This is a listing of the supporting cast originating from Final Fantasy and other Square-Enix titles that appear in the Kingdom Hearts series. Visit here for the main characters index.
For the
Final Fantasy characters, the same characterization tropes generally apply as in their original games.
"No matter how far away we are, our hearts will bring us together again."
A resident of Radiant Garden prior to its destruction, she ends up in Traverse Town instead. In
Kingdom Hearts II, she (like most of Traverse Town's residents) moves back to Hollow Bastion and assists in its rebuilding.
- Cordon Bleugh Chef: She's one of these in the manga adaptations.
- Demoted to Extra: She and Cid don't take part in fights, despite them being playable characters in FFVII.
- Glamour Failure: In Chain of Memories, she's the only one who seems to be aware that she and the others are constructs of Sora's memory.
- The Heart: Of the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee.
- Lethal Chef: In the manga adapatations. She makes her own homemade beverages and refreshments, but always adds the wrong ingredients.
- Japanese Pronouns: "Watashi".
- The Medic: Heals Yuffie during the Heartless invasion, and teaches Sora the highest level of Cure in the first game.
- The Other Darrin: Played by Mandy Moore in the first game. She was replaced with Mena Suvari for Kingdom Hearts II.
- Princess Curls
- Ship Tease: With Cloud, like in the original game.
- Spared by the Adaptation
"All my life, I've been protecting others... And now, there's no one left to protect."
"This is my story. And you're not a part of it."
A warrior summoned by Hades to kill Hercules in
KH2, he refuses and joins with Sora instead. He serves as Sora's partner in Olympus Coliseum in the game.
- Badass: Heh, it wouldn't be Auron if he wasn't badass. One scene of his battle with Hercules has him swing his katana with one hand, and Herc has to use both hands to hold him off. Granted he's tired from all the fighting up that point, but still.
- Back from the Dead: Well, kind of.
- Brainwashed: Hades forces Auron into servitude by stealing Auron's willpower and imprisoning it into a statue of his likeness. Auron is then made to fight Hercules in a deathmatch. Luckily, Sora & co. save the day, and Hades gets utterly screwed.
- Deadpan Snarker: "No wonder no one wants to die."
- Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: Does this to Hades.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Still has that scar over his (missing) eye.
- Japanese Pronouns: "Ore".
- Katanas Are Just Better: Huge katanas, that is.
- Mythology Gag: Just about everything he does references FFX.
- Pre Ass Kicking One Liner: "No wonder no one wants to die," he said to Hades when he was bragging about being the "Lord of the Dead". No one could hope for a more badass intro.
- The Stoic
- Tall, Dark and Snarky: It's Auron.
- You Shall Not Pass: Does this to Cereberus. Subverted when Sora returns and the two kick Hellhound rear in a Back-to-Back Badasses moment.
"Don't call me gramps!"
The owner of the Traverse Town accessory shop and a Gummi Ship expert. He saved Leon and the others during the destruction of Radiant Garden. He returns to Hollow Bastion with his fellow
Final Fantasy characters in
KH2, and is responsible for the Claymore security system.
"Looking for your light? Don't lose sight of it."
"I'm looking for someone. Hades promised to help. I tried to exploit the power of darkness, but it backfired. I fell into darkness, and couldn't find the light."
A brooding swordsman who is busy trying to work out his dark past. He first appears as a hired thug for Hades as part of one of his many attempts on Hercules's life, but joins the rest of the Hollow Bastion gang by the end of the first game.
- Anime Hair: It's a staple. Was toned down in II to match his appearance in Advent Children.
- Badass Cape: In the first game, due to Cloud being heavily inspired by Vincent Valentine.
- Back-to-Back Badasses: With Leon before The War Sequence. Their snark-fest doubles as a playful jab to the Fandom rivalry between Cloud and Squall.
- BFS: Wouldn't be Cloud without one.
- Bonus Boss: Via Coliseum cups.
- Celebrity Voice Actor: Voiced by Steve Burton, that dude from General Hospital.
- Good Wings, Evil Wings: A single black bat wing that appears when he uses his his version of Omnislash, mirroring Sephiroth's constantly-present wing.
- Guest Star Party Member: Just before The War Sequence, the player fights alongside each of four Final Fantasy characters briefly.
- Hired Gun: Was this for Hades in the first game for a short time. He was hired by him to kill Hercules, and then Sora, in the Olympus Coliseum. He broke his contract with Hades when he pulled an You Have Failed Me card on him after his failed fight with Sora, whether it's by losing to him, or refusing to finish him off after beating him.
