Tidus Tidus is the main protagonist of " Final Fantasy X " , a rising star blitzball player from Zanarkand . After the gargantuan monster known as Sin attacks his hometown , Tidus is transported to the world of Spira . Lost , confused , and seemingly out of place , Tidus meets a newly - fledged summoner named Yuna , and her guardians . Yuna is to set out on a pilgrimage to put an end to Sin , and by joining Yuna on her pilgrimage Tidus hopes he will find his way home . Yuna is the main protagonist in " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , but her relationship with Tidus works as the prime motivation for her to start her quest . Pronunciation . Since Tidus is never directly referred to by name in audible dialogue , instead being referred to using impersonal pronouns ( you , him , new guy , brudda ) , the pronunciation of his name among fans is sometimes unclear , although the expected Japanese pronunciation is " Tee - da " . This was confirmed in " " , which features him in a cameo , and was also confirmed in an interview with James Arnold Taylor who did Tidus ' s English voice . Tidus ' s name is pronounced " Tee - Dus " in English - language trailers and commercials released prior to the game . In " " , although Tidus doesn ' t appear , Selphie mentions him , pronouncing his name as " Tie - dus " [ taɪːdʌs ] . Though ostensibly unrelated to either , the pronunciation of his name among fans may be affected by its resemblance to the English word " tide " and the given name " Titus " . In " Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn " a character mistakes the name " Titan " with " Tidus " . However , in the English release of " Dissidia Final Fantasy " , all characters refer to him as " Tee - dus " . More recently , he was referred to as " Tee - dus " in the English version of " Final Fantasy X - Will - " , as well as in " World of Final Fantasy " . Profile . Appearance . Tidus has disheveled blond hair with spiky layers . His hair is brown in his childhood flashbacks . He wears the logo of his blitzball team , the Zanarkand Abes , as a silver pendant , and the logo is also printed on his right trouser - leg . Tidus puts his own flair on the regular blitzball player ' s outfit by having one shorter and one longer trouser - leg , similar to his father Jecht , who wore a sash on his right side over a pair of shorts . Tidus wears yellow and black shoes , a gauntlet on his left hand and a black glove on the other , a yellow jacket with a white hood , and a blue pauldron and armor over his left arm . The dark dungaree - type outfit he wears over his other clothes is fastened with a black belt that has a metal chain . In " Final Fantasy X - Will - " Tidus ' s artwork has aspects of Jecht ' s design , wearing a similar headband . Personality . Tidus is upbeat and carefree and at first appears childish . He turns more serious when things get hectic , and despite his carefree ways , conceals a troubled past . Tidus is sensitive and even when giving an emotional response to most of his arguments , tends to give a good rationale . Having been picked on throughout his childhood by his blitzball - playing father motivated Tidus to become a blitzball player himself . To Tidus ' s dismay , he has similarities to his father who tended to deny his position , take things easy , and never worry about the present situation leaving things for the morrow , traits Tidus despised about him . Tidus ' s resemblance to his father is pointed out by Auron , who says Tidus is " the one running away " . A lot of Tidus ' s personality is shaped by the comments he used to receive from his father , and how he grew up to resent him . Despite having been verbally offensive , at heart , Jecht was proud of his son and his resolve . Tidus confronts his childhood and his relationship with his father when living out his new life in Spira , and matures from a self - centered and outspoken athlete to a selfless hero . Story . " Final Fantasy X " . Tidus , a citizen of Zanarkand , is about to play blitzball in the Jecht Memorial Cup — a tournament in honor of his lost father , who vanished ten years ago while on a blitzball training expedition out at sea . People revere Jecht ' s skills as unequaled , which pressures Tidus to match , if not surpass , his father . During the tournament Zanarkand is attacked by Sin , an immense creature shrouded in water . The city is destroyed in its path , but Tidus escapes before the blitzball stadium collapses . Tidus meets up with his mentor Auron outside the stadium , but time stops and a boy in purple robes appears before