My Happy Birthday Series! You guessed it: blue. How about finding out which character you're most like? Kairi's heart is said to be filled only with pure light and goodness, despite darkness and evil residing in almost every heart. Roxas's birthday is kinda unknown. Riku senses Marluxia's defeat, and Zexion quickly arrives on the scene to explain it. Combining a Mickey card with Riku's Soul Eaters creates an offensive sleight, Holy Burst, that joins Riku's and Mickey's power together. Also, Riku is one of the three only characters shown being able to summon more than one Keyblade at once, the other two being Roxas and Sora. As soon as I took one step out of the door, I got blasted with confetti. He is then approached by Riku who asks him if he has decided (about what is not specified), and Sora says that he has. At the end, Sora and Riku toss their Keyblades together to act as a super-damaging magnet. He never wanted Sora and Kairi to find out about his time spent in the darkness and did everything he could to bring Roxas to DiZ to make Sora whole again, even going as far as giving up his physical form and assuming Ansem's. As a defeated Xion lies on the ground, Riku pulls off her hood and pulls up his blindfold to get a good look at her. At the Mysterious Tower, Yen Sid suggests to visit worlds Aqua had been to for clues. I just found out today is the birthday of these dorks! She offers to seal away Ansem and Riku's darkness, so that he may forget them, but will have to sleep to do so. As a child, he is voiced by Eiji Shima in the Japanese version, and Ty Panitz in the English dub. Yen Sid bestows upon Mickey and Riku a new set of clothes that will protect them from the darkness before they leave. Riku uses the last of his strength to hold back his possessor, and yells to the others to run. The Voice offers Riku the chance to sleep and forget his troubles as well as the light, or take the card and take the first steps toward the truth. This page was last edited on 5 February 2021, at 23:42. After DiZ leaves, Riku tells Mickey to destroy him if he fails to stop Ansem, but he refuses, saying he'll only help him regain control, and Riku concedes. Master Xehanort fills Riku and Mickey in on his past attempt to create the χ-blade by pitting Ventus and Vanitas against each other. He later smiles at Sora's decision to venture out to find those connected to him. Riku comes closer to the ground level, just as Marluxia's scheme fails and Sora finishes him off. However, now they are both strong enough to mount a successful attempt, and when Kairi teases Riku for his eagerness, he explains how he is learning to follow his heart like Sora. Afterward, Riku brings Kairi to Yen Sid at his request so she may begin training with her Keyblade. In Kingdom Hearts II, he wears a sleeveless, black, double-zippered shirt under a white vest. When Sora breaks down in despair, Riku sacrifices himself for Sora's sake, putting his faith in Sora to save all of their friends. The two fight, and Riku only manages to wear him down. He also shares many exclusive combat commands with Terra from Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, such as Zantetsuken, Sacrifice, Meteor, Limit Storm, and Meteor Crash. Mickey convinces him to regroup and resupply. During most of Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, and Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories, he wears a vest that has a yellow collar and is yellow in the front and black on the sides and back. At some point following this encounter, Riku gained the ability to transform his Soul Eater into a true Keyblade. and Riku are going to do the decorations. They lend their power to Sora as he uses the χ-blade to seal Kingdom Hearts away. Due to the influence that Maleficent has on him, Riku also becomes increasingly jealous of Sora. Aqua, Terra, and Ventus are going to be getting the food. A positive personality trait demonstrated by Riku is a strong desire to protect his friends. Ansem tells Riku about Ansem's Code, research data contained in the bottle that he had hid inside Sora while he was asleep. She claims that the only way to save Kairi, who has lost her heart to the darkness, is to ally himself with her and her band of villains, while abandoning Sora. King Mickey explains that he found a card which showed him Riku's heart and he followed it back to him. Consume the darkness, return it to light. #kingdom hearts #kh #sora #riku #kairi #fanart #scribbles #happy anniversary #anniversary #kingdom hearts 1 #kh1. However, the arrival of Fairy Godmother changes the mood; Riku reveals his dream of looking for Sora, being told that there might be a lead in his dreams and those of two others. To further the trio's goals, Vexen independently appears before Riku and the latter wonders if Vexen is with "Ansem" (Xehanort's Heartless). He is already an excellent swordsman and able