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==Appearance==
==Appearance==
[[File:BlazBlue Taokaka Model Sheet 01.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Tao's usual attire.]]
Tao is one of the Kaka, and thus shares a lot of their characteristics - chiefly her blood red eyes and toothy smile hidden within the shadows of her signature hood, and a long black tail with a white tip. Her long blonde hair is tied into two braided tails with yellow ribbons keeping them together, and she has tanned skin. She wears a cream-colored hoodie that stretches to her hip; this hoodie her large cat ears on the hood and two long sleeves which have rounded ends with paw-prints on the palms - hidden within are multiple silver blades. The front of this hoodie has a long zip from the bottom to the collar, with the zipper being bright red and paw-shaped. Underneath this she wears red panties and bracers. Tao's look is finished with unique platform shoes with cream legwarmers covering most of their front.
Tao is one of the Kaka, and thus shares a lot of their characteristics - chiefly her blood red eyes and toothy smile hidden within the shadows of her signature hood, and a long black tail with a white tip. Her long blonde hair is tied into two braided tails with yellow ribbons keeping them together, and she has tanned skin. She wears a cream-colored hoodie that stretches to her hip; this hoodie her large cat ears on the hood and two long sleeves which have rounded ends with paw-prints on the palms - hidden within are multiple silver blades. The front of this hoodie has a long zip from the bottom to the collar, with the zipper being bright red and paw-shaped. Underneath this she wears red panties and bracers. Tao's look is finished with unique platform shoes with cream legwarmers covering most of their front.


==Personality==
==Personality==
{{Quote|Innocent and capricious, Taokaka is the owner of a pure heart... And as such, she never listens to people's words, and judges by appearance alone. Within her hides a capability to become unparalleled.<ref name="bbcf-taokaka-personality-jp"/><ref name="bbcpex-taokaka"/>}}
{{Quote|Innocent and capricious, Taokaka is the owner of a pure heart... And as such, she never listens to people's words, and judges by appearance alone. Within her hides a capability to become unparalleled.<ref name="bbcf-taokaka-personality-jp"/><ref name="bbcpex-taokaka"/>}}