him , claiming something is about to start . After the boy vanishes , Tidus continues after Auron who reveals the force destroying the city is called " Sin " and gives Tidus " a gift from Jecht , " a longsword . Together they fight their way to the monster and Auron drags Tidus into its depths , claiming this is the beginning of his story . Tidus awakens in the Baaj Temple area in the world of Spira , where he runs into a group of Al Bhed salvagers who recruit Tidus for their salvage operation of a sunken airship . He befriends an Al Bhed girl named Rikku and tells her about his life in Zanarkand and of his career as the star player of the Zanarkand Abes . Rikku is reluctant to believe him , asking if he breathed in Sin ' s toxin , which is known to induce amnesia , as a thousand years have passed since Zanarkand ' s destruction . Rikku explains that since Zanarkand is a holy place , it would be wise not to tell any Yevon ites of his life there . After being knocked off the Salvage Ship by another Sin attack , Tidus washes ashore at Besaid Island . Tidus meets Wakka , coach and captain of the Besaid Aurochs blitzball team , who is impressed by Tidus ' s talent . Tidus decides to stick with the story of being a victim of Sin ' s toxin lest people think of him a heretic . Wakka takes Tidus to the village and in Besaid Temple they learn that an apprentice summoner has not returned from the Cloister of Trials . Worried the summoner may be in danger , Tidus rushes in despite the priest ' s warning about obeying the precepts of the Yevon religion . Wakka follows and finds Tidus near the entrance to the Chamber of the Fayth where he tells him about the fayth and the temples : only summoners and guardians ( such as Wakka ) can go in and face the trials . In the middle of the temple resides a fayth statue a summoner must pray to in order to be bestowed with its power . Tidus meets the summoner Yuna , who has just completed the trials and obtained the aeon Valefor , and her accompanying guardians , Lulu and Kimahri Ronso . That night , Tidus awakens from a dream of his father putting him down . He overhears Lulu berating Wakka , claiming Wakka is only interested in Tidus because he reminds him of his late brother , Chappu . Wakka later explains to Tidus that Chappu , who was a member of the Crusaders — a group dedicated to protecting Spira from Sin — was killed the previous year . Wakka gives Tidus Chappu ' s old sword , the Brotherhood . Yuna leaves on her journey to defeat Sin with her guardians Wakka , Lulu , and Kimahri . Tidus tags along , as Wakka plans to take him to a blitzball tournament in Luca in hopes someone will recognize him there . As they sail to Kilika , Tidus gets to know Yuna who believes he truly is from Zanarkand , because " a man named Jecht " had told her the same story when she was younger . Yuna explains Jecht helped her father , high summoner Braska , as his guardian . When Tidus tells her Jecht disappeared from Zanarkand ten years ago , Yuna says it was the day Jecht arrived in Spira . Before they can talk further , the boat falls under attack from Sin . The group fights off Sin and its spawn , but upon arriving at Kilika Port they find the port and the village destroyed . Yuna performs a sending , a ceremony which sends the spirits of the dead to the Farplane , Spira ' s plane of afterlife . After acquiring Ifrit in the Kilika Temple , the party arrives at Luca for the annual Blitzball World Championship , with Tidus learning his new team , the Besaid Aurochs , is the butt of the tournament , having a twenty - three - year losing streak . Unaccustomed to losing , he tries to instill a newfound enthusiasm for victory within the team . Tidus and the others witness the arrival of Grand Maester Mika and the newest Maester of Yevon , Seymour Guado , a man who is half - human and half - Guado . Tidus and Yuna tour the town and he teaches her how to whistle , promising to come running when she does lest they get separated in the crowd . Yuna is excited over rumors of Auron being around town , a legendary guardian who also served Braska , a revelation that mystifies Tidus . Kimahri ' s old rivals , Biran and Yenke Ronso , pick a fight with him , and when Tidus helps him , Yuna is kidnapped by the Al Bhed Psyches blitzball team . Tidus , Kimahri and Lulu save her from the Al Bhed ship and Tidus learns Yuna is half - Al Bhed on her mother ' s side . Lulu warns Tidus not to tell Wakka about Yuna ' s lineage , as Wakka " never had much love for the Al Bhed . " The Aurochs face Luca Goers in the final . Tidus takes Wakka ' s place