Taichi Hiroo

Taichi Hiroo (広尾 太一, Hiroo Taichi) is a main character and protagonist from the spin-off manga, Tokyo Mew Mew Olé!. He is the fifth Mew Mew to be introduced and is infused with the DNA of the Amur Leopard.

Mew Form
When Taichi transforms, he wears a blue and white turtleneck crop top with a matching pair of puffy shorts. His sleeves are unconnected to his top and are long and flow-y like the sleeves of a kimono. His ears, sleeves, and the ribbon that ties around his neck are patterned with orange and blue leopard spots.

Etymology

 * The name Taichi means "thick, big, great" (太) (ta) and "one" (一) (ichi).
 * Taichi's surname Hiroo means "wide, broad, spacious" (広) (hiro) and "tail, ridge" (尾) (o).
 * Taichi is named after the Hiroo train station in Tokyo, the 3rd stop of the Hibiya subway line.

Trivia

 * The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is the rarest leopard subspecies, listed as "critically endangered" on the IUCN Red List. Its reported wild population in 2019 was around 90 individuals. It is native to the Russian Far East and northern China, and is regionally extinct in Korea.

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