| Information |
| Daiki Tazaki | |
|---|---|
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| Name | |
| Kanji | 田崎 大樹 |
| Rōmaji | Tazaki Daiki |
| Information | |
| Hair color | Grey (shaved) |
| Eye color | Grey |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Human |
| Height | 6.4" |
| Weight | Unknown |
| Blood type | Unknown |
| Age | 16 |
| Birthday | Unknown |
| Affiliations | Unknown |
| Status | Alive |
| Voice Actor | |
| Japanese | Yoshimasa Hosoya |
| First Appearance | |
| Film | The Anthem of the Heart |
Daiki Tazaki (Kanji: 田崎 大樹, Rōmaji: Tazaki Daiki) is a main character in The Anthem of the Heart.
Appearance[]
Daiki Tazaki is a boy with shaved grey hair and grey eyes.
He usually wears a gakuran consisting of a black long-sleeved unbuttoned top with a collar and golden buttons revealing a blue t-shirt underneath, a pair of black pants and a pair of brown penny slippers. Due to an injury to his elbow, Daiki's arm is in an arm sling for the majority of the film.
Personality[]
Daiki is a hot-tempered boy who doesn't control well his reactions, at the beginning he says what he thinks of Jun Naruse without considering her feelings and hurting her but in the end he apologizes and asks her to work along with him and the others. He wants to get back to the baseball field but he's injured and for this reason he is shown to be frustrated and too irascible, but this weak spots will disappear along with the development of his feelings for Naruse (hidden until the very end of the movie). He can also be friendly and he has a strong team spirit, which is mostly shown when he keeps following the training of his baseball team and when he dresses up like an egg for the musical of their committee.
Etymology[]
- The name Daiki means "big, great" (大) (dai) and "tree" (樹) (ki).
- Daiki's surname Tazaki means "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta) and "cape, peninsula" (崎) (saki/zaki).
Trivia[]
- At the beginning, Daiki is shown to have feelings for Natsuki Nitō and he asks her out, but she refuses.
- At the end of the movie, he is shown to have changed his mind and confesses to Jun Naruse.
- Daiki was the best baseball player of their school team before getting injuried.