at first , but switches out after the crowd chants for Wakka to return . The stadium is attacked by fiends and Tidus and Wakka fight them off and run into Auron . Seymour summons the aeon Anima to destroy the fiends . Tidus confronts Auron wanting to know what is going on , but the latter only claims Sin is Jecht . A stunned Tidus refuses to believe it . Auron and Tidus join Yuna ' s group as her guardians . She tries to cheer Tidus up by teaching him how to smile even if he ' s feeling sad . Yuna explains Sin is mankind ' s punishment for their vanity , and will not go away unless they have atoned , and how the Final Aeon — the only way to destroy Sin — lies in wait in the Zanarkand ruins . At the end of Mi ' ihen Highroad Tidus and the group are blocked by the Crusaders planning for " Operation Mi ' ihen , " where the Crusaders and the Al Bhed would join forces to lure Sin into a trap and destroy it with a machina cannon supposedly as powerful as the aeons . The Crusaders let Yuna ' s group through under Maester Seymour ' s orders . Sin attacks and reduces the Crusaders to ashes . As it pulls out into the sea Tidus chases after it , hallucinates of his father , and awakes near the Djose Highroad where Yuna is sending the fallen to the Farplane . Tidus meets up with Auron and is again told Sin is Jecht and that the reason Sin showed up was to see his son . Auron explains Jecht wanted to show Tidus his power so Tidus would kill him . The group crosses the Moonflow river on a shoopuf and Wakka shows Tidus a sunken city . Tidus learns more about Spira ' s history and the Machina War from 1000 years ago when Zanarkand was destroyed and Sin first appeared . Yuna is kidnapped by an Al Bhed machina robot that pulls her underwater , but Tidus and Wakka jump in to save her . On the shore Tidus runs into Rikku , relieved to meet his first friend in Spira , and is startled she was the one controlling the machina that kidnapped Yuna . After a talk with Yuna , Rikku joins the group as her guardian , concealing her identity as an Al Bhed from Wakka . Maester Seymour ' s home of Guadosalam lies on the way of the pilgrimage so the group briefly stops there and is welcomed by the Maester . Seymour has become fixated on Yuna , fueling Tidus ' s dislike for him in light of his own growing feelings towards her . Seymour shows the party a sphere recording of the ancient Zanarkand and tells the story of how Yunalesca , the first summoner to defeat Sin with the Final Aeon , had her husband as her guardian and their bond allowed her success . Seymour proposes to Yuna , asking her to marry him for the good of Spira , but she takes her time to decide and the group visits the Farplane the underground realm of Spira that has a gateway to Guadosalam . Farplane is the gathering place for departed spirits where one can summon images of their deceased loved ones triggered by their memories . Yuna , unaware of Sin ' s identity , notes to Tidus that Jecht must still be alive since he doesn ' t appear on the Farplane . When his mother appears , Tidus realizes he blamed Jecht for her death , and resented how she barely took note of him whenever Jecht was around . Upon exiting , the " ghost " of Jyscal Guado escapes the Farplane . After Yuna sends him , a sphere drops from Jyscal ' s clothing , which she takes . While crossing the Thunder Plains the party stops at Rin ' s Travel Agency and Yuna checks out a room . Tidus passes through the hall when he hears a man speaking in Yuna ' s room . As he tries to listen in the door opens and he falls into the room , catching Yuna viewing the sphere showing Seymour ' s deceased father , Jyscal Guado . Yuna explains the sphere is Jyscal ' s will and says to " take care of my son . " Yuna decides to accept Seymour ' s proposal and travel to Lake Macalania where Seymour awaits her answer . After an encounter with the Al Bhed , who again try to kidnap Yuna , the party rides snowmobiles to the temple . If Tidus rides with Lulu , she will finally believe Tidus hails from outside of Spira after he asks her if a person can become Sin . If he rides with Rikku , she reveals she is Yuna ' s cousin and worries over Yuna ' s safety if she continues her pilgrimage . If he rides with Auron , the two race to the temple and Auron warns him of acting too rash . If he rides with Kimahri , he asks his opinion on Rikku being Al Bhed with Kimahri explaining that even though the Ronso are supposed to dislike the Al Bhed as followers of Yevon , he trusts Rikku as a friend . At Macalania Temple they discover from Jyscal ' s sphere that Seymour had killed his