hand-to-hand combatant, performing quite fast and athletic-related combos, with an athletic springing kick if knocked down. This scene corresponds with the final scene of Kingdom Hearts II. She is determined and courageous when someone she cares about is in danger, as she always puts herself in harm's way to help Sora when he's in trouble despite the dangers. He started off in a small scene showing Roxas beating him in a fight, and he was also shown being picked up by DiZ and Namine and being taken out of the Dark City. Riku has had little screentime for the first couple of chapters of Kingdom Hearts: For True Story. Just before the dark being can overwhelm Riku, Mickey saves him again and manages to bring him out of the darkness. Riku showed another glimpse of his strength in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days by defeating Xion with ease and holding his own against Roxas. Ansem attempts to take over Riku's body again, but remembering his secret encounter with Terra, Riku resolves to make his inner darkness his own power for good and make Ansem become part of his light. Though in Kingdom Hearts II(2), his age is technically not confirmed. Riku meets Sora again in Monstro, intending to use Pinocchio to help him find a way to save Kairi's heart. Upon hearing that it is merely revenge (DiZ does not disclose against whom it is), Riku clenches his fist, shocked and disgusted at how DiZ is merely using him and Sora for his own selfish reasons. DiZ asks Riku to kidnap Roxas, the Nobody of Sora, who has been having trouble regaining his memories. Sometime later, a young girl named Kairi arrives at the Destiny Islands from another world during a nighttime meteor shower. Personalize it with photos & text or purchase as is! He takes possession of Sora's Keyblade for a few moments before giving it back to Sora, much to Sora's surprise, and then he suddenly leaves. Riku chooses neither; he instead chooses to take the middle road, "the road to dawn". Riku and Roxas passing each other on the Skyscraper. Terra has a vision of Riku's future self, making him choose Riku as his successor, and submits him to the Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony, but asks to keep this conversation as a secret to keep the world's order. He recalls a prior conversation with Naminé discussing what he needs to do to awaken Sora. Later, Maleficent unlocks his dark powers which he has used throughout the series. Riku and Sora's journey starts on Destiny Islands, but they soon move on, and end up in Traverse Town, where Riku ends up separated from Sora, but discovers his new attire and abilities. Eventually, when the time comes for Roxas, Riku makes sure to prevent the Nobodies from flooding the town. I'm taking the middle road". Once told of the threat Master Xehanort poses, Riku does not hesitate to take the exam, seeing it as an opportunity to see whether or not he is worthy of wielding the Keyblade, especially after his past with the darkness. However, Riku rescues Kairi by opening a Corridor of Darkness, and takes her to Twilight Town, where she meets Hayner, Pence, and Olette, but never reveals his identity. Riku manages to defeat the Anti Black Coat and carries on through the castle, eventually coming face to face with Ansem. So of course I had to do a little birthday picture, though it’s just a real quick scribble. He is shocked by her appearance and begins questioning her how she is able to use the Keyblade, calling it a sham and worthless. Before the door is completely closed and sealed by Sora and Mickey, Riku tells the former to take care of Kairi. Afterwards, he and the others make their way up the castle, defeating the remaining Organization members save for Xemnas. Other perks Riku has access to include Potions, Hi-Potions, and enemy cards. While his traits weren't very heroic for most of the first game, Riku becomes much more noble by the end. [1] Nomura has stated that Riku's name can be interpreted as "land"; [18] the Japanese on'yomi pronunciation of land is riku (陸? 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. The plan failed, but he had a backup: Master Xehanort had Young Xehanort create the real Organization XIII made of Master Xehanort himself and twelve vessels to harbor a piece of his heart in order to create thirteen darknesses to battle seven lights and recreate the χ-blade. Sometime after that, Sora and Riku are resting on the beach. Depending on the enemy, Riku will use one of three sleights: Impulse, Maelstrom, or Barrage. From the Kingdom Hearts Wiki: A world of information not accessible by Gummiship, Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-, picture of Roxas, Hayner, Pence, and Olette in front of the haunted mansion, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep & 358/2 Days Original Soundtrack, Kingdom Hearts Original Soundtrack