Thaiyo Kido (Volume 1-4)

"This article is about the character in Volume 1-4, for the character in Volume 5-present, see Thaiyo Kido (Volume 5-present)."Thaiyo Peng Kido is one of the Chinese Zodiac Heroes and one of the secondary school students. He is the tritagonist of the series.

Official Description
Thaiyo Peng Kido is a 14-year-old Japanese secondary school student. With the help of his amulet, he can wield his staff and can transform into a spirit.

Appearance
He is shown to have dark brown hair with bangs all the way to his eyebrows moved to the left (his right), brown eyes and fair skin with a slight tan. He wears a white short-sleeved shirt with red sleeves, blue shorts and red and white sneakers. Like the other Dark Syndrome victims, his staff is shown to be translucent and red. His sleepwear consists of his everyday shirt and black sweatpants. His student uniform consists of a navy blue blazer over a white dress shirt with a red necktie, warm grey pants, white socks and white sneakers. He stands on 5 ft. 4 and is of average weight. His party outfit consists of a grey shirt, blue jeans and white shoes. Thaiyo turns red in his spirit form.

Personality
He shows immaturity and playfulness like his peers. But gets serious while fighting Chase or helping his friends study or research. He can sometimes be cowardly and naive.

Etymology
(First name) The name Taiyo is a boy's name of Japanese origin meaning 'sun'. It can also be spelt as Taiyou.

(Middle name) The surname Peng (彭) is traced to the legend of Peng Zu, God of Longevity, who legend tells lived 800 years. During the Shang dynasty, Jian Keng, a descendant of Zhuanxu, was granted the feudal territory Dapeng (Great Peng), and later adopted the name, Peng Zu.

(Last name) Kido (written: 木戸 lit. "tree door" or "wooden door", or 城戸 lit. "castle door") is a Japanese surname.

Chinese Name
Traditional: 彭基多太陽

Simplified: 彭基多太阳

Pinyin/Romanisation: Péng jī duō tàiyáng

Powers and Abilities

 * Staff- His staff power is first used in Season 10. It has the same ability as Brad's staff.
 * Healing- Like many of his teammates, he also has healing powers.

Trivia

 * Thaiyo was born on 10 July 2006 which makes his Zodiac sign Cancer, however, he doesn't have any Zodiac-related powers due to Dark Syndrome. The cause is unknown.
 * Thaiyo's attire is based on his civilian form in A Crazy EX Battle
 * Thaiyo is half Japanese (on his father's side) half Chinese (on his mother's side)
 * Thaiyo Kido is actually Thai-Japanese and is faking an Australian accent the whole time