As the only one among her friends to achieve the rank of Keyblade Master by the start of the game, she is tasked by Master Eraqus to watch over Terra and retrieve Ventus when he runs away from home. She is a nimble character who specializes in magic attacks while dealing weak physical damage. She is also playable during one fight in 'Kingdom Hearts III', against Vanitas. He subsequently embarks with Mickey in A Fragmentary Passage to rescue Aqua from the realm of darkness.Īqua ( アクア Akua) is a Keyblade Master who serves as one of the three playable characters of Birth by Sleep, and the sole playable character of A Fragmentary Passage, a direct sequel bundled in Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue. Riku is promoted to Keyblade Master after venturing into Sora's dreams twice in the form of a Dream Eater to protect him from Xehanort. In Dream Drop Distance, he and Sora undertake a Mark of Mastery exam in preparation for Xehanort's return. In Kingdom Hearts II, Riku is forced to harness Ansem's power to capture Roxas in order to restore Sora's missing memories, assuming the Heartless's physical appearance as a result after the Heartless is destroyed by DiZ's exploding heart encoder, Riku returns to his regular appearance, and he and Sora return to the Destiny Islands together following Xemnas's defeat. Initially rejecting his darkness out of guilt for his betrayal, Riku resolves to wield both powers of light and darkness to battle Ansem, whose essence lingers in his heart. In Chain of Memories, DiZ helps Riku escape from the dark realm.
Following Ansem's defeat, Riku helps Sora and King Mickey close the door to Kingdom Hearts, remaining on the other side with the king. He is later tricked into allowing Xehanort's Heartless, Ansem, to possess his body. Arriving at Hollow Bastion, Riku is manipulated by Maleficent into aiding her plans for world conquest in exchange for knowledge to restoring Kairi's missing heart. In Kingdom Hearts II, the 16-year-old Riku acquires another Keyblade of his own, the 'Way to the Dawn' this Keyblade is later broken in Kingdom Hearts III, leading him to obtain a new Keyblade, 'Braveheart'.ĭuring the invasion of Heartless in Kingdom Hearts, Riku immerses himself in darkness to discover new worlds beyond his home. During the first game, Riku is revealed to be the rightful owner of Sora's Keyblade, which is bequeathed onto the five-year-old Riku by Terra during the events of Birth by Sleep however, his reliance on the power of darkness causes the Keyblade to reject Riku in favor of Sora. His signature weapon is the 'Soul Eater' sword, a manifestation of the darkness in his heart. Riku is also briefly playable at several points in the 'Dark World' in Kingdom Hearts III. He is also a computer-controlled party member exclusive to the final level of Kingdom Hearts II, and is temporarily playable during a sequence where Sora is incapacitated in the game's final boss battle. Originally appearing as a non-playable character in the original game, where he is introduced as 15 years old, he has a playable role in the 'Reverse/Rebirth' story mode of Chain of Memories, the multiplayer mode of 358/2 Days, and the core story of Dream Drop Distance. Riku ( リク) is a childhood friend and rival of Sora who resides with him and Kairi on the world of Destiny Islands. Original characters Main playable characters Sora Voiced by: Miyu Irino (Japanese) Haley Joel Osment (English) Young Sora Voiced by: Takuto Yoshigana (Japanese) Luke Manriquez (English) He stated that with speculation, even though a game may get old, people can still be happy with it. Nomura did this because he feels that games should have room for fans to speculate and use their imagination. Throughout the development of the games, Nomura has often left certain events and connections between characters unexplained until the release of future games. For Kingdom Hearts II, he changed his mind after receiving pressure from his staff.
Nomura was hesitant to use characters he did not design because he was unfamiliar with the background work of such characters. Another criterion for inclusion was whether the staff felt the characters would fit into the storyline and in the Kingdom Hearts universe. The inclusion of specific Final Fantasy characters was based on the opinions of fans and the development staff.
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