Complete, Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance Original Soundtrack, https://www.khwiki.com/index.php?title=Riku&oldid=814982, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories characters, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance characters, Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage- characters, Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory characters, An interesting note is that Riku wields Soul Eater, the Kingdom Key, and the Keyblade of heart on the opposite side of the handle, with the blade facing down when he is in his battle stance, except as a playable character in. In the Final Limit, Riku's weapon is enveloped in light, which he uses to swing at enemies, similar to Roxas's and Xion's Event Horizon Limit Break, although Riku's swings are noticeably slower. Maleficent bestows the power of darkness on Riku, giving him the power to command the Heartless. Sora then manages to open the Door to Light, which they walk through. Already a strong and skillful individual as a child, Riku was always the strongest child on Destiny Islands even before awakening his ability to wield a Keyblade. After seeing Terra, Aqua, and Ventus leave to search the Dark World, Riku visits the Radiant Garden Restoration Comittee in the hopes they have any clues. After some encouragement, Riku traverses the rest of the castle alongside Sora, abandoning his cloak and blindfold. My Happy Birthday Series! The three work together to construct a raft and gather supplies so that they can set out and search for other outside worlds. He uses Dark Roll and Dark Barrier. The information below only applies to my Kingdom Hearts fanfiction series: Reconnect Kingdom Hearts This information is circa Pre-Reconnect: Kingdom Hearts but post Kingdom Hearts 2 Name: Riku Rank: Keyblade Apprentice Home World: Destiny Islands Keyblade: Way to Dawn (Base and Primary) Age: 16 Birthday: December 22nd 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. He also takes some keepsakes of Roxas's during some of his visits. 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. He could not understand how Sora is so willing to forgive him, telling him that he didn't actually want to be found, and almost refusing to come back to Destiny Islands because of his shame for his wrongdoings. Riku interrogates her as to her identity and use of the Keyblade, while Xion demands to know why he's dressed as a member of the Organization. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX Review. After meeting Naminé, DiZ appears again to Riku and the King (who notes that DiZ seems familiar). Eventually, Sora's recovery comes to a complete standstill, and Riku volunteers for DiZ to take out Roxas. Fairly popular at that. Riku's stats rate him above average, with decent strength and HP. What first started from him only being slightly stronger than he was with Soul Eater soon grew to levels where he became among the most powerful bosses in the first game and in Chain of Memories, his increase steadily becomes greater, at first fighting the weak Organization XIII member Vexen to a standstill before quickly becoming able to fight and exhaust Lexaeus, although he lost the fight due to his eagerness, defeat Zexion and even overpower Ansem. The replica soon comes to battle Riku, mocking Riku's fear of the darkness while the replica embraces it. Left with no other choice, Riku releases the darkness imprisoned in his heart and takes on Ansem's form permanently. And... suppose there are other worlds... then that means ours is just a little piece of something much greater. Later, Riku and DiZ check up on Sora's progress at Twilight Town. Deciding to return to DiZ and offer his help, Riku dons a blindfold, so that "his eyes couldn't lie" about the darkness that he is preparing to use. In Kingdom Hearts II, he shows a great amount of loyalty and protectiveness for his friends. Riku's bangs are also more side-swept than later on in his life. 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. However, the real Riku proves victorious, and the replica runs off. At Sunset Hill, as Axel and Naminé ponder about their fate as Nobodies, Riku allows them to leave, thanking them both for helping him and Sora throughout their first conflict with the Organization in Castle Oblivion a year earlier. The machine then explodes, unable to handle Kingdom Hearts, sending Ansem the Wise to the Realm of Darkness while causing countless hearts Xemnas had collected into Kingdom Hearts to rain down on the world, creating a slew of Heartless. In Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, he is playable in Mission Mode. "Do you mean the twilight road to nightfall?""No. The sleight chosen depends on the sum of the card values. Story [edit | edit source] Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep [edit | edit source]. In addition, he took six of the seven Princesses' hearts