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An impressive skill that Tao has is an unknown sense that allowed her to detect the presence of individuals such as Hades Izanami, something that even Rachel Alucard couldn't do.
An impressive skill that Tao has is an unknown sense that allowed her to detect the presence of individuals such as Hades Izanami, something that even Rachel Alucard couldn't do.
==Relatives==
{{chart/start|align=center}}
{{chart| | | | | | | | | | DAD |y| MOM | | | MA |MOM='''[[Mother]]''' †|DAD='''[[Shuichiro Ayatsuki]]''' †|MA='''[[Marceline F. Mercury]]'''<br><small>Unknown relation</small>|}}
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{{chart| TO| | JU | y | NI  | | | | CE | | |TO='''[[Tomonori]]''' †|JU='''[[Jubei]]'''|NI='''[[Nine the Phantom]]''' †|CE='''[[Celica A. Mercury]]''' †}}
{{chart| | | | | |!| | !| | | |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|.|}}
{{chart| | | | | |!| KO | | RG | | JN || SY |KO='''[[Kokonoe]]'''| RG='''[[Ragna the Bloodedge]]'''<br><small>(Adopted)</small>|JN='''[[Jin Kisaragi]]'''<br><small>(Adopted, later adopted by the [[Kisaragi|Kisaragis]]. Becomes [[Hakumen]] in different timeline)</small>|SY='''[[Saya]]'''<br><small>(Adopted, merged with Noel, [[Izanami]], and Mu. Identifies as Noel)</small>|}}
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{{chart| | | | |KA | | | | | | | | LM || NO || NU ||KA='''[[Kaka|Kaka Clan]]'''<br><small>Created from Jubei's genes</small>|NO='''[[Noel Vermillion]]/[[Mu-12]]'''<br><small>(Clone of Saya, adopted by [[Edgar and Claire Vermillion]]. Merged with Saya and Izanami)</small>|LM='''[[Lambda-11]]'''<br><small>(Clone of Saya)</small>|NU='''[[Nu-13]]'''<br><small>(Clone of Saya)</small> }}
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{{chart| SUK || TTK || CHK || TRK || TAK || KKA |SUK='''[[Suzukaka]]''' †|TTK='''[[Totokaka]]'''|CHK='''[[Chachakaka]]'''|TRK='''[[Torakaka]]'''|TAK='''{{h|Taokaka}}'''|KKA='''[[Kaka Kittens]]'''<br><small>Cali-Kaka, Feisty-Kaka, Fluffy-Kaka, Spotty-Kaka</small>}}
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==Official Profiles==
==Official Profiles==
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''While she's the current protector of the Kaka Village, she joins Ragna on his quest, so that she might also grow as a warrior. For now, they head to Ikaruga. During Taokaka's absence Torakaka agreed to protect the village from harm. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #005''</ref>
''While she's the current protector of the Kaka Village, she joins Ragna on his quest, so that she might also grow as a warrior. For now, they head to Ikaruga. During Taokaka's absence Torakaka agreed to protect the village from harm. <ref>''BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #005''</ref>
===[[BlazBlue 10th Anniversary]] Official Site Profile===
''A young woman from the "Kaka Clan" that lives in lower layers of the Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi. Naively moody and the possessor of an unspoiled heart, she never listens to people's words, and judges by appearance alone. Within her hides the capability to become unparalleled.''<ref name="BB 10th Taokaka"/>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In the [[Polls/BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Popularity Poll|BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Poll]], Taokaka placed 22nd out of the 84 candidates. She scored one place above [[Izanami]] and one place below [[Azrael. She had 1,090 votes.
*In the [[Polls/BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Popularity Poll|BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Poll]], Taokaka placed 22nd out of the 84 candidates. She scored one place above [[Izanami]] and one place below [[Azrael]]. She had 1,090 votes.
*Taokaka's birthday is February 22, which is "Cat Day" in Japan.<ref>[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/猫の日 Cat Day], Wikipedia Article (Japanese)</ref>
*Taokaka's birthday is February 22, which is "Cat Day" in Japan.<ref>[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/猫の日 Cat Day], Wikipedia Article (Japanese)</ref>
*Taokaka is one of the few characters who does not seem to having a naming theme for her movelist.
*Taokaka is one of the few characters who does not seem to having a naming theme for her movelist.
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*Taokaka is the only character who can crawl in-game.
*Taokaka is the only character who can crawl in-game.
*Tao was chosen to become the guardian of her village while she was still a kitten.
*Tao was chosen to become the guardian of her village while she was still a kitten.
*Tao has a nickname for many characters among the series.
**Ragna: ''Good Guy''.
**Noel: ''Lacking lady''.
**Tager: ''Big guy''.
**Litchi:''Boobie lady''.
**Carl: ''Shorty''.
**Bang: ''Scruffy guy''.
**Arakune: ''Squiggly''.
**Tsubaki: ''Red person''.
**Hazama: ''Green person''.


==Appearences in other Media==
==Appearences in other Media==
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<ref name="bbcf-taokaka-story-jp">''BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Story - [http://www.blazblue.jp/cf/cs/story/ Taokaka ]''</ref>
<ref name="bbcf-taokaka-story-jp">''BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Story - [http://www.blazblue.jp/cf/cs/story/ Taokaka ]''</ref>
<ref name="bbcpex-taokaka">''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (US), [http://blazblueuniverse.com/taokaka Taokaka]''</ref>
<ref name="bbcpex-taokaka">''BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (US), [http://blazblueuniverse.com/taokaka Taokaka]''</ref>
<ref name="BB 10th Taokaka">''BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site, [http://www.blazblue.jp/10th/characters/taokaka/ Taokaka]''</ref>
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Revision as of 20:22, 28 July 2019

"The grudge of prey is fearsomeow!"[1]
タオカカ
Taokaka

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Name

Taokaka

Birthday

February 22

Species

Kaka

Voice Actors

Chiwa Saitō (Japanese)
Philece Sampler (English)

Blood Type

O

Height

165 cm

Weight

42 kg

Hair Color

Blonde

Eye Color

Red

Drive

Dancing Edge

Birthplace

13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi

Likes

Steamed meat buns

Dislikes

Squiggly (Arakune)

Hobbies

Taking naps, boiled rice (she loves steamed meat buns)

Affiliation

Kaka Clan

Character Themes

Catus Carnival, II

Appearances
Games

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (playable)
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (playable)
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II (playable)
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend (playable)
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma (playable)
BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend (playable)
BlazBlue: Central Fiction (playable)

Manga

BlazBlue
BlazBlue: Chimelical Complex

Novels

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger - Part 1
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger - Part 2
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift - Part 1

Short Stories

Capricious Us
Trigger Shift

Taokaka (タオカカ) is a Kaka and the guardian of the village where the majority of her species resides underneath the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi. She temporarily relinquished her position as guardian to aid Ragna the Bloodedge and has unbelievably keen senses despite her juvenile behavior and mindset.