father to gain the title of Maester , and Yuna had planned to marry Seymour with the condition he will turn himself in . As they confront Seymour they are forced into battle and Seymour is killed . Before Yuna can perform a sending , his body is taken away by his aide Tromell who brands them traitors for killing a Maester . Before the Guado can apprehend Tidus and the others , Sin — that had been resting under the frozen lake listening to the " Hymn of the Fayth " emanating from the temple — whisks them away , and they are washed up in the deserts of Bikanel Island . With Yuna missing , Rikku guides her friends to Home , the Al Bhed ' s sanctuary , in the hopes of finding her there , but they discover the city under siege by the Guado . In the Summoner ' s Sanctum the party finds other summoners the Al Bhed had kidnapped , but Yuna is not among them . Tidus is told the truth about the pilgrimage : the Final Summoning destroys Sin , but also kills the summoner , and that ' s why the Al Bhed want to halt the practice . Tidus suffers an emotional meltdown and swears to find a way to keep Yuna alive . Everyone evacuates to the Al Bhed airship , the " Fahrenheit " , which was the airship Tidus helped Rikku ' s crew salvage when he first arrived in Spira . They meet Cid , leader of the Al Bhed as well as Rikku ' s father and Yuna ' s uncle , and proceed to Bevelle where Yuna is being forced into marrying the now - unsent Seymour . Tidus and the rest of the guardians crash the ceremony , but cannot stop it . Seymour commands the Warrior Monks to finish them off , but Yuna distracts them by jumping from the balcony , summoning Valefor mid - air , and escaping to Bevelle ' s Chamber of the Fayth where she receives the aeon Bahamut . The group is tried for killing Seymour and siding with the Al Bhed , and named traitors of Yevon . Yuna argues her case that Seymour , as an unsent , must be sent to the Farplane , and is shocked the Grand Maester Mika reveals his status as an unsent as well . Realizing the depth of Yevon ' s corruption , the party is sentenced to the dungeons of Via Purifico . Tidus , Rikku and Wakka fight off underwater fiends and are reunited with the others . At the exit they confront Seymour who reveals his plans on using Yuna to become the next Sin and destroy Spira , " saving " everyone from fear and suffering . The party defeats Seymour and retreats to Macalania Woods where Yuna , her faith shaken , departs to the forest spring . Tidus follows her and reveals he knows the truth behind the Final Summoning and apologizes for always talking about life after defeating Sin . Tidus attempts to convince Yuna to abandon her pilgrimage and stay with him , and though Yuna considers it , she is unable to abandon her duty to Spira . Tidus comforts her and they share a kiss under a full moon . The next morning the group continues toward Zanarkand , and Tidus and Rikku try to come up with a plan to save Yuna . On Mt . Gagazet the party comes across the Fayth Scar , a mass of fayth summoning at once . Tidus passes out and finds himself back at home in Zanarkand . He meets the strange boy he saw when Sin attacked Zanarkand , and learns the boy is a fayth . Tidus is told that he , Jecht and the Zanarkand they come from , are dreams of the fayth , ordered into existence after the original Zanarkand was destroyed . The fayth want Tidus to defeat Sin permanently so they can cease their dreaming , but if he succeeds the dream will end and Tidus himself will disappear . Tidus is left with these words : " You have been touched by Sin . . . you ' re more than just dreams now . " When Tidus comes to , he decides to conceal what he has learned from the others . The party camps out in the Zanarkand ruins ' outskirts where Tidus recounts his tale . In Zanarkand they witness visions of the past through pyreflies — the mystical life energy of Spira that the souls of the dead are also composed of — including Seymour ' s childhood and the last chapters of Braska ' s pilgrimage . The group meets Lady Yunalesca , the first summoner to defeat Sin who now resides as an unsent in the Zanarkand Dome to grant the Final Aeon to summoners who complete their pilgrimage . Tidus learns Sin is Jecht because the Final Aeon is dead , and a guardian close to the summoner will have to sacrifice him or herself to become the fayth for a new one , as Jecht did . After the Final Aeon pierces Sin ' s armor , Yu Yevon , the being at Sin ' s core , possesses the Final Aeon , killing its summoner , and transforms it into a new Sin , thus continuing the cycle . Yunalesca leaves the group