- Japanese Pronouns: "Ore".
- Mythology Gag: He uses his various Limit Breaks from FFVII, like Braver and Omnislash.
- Only I Can Kill Him: His relationship here with Sephiroth, it seems.
- Ship Tease: With Aerith. Also with Tifa in the second game, depending on your interpretation of what Tifa actually is in that game.
- The Stoic: Even more so than he was in his original game.
"We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other."
A resident of Radiant Garden, he changed his name to Leon after its destruction.
He leads the Hallow Bastion Restoration Committee in an effort to return his home to its former glory, if not something better.
- Animal Motifs: His lion motif is as omnipresent as ever; in addition to his name and his clothes, he provides Sora with the Simba summonstone and the Lionheart and Sleeping Lion keychains.
- Back-to-Back Badasses: See Cloud's entry above.
- Big Brother Mentor: For Sora.
- Bonus Boss: Appears in a few Coliseum matches.
- Character Development: He's quite gruff and taciturn in the first Kingdom Hearts game, but notably more relaxed in the second. Getting back to Radiant Garden presumably helped. This reflects his Character Development in FFVIII.
- Cool Gunblade
- Defrosting Ice King
- Mr. Fanservice: May in fact be sexier than his VIII self, depending on the viewer. Must be the belts. And the extra seven or eight years. And the new name. And the longer hair.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: The kind that stick for all of time.
- Guest Star Party Member
- Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: When Sora fights him during their first encounter in Traverse Town, either Leon wins and Sora passes out, or Sora wins... and passes out from the effort.
- Improbable Weapon User: He fights with his famous Gunblade.
- Japanese Pronouns: "Ore".
- Laser Blade: His Gunblade can turn into one. It's an 'effin big one too, no doubt a Shout Out to his Blasting Zone Limit Break.It's also the inspiration for the Bladecharge command style.
- The Leader: Of the Restoration Committee.
- Mythology Gag: As mentioned above, when you get his HP low enough, he uses a version of Blasting Zone just like in FFVIII, His spin attack is also reminiscent of his Fated Circle and his jump slash is much like Rough Divide as well.
- Leon being from Radiant Garden may be a reference to Squall being from Balamb Garden in Final Fantasy VIII.
- Both of his character designs include a stylized pair of red wings on the back of his jacket, a visual reference to the white angel wings on the back of Rinoa's jacket in FFVIII. In addition, the red Griever insignia (a lion-headed cross) on the sleeve of his jacket may be a callout to the red cross on Seifer's FFVIII Badass Longcoat.
- The Other Darrin: David Boreanaz in the first game, later replaced with Doug Erholtz.
- Pet the Dog: In the first Kingdom Hearts, he expresses concern over the lost Dalmatian puppies (literal dogs), and later gets Geppetto and Pinocchio a house when they arrive in Traverse Town.
- Playing with Fire: His only long-range attack (unless you count the Laser Blade) is a fire spell.
- Pretty in Mink: His appearance in II restores the trademark fur collar.
- Running Gag: Aerith constantly offers him her homemade beverages, and he constantly refuses, aware of its flaws.
- That Man Is Dead: Refuses to call himself by his real name of Squall because of his guilt over what happened to Hollow Bastion.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: In the first game it's clear that he suffers from the memories of Hollow Bastion's destruction at the hands of the Heartless. In the second game, he's lightened up while helping to rebuild it (see Character Development above).
- The Stoic —> Sugar and Ice Personality
- Supporting Leader: He is the leader of the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee.
- Tall, Dark and Handsome
- Team Dad
- Too Many Belts: He wears them on his arms!
- Wake Up Call Boss: In the first game.
Moogles
Little fairy-type creatures that can be found in at least one place in every world to sell and/or synthesize items for the main character.
"That was undeniable proof that we totally owned you lamers!"
"I don't feel like cooperating with destiny."
Head of the so-called Twilight Town Disciplinary Committee. He is really just a bully who likes to pick on Hayner, Pence, and Olette.
Seifer's henchmen.
Feel lucky, Roxas?
"My life is a chip in your pile. Time to ante up."
An inhabitant of Twilight Town, he's the Struggle champion in the digital town but is just another competitor in the real world.
- Adaptational Attractiveness
- Badass Cape/Badass Longcoat: Square-Enix combines two of their favorite costume tropes at last. Setzer wears his trademark coat around his neck with his arms out of the sleeves, treating it more like a cape.