She first debuted as one of the original 12 playable characters in BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger.

Appearance

Tao's usual attire.

Tao is one of the Kaka, and thus shares a lot of their characteristics - chiefly her blood red eyes and toothy smile hidden within the shadows of her signature hood, and a long black tail with a white tip. Her long blonde hair is tied into two braided tails with yellow ribbons keeping them together, and she has tanned skin. She wears a cream-colored hoodie that stretches to her hip; this hoodie her large cat ears on the hood and two long sleeves which have rounded ends with paw-prints on the palms - hidden within are multiple silver blades. The front of this hoodie has a long zip from the bottom to the collar, with the zipper being bright red and paw-shaped. Underneath this she wears red panties and bracers. Tao's look is finished with unique platform shoes with cream legwarmers covering most of their front.

Personality

Innocent and capricious, Taokaka is the owner of a pure heart... And as such, she never listens to people's words, and judges by appearance alone. Within her hides a capability to become unparalleled.[2][3]

Her hyperactive behavior and incredible ability to almost forget anything would lead people to assume that Tao isn't a threat, but her carefree personality has her always itching to “play." Tao's forgetfulness often drives characters to their breaking points as she will never remember a name, and forget even the most basic things about the world around her. In fact, the only things that seem to really matter in Tao's mind are food, naps, and breasts – the first two could be attributed to her cat-like instincts while the latter is a fascination which she seems to be only one in her clan to possess. Her speech is littered with verbal ticks such as “meow” (as a substitute for ‘me') and “neow” (as a substitute for ‘now'), although other Kaka, such as Chachakaka, also possess this trait, a select few, like Torakaka, rarely display it.

With her dim-witted nature comes the fact that Tao is undoubtedly innocent, having no real knowledge of what is right or wrong and simply doing what she wants. Although this is unpleasant to certain individuals, she has no negative intent. In fact, she will usually go out of her way to make others feel better, especially with Ragna. This all said, she is merciless to those who harm those close to her, such as Arakune.

Powers & Techniques

Since she is the guardian of her clan, Tao is one of the most powerful of the Kaka race and her power has been recognized by even Jubei himself. Hidden within her seemingly non-threatening paws are a vast array of blades, some curved, and some hooked, all of which she can use to slice away at her target with the overwhelming strength that her species are known to possess. Her ditsy personality arguably lends her more strength, as she often struggles to hold back, giving everything she's got in a fight and only really sees fights as playing anyway. Tao's Drive, Dancing Edge allows her to dash at lightning speeds and attack an opponent with her razor-sharp claws. Oddly, Tao has no training in how to access certain Ars Magus that she uses in attacks and instead innately uses up the seithr around her for attacks; she also has a fairly high aptitude with the substance since she needs less units of seithr in order to activate the Ars.

An impressive skill that Tao has is an unknown sense that allowed her to detect the presence of individuals such as Hades Izanami, something that even Rachel Alucard couldn't do.

Relatives

Shuichiro AyatsukiMotherMarceline F. Mercury
Unknown relation
TomonoriJubeiNine the PhantomCelica A. Mercury
KokonoeRagna the Bloodedge
(Adopted)
Jin Kisaragi
(Adopted, later adopted by the Kisaragis. Becomes Hakumen in different timeline)
Saya
(Adopted, merged with Noel, Izanami, and Mu. Identifies as Noel)
Kaka Clan
Created from Jubei's genes
Lambda-11
(Clone of Saya)
Noel Vermillion/Mu-12
(Clone of Saya, adopted by Edgar and Claire Vermillion. Merged with Saya and Izanami)
Nu-13
(Clone of Saya)
SuzukakaTotokakaChachakakaTorakakaTaokakaKaka Kittens
Cali-Kaka, Feisty-Kaka, Fluffy-Kaka, Spotty-Kaka

Official Profiles

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Official Site Profile

A person (cat?) from the Kaka Clan that lives in the lower levels of Kagutsuchi. The selfish humans who came to their land afterwards installed a plate that blocked out the sky from the village. In order to regain the view of the sky, Taokaka leaves on a journey to gather lots of money and search for "Rawgnya".[4]