to decide who will be sacrificed into becoming the new fayth for the Final Aeon , but Tidus wants to break the " spiral of death " as Yuna does not wish to sacrifice any of her friends . Yunalesca becomes dismayed at the party ' s unwillingness to follow the rites of the pilgrimage and offers to end their suffering through death . The party sees a vision of Auron from the past confronting Yunalesca , grief - stricken over Braska ' s death and Jecht ' s transformation . Yunalesca killed Auron , making him presently an unsent . As the present Auron rallies his team to fight Yunalesca , Tidus tells Yuna to see their story through together . Yunalesca is defeated and without her , summoners will never be able to temporarily defeat Sin again . Auron tells Tidus he was an unsent all along , his spirit unable to rest because of the promises he had made to Jecht and Braska . The party leaves Zanarkand determined there is another way to defeat Sin . The team boards Cid ' s airship and plans the next move : if they can defeat the current Final Aeon , Yu Yevon will be left spiritually and ecumenically vulnerable , which is when the party can destroy him . To do this , they must invade the hulk of Sin ' s body and destroy Yu Yevon from the inside . Seymour , determined to become the new Sin , attempts to stop them , but the party defeats him , leaving him weak enough for Yuna to finally send . As they travel further inside Sin , they encounter Jecht , Tidus ' s father and Braska ' s Final Aeon . Jecht tells Tidus he is proud of him and though it ' s difficult for Jecht to say , Tidus can tell his father loves him . Jecht transforms and the party defeats him as Braska ' s Final Aeon , releasing him from Yu Yevon ' s possession . Yu Yevon possesses each of Yuna ' s aeons in turn , and the group defeats each one until Yu Yevon has nowhere left to hide . Tidus reveals he will vanish once they defeat Yu Yevon , but says " I know it ' s selfish , but this is my story ! " After defeating Yu Yevon , Yuna sends the aeons and Auron to the Farplane . The fayth depart and , being a dream of the fayth himself , Tidus must meet the same fate . As he begins to fade , he apologizes to Yuna for not being able to show her his Zanarkand and bids a tearful farewell to his friends . Yuna rushes up to him but passes right through him . Yuna tells Tidus she loves him ( in the original Japanese she simply thanks him for his help ) and Tidus embraces Yuna one last time . He takes a running leap off the deck of the " Fahrenheit " and enters the Farplane , where he is reunited with the spirits of Braska , Auron , and Jecht . Tidus gives his father a jovial high - five , signifying the two are finally at peace . In the depths of the ocean among swirling pyreflies , Tidus wakes up and swims toward the surface with a smile on his face . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Two years later Yuna views an ancient sphere recording of a man with the likeness of Tidus trapped in a cage and demanding to see " the summoner " . The sphere compels Yuna to join the Gullwings , a sphere hunting group , and travel Spira to discover what really happened to the man she loves . The wise man Maechen implies Tidus ' s likeness and abilities are the fayth ' s way of recreating a man named Shuyin — the person in the sphere Yuna saw — from Zanarkand ' s golden age . If at the end of her journey Yuna tells the fayth she wants to see Tidus again , he is revived by the fayth . He awakes in the depths of the ocean and swims to the surface finding himself off the coast of Besaid Island . Tidus is greeted by Yuna and a crowd of people on the beach , including Wakka , Lulu and their baby . " Final Fantasy X - 2 . 5 ~ Eien no Daishō ~ " . After reuniting with Yuna on the Besaid Island shore , Tidus accompanies the others to Besaid Village . He is surprised to be introduced to Vidina , Wakka and Lulu ' s child , and talks to Wakka and the Besaid Aurochs about everything that had happened in his two years of absence . During the preparations for a welcome party Yuna is busy greeting the village elders at the temple , and Lulu explains Tidus should leave her alone for the time being . When talking to Rikku , she notes that although Tidus ' s appearance hasn ' t changed , he ' s not the same lighthearted Tidus he was two years ago . After Tidus is introduced to Paine , a member of Yuna ' s sphere hunting group , he and Rikku talk about the Gullwings ' sphere hunting activities , the three new factions of Spira ( the Youth League , New Yevon , and Machine Faction ) , as well as Yuna ' s reason for