Taokaka

Taokaka is a respected warrior of the Kaka clan, and is attempting to apprehend Ragna the Bloodedge and use the bounty to secure a new home-land for the Kaka, and is a playable character in Calamity Trigger and Continuum Shift.

Summary
A resident of the Kaka village and member of the Kaka tribe, Taokaka is a catgirl, wearing a large coat that obscures her true face, only exposing red eyes and a row of teeth; whether or not this is her true face is a mystery. She wants to get back the sky above her village, which was sealed off by humans building cities above her village. She recently was sent by the Elder to retrieve the bounty on Ragna's head, becoming a vigilante in the process. Despite this resolve, she is considerably food-obsessed and forgetful, often falling asleep on a whim, becoming hungry moments after a meal, or forgetting details moments after hearing them. She is good friends with Litchi, affectionately referring to her as "Boobie Lady".

Although, she doesn't seem to refer to anyone other than herself by name and creates nicknames for people she meets. She is unable to recognize that Ragna the "good-guy" and "Rawrgna"/"Rargnya" the criminal are the same person. Interesting to note is the fact that the Kaka tribe, which she hails from, is actually genetically engineered from the genes of the original Grimalkin (the name that refers to the species of the Kaka tribe), Jubei, one of the six heroes. As a clan, they are copies of each other and cannot reproduce above one hundred members.

In Blazblue: Continuum Shift, Jubei asks her to follow Hazama. She knows about Master Unit, but doesn't know what it does. She calls Kokonoe "big sister" ("tail lady", in the English version), since they are almost the same species.

In the fourth-wall breaking mini-series, Teach Me, Miss Litchi (which is not canon), Taokaka is studying under Litchi in order to become a great vigilante.

Appearance
Taokaka is a rather unique take on the catgirl archetype with tan skin and long blond hair tied up into two braids and a black cat tail with a faded white tip. She seems to spend her entire time wearing a beige-colored hoodie with a cat hood and long cat-themed sleeves that cover her arms. She wears a pair of unusually-designed high-heel boots with the same cat theme but appear to be more fit for a creature with high ankles. According to concept art, Taokaka typically dresses skimpy underneath the hoodie, wearing only red panties with black straps. Taokaka's actual face has been the subject of interest by both the characters and audience alike; her hood appears to conceal her facial features and never removes it. All that can be seen are a pair of red beady eyes and an ever constant toothy grin that tends to emulate emoticons when conveying facial expressions. Some have come to the conclusion that it is either a mask or her real face hidden under the shadow of her hood.

Powers and abilities
Unlike most characters, Taokaka does not have much in the way of abilities compared to the rest of the cast, although she is still able to utilize seithr according to Kokonoe and Litchi. She relies on her inborn instincts as opposed to a trained fighting style, and she naturally uses seithr, even without a formal education as to how. Her hands and feet also have large retractable metal claws. What's more, these claws seem to change slightly depending on what attack she wants to do at the time; even though they seem to default as curved, knife-sized flat metal blades, they can also appear as serrated saws, "can-opener" style hooks, or even more ornate blades that resemble arrowheads. What she lacks in strength, she makes up for in agility and speed and extreme mobility, wailing on her opponents and catching them off guard with lightning fast, unpredictable maneuvers and techniques.

Material Collection Information

 * Hobbies: Taking naps, food (steamed buns mostly)
 * Values: Friends
 * Likes: Big fish
 * Dislikes: Squigglies

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

 * Catus Carnival - Taokaka's Theme

Gallery
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Trivia

 * She creates her own nicknames for other characters which she meets:
 * Litchi: Boobie Lady.
 * Ragna: Good Guy/White Guy(before "Good Guy")
 * Bang: Scruffy-man(Or "Scruffy Old Man")
 * Arakune: Black squiggly.
 * Nu (v-13): Flappy-flap.
 * Jubei: "Cat person"
 * Kokonoe: "Big sister"/"tail lady".
 * Hakumen: Mask Person/Cocky person.
 * Noel: Lacking Lady/Hat Person
 * Rachel: Bunny Lady/Rabbit Person
 * Carl: Little Guy
 * Hazama: Green Guy
 * Tager: Big Guy
 * Tsubaki: Red lady


 * When electrocuted by Rachel, it can be seen that she is holding a fish in each hand under her sleeves.
 * There is an ongoing debate among fans about if if the black face with red eyes and mouth really is Tao's actual face. Many people like to think she does have a real, normal looking face while others choose to believe what we see is her actual face, or even a mask of sorts.
 * Taokaka's birthday, February 22, happens to be World Thinking Day, a day to study other countries and cultures. This is ironic in that Tao is, quite frankly, incredibly naive and forgetful, to the point of driving Litchi to exasperation and most people seeing her as simple or an idiot.
 * In Ragna's flashback its revealed Tao actually met Ragna when she was a kitten.