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Information

name riku	gender male
canon kh	age 18ish
timepoint post-MoM	species human

About

Riku is one of the main characters in the Kingdom Hearts series. He is the secondary antagonist of Kingdom Hearts, and a major playable character in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. He has lesser playable roles in Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts III, only for individual battles. In Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, he is playable in Mission Mode.

He lives on Destiny Islands with his best friends, Sora and Kairi, and all three of them dream of venturing from Destiny Islands to find out what worlds are out there. This dream comes true, although Riku becomes influenced by the darkness and struggles to find a place as Sora's ally. He eventually does and also becomes a Keyblade Master after passing his Mark of Mastery exam.

Appearance

height 5'10"
build muscular
hair silver
eyes green

first impressions Riku is a tall and muscular teenager with pale skin, bright blue-green eyes and silver hair. In Kingdom Hearts, his hair was shoulder-length, later in Kingdom Hearts II and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, it has grown longer, past his shoulders, reaching down to his upper back, but in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, it is cut short like when he was a child in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and certain scenes in Kingdom Hearts.

features In Kingdom Hearts III, Riku wears a black, hooded jacket that he keeps unzipped, with short sleeves, gold buttons, and a checkered pattern at the hem. Underneath, he wears a pale blue t-shirt with a V-neck. He also wears blue cropped trousers that are hemmed with the same checkered pattern as the jacket, black fingerless gloves on each hand, and black high-top boots. His hair remains the same length as it was in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, though it appears more spiked up in the back.

Powers

Keyblade Skill

Like Sora and Roxas, Riku can wield the Keyblade, though he can wield both his own and others since Terra chose Riku to inherit the Keyblade in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep.[4] In comparison to Sora's two-handed style and Roxas's dual-weaponry, Riku attacks with a fast one-handed style with his Soul Eater/Way to the Dawn, where he has a rather unique and signature fighting stance, where Riku holds his weapon above himself at his following side/arm (being his right arm) and puts his leading left hand out with its open palm being shown.

Riku attacks very quickly with either weapon in combat in one-handed strikes ranging from thrusts to wide strikes focusing on more on slashing motions as opposed to Sora's clubbing/pummeling style, and is just as adept with his weapons as Sora is with his. His strength and agility are best demonstrated on Destiny Island, where he is known as the strongest child on the island (Tidus remarked that he, Wakka, and Selphie were defeated by him even after they triple-teamed him), and possesses an athletic springing kick if knocked down.

Darkness

During his time working under Maleficent, the witch unlocked the darkness in Riku's heart, granting him various dark powers. Though using dark powers like these would usually corrupt a person's heart, Riku has mastered his own inner darkness, and now has full control over his powers. Mastering his own darkness granted Riku an immunity to the corrupting influence of darkness as a whole, meaning he can be exposed to large amounts of dark power without getting corrupted.

Magic

As a Keyblade wielder, Riku can utilize many different Magic spells by using his Keyblade as a conduit.

Techniques

Riku has a variety of techniques that he can use with his Keyblade.

Inventory

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