Kinomoto, Fujitaka

木之本藤隆

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Fujitaka Kinomoto is the father of the titular character Sakura Kinomoto and a reincarnation of Clow Reed, the creator of the Clow Cards. A busy archaeology professor at Towa University, Fujitaka is a kind and caring father. He met his late wife, Nadeshiko, during his first year as a teacher at her high school. Nadeshiko had climbed a tree to return a baby bird to its nest but fell, landing on Fujitaka. Upon seeing her, he stated that "an angel has fallen from the sky." They fell in love and married when she was sixteen. Although Nadeshiko died seven years before the start of the series, Fujitaka is shown to still be deeply in love with her and devoted to her memory. He keeps a picture of her in the dining room, changing it each morning.
Little is initially said about Fujitaka's family or past. During the second half of the series, it is revealed that when Clow Reed divided his soul, seeking to no longer be the most powerful magician in the world, he split it into two halves: one became Eriol Hiiragizawa, holding all the magic and memories, and the other was Fujitaka, who has no magic of his own but fathered the one who would inherit the cards. It is stated that Fujitaka has no magical powers of his own, but he is also unaffected by other people's magic, such as Eriol's sleep spell. At the end of the series, Eriol gives half of his magic to Fujitaka. This enables Fujitaka to finally see the spirit of Nadeshiko, who has been watching over her family since her death.
In the anime adaptation, Fujitaka's role as the other half of Clow Reed's reincarnation is completely removed, as is his immunity to Eriol's magic, and he is never able to see Nadeshiko's spirit. He is voiced by Hideyuki Tanaka. In the Cardcaptors English adaptation, his name is changed to Aiden Avalon and he is voiced by Brian Drummond.