Wakka Wakka is a playable character , and one of Yuna ' s guardians in " Final Fantasy X " . He also appears in a smaller role " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , as well as " " and " Final Fantasy X - Will - " . Wakka is the only playable character from " Final Fantasy X " who cannot be recruited in " " and " Final Fantasy X - 2 HD Remaster " . Profile . Appearance . Wakka is tall and muscled , with tan skin , brown eyes , and long reddish - orange hair styled into a coif and girted with blue headscarf . He wears the uniform of his blitzball team , the Besaid Aurochs , with alterations ( presumably as he is the captain ) : a yellow vest top cut away at the stomach , a yellow shoulder pad on his left shoulder , blue and yellow baggy trousers gathered above the ankle , brown wristbands with a blue and yellow armguard over the left arm , and open sandals . He wears a dolphin necklace and has a silver stud earring on his left ear . In " Final Fantasy X HD Remaster " , Wakka ' s model has been updated with detail added to his headscarf and hair . His face has been rounded and his skin , lips , beard , and eyes have been touched - up . During " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , Wakka has grown more lax in his lifestyle , and is said to have gained weight . Despite being called " tubby " by Rikku the programmers had not created a new character model for him . The game ' s final FMV sequence also doesn ' t show him as having gained weight , although it does show his hair has begun to gray , something not present in his character model . Personality . Wakka is of what would be considered descent in our world and is characterized by a Besaid Island accent . He uses speech - mannerisms like " brudda " for " brother " and finishes sentences with " ya ? " . He begrudges the Al Bhed for what happened to his brother , Chappu , but rationalizes his hatred for Al Bhed not following the teachings of Yevon . This grudge extends to borderline racism . Wakka ' s goal as captain to a blitzball team is to have the team do their best without it mattering whether they win or lose . It is not until Tidus arrives the Aurochs begin to focus on achieving victory . He becomes fond of Tidus , as he reminds him of his late brother Chappu . Though Lulu reminds him they not the same person , Wakka still gives Tidus Brotherhood ( Chappu ' s sword ) . Wakka depends on Yevon ' s religion and guidance making him socially conservative and thus is intentionally kept in the dark about Yuna ' s half - Al Bhed heritage . Because of his high value in his religion , Wakka is reluctant to participate in anything considered forbidden by its teachings . Traveling Spira with Yuna ' s party his world - view broadens and he begins to see the hypocrisy behind his previous actions , and he apologies to Cid and other Al Bhed for his ignorance . Wakka has a big heart and frequently attempts to cheer the party up , though is not always successful . He tends to goof around with younger members of the group much to the annoyance of Lulu who berates him for setting a bad example . Though they bicker , Wakka is close to her , and affectionately calls her " Lu " . In " Final Fantasy X - 2 " , Wakka is plagued by insecurity as his new role as leader of Besaid in a quickly changing Spira where old traditions are going out of style , and his impending fatherhood . He tries to deal with his issues alone , but with the help of the Gullwings comes to trust his own judgment . Story . " Final Fantasy X " . Having lost their parents to Sin with no memory of them , Wakka grew up on the island of Besaid with his younger brother , Chappu , and fellow orphan Lulu . Wakka became more of a parent to Chappu , who despite it all would have preferred Wakka adopt more of a sibling role . " Wakka ' s Story " in " Final Fantasy X Scenario Ultimania " sheds more light to his childhood . After Wakka lost his parents to Sin ' s attack he was left holding his baby brother at a loss over what to do . Because such tragedies were commonplace , people lived supporting one other and Wakka and Chappu were brought up by the villagers . Owing to the local warm climate , there was plenty of food from the sea and agriculture to not worry about day - to - day meals . Wakka came to view his and Chappu ' s flourishing under the care of the kind villagers a blessing of Yevon and came to revere its teachings : if the people follow the precepts their sins would be expiated and one day , and Sin would disappear . Despite having lost his parents , Wakka doesn ' t think of himself as being particularly unfortunate . Yet , to put Sin out of his mind to burn away the sorrow rooted in his heart , Wakka made blitzball his life . He