History Characters / Toradora

* CallingTheOldWomanOut: In one of his harsher moments, Ryuuji calls his mom out on getting pregnant at a young age and giving her education up, and trying to control Ryuuji's life to make him her idea of successful without caring what he wants to do with his own life. He instantly regrets it upon seeing her cry but doesn't apologise. {{Justified}} in that living vicariously through a loved one without taking their true desires into account is a mistake Ryuuji himself makes earlier in the series, [[spoiler: pressuring Taiga into giving into her father's begging for another chance without knowing the whole story, because he wants to meet his father more than almost anything in the world, and wishes Taiga will re-establish her relationship with her father, a mistake which will wound up with her buying fully into her father's manipulations, becoming consumed with her relationship with him and being completely heartbroken to realise yet again that her father doesn't care for her.]]

* ExtremeDoormat: Towards Taiga. He accepts to be ''her dog''. {{Downplayed}}, considering he often calls Taiga out for her actions and tries to keep her in check.

* TroubledButCute: Has a low self-esteem and looks like a delinquent, but if you know him you would tell he's a saint, and he manages to attract all three main girls.

* ActorAllusion: She's voiced by Creator/RieKugimiya, and pretty much quotes [[Literature/ShakuganNoShana Shana]] and [[Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero Louise]] by shouting Shana's CharacterCatchphrase "Urusai!" or referring to Ryuuji as a dog like Louise does for Saito.

* UnknownRival: To Sumire Kano. Taiga sees the StudentCouncilPresident as her nemesis for being both [[DrillSergeantNasty tyrannical]] and the girl whom Kitamura, who she has feelings for, has a crush on. Sumire, on the other hand, barely pays Taiga any thought, and even after [[spoiler: getting beaten down by her in a fight before leaving school]] she doesn't take her very seriously.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HirofumiNojima (Japanese), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/AlessandroVanni (Italian), Konrad Bösherz[[/note]]

* LargeHam: Possesses a very jolly and energetic personality, tending to get really fired up about whatever he's doing and make larger-than-life statements.

* StudentCouncilPresident: Starts as the class president and the vice president of the Student Council. [[spoiler:Gets promoted later on.]]

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:While she is semi-conscious due to falling off a cliff in the snow during the ClassTrip, Taiga accidentally confesses to Ryuuji (thinking he is Kitamura) that she is in love with him and trying to give up on him to let him be with Minori is breaking her up from the inside.]]

* ActionGirl: Just watch her fight with [[spoiler:Taiga]]! She quickly disarms her opponent and then matches her in hand-to-hand.

* AdaptationDyeJob: She has black hair in the light novels, but has blue hair in the anime. There was some fan complaints regarding the adaptation, especially considering that she looks too much like Ami.

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Oh, boy! [[spoiler: She gambled big with her ruse and she lost in the most humiliating way possible.]] On the plus side, though, she does achieve her dreams.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RieKugimiya (Japanese), Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Fabiola Bittarello (Italian), Luisa Wietzorek[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JunjiMajima (Japanese), Creator/ErikKimerer (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Simone Veltroni (Italian)[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RieKugimiya (Japanese), Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Fabiola Bittarello (Italian)[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HirofumiNojima (Japanese), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/AlessandroVanni (Italian)[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YuiHorie (Japanese), Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/LudovicaBebi (Italian)[[/note]]\\\

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/EriKitamura (Japanese), Creator/ErikaHarlacher (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/ElenaLiberati (Italian)[[/note]]\\

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/SayakaOhara (Japanese), Creator/KarenStrassman (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/EleonoraReti (Italian)[[/note]]\\

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/SaoriGoto (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (English)

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RieTanaka (Japanese), Creator/CarrieKeranen (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/GilbertaCrispino (Italian)[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YukoKaida (Japanese), Creator/WendeeLee (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/MicaelaIncitti (Italian)[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KazuyukiOkitsu (Japanese), Creator/MaxMittelman (English; credited as Jason Baker)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/StefanoBilli (Italian)[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HiroyukiYoshino (Japanese), Creator/BrianBeacock (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/EmilianoReggente (Italian)[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AiNonaka (Japanese), Creator/MelaLee (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Claudia Scarpa (Italian)[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MomokoIshikawa (Japanese), Creator/KarenStrassman (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/BarbaraSacchielli (Italian)[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KanaAsumi (Japanese), Creator/CarrieKeranen (English)

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (Japanese), Creator/BenGiroux (English)

* EmbarrassingNickname: She does NOT like being called the "Palmtop Tiger".

* HairTriggerTemper: She goes from calm to extremely angry with minimal provocation, and usually deals with it by resorting to using some students as a punching bag.

* AffectionateNickname: Since befriending Yasuko, Taiga frequently refers to her as "Yacchan".[[note]]"Yasu" in the English dub[[/note]]

* AffectionateNickname: Since befriending Yasuko, Taiga frequently refers to her as "Yacchan".[[note]]"Yasu" in the English dub[[/note]

* AffectionateNickname: Since befriending Yasuko, Taiga frequently refers to here as "Yacchan".[[note]]"Yasu" in the English dub[[/note]

** She cannot withstand people lying.
** She also despises being speculated upon, as Ami finds out.

* SenpaiKohai: She's Yuusaku's superior.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RieTanaka (Japanese), "[[Creator/CarrieKeranen Elizabeth Thomas]]" (English)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/GilbertaCrispino (Italian)[[/note]]

* PseudoRomanticFriendship: With Minori. The two are forever cuddling and saying how much they care about each other. The first [=OP=] even focuses on Taiga flinging herself into Minori's arms, apparently just because they're that close.

* PseudoRomanticFriendship: With Taiga. The two are forever cuddling and saying how much they care about each other. The first [=OP=] even focuses on Taiga flinging herself into Minori's arms, apparently just because they're that close. That said, Minori herself wonders if her feelings towards Taiga are entirely platonic.

* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: The plot is fueled by, and revolves around her ambiguous way of dealing with Ryuuji's attraction towards her, which basically produces a LoveDodecahedron standstill for all the parties, almost to the point of making it a MexicanStandoff without guns. Thing is, [[spoiler:she'd love to be with Ryuuji indeed, but after witnessing how much goodness and positivity he provides to Taiga comparatively, she decides to relinquish her own wishes]].

* TheLoveSlapOfEpiphany: He begins to develop feelings for Kihara following an argument they had during the class winter ski trip. Before that, he tended to sabotage her advances to Kitamura, which caused the fight in the first place when he did it one too many times.

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RieTanaka (Japanese), Creator/CarrieKeranen (English; credited as Creator/ElizabethThomas)[[note]]'''Other languages''': Creator/GilbertaCrispino (Italian)[[/note]]