and used them to form the Keyblade of heart. He tells her that she is the reason Sora is unable to wake up because part of his memories are inside of her. During this time, he has only three commands: Dark Aura, Attack, and Jump. Riku surmises that the Organization's members from the past are using artificial human replicas created by Vexen as vessels that enable their existence in the present, which inspires Sora to restore Roxas by transferring his heart into a replica body. However, the Riku Replica manages to find him, and demands another fight to prove him "worthy". Summoned by Yen Sid alongside Sora, Riku learns the truth of Master Xehanort and his impending return. However, before he heads back to Hollow Bastion, he tells Captain Hook that the captured Wendy is not a Princess of Heart. The white vest is yellow at the bottom with a blue stripe separating the two other colors. When Sora returns, they see that Xemnas has already reached Kingdom Hearts, and disappears into it. Riku and Mickey wait at the crossroads. Roxas's memory is erased by DiZ and he is placed into a Simulated Twilight Town, to live out his days until the time comes for him to meet Sora. Sora (Japanese: ソラ) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of Disney and Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts video game series. A dark card and a disembodied voice present themselves. This Keyblade, Braveheart, resembles a modern car key. Though Riku matures significantly over the course of the series, he retains some of his more youthful personality from Kingdom Hearts, particularly his sense of humor; he refers to Sora, Donald, and Goofy as "wise guys" when talking to the Emperor, cracks a joke about Donald and Goofy's intelligence at their expense ("Sora never did pick the brightest friends"), and calls Sora a "total sap" when going to confront Xemnas. He appears before Sora, showing him Kairi's body. They are disappointed to find only a featureless door in the "Secret Place", and they decide to someday leave the island and have real adventures. A Keyblade wielder that has the power of darkness, and is always ready to sacrifice himself to protect his friends. Please answer truthfully! Please see the Manual of Style and Editing Help before getting started. Riku is from Destiny Islands and is a childhood friend of Sora and Kairi. He muses about Sora's ability to connect with others' hearts, and how it may be able to bring back those that have been lost. After reading Mickey's letter, Sora sits on the paopu tree while holding it and staring off into the sunset. Door Sebastiaan Quekel op donderdag 3 oktober, 2013 om 14:00 When Sora takes damage, Riku can cast Dark Shield to protect him. It gave him a slight increase in power, but as seen in the battle versus the Parasite Cage, he was only slightly more powerful than on the islands. Riku states that he would like to leave his world too in order to become strong enough to protect his friends and everything else he holds dear. Tetsuya Nomura served as game director, his first time in this position. Riku leaves it behind for the Riku Replica, and goes to ask Yen Sid to help him get a new Keyblade to replace it. After bringing Kairi to be trained as a Keyblade wielder, Riku listens to Yen Sid's plans to protect the other Princesses of Heart and to bring back Terra, Aqua and Ventus. After the Dataspace simulation finishes, King Mickey goes to talk to Yen Sid, who advises him to summon Sora and Riku for a Mark of Mastery exam. The Riku Tsum Tsum can also be found alongside Sora in the Sora & Riku Tsum Tsum medal, found in Kingdom Hearts: Unchained χ as a super rare attack medal. With the strength of his friends, Sora reclaims the Keyblade, and drives Riku to fight him. Riku and Sora are tasked with the mission to awaken seven different worlds from a state of sleep as part of their Mark of Mastery exam. However, the battle only helps Vexen, who uses the data he gathered from the battle to create a replica of Riku. But when the real Ansem's Kingdom Hearts Encoder exploded, Riku returned to his old form. When he was young, Riku had been curious about everything that is outside of his world. He then leaves the King the digital versions of Olette's Munny Pouch and Roxas's crystal orb that he had pilfered from Roxas earlier. While he is drained from the trip, Maleficent unlocks the last of Riku's dark power. Riku asks Sora to join him and help him rescue Kairi, but Sora refuses, knowing that Riku's methods are wrong. He then gives Kairi the Destiny's Embrace Keyblade so that she may fight. Riku is the final boss of the game, as the game ends with the battle between him and Roxas depicted in several scenes in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II, including the secret endings of Another Side, Another Story... and Deep Dive. The Riku Replica's heart exits Riku's body, and reveals Dark