Touya is Sakura's brother, and a very overprotective one too, though he'd never admit it. He is extremely popular with the girls, and has a 6th sense which lets him sense spirits and the like. In fact, though Sakura thinks that he doesn't know anything about her and the Clow Cards, he knows a lot more than it seems.

Touya is always teasing Sakura, in a very older brother like way. Every morning when Sakura comes downstairs to eat breakfast, Touya comments on how much she sounds like a monster ("kaijuu"). In fact, kaijuu is the main insult that Touya has for Sakura, as he applies that everything she does is very monster-like. It drives her up the walls, and is usually successful in getting quite a rise out of her. Most of the time she stomps on his foot or brings down some other violent punishment. However, Touya always expects her reactions. In fact, whenever she's so much in a daze so that she doesn't even react, he gets suspicious and wonders what's on her mind.

Though Touya is always teasing Sakura, he cares a lot for her. So much that he is really overprotective of her, though not in a gushing kind of way. He's overprotective of her in more of a subtle way, but is always ready to protect her whenever the time calls for it, especially from other guys. He is always on alert when it comes to people who could ever hurt Sakura, or for guys who try to approach her. This is very evident with Shaolan, who did not prove himself trustworthy on their first meeting. When Shaolan first appeared, he was trying to force Sakura to give him the Clow Cards, and at that moment, Touya appeared. So, obviously, he does not trust Shaolan one bit, and always gives him the glare of doom™ whenever needed. However, as the series progresses, and as Shaolan starts to fall for Sakura, Touya notices. Shaolan always helps Sakura whenever she needs it, and is always protecting her, almost taking Touya's place. Towards the end of the series, Touya says that he has to always watch out for Shaolan, and Sakura tells him that Shaolan is very trustworthy and is always helping her out. Touya mumbles that that's exactly the reason he needs to watch out for Shaolan. He realizes that Sakura is growing up, and soon will be very independent from him, not needing his protection, and being protected by someone else who loves her. That thought bothers Touya, as he has always been the one to protect her, and cares a great deal for her. As Yukito says, Touya has a "sister complex." Touya's care for Sakura are almost like a father's, in that he is sad to see that she won't be dependent on him anymore.

In fact, though I'm sure neither Touya nor Shaolan would ever admit it, the two are a great deal like each other. First offl, they both have the dark hair and dark eyes, they both know martial arts, they're both extremely protective when it comes to the people that they love, they are extremely loyal, and they both glare. ¬¬ Not to mention, both have played a female role in a school play. Touya played as Cinderella, and Shaolan played the princess in Sleeping Beauty. Whenever I'm watching the series, I can't help but laugh at how alike the two are, and yet how much they are always glaring at each other and are watching out for each other.

One thing about Touya is that he has many, many part time jobs. In fact, they are almost endless, and he seems to show up almost everywhere that Sakura goes. Perhaps he plans it so that he can watch out for her even more? Who knows. Some of his part time jobs have varied from working in an aquarium, an ice cream parlor, as a giant teddy bear at a festival who passes out balloons, and endless restaurants/ cafes. Sometimes his part time jobs are random and strange, such as the time he dressed up as a giant bear, made odd noises, and attacked Sakura by ruffling her hair. :P I don't really understand why he has all the part time jobs, because I don't believe that he particularly needs the money, but who knows.

Touya has many girls in his grade after him, as he is definitely an eye catcher. However, he never pays attention to any of them, as he already has someone very important to him. That person is, of course, Yukito. They are always together, and though their relationship is much more subtle towards the beginning of the series, by the end their relationship is focused on a lot more, and it's obvious how much the two care for each other. They're terribly right for each other. Touya is definitely the more masculine one in the relationship while Yukito has a certain femininity and frailness about him. The two are always together, and sometimes Yukito helps out with Touya's part time jobs. Touya also always gives Yuki his lunch whenever Yuki is still hungry, though he finished his own lunch already. As we all know, Yukito has an amazing appetite which could probably feed a small country. But Touya doesn't mind giving his lunch away, as long as Yukito is happy.

One thing about Touya is that he is very afraid of losing the people that he loves. This is most likely because his mother Nadeshiko passed away when he was around the age of 10, and he probably misses her very much. He is very afraid of losing other people that are close to him because of that. It's obvious with Sakura... he is always protecting her, and he isn't really ready to give her up to another person. He has always protected her ever since she was a baby, and most doesn't want to have someone else take his place as she grows up. However, he knows that eventually it will happen and he will have to step back. He is extremely protective of the people he loves, and this is also evident with Yukito, one person he is especially afraid of losing. Before Touya met Yuki, he had met Kaho, and they had fallen in love. However, Kaho had to leave for England, and as she left, she told him that by the time she returned, he would have found someone else that he loves. This broke his heart very much, but just as Kaho said, by the time they had met again, he had found someone else.

Touya is very afraid of losing Yuki, and he fears it even more as the plot progresses. This connects to his 6th sense, in that he can sense a lot of things that a lot of people can't. He can sense many things about Yukito that no one else knows, and also knows a lot more about Sakura and the Clow Cards than Sakura thinks. Whenever Touya sees Kero-chan, he always glares at him. Kero-chan is forced to pretend to be a stuffed toy, and as Touya glares even longer at him, beads of sweat form and start to cover Kero-chan's head completely. Kero-chan always suspected that Touya perhaps knew something himself, but never really thought too much about it. He should have, though, because Touya knew everything that was happening, due to his 6th sense. He was able to realize that the Mirror card was not really Sakura herself, but kind of a hollow shell, or another spirit. Whenever Sakura uses the Mirror card to take her place (while she goes out to battle with the Clow Cards), Touya talks to the Mirror card and tells her that he knows she is not really Sakura. In fact, the Mirror card has somewhat of a crush on Touya, which is absolutely adorable, in my opinion anyways. :P

As Touya is connected to spirits with his 6th sense, he is also connected to music. He used to play the piano together with his mother while she was still alive. Unlike Sakura, Touya was close to his mother because he was ten years old when she died. Sakura was still only a little kid and doesn't remember her much. Nadeshiko wrote Touya's birthday (which is on February 29th; another quirk of his, it only shows up on leap year) on her calendar and filled it in for him, because it only appeared on normal calendars every four years. Touya is definitely one of my favorite characters. He has many sides to him, and his relationships with the rest of the cast are always interesting, because he's got such an interesting personality.

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