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Official Site Profile

The descendent of a series of biological weapons created from the genes of Jubei, one of the Six Heroes who defeated the Black Beast. Although she was living happily in the Kaka Village in the lower levels of Kagutsuchi, she suddenly felt a yearning in her heart for excitement, and bounded away from the cheerful village.[5]

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site Profile

Taokaka, the descendent of a series of biological weapons created from the genes of Jubei, one of the Six Heroes. As a warrior of the Kaka Clan, and for the sake of growing stronger, Taokaka joins Ragna on a journey to the region of Ikaruga. Once there, in order to help Ragna, she looks for Noel.[6]

BlazBlue: Central Fiction Official Site Profile

Story

A warrior of the Kaka Clan, descendents of a series of biological weapons created from the genes of one of the Six Heroes, Jubei. While the Kaka Clan was living in the lower levels of Kagutsuchi, humans visited while restructuring Kagutsuchi and built a plate that blocked out the village's sky. In order to regain the village's view of the sky, Taokaka leaves on a journey to gather lots of money and search for the "Grim Reaper".[7]

Personality

Innocent and capricious, Taokaka is the owner of a pure heart... And as such, she never listens to people's words, and judges by appearance alone. Within her hides a capability to become unparalleled.[2][3]

BlazBlue: Central Fiction Library Entry

She is a descendant of the Kaka Clan, a race of bioweapons created from the genes of Jubei, one of the Six Heroes.

Simple and moody, put nicely, she's innocent, but on the flipside, she hardly listens to others, but rather does whatever her primal instincts tell her. She loves interaction with others, and often forgets her objective when there is something else that interests her.

Her short-term memory is worse than that of a bird, and she has been known to forget things after taking only three steps. She cannot remember people's names, and will give everyone nicknames based on an arbitrary trait. Her favorite activities are napping and eating, and when it comes to that, meat buns rank the highest.

While she's the current protector of the Kaka Village, she joins Ragna on his quest, so that she might also grow as a warrior. For now, they head to Ikaruga. During Taokaka's absence Torakaka agreed to protect the village from harm. [8]

BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site Profile

A young woman from the "Kaka Clan" that lives in lower layers of the Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi. Naively moody and the possessor of an unspoiled heart, she never listens to people's words, and judges by appearance alone. Within her hides the capability to become unparalleled.[1]

Trivia

  • In the BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Character Poll, Taokaka placed 22nd out of the 84 candidates. She scored one place above Izanami and one place below Azrael. She had 1,090 votes.
  • Taokaka's birthday is February 22, which is "Cat Day" in Japan.[9]
  • Taokaka is one of the few characters who does not seem to having a naming theme for her movelist.
    • One of Tao's moves, "Cat Person’s Secret Art: Hexa-Edge", is apparently one of Jubei's moves. Jubei does have a move that looks similar to it, called "Fissuring Slash".
  • In an interview in ARC Live!, Daisuke Ishiwatari, creator of the Guilty Gear franchise, stated that Tao is one of his favourite characters alongside Hakumen and Nine the Phantom.
  • In her Astral Heat, Jubei deals the final blow.
    • If Jubei is Taokaka's opponent, Torakaka will deal the final blow instead.
  • In her electrocuted sprite, Tao appears to be concealing fish in her sleeves.
  • Taokaka is the only character who can crawl in-game.
  • Tao was chosen to become the guardian of her village while she was still a kitten.
  • Tao has a nickname for many characters among the series.
    • Ragna: Good Guy.
    • Noel: Lacking lady.
    • Tager: Big guy.
    • Litchi:Boobie lady.
    • Carl: Shorty.
    • Bang: Scruffy guy.
    • Arakune: Squiggly.
    • Tsubaki: Red person.
    • Hazama: Green person.

Appearences in other Media

  • The mobile game, Mabinogi Duel, stars Tao as a playable card.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 BlazBlue 10th Anniversary Official Site, Taokaka
  2. 2.0 2.1 BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Taokaka
  3. 3.0 3.1 BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (US), Taokaka
  4. BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Official Site (JP), Taokaka
  5. BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend Official Site (JP), Taokaka
  6. BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Official Site (JP), Taokaka
  7. BlazBlue: Central Fiction Consumer Edition Official Site (JP), Story - Taokaka
  8. BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Library Mode, Character #005
  9. Cat Day, Wikipedia Article (Japanese)