on their appearance and function.[9]
Eventually, the D-Reaper reabsorbs all its Agents and uses Jeri's emotions to transform into the Mother D-Reaper, an Ability Synthesis Agent whose body is made up of countless cords, optic fibers, and electrical and telephone wires. As a result, the D-Reaper consumed all of Shinjuku. It was designed by Kenji Watanabe.[9] From this point, complete its control over both worlds, the Mother D-Reaper opens a portal in the Digital World as it is now mostly consumed by its other self. The other DigiWorld's D-Reaper underwent a similar evolution into the Reaper or "Cable Reaper" Ability Synthesis Agent, possessing the offensive powers of the Agents that compose it. It was designed by Kenji Watanabe and Katsuyoshi Nakatsuru, who gave it scythes to symbolize that it is a physical manifestation of Death.[9] From there, the Mother D-Reaper waits the Reaper to arrive so they can merge before beginning the systematic termination of both humans and Digimon. However, as the Tamers act out Operation Doodlebug while Gallantmon save Jeri and Calumon, both halves of the D-Reaper are sucked into the vortex where they are deleted by the Juggernaut program.
The DigiGnomes are digital creatures that evolved from the same Digital World data that Digimon did, and have the power to grant wishes. They were created in 1980, making them the first artificial digital creatures. The DigiGnomes were there when the D-Reaper attacked the Digital World in 1990. In 200X when the D-Reaper was slowly resurfacing, Azulongmon had the DigiGnomes transform the Shining Digivolution (the source of Digivolution for all Digimon) into a Digimon named Calumon, who ended up in the Real World. The DigiGnomes were also used by Shibumi to make Blue Cards for the Tamers. When Calumon was captured by Makuramon and the cage he was in was trapped in a circuit the DigiGnomes freed him when Makuramon lost grip of it. Rika Nonaka and Renamon were the first Tamer team to encounter the DigiGnomes. Takato Matsuki, Henry Wong, and Terriermon encountered them in Shibumi's library. The DigiGnomes also appeared when Suzie Wong convinced Antylamon to play with her. Takato later saw the DigiGnomes flying towards Zhuqiaomon's castle. When the D-Reaper was growing in power, some DigiGnomes sacrificed their lives to release the Shining Digivolution throughout the Digital World, causing all Digimon to Digivolve to their Mega Forms. A DigiGnome later placed MarineAngemon in Kenta's pocket without anyone noticing. Later on during the battle against the D-Reaper, Ai and Mako (Impmon's Tamers) received a purple D-Power from out of nowhere as a DigiGnome flew over a bus. In the aftermath of the victory over the D-Reaper, the Tamers' Digimon disappeared back to the Digital World. Later on, a DigiGnome hovered over Guilmon's old hiding place and the gate to the Digital World opened, which was proof that a DigiGnome had granted Takato's wish.
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