is a
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and
mangaManga consist of comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century...
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Digimon Adventureis the first season of the anime saga Digimon: Digital Monsters. Its premise involves a group of boys and girls being whisked to a parallel reality called the Digital World while at summer camp...
and
Digimon Adventure 02, also commonly written as , is the direct sequel to the previous season and takes place three years after the original series. With most of the original characters now in junior high school, the Digital World was supposedly secure and peaceful. However, a new evil has appeared in the form of the...
. She is partnered with
BiyomonBiyomon is a Digimon creature from the Japanese Digimon media franchise that comprises anime, manga, toys, video games, trading card games and other media."Biyomon" is the name that all members of this particular Digimon species share...
.
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, or is a major national university in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest university in Japan, and formerly one of the Imperial Universities of Japan...
and in season 2, Jim Kido (Shuu) 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
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in the
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ese version and
Colleen O'ShaughnesseyColleen Ann O'Shaughnessey is a voice actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Sora from the first and second seasons of Digimon , Jazz Fenton in Danny Phantom and Ino Yamanaka and Konohamaru in Naruto.She has also worked in the video game industry where she voiced Genis Sage in Tales of...
in the
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version.
Prelude to Digimon Adventure
She witnessed the Greymon/Parrotmon fight, which resulted in her becoming one of the
DigiDestinedare characters in the Digimon media franchise who have been chosen by certain beings to protect the Digital World, a plane which originated from data produced by Earth's telecommunications networks. This plane is often beset by evil forces, and is closely linked to Earth; saving the Digital World...
.
Digimon Adventure
Eleven years old, (the same age as Tai and Matt) Sora was 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, and wears a hat, yellow shirt and jeans. 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 (
ikebanais the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as .More than simply putting flowers in a container, ikebana is a disciplined art form in which nature and humanity are brought together...
- 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" IshidaMatt Ishida, known in Japan as , is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02.Matt, one of the original DigiDestined, starts out as a secretive loner whose Digimon partner is Gabumon. His younger brother, T.K. Takaishi, is also one of the eight...
(Yamato Ishida), who along with
Joe KidoJoe Kido, known in Japan as , is a character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. He is in the sixth grade. He is partnered to Gomamon....
, 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
AgumonAgumon is a Rookie Digimon creature from the Japanese Digimon media franchise that comprises anime, manga, toys, video games, trading card games and other media. He is the unofficial mascot for the Digimon franchise as he and his alternate forms are featured in almost all Digimon media/merchandise...
, 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 Biyomon'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
MyotismonMyotismon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise. He is the third major villain in the first season, and the main antagonist of the second season of the anime series.-Appearance and characteristics:...
attacks the children in the digital world
BiyomonBiyomon is a Digimon creature from the Japanese Digimon media franchise that comprises anime, manga, toys, video games, trading card games and other media."Biyomon" is the name that all members of this particular Digimon species share...
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 SovereignsThe Digimon Sovereigns are a group of fictional characters that appear in the Digimon media franchise. There are four, Azulongmon , Zhuqiaomon, Baihumon, and Ebonwumon...
. As a result, Biyomon lost the power to become Garudamon.
Our War Game!
Before the movie starts, but after the first season finished, Sora became angry at Tai after he gave her a hair-clip for her birthday, taking it as an inconsiderate remark 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. She checks to see if Tai has sent her an email, but due to Diaboromon's interference with the internet, she doesn't have any new mail, furthering her annoyance; once, during another attack, she even goes to the Kamiya residence, seemingly to apologize herself, though she stops herself before she rings the bell and returns home. After
DiaboromonDiaboromon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise. His name originates from diabolus, the Latin word for devil, and his design and actions are a reference to the Y2K Bug. In the dub of the movies that he appeared in, Diaboromon and Infermon are voiced by Paul St. Peter while Kuramon...
was destroyed, Sora finally got the e-mail apology that Tai had sent earlier (Kari hit the Send button) and forgave him. Left out of the dub, at the end of the movie, Sora replies to Tai's message, apologizing herself for starting the argument and attaching a picture of her wearing the hair-clip.
Digimon Adventure 02
The second season takes place 2 1/2 years after the original. During this time, Sora stopped being a tomboy and is now learning the art of flower arranging from her mother. She now wears a sailor fuku. Although she no longer plays soccer, she is in the
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
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. Married to 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
ikebanais the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as .More than simply putting flowers in a container, ikebana is a disciplined art form in which nature and humanity are brought together...
at home, but a reaction from her Digivice causes her to vanish.
Michi e no Armor Shinka
She was at a store with
Mimiis a character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. Mimi has been described as a "girly girl" - spoiled, ditzy, vain, and prissy girl who complains a lot, but also is sensitive, artsy, sweet and caring. She often talks of shopping and fashion. Mimi is also known...
and
Hikari "Kari" KamiyaKari Kamiya, known as in Japan, is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Digimon Adventure and Digimon Adventure 02. She is usually called "Kari" in the English versions. Hikari means light in Japanese and she bears the Crest of Light and the Digi-egg of Light.She is partnered to...
(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.
Songs
- 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").