While Tai was conceptualized as the main character, Toei wanted to focus on all the Digidestined children at the same time resulting in an ensemble cast.

Nishizono stated that with the exception of Tai and Agumon, Toei was told to make in-depth young characters to fit the series' viewers.

[3] For Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!, Hosoda wanted to focus on Tai's naivete through his nervousness on interacting with Sora despite needing her help.

[2] For tri., Keitaro Motonaga stated the staff at Toei devised multiple scenarios to compare how he aged with his previous appearances.

When reading the script, Hanae noted Tai was different due to how he aged and felt this change was natural.

Rita Majkut, one of the producers of the English dub, stated that the change from Tai's original last name, Yagami, was not intentional and that it had resulted from a translation error.

[10] Seth commented that his regular is very similar to the one from Tai in Tri was not difficult as he initially thought he had to "warm" up to the character.

[11] In the V-Tamer 01 story line, Tai is a V-Pet trainer whose Digimon partner is a Veedramon that is named Zeromaru.

His aggressive and impulsive personality often puts him in danger, but he learns that empathy and compassion are the keys to being a successful leader.

[16] He passes his goggles to Davis Motomiya, as he and the original group act as mentors and support to the new DigiDestined.

"Yuki wo Tsubasa ni Shite" (勇気を翼にして) was performed by Toshiko Fujita and released on March 24, 2000 on the compilation CD album Digimon Adventure: Best Hit Parade.

In a series of online polls conducted on Toei Animation's Digimon website, Tai was ranked 3rd by Japanese voters as their favorite DigiDestined.

[28] Crunchyroll agreed, finding this episode showed Tai's flaws for the first time in the anime and how it resulted in SkullGreymon's evolution.

Additionally, the site commented on Tai and Yamato's misrelationship due to their multiple differences that made them often clash.

[31] THEM Anime Reviews liked the rivalry between Tai and Yamato, citing that at the same time both are similar characters due to the two of them being big brothers who are often worried about their siblings.

[33] Shamus Kelley from Den of Geek also acclaimed Seth's acting in the movie due to the multiple emotions Tai shows across the trilogy as well as how the character tries to handle his relationship with Sora.

: 100 Must-See Japanese Animation Masterpieces, Brian Camp stated that Tai's apparent relationship with Sora who is later revealed to be interested into Matt was well handled as due to the characters' ages in contrast to other Western series.

resulted in mixed comments by Jacob Hope Chapman from Anime News Network due his new hesitations which might not appeal to viewers of the series.

[38] DVDTalk's writer Chris Zimmerman praised the still ongoing arguments between Tai and Yamato in Tri as fans from the first Digimon series would still find it memorable due to the history between these two characters.