# Taki Tachibana Taki Tachibana's first impression is all forward motion: a teenager trying to keep his day from slipping out of his hands. In Your Name, that everyday impatience gives the film something solid to press against when ordinary life starts feeling strange. He is easy to read at first, then harder to dismiss; the fun is watching his confidence meet feelings he cannot neatly file away. ## Fast Facts - **Japanese name:** 立花瀧 - **Age:** 14-17 - **Birthday:** December 1 - **Species:** Human - **Gender:** Male - **Occupation:** high school student, architect, waiter - **Affiliation:** Jingu High School, Italian Restaurant - **Japanese VA:** Ryuunosuke Kamiki - **English VA:** Michael Sinterniklaas ## Spoilers (reveals from later in the story) - **Family:** Mitsuha Miyamizu, Toshiki Miyamizu ## Appearance Taki is drawn with the clean, alert look of a boy who is already thinking about what comes next. His expressions change quickly, especially when frustration gets ahead of his judgment, and the animation lets small shifts in his face carry the awkwardness of being watched or misunderstood. He does not have the polished stillness of a hero posing for a poster. He looks like someone caught between class, work, and whatever thought has just interrupted him. That slightly rumpled energy suits the film's grounded opening, where a glance or a pause can feel more revealing than a speech. ## Personality There is a briskness to Taki that can make him seem impatient, but the impatience has a human scale. He wants answers, wants to be useful, and dislikes being left with a problem he cannot act on. The film gets comic mileage from how quickly he can go from self-assured to flustered; it also trusts that the same quick reactions can become care. He is not presented as endlessly wise. Sometimes he misreads a moment and has to sit with the embarrassment. That gives his more earnest choices room to land. As a high school student who also waits tables, he feels like a person used to switching registers, though neither role magically makes him mature. His appeal comes from the effort: he keeps trying to meet the situation in front of him, even when he has no good script for it. ## Taki Tachibana's Story ### Spoiler-free introduction At the start of Your Name, Taki's life has the familiar rhythm of school, work, and plans that rarely leave enough room in the day. He is quick with a reaction and not always graceful about it. That makes the early comedy feel affectionate instead of mean: the joke is often his confidence arriving a little before his understanding. The film gives him a recognizable teenage restlessness, then uses it to make small disturbances feel personal. Watch how much of his character comes through in the way he responds before he has time to polish the response. His energy is appealing, but it is also the reason a confusing day can throw him so thoroughly. ### Spoilers beyond the opening of Your Name As the story develops, Taki's attention becomes the measure of how seriously he takes what is happening to him. His connection with Mitsuha Miyamizu gives the film's uncertainty a human focus: even when the situation resists explanation, he is moved to keep searching for a way to understand her experience. That persistence is not cool or effortless. It can look impulsive, even messy, and the film lets the urgency carry both its tenderness and its strain. Taki's feelings are most convincing when they show up as effort rather than a speech designed to explain them. The story asks the viewer to stay close to that effort as its scale grows, and his ordinary stubbornness helps keep the emotion legible. ## Watch Taki Tachibana's Story Start with Your Name, where Taki is the center of a story that builds its emotional force from his everyday habits before asking him to respond to something far beyond them. The shift works because he remains recognizably himself while the stakes change around him. His later background appearance in Weathering With You is brief, so it is best treated as a small return rather than another chapter in his character arc. For the fullest sense of why people remember him, Your Name is the place to begin. The legal options listed for that film are Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, Max, and Netflix. Weathering With You is listed on Amazon Prime Video, Max, and Netflix. **Start here:** [Your Name](https://hozuna.com/anime/your-name) — Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, Max, Netflix - [Your Name](https://hozuna.com/anime/your-name) (2016) — Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, Max, Netflix - [Weathering With You](https://hozuna.com/anime/weathering-with-you) (2019) — Amazon Prime Video, Max, Netflix ## Questions **Who voices Taki Tachibana in English?** Michael Sinterniklaas is Taki's English voice actor. His performance keeps the character's quick shifts from irritation to concern feeling natural, which helps the film's comedy and emotion share the same person. **Who is Taki Tachibana's Japanese voice actor?** Ryuunosuke Kamiki voices Taki in Japanese. His delivery gives the character an easy teenage directness, especially when a confident response turns into visible uncertainty. **Where can I watch Taki Tachibana's story?** Taki's main story is in Your Name, which is available on Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, Max, and Netflix. He also appears in Weathering With You, available on Amazon Prime Video, Max, and Netflix. **When does Taki Tachibana first appear?** Taki first appears in Your Name (2016). The film introduces him through the everyday pace of school and work, which makes the later changes in his circumstances feel especially disruptive. **Is Taki Tachibana worth watching for?** Yes, especially if you enjoy a lead whose humor comes from quick reactions and imperfect judgment. Taki gives Your Name a grounded emotional center, and the film lets his sincerity emerge through what he chooses to do.