Character in Kingdom Hearts-Sora

A piece of promotional artwork for Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix+ that showcases the main characters of the series; Sora appears twice in the center in two different outfits. He is flanked by Roxas (left) and Riku (right)—who also appears at the far left—with the members of Organization XIII along the bottom.

Sora

Sora (ソラ) is an original character created by Tetsuya Nomura, the protagonist of the series and the character that the player directly controls through a majority of the series.Sora's weapon is the Kingdom Key Keyblade.Though not the original one chosen to wield the Keyblade, Sora was ultimately chosen over Riku because Sora's heart was stronger, while Riku's heart became vulnerable and temporarily weak.Nomura has stated that Sora's name can be interpreted as "sky";the Japanese word for sky is sora (空).He is voiced by Miyu Irino in the Japanese version and by Haley Joel Osment in the English version. As a child in Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, he is voiced by Takuto Yoshinaga in the Japanese version and Luke Manriquez in the English version.

Kingdom Hearts

Kingdom Hearts (キングダム ハーツ Kingudamu Hātsu) is a series of action-adventurerole-playing games developed and published by Square Enix. It is a collaboration between Square Enix and Disney Interactive Studios, and is under the direction of Tetsuya Nomura, a longtime Square Enix character designer. Kingdom Hearts is a crossover of various Disneysettings based in a universe made specifically for the series. The series features an all-starvoice cast, which includes many of the Disney characters’ official voice actors and well-known celebrities such as Haley Joel Osment, David Gallagher, Jesse McCartney, Hayden Panettiere, Mark Hamill, Christopher Lee and Leonard Nimoy. Characters from Square Enix’sFinal Fantasy series make appearances and interact with the player and the Disney characters. The series centers around the main character Sora’s search for his friends and his encounters with Disney and Final Fantasy characters on their worlds, though the most recent games have centered around other characters.

The series currently consists of seven games including remakes across different video game platforms, and future titles are planned. Most of the games in the series have been both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, though each title has seen varying levels of success. As of September 2008, the Kingdom Hearts series has shipped over 12  million copies worldwide, with 2  million copies in PAL regions, 3.0 million copies in Japan, and 5.6 million copies in North America. A wide variety of related merchandise has been released along with the games, including soundtracks, figurines, and companion books. Also, there is a novel series in manga style.