becoming a sphere hunter and how she had brought Tidus back with the help of the fayth . Afterwards , Wakka and Tidus talk about blitzball and Wakka attempts to confirm Tidus is real and not an unsent . Tidus meets Briar , a man of few words dispatched from Bevelle to work as a priest at Besaid Temple . Briar notices Tidus hails from the Zanarkand of a thousand years ago . The Gullwings ' airship has broken down , Yuna has gone missing and a storm is to hit Besaid later that night . Tidus searches for Yuna on the beach and boards the Aurochs ' boat but ends up falling asleep in the cabin . Upon waking , he finds the boat moving in the darkness with Yuna in the captain ' s seat . She explains the elderly wanted to hear about her adventure with the Gullwings , and how she feels culpable having robbed them of their spiritual support after Yevon ' s downfall . Tidus disagrees and they argue . He tries to kiss her and she refuses , but after making up Yuna proclaims she does not ever want to leave him . While trying to return to Besaid , Yuna and Tidus get lost at the stormy sea and end up shipwrecked on an uninhabited island that resembles Besaid . They find two stone statues pointing in a certain direction that leads them to the area where the village would otherwise be , but there is no village . Tidus hypothesizes they had traveled a thousand years into the past . They explore the forest hoping to find a clue on how to return home when Tidus mistakes a bomb for a blitzball and is killed in an explosion . He is brought back by Yuna ' s feelings for him , although Tidus does not realize what has happened . The two find themselves alone in a place that resembles Besaid Temple and come across the statues of the gods people worshiped before the time of Yevon : Kush , goddess of food and shelter ; Velm , god of safety ; Slone , god of quenching regret ; Arb , god of knowledge ; Luchel ; god of War , Kanaela ; goddess of protection from darkness ; Meiyou , goddess of light ; and Guarudo , god of rest . They leave the temple and come across a frail woman called Kush from Bevelle . She is not the goddess as per the statue , but had only borrowed that name . She explains about the role of summoners in war and the Bedore ( the old name for the Al Bhed ) . Yuna realizes this is a different world and Kush disperses into pyreflies . Yuna senses the presence of another summoner and tells Tidus they must meet with him to find a way back home . Tidus senses danger and tells Yuna to run , but Yuna hesitates as she fears Tidus will disappear like Kush . Yuna tells Tidus she wants to be alone for a while and goes out for a walk , but does not return , leaving Tidus worried . Kush appears to him and makes a bargain to grant him the power to return to his world on the condition he finds the " Kush " in his world and kills her for both him and Yuna to return together . Tidus does not understand and she tells him a man called Briar will know . She grants him a power that allows Tidus to return by imagining his destination and running , and Tidus returns to the Besaid of his world . He finds Besaid Village in chaos and everyone interrogates Tidus on Yuna ' s whereabouts . Tidus explains that to bring Yuna back they must find Briar as per his order from Kush . Tidus tries to imagine Yuna , hoping that Kush ' s power will help him reach her , and finds her at the beach as she had managed to escape the other world on her own . Tidus explains to her about Kush and the power she gave him , and how he must find her . Using the power , they find a frail Kush sitting in a chair . Yuna sees she is just a beckoning . Briar , who is actually an unsent beckoned back into the world , appears , relieved to reunite with Kush . He thanks Tidus and Yuna for helping them meet before they disappear together . With Kush gone , the power she had granted Tidus vanishes and Yuna and Tidus return to the village . Tidus and Yuna travel to Zanarkand by foot due to the Gullwings ' airship having malfunctioned . They stand on the spot where Tidus once stood to tell his story to the others , and Yuna asks Tidus if he ' s real and not just a dream . She smiles , praying they can be together forever . However , Yuna knows she beckoned him after the incident on the island via her feelings for him , and if Tidus realizes this he will disappear . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " 100 % Ending . After traveling to Zanarkand Tidus tells Yuna about his theory of the fayth gathering his thoughts and putting them back together . Yuna asks if he will disappear again , but Tidus says they should just cherish each other . Yuna playfully pushes Tidus into a pool of water and Tidus jokes about Yuna not cherishing him , but she points out that he didn ' t disappear . " " . Should one obtain the Good or Perfect Ending , Yuna will mention living with Tidus in Besaid . This scene will always play in the " HD Remaster " as the game assumes one has reached 100 % for completion . " Final Fantasy X - Will - " . Six months later , Tidus has become a blitzball star in Spira despite being weaker than he used to be . Chuami and Kurgum are being sent to Besaid by Baralai , leader of the Spira Council , to meet with Yuna , and they meet Tidus on the Bevelle Stadium Road . Chuami notices he ' s injured and has little energy , although he is trying to hide it . Chuami and Kurgum return to Bevelle with Yuna , who rushes to meet with Tidus . Yuna had previously told Chuami that Tidus is her boyfriend , but when Chuami and Kurgum eavesdrop on the conversation between the two , it seems they are breaking up . Yuna is jealous of Tidus ' s friend Marphie , but soon tells him she doesn ' t care anymore , and has already got another person she likes . Tidus asks who it is , but Yuna tells him it ' s someone he doesn ' t know and leaves . Chuami and Kurgum part ways with the latter accompanying Yuna and Wakka , and the former returning to Besaid with Tidus . When Tidus asks Lulu about Yuna ' s new love interest , Lulu says she thought Tidus would know Yuna better and tells him to find out himself . She says that if something else can be brought back , then Sin ' s revival shouldn ' t be surprising . After Tidus figures out the meaning behind Lulu ' s words , they depart . On a ship with Lulu and Chuami , Tidus says he wants to follow Yuna and the others on her new journey to once again defeat Sin that has been beckoned back into the world , since he had promised to be with her forever . Gameplay . In " Final Fantasy X " Tidus is the main playable character who functions as a Warrior , wielding swords and shields . His path on the Sphere Grid leads towards high Agility , Evasion , and Accuracy growth , and while his Strength growth is strong , it lags behind Auron . Tidus begins with no special abilities , but he learns a few speed - based Wht Magic abilities , such as Haste and Slow , buffs such as Cheer , and attacks such as Delay Attack and Delay Buster . His Overdrive is Swordplay , which deals physical damage to enemies based on his own stats and whether correctly landing the cursor in the center of the on - screen bar . He gains new skills based on how many times he uses it . His Celestial Weapon is Caladbolg . Along with Wakka and Rikku , he is one one of the three characters that can fight underwater . As the main party member , Tidus always appears in field gameplay ( only once replaced by Yuna ) , and participates in the majority of minigame s . Tidus is a blitzball player . With high SH and EN , he is a strong forward player , though he struggles defensively and initially has low PA . If he learns the Jecht Shot on the " S . S . Liki " , he can be a very strong striker early on due to being able to knock out two opponents before making a shot . In the " International " and " HD Remaster " versions of " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , Tidus can be recruited as a non - controllable party member through the Creature Creator system , after being fought as a boss during the Farplane Cup in the Fiend Arena . The abilities Tidus can naturally learn are Spiral Cut , Blitz Ace , and Hastega , and he can equip any of the common dressphere s . Tidus also appears as a Sphere Break coin , won from the Bevelle Core Sphere player in the Luca Stadium . Creation and development . Early in development Tidus was envisioned having black hair ; a black - haired Tidus appears in a beta video at the Square Millennium Event in 2000 running around in full 3D . Tidus ' s hair color was later changed , possibly to bring his appearance closer to the idea of the " sun " , a recurring theme for his character ; Tidus ' s name comes from the word " tida " , which means " sun " in Okinawan , and establishes a contrast between him and Yuna , whose name means " moon " in Okinawan . The contrast is represented by in - game items named for the sun and moon that empower Tidus ' s and Yuna ' s Celestial Weapons . An apparent prototype of Tidus is seen in early concept art for " Final Fantasy X " . In the original plot draft for " Final Fantasy X " , Tidus was a plumber with a job of piping construction and dispatching underwater fiends with the attitude