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DigiDestined (選ばれし子供達, Erabareshi Kodomotachi^?, lit. "Chosen Children") are 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 usually saves the Earth as well. The term is primarily used in Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, and Digimon Frontier, though it is sometimes used for the protagonists of the other settings in the Digimon franchise. All DigiDestined are partnered with a Digimon, and possess a Digivice; however, these are not defining characteristics, as the "Tamers" in Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 and Digimon Tamers had the same characteristics and were not considered DigiDestined.

While there are many heroic Digimon who can fight to save their world, a DigiDestined child enables their partner to more quickly grow in power by Digivolving to higher levels of power. This ability to grow quickly allows the DigiDestined's Digimon to quickly surpass the most powerful of enemies, making them instrumental in saving the worlds.

The Original DigiDestined

Silhouettes of season 1 DigiDestined and their Digimon partners used to represent the Original DigiDestined and Digimon

Never seen, nor revealed in great length, it was revealed in Digimon Adventure that another group of children were chosen to be DigiDestined even before the group in that series had ever been called upon. They were in fact the first to defeat and seal away "a great evil" behind the same Firewall.

It is believed by many Digimon fans that this was only a reference to the first Digimon franchise, the manga Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01, in which Taichi Yagami, Neo Saiba, Rei Saiba, Sigma, Mari Goutokuji, and Hideto Fujimoto travel to the digital world to defeat the evil Daemon, but strangely only five of them had Digimon partners, just like the Silhouette. This is just a guess by many fans since its been more than a decade since these chosen children where mentioned but the hoped for Digimon prequel hasn't been made. Even though the children in Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01 were not considered chosen children it is believed that it was just a reference to the manga.

It is also believed that the original digidestened may be the digidestined of Digimon Frontier for the following reasons:

• There were five children that were chosen in Frontier.
• The use of the word Frontier suggestes that they were exploring a new world(the Digital World being the Frontier).
• Like in Digimon Adventure 1, time in the Digital World was faster than the Real World, wich means that Apocalymon was not yet defeated.
• The idea of Spirit evolution in Digimon Frontier seemed primitive ,as if the concept of digimon partners had not yet been introduced.
• In Digimon Frontier, the Digimon that govern the digital World are the 3 Celestial Digimon (Arch Angels) who are not as powerful as the 4 Digimon souveriegn in season 1, 2 and 3, Indicating that the digital world was younger then.

These are only speculations, as no anoncement have confirmed this.

Digimon Adventure / Digimon Adventure 02

In Digimon Adventure the DigiDestined were chosen by unseen digital beings that wished to help the Digital World from the chaos brought upon it by Apocalymon's influence. There is no information on who chose the DigiDestined of Adventure 02.

Although it has been stated that the DigiDestined from Adventure were chosen because of an earlier battle between Agumon and Parrotmon (in which Tai and Kari helped Agumon Digivolve into Greymon), the second set of DigiDestined were chosen because of various things that the group from Adventure did. Yolei was chosen because she sent many emails during the battle with Diaboromon on the internet, Cody was chosen because he was in the plane that Garudamon saved from crashing when the sky opened, and Davis was part of the group of people who were being held inside the convention center when Myotismon was looking for the 8th DigiDestined.

The twelve main DigiDestined in Adventure and Adventure 02 all come from Japan. Late in the series, they discover that there are DigiDestined in many other parts of the world. Unlike the Japanese DigiDestined, some of the international DigiDestined teams had multiple children paired with the same species of Digimon. Not all of the international Chosen Children were named, and not all were shown.

List of the DigiDestined (Adventure)

List of the DigiDestined (Adventure 02)

List of the International DigiDestined

American DigiDestined

• Michael Washington:
  • Partnered with Betamon
• Wallace (Willis)
  • Partnered with Terriermon and Lopmon
• Sam (Phil in the English dubbed version)
  • Partnered with Flarerizamon
• Tatum
  • Partnered with Airdramon
• Maria
  • Partnered with Centarumon
• Steve
  • Partnered with Frigimon
• Lou
  • Partnered with Tortomon
• Brandon
  • Partnered with Agumon
• Kendra
  • Partner with Doramon
• Vanessa
  • Partner with Gatomon

Chinese DigiDestined

• Three Hoi Brothers
  • Each of them is partnered with his own Syakomon
• Yuehon
  • Partnered with Apemon

Vietnamese DigiDestined

• Dien
  • Partnered with Gorillamon.

Indian DigiDestined

• Mina
  • Partnered with Meramon.

Australian DigiDestined

• Dingo (Derek in the English dubbed version)
  • Partnered with Crabmon
• Unnamed Australian Chosen Children
  • Their partners include a Bukamon, a Divermon and 2 Gizamon and even ShogunGekomon (ShogunGekomon Appears in the Japanese Version, Swimming Beside Whamon).

French DigiDestined

• Catherine
  • Partnered with Floramon
• Unnamed French Chosen Children
  • Their partners include an Elecmon, a Gotsumon, and 2 Gazimon, Vegiemon, and 2 Vilemon,

Mexican DigiDestined

• Chichos (Rosa in the English dubbed version)
  • Partnered with a Gotsumon
• Unnamed Mexican Chosen Children
  • These DigiDestined were only referred to. Neither they nor their partners were shown on-screen.

Russian DigiDestined

• Yuri
  • Partnered with Kuwagamon
• Lara (Sonya in the English dubbed version)
  • Partnered with Snimon
• Anna
  • Partnered with Unimon
• Unnamed Siberian Chosen Children
  • Each of them is partnered with a Frigimon

Dark Spore Children

• Takashi
  • Partnered with a Poyomon
• Noriko
  • Partnered with a Punimon
• Hiroshi
  • Partnered with a Nyokimon
• Keiko
  • Partnered with a YukimiBotamon

Digimon Tamers

The children that would be called DigiDestined in Adventure and Adventure 02 are referred to here as Digimon Tamers. However, in the English dub of Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers, the first Tamers movie, Omnimon, and because of this Takato, calls the Tamers DigiDestined.

Main Tamers

Digimon Frontier

The DigiDestined in Digimon Frontier were chosen from a pool of potential DigiDestined gathered by Ophanimon. These children have no Digimon partners. They use the power of the spirits of the Legendary Warriors, deceased Digimon heroes that saved the Digital World of this series in its ancient past, to transform into Digimon themselves.

List of the DigiDestined

Digimon Savers

The main human characters of this series possess Digivices but are referred to as "partners" rather than "Digidestined" as they were mostly chosen by DATS.

Main DigiDestined

Characters With Digivices

• Commander-General Yoshima
  • Partnered with Kamemon
• Commander Sampson
  • Partnered with Kudamon
• Dr. Spencer Damon
  • Partnered with BanchoLeomon
• Miki Kurosaki
  • Partnered with PawnChessmon (Black)
• Megumi Shirokawa
  • Partnered with PawnChessmon (White)
• Kristy Damon
  • "Partnered" with Biyomon

See also

• List of characters in the Digimon World series

References

External links

• DigiDestined on Digimon Wiki, an external wiki

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