- Bragging Rights Reward: The Champion Belt you win for beating him gives 20% resistance to Fire, Ice, Lightning, but you won't be encountering enemies that use those attacks for some time. It's actually better to lose to him and get the Medal, which gives a minor attack boost so it'll be useful immediately.
- The Fighting Narcissist
- Flanderization: His showy-ness and arrogance is played up big time.
- Creator Backlash: And Square-Enix jabs at this in Dissidia: Final Fantasy where Setzer and Shadow appear as in-game tutors — Shadow tells Setzer not to bribe opponents to win, and Setzer protests he would never do such a thing.
- Then again, the only time we actually see him is in the computer simulation... so much like Seifer, the real one wouldn't quite be like that.
- Miles Gloriosus: For all his boasting and showing off, Setzer is a very poor Struggle fighter.
- Hair Flip: When entering a battle.
- Spin Attack
- White-Haired Pretty Boy
The other trio on Destiny Islands.
Voiced by:
Selphie: Mayuko Aoki (Japanese), Molly Marlette (English)
Three kids who live on Destiny Islands. They're friends of Sora, Riku, and Kairi.
"Cloud, you can have my light."
A young woman who constantly searches for Cloud.
Word Of God has evoked the possibility of her being the materialization of Cloud's light, just like Sephiroth would be the materialization of his darkness.
Awwwwww...
Voiced by:
Ikue Ohtani (Japanese), Melissa Disney (English)
A young resident of Twilight Town who admires Seifer and strives to be like him. His "simulation" version is one of the first hints that there is something wrong in Roxas's Twilight Town when he gains uncharacteristic
Badass skills during the Struggle tournament.
"Kairi? Who are you talking about? I'm the great ninja Yuffie!"
"I see you all are still in top form!"
Another former resident of Radiant Garden who appears in Traverse Town. She is closely in league with Leon.
A trio of fairies obsessed with collecting treasure. They are originally sent by Maleficent to spy on the heroes, but later switch sides.
"Hey, how about one date?"
A hero-in-training who shows up in Olympus Coliseum during
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep.
"What a weird guy."
The protagonist of Square-Enix's title
The World Ends With You, A young boy who always has his headphones on, behaving like he rejects everyone. he appears in
Kingdom Hearts 3 D. He appears before Sora in Traverse Town and casually partners with him to survive the deadly Reaper's Game.
- Aerith and Bob: As a guy with two Japanese names (as opposed to, say, Sora, Kairi or Riku), he certainly stands out. Lampshaded; Sora seems to find his name rather strange.
- Blue Eyes
- Collared by Fashion
- Deadpan Snarker
- Emo Teen
- Expy: Of Sora and by extension Sion, luckily his sharper eyes and hair color helps set him apart.
- Hey, It's That Voice!: Roxas and Ven (in the Japanese version, anyway). His voice takes on more of the former than the latter however, if only for his significantly more angsty attitude.
- Japanese Pronouns: "Ore".
- Punny Name: Neku sounds similar to "neko" (Japanese for "cat"), and he's confirmed to have a cat dream eater.
- Psychic Powers
- Red-Headed Hero: More like "that orangeish you get when Asians bleach their hair", but the point stands.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Sora's red to Neku's blue
- Shonen Hair
- Sleeves Are for Wimps
- The Unexpected: The first Square-Enix character outside the Final Fantasy series to make a guest appearance in Kingdom Hearts.
- Your Days Are Numbered
Voiced by: Anna Hachimine (Japanese)
One of the main supporting characters of Square-Enix's title
The World Ends With You, She always carries a black stuffed cat wherever she goes. she appears in
Kingdom Hearts 3 D. Riku saves her from an onslaught of Dream Eaters after she was separated from her partner Neku.
"You're not giving up, are you Neku? Give up on the world, and you give up on yourself."
One of the main supporting characters of Square-Enix's title
The World Ends With You, he appears in
Kingdom Hearts 3 D. He encounters Riku and Sora alongside Beat. It seems he knows about the realm of dreams in detail.
Voiced by: Subaru Kimura (Japanese)
One of the main supporting characters of Square-Enix's title
The World Ends With You, he appears in
Kingdom Hearts 3 D. He encounters Riku and Sora alongside Joshua.He is wandering Traverse Town, looking for his partner Rhyme.
"My memories, they'll come back as soon as there's a chance."
One of the main supporting characters of Square-Enix's title
The World Ends With You, she appears in
Kingdom Hearts 3 D. Because she has lost her memories, she doesn't know why she's in Traverse Town.