of a young , angry Japanese gang member . This was changed because director Yoshinori Kitase felt it would have made for a " weak main character " . " Final Fantasy VII " and " Final Fantasy VIII " had detached and stoic protagonists ( " Final Fantasy IX " was created by a different team ) , and to break the run of this kind of character , Yoshinori Kitase had Tidus to be cheerier and more optimistic . Scenario writer Kazushige Nojima considered having Tidus be an undead , but this was changed due to the release of the film " " , which had a similar plot twist . Since Auron is not the main character the plot point was transferred to him . For most of " Final Fantasy X " , Tidus ' s thoughts and feelings are narrated to the player by his monologue where Tidus recites the game ' s events in a diegesis . This was included because Nojima was initially concerned with establishing a connection between the player and the main character ; the story was thus designed in a way the player ' s progress through the world and growing knowledge about it is reflected in Tidus ' s narration . Tidus ' s story arc in " Final Fantasy X " alludes to the Japanese folklore of and the . Susanoo ( Tidus ) is banished from his home in the Heavens ( Dream Zanarkand ) and trying to win back favor to return . He comes to the mortal world ( Spira ) and comes across two earthly deities who are weeping because they have to sacrifice their daughters ( summoners ) to the evil Yamato - no - Orochi ( Sin ) to keep it from destroying their home . They wish to save their eighth daughter ( Yuna ) so Susanoo comes up with a plan that involves getting the dragon - snake drunk with wine ( " Hymn of the Fayth " ) and killing it in its drunken state . Voice . In the " Beyond Final Fantasy " feature included in the International and PAL versions of " Final Fantasy X " , Tidus ' s voice actor , James Arnold Taylor , describes Tidus as an aggressive , excited young man who always wants to be right and be a hero . When preparing for his role as Tidus ' s English voice actor , Taylor drew from his personal life , as he says he can relate to the way Tidus reacts to things . Musical themes . In " Final Fantasy X " " Tidus ' s Theme " has a low tempo and mellow tune . Three notable times the theme plays are when Tidus is heading for the blitzball stadium at the beginning of the game , when he is remembering Jecht showing him the Jecht Shot while the party is on the ferry to Luca , and after watching his father ' s sphere in Macalania Woods . It also plays for the final time after the party wins the final battle and the villagers of Besaid Island are rejoicing . " Tidus ' s Theme " is included on the " " album as a piano arrangement . " Tidus ' s Theme " was rearranged for " Final Fantasy X / X - 2 HD Remaster " , featuring an even mellower tune that eliminates the use of harmonica . " The Blitzers " is an energetic and faster - paced variation of " Tidus ' s Theme " played in certain scenes involving blitzball . A vocal song associated with Tidus is " Go Dream " on the album , " " , and it is sung by Masakazu Morita . Other appearances . Tidus has appeared in the following games throughout the " Final Fantasy " series : Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . Tidus has made key guest appearances in the following games outside the " Final Fantasy " series : Etymology and symbolism . The sun theme is reflected in the crest and sigil needed to power up his Celestial Weapon , and possibly in his primarily yellow outfit and blond hair . Tidus ' s name is never spoken in " Final Fantasy X " because the player can rename him . In " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , Tidus is referred to as merely he , him , you - know - who , or " you " in scenes in which Yuna ' s narration addresses him , i . e . " " It all began when I saw this sphere of you . At least , it looked like you . I couldn ' t say for sure . " " Tidus ' s name in " Kingdom Hearts " and " Dissidia Final Fantasy " is pronounced " Tee - Dus " , but it is pronounced " Tai - Dus " in a scene from " Kingdom Hearts II " . His name is pronounced out loud several times as " Tee - Dus " in " Final Fantasy X - Will - " , as well as " World of Final Fantasy " . Later games and remakes have removed the feature to ( re ) name characters to make way for voice acting and , in fact , the other playable characters of " Final Fantasy X " and " Final Fantasy X - 2 " cannot be renamed and are thus referred to by name within the titles . Yuna ' s and Tidus ' s characters may allude to the Chinese concept of the yin and yang .