Riku is his own heart from the past. In the Destiny Islands room of the Dataspace's Castle Oblivion, Data-Riku reveals to Sora the memory of Riku on the Clock Tower. Terra chose him to inherit the power of the Keyblade. Riku, Sora, and Kairi continued to live on the Destiny Islands together. Riku also gained full control over his dark powers and finally defeated Ansem. The same should follow for the other Disney characters. Riku tries to resist Zexion's comments, but Zexion ultimately gives him a world card of Destiny Islands. In the new game Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Roxas says (or at least in the trailer) that it has been 255 days since he's joined the organization (or something like that, but he joined the same day Xemnas found him after he woke up in front of the abandoned mansion according to that … Riku then comes across a letter in a bottle, written by Kairi, and gives it to Sora, believing him to be the proper recipient. Though Riku attempts to depart when Saïx escapes, he is stopped by Kairi and Pluto. This leaves the pair trapped in the Realm of Darkness, looking for another way out. The young man turns out to be an alternate timeline incarnation of Master Xehanort in his youth, who has been traveling to different periods in time to recruit several other incarnations of Xehanort together. The thirteenth vessel was intended to be Riku but he became unfit as he built a resistance to darkness. "Riku" then summons the Parasite Cage and leaves through a portal of darkness. The next day, Riku joins the other guardians in the Keyblade Graveyard, where Terra-Xehanort attacks, before being ejected from the battlefield. Riku (Japans: リク) is een personage uit de Kingdom Hearts-reeks, gecreëerd door Tetsuya Nomura.Hij is de beste vriend van Sora en Kairi.Hij is beheerst en serieus, maar is nieuwsgierig naar andere werelden en het onbekende. Riku defeats the Nightmare and uses Sora's Keyblade to enter a memory of the Destiny Islands, deep inside Sora's heart. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Here's a safe way to beat Riku. Sometime before Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, he cut it short to the length it was when he was a child. However, once all the seven Sleeping Keyholes in the Dreaming Realm are sealed, Sora ends up trapped in sleep in The World that Never Was, and Riku rushes to his rescue upon realizing this. Riku returns to the real world, reuniting with Sora and the others, and Yen Sid names Riku as a Keyblade Master. He then goes to Neverland, traveling on Captain Hook's ship, where Kairi's body is being kept. Riku's Limit Break, Darkstrom, causes him to dart around the field and attack enemies. Riku also sees that this man is the voice that presented itself at the beginning of his journey. He eventually snaps out of it and feels tremendous guilt and remorse for all he had done. A cloaked figure appears to him from the Darkness, telling him that only one with a stronger heart can claim the Keyblade, and Riku's was weaker than Sora. However, this form was taxing on his heart as seen after his battle with Sora in Hollow Bastion. Riku can also use one non-reaction command ability, Cure Potion, which restores the party to maximum health. It's the road to dawn". Saved from abstractcraziness.deviantart.com. Kairi is caring, kindhearted and brave. When he is playable in Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, he is given a preset deck in each world that cannot be changed and changes automatically during gameplay. Angered, Xion attempts to retaliate, but Riku gives her a chop to the back of neck, knocking her down. Watching Sora from a distance, Maleficent turns Riku against Sora, telling him that Sora has abandoned him and Kairi for traveling with Donald and Goofy. However, Xemnas attacks, riding on a gigantic robotic dragon, and separates Sora and Riku from the others. During the next several years, they often wonder about what lies beyond their small world, prompted by the mystery of Kairi's forgotten home. Sometime afterwards, Riku and Sora are resting on a beach under a starry sky at night. Sora finds Riku first. Riku and the other are shocked when Lea vows to catch up with him, reveals his plan of becoming a Keyblade Master, and successfully — albeit accidentally — summons his Keyblade Bond of the Blaze. This is illustrated by his lack of fear while stepping into the dark portal during Destiny Islands' demise. It was a warm, sunny day on Destiny Islands like all others, but today was everything but usual. Most importantly, Riku has the ability to use three new sleights in Dark Mode by stocking together three attack cards. Additionally, he forms a strong bond with Mickey during their time together in Castle Oblivion and later begins to address him familiarly throughout the rest of the series. 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