Nevertheless, Taiga is able to fight in the professional wrestling show that her class stages during the cultural festival. Taiga is also a fan of mixed martial arts, and her suggestion of a valetudo brawl to win over Ryuuji was overlooked in favor of Ami's suggestion of a swimming race. In spite of her clumsiness, she is remarkably strong and athletic for her size. When in competition with fellow classmates, especially Ami Kawashima, Taiga will often resort to underhanded tactics to win. She remains unable to cook anything besides basic rice balls, thus relying on takeout food in Ryuuji's absence. She also starts going to Ryuuji's apartment herself to have meals cooked by Ryuuji for her, but after her behavior softens, and in an attempt to get Ryuuji closer to Minori, Taiga stops going and begins to clean up after herself. Initially, Yusaku takes advantage of Taiga's crush on him, to calm her down whenever she starts acting aggressively.ĭue to her background, Taiga first appears unable to handle domestic chores, and initially relies on Ryuuji to do them for her. In fact, it is her klutziness that leads her to attack Ryuuji Takasu twice, the second time in his own home which is next door to Taiga's. Taiga is also very klutzy, a trait that others notice and she herself admits. She easily gets upset over small things, especially her underdeveloped stature for a girl of her age, and reacts aggressively to people, except her only friend at the time, Minori Kushieda, and her crush, Yusaku Kitamura.
Taiga's personality at the start of the series earns her the nickname "Palmtop Tiger". She is a very well-dressed girl, coming from a rich family, and even her pajamas are elegant. She wears long coats on top of dresses and is seen wearing a pair of stockings under long coats. Taiga is usually seen wearing the school uniform, or long dresses, when outside. She was also describe as insanely beautiful, by others. She is "flat-chested" and is very ashamed about it, but often she makes up for this fact by her typically constant glare or menacing words. Taiga has long, curly light brown hair (inherited from her mother) that falls past her waist in waves, with large, dark amber eyes which are inherited from her father.