Tomoyo Daidouji



Madison Taylor (大道寺 知世Daidouji Tomoyo) is a fictional, major supporting character in Clamp's anime and manga seriesCardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. She is Princess Madison's Descendant. Madison Taylor (大道寺 知世Daidōji Tomoyo?) is the best friend of the series' protagonist, Sakura Avalon, and her second cousin on their mothers' sides. The daughter of the president of Taylor Toy Company, Samantha Taylor, Madison lives a life of wealth and is watched over by a team of female bodyguards. She has access to a variety of prototype technological gadgets from her mother's company, and supplies Sakura and Kero with different communication devices throughout the series. She is depicted as being mature, kind-hearted, intelligent, and regularly speaking using more formal verb conjugations and expressions than normally seen in elementary students. She is a talented singer, and is shown performing in various school events. In the anime, her musical ability causes her to be targeted by both the Voice and Song cards.

When she learns of Sakura's new role as a Cardcaptor, she insists that Sakura must wear "special outfits" and begins providing Sakura with the various costumes she wears during her captures as well as accompanying her on missions to record the events with her video camera. In the manga, some scenes give the appearance that Madison has a crush on Sakura's brother Tori; however, according to an interview in the Cardcaptor Sakura Memorial Book, this was an error caused by one of the finishing artists not being aware that CLAMP intended for Madison to have feelings for Sakura. In future volumes, this is corrected by having a scene note that Madison blushed around Tori because he reminded her of Sakura.[2] While Madison is in love with Sakura, she notes that she is happy to be able to be with Sakura and does not require Sakura to love her back. Instead, she encourages Sakura's love of Julian, and later becomes Li Showron's confidante and ally when he falls in love with Sakura. In the English adaptation Cardcaptors, Tomoyo's name is changed to Madison Taylor. The familiar relationship with Sakura is removed and all dialog suggesting that she has romantic feelings for Sakura are edited to be purely platonic in nature.[3]

In the anime adaptation, the character is voiced by Junko Iwao. In Cardcaptors, she is voiced by Maggie Blue O'Hara. In the English dub of Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card, her voice is supplied by Michelle Ruff.