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Taiga Fujimura
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| Nasuverse character | |
| Taiga Fujimura | |
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| Japanese name: | 藤村 大河 |
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| Also known as: | Tiger |
| Franchise: | Fate |
| Appears in: | Fate/stay night Fate/Hollow Ataraxia |
| Voice actor: | Miki Itou, Julie Anne Taylor |
| Character type: | Human |
| Gender: | Female |
Taiga Fujimura (藤村 大河, Fujimura Taiga?) is an English teacher at Shirou's school, homeroom instructor of Shirou's class and the supervising teacher for the Archery Dojo. She is widely called "Tiger" (タイガー, Taigā?), a nickname she dislikes ("Taiga" and "Tiger" sound similar in Japanese), though Shirou refers to her as "Fuji-nee" (older sister Fuji). After Kiritsugu died, Taiga became Shirou's guardian and has been living with him for several years. Taiga and Shirou are very close, and she regards him as a younger brother.
The seiyu for Taiga Fujimura is Miki Itou, and her English voice is provided by Julie Anne Taylor.[1]
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History 
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Taiga's grandfather, Raiga Fujimura, is the Oyabun (親分 family head) of a yakuza group that operates in Fuyuki City. Like Shirou, she attended Homurahara Gakuen for her education and is from the same graduating class as Reikan Ryuudou, the older brother of Shirou's friend Issei, and Otoko Hotaruzuka, Shirou's employer. Taiga was idolized as the star of the kendo club, and was soon known as the "Tiger of Fuyuki" due to her prowess; if not for the tiger strap on her shinai, which was considered bad manners, resulting in her disqualification from official tournaments, it is thought that her name would have become famous across all Japan. While in school, she developed a crush on Kiritsugu Emiya, and frequently stopped by his home to see him; the two eventually became friends, and Taiga would often babysit Shirou when he was younger in Kiritsugu's absence.
AppearanceEdit
Taiga is a young woman with short light brown hair and eyes. She wears a green dress with a yellow and black stripe shirt and white shoes.
Role Edit
Taiga is irresponsible, clumsy, and prone to sporadic bouts of extreme lethargy or zest. She lives with Shirou under the pretenses of being his caretaker, although she cannot cook and lacks many other domestic skills, relying on Shirō to maintain her welfare. Shirou, however, appreciates Taiga's company, and is more than happy to care for her. When Shirou is in any need of advice, Taiga can be depended on to be a confidante for his worries.
She highly admires Sakura Matou and makes no effort to conceal her desire to see Shirou and Sakura become a couple. Initially, she treats Saber with a distant disdain, as she entered Shirou's home under suspicious circumstances. However, as the series progresses, she warms up to Saber, and treats her with as much affection as she does with Sakura and Shirou. Saber, for her part, is bemused by Taiga's childishness, yet simultaneously respects her for her kind, honest nature.
In Fate, Taiga challenges Saber to a kendo match, where she is defeated; Saber's skill earns Taiga's respect, and at the same time, Saber comes to recognize Taiga's role as Shirou's proper guardian. Following the end of the war, she and Shirou adopt Illyasviel von Einzbern, although Ilya and Taiga are frequently at odd ends with one another.
During Unlimited Blade Works, Taiga is abducted by Caster as a hostage to lure Shirou and Saber to the Ryuudou Temple. She is freed along with Saber after Caster's stronghold collapses. Taiga has no major part in Heaven's Feel.
AbilitiesEdit
Added by EGGSTaiga is skilled in kendo, and she uses shinai to fight in matches. Shinai were originally suggested by a prominent swordsman in Japan, Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, as a weapon to be used in matches in place of real swords and wooden swords. Taiga favors a shinai called the "Tora-Shinai" that she used five years before Fate/stay night. It has a tiger strap on it, which was considered to be bad manners and not permitted in some official tournaments. The other members of her kendo club complained that her name would have been known all over Japan if not for the Shinai, but still felt rather relieved she stayed unknown. It is jokingly called "a demonic sword that will not rest until it tastes blood, still sealed by the Fujimura family." Though quite skilled, she still easily loses to Saber while using only a normal human's level of strength.
In Fate/tiger colosseum and Fate/tiger colosseum UPPER, Fujimura Taiga apparently created the Tiger Cup and launched his version of the war the Holy Grail, the Tiger Grail War. Actually, who gave power to the Tiger Cup is the Kaleidostick Ruby. With these powers, Kotomine Kirei, Emiya Kiritsugu, Irisviel von Einzbern and Avenger returned to life as a result of events in the two games.
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ fate/stay night (TV). Anime News Network (December 2006). Retrieved on 2006-12-01.
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