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Riku (リク?) is Sora and Kairi's best friend and an original character created by Tetsuya Nomura for the Kingdom Hearts series. Nomura has stated that Riku's name can be seen as "land"; the Japanese on'yomi pronunciation of land is riku (陸?). Riku is voiced by David Gallagher in the English version and Mamoru Miyano in the Japanese version. He is playable in the second story mode of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and as a world-specific ally in Kingdom Hearts II, wherein he is also briefly playable during the final battle when Xemnas incapacitates Sora and traps him in an energy field.
At the beginning of the series, he is 15 years old and lives on Destiny Islands with his friends. When their world is attacked by the Heartless, the three are separated. Riku ends up at Hollow Bastion where he is found by Maleficent. Under her influence, Riku turns on Sora and searches for a way to help Kairi. Riku eventually becomes possessed by Xehanort's Heartless, with his heart sent to the realm of darkness where he meets King Mickey and aids him in helping Sora seal the door to the realm of darkness.
In Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, he awakes in Castle Oblivion, the same fortress Sora had arrived at, and begins traversing to the top from the basement. Along the way, Riku confronts the remaining darkness in his heart, and also encountered DiZ, who has been overseeing his progress. Upon reaching the top he finds Naminé, who is attending to a sleeping Sora to restore his lost memories. Riku then chose to find a balance between his light and darkness. A replica of Riku was created by Vexen in Castle Oblivion during the events of Chain of Memories referred to simply as the "Riku Replica." Shortly after his creation, the replica was made to believe he was the real Riku and battled Sora over false memories they both shared until he rediscovered the truth and wandered the castle to find himself, eventually battling Riku and meeting his end afterward.
After the events in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Riku dons the attire of the Organization to help DiZ in ensuring Sora is restored in peace. While capturing Roxas in order to make Sora complete again, Riku uses the power of darkness at the cost of becoming a physical manifestation of Xehanort's Heartless. Trapped in that form even after leaving DiZ, Riku helps Sora in secret and never showing his face, not wanting Sora or anyone else to discover what had become of him. Riku returns to his original form with the destruction of a machine intended to convert Kingdom Hearts into data. Afterwards, Riku and Sora battle and defeat Xemnas. In the end, they end up on a dark beach, and discuss how strong their friendship is and how much each of them wanted to be like the other, before a portal opens to Destiny Islands. The two use the portal and are sent home.
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and yesh they are shaped funny xD
B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Cx
Touch people with bananas :F
xD....
Lol I wont eet them :3
BONANA HAAANDS.
xP
Imm eet ur hands too CX
Lol.
How about..hands xD.
Nao wha? :B
irl i has barefeet too xD.
-wiggles-
xDD
Wiggles you feet? xD
I wiggle :B
Lol x3
I meant imma eet ur feet xDD.
Lmao.
- bites feet-
Imma ur feet C:<
lol. jk.
I just bought shoes 8D
and sockies :3