| Tarō Myōjin | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Kanji | 明神 太郎 |
| Rōmaji | Myōjin Tarō |
| Characteristics | |
| Birthdate | September 3 |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Humans |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Dark Purple |
| Status | |
| Occupation | First-Year * Junior High School Student |
| Abilities | Turning his whistle into laser
Turning cards into buzzsaws |
| Team | Robert's Ten |
| Misc. Information | |
| Manga debut | Chapter 39 (Unexpected Invitation) |
| Anime debut | The Law of the Robert's Ten |
| Japanese voice actor | Mayumi Yamaguchi |
| English voice actor | Ben Johnson |
Tarō Myōjin (明神 太郎, Myōjin Tarō) is a power user and a member of the Robert's Ten. Unlike the other participants in the battle, Taro had two powers given to him by two different Celestial King Candidates (Taro's Celestial King Candidates), who both wanted the position of Celestial King but gave that up upon learning about Robert Haydn.
Taro's abilities were to turn a whistle into a laser, and cards into buzzsaws. These were often used in conjunction, in his battle with Ueki. The buzzsaw was to simply make the opponent jump, thus making them vulnerable to Taro's laser. Since having two powers broke the rules, he didn't have a chance to properly train with them in conjunction.
Myojin despite initially seeming to be a rather friendly individual, in truth, he shares the same personality type as most of the other Ten members, seeing friendship as weakness and showing no mercy to his enemies. This makes for a very hard character shift from his goofy simpleton looks. Myojin was the one who recruited Ueki to join Robert's Ten. Ueki retires him with Masshu. Taro is also shown to be a good analyst in his battle with Ueki, when using his two powers to counter Ueki's sacred Treasure.
Manga vs. anime[]
- In the manga, Ueki states that the cause of his loss was being not enough familiarised with his second power due to the necessity of hiding it from others, keeping him from knowing that he couldn't use his attacks on those who can dodge in the air, have a special jump or can fly; In the anime, Ueki only says that his attack doesn't work against an opponent that can dodge a laser in midair.
- In the manga, when he was struggling to push back Kurogane, his jaw tightened to the point of making his fingers bleed, but this was omitted in the anime adaptation, possibly in order to avoid showing blood.
Trivia[]
- During his time posing as another power user, he went for the alias of ``Shirō Tajimi´´.
- He had 707 talents.
- In case he had mastered his second power, he may have defeated Ueki.
- Tenko stated he had power equivalent to eight-star celestials.
- The anime provided some extra data about him:
- He studies at Yamatai Junior High.
- Yamatai was an ancient kingdom in the late Yayoi Period (c. 1,000 BCE - 300 CE) listed in some Chinese records; This is directly related to Myojin's goal of being appointed as a king.
- Her Japanese voice actress, Mayumi Yamaguchi, also starred as Bamu in the anime series Zatch Bell, based on the homonymus manga series by Makoto Raiku. Interestingly, Tsubasa Fukuchi is a big fan of both Zatch Bell and Raiku, as it was evidenced in volume 7.