learned blitz when he was five years old and when he turned thirteen he joined the local team , the Besaid Aurochs , a " horrendously ill - fated " blitzball team . That was the year Kimahri brought Yuna to Besaid , and Wakka treated her like a younger sister . Chappu also began blitz in Wakka ' s footsteps , and when they were able to play together for the Aurochs , blitzball became the focus of Wakka ' s life more than ever before . When Wakka was twenty - two Chappu enlisted with the Crusaders motivated by his need to protect Lulu after proclaiming his love to her . Chappu died fighting Sin in Djose . Wakka does not begrudge the Crusaders , who risk their lives protecting the blitzball stadium in Luca , but resents Chappu having discarded the Brotherhood sword Wakka had gifted him for an Al Bhed machina weapon . Thus , Wakka bears a personal grudge against the Al Bhed . Wakka received the bad news during the annual blitzball tournament and missed out on a first victory that was almost within his grasp . Wakka decided to retire from blitzball to avenge his brother by becoming a guardian to a summoner — the only way of defeating Sin in accordance with Yevon ' s teachings . Wakka and Lulu served as guardians to father Zuke , but even during the pilgrimage there was a part of him that thought only about blitzball . This made him angry and ashamed , and before he was able to focus his mind on being a guardian , the pilgrimage was halted and Wakka returned to Besaid . Six months later , Yuna is about to graduate into a full - fledged summoner , following in her father High Summoner Braska ' s footsteps . Wakka became her guardian , vowing to not allow this pilgrimage fail like his last one did , in part blaming himself not not being fully committed last time . Wakka returned to blitzball to burn away his attachment to blitz and cleanly retire at this year ' s tournament . After giving his all for his team for one last time , Wakka plans to move forward with his duty as Yuna ' s guardian . Wakka meets Tidus when he washes up on Besaid , bonding with the youth due to both his blitzball skills and resemblance to Chappu . Tidus claims to hail from Zanarkand but Wakka is unnerved and chalks up Tidus ' s behavior to Sin ' s memory altering toxin . Wakka tells Tidus of Sin and the destruction of the ancient machina cities , including Zanarkand , as a result of human crimes and use of machina . Wakka leads Tidus to Besaid Village and persuades him to join the Besaid Aurochs . As a team with a twenty - three year losing streak , they need Tidus ' s help even more so now when Wakka is planning to leave the Aurochs to become a full - time guardian . Despite Tidus violating the temple rules in his ignorance , Yuna obtains her first aeon , Valefor , becoming a summoner . That night , Lulu berates Wakka over his interest in Tidus as she believes Wakka is only protecting him out of memories for his dead brother . Her thoughts may not be misplaced , as Wakka later gives Tidus Chappu ' s sword , the Brotherhood . Intending to have one last go as a Besaid Auroch , Wakka takes Tidus along for Yuna ' s pilgrimage out of hopes somebody will recognize him at the blitz tournament in Luca . Yuna sets out for her pilgrimage , first stopping at Kilika Temple , and after obtaining Ifrit , the journey continues to Luca ' s blitzball tournament . During the Aurochs ' first match Yuna is kidnapped by the Al Bhed Psyches to force the Aurochs into surrendering the match . While Wakka handles the game Tidus accompanies Lulu and Kimahri to save Yuna . Upon recovering her Lulu sends a signal to Wakka , who wins the game just in time , ending a twenty - three - year losing streak without Tidus ' s help . Though a tired Wakka takes a sit during the final match giving up his spot for Tidus , he comes to Tidus ' s aid when fiends are unleashed upon the stadium . Tidus and Wakka are given the surprise aid of Auron , whom Wakka calls the " best guardian there ever was " . After the tournament Wakka bids his goodbyes to the Aurochs to become a full - time guardian . When he witnesses to the " Operation Mi ' ihen " , Wakka ' s resentment to the Al Bhed grows while learning of Luzzu ' s role in Chappu ' s death , with Lulu needing to cool him down . After crossing the Moonflow , Wakka greets Rikku as the newest member of their party unaware she is an Al Bhed with the others hiding her heritage from him . An Al Bhed attack on their way to the Macalania Temple forces Rikku to reveal her Al Bhed nature , and Wakka is disgusted to find himself traveling with a " heathen " . Further furious that everyone else knew and are not taking his side , Wakka heads to the temple on foot while the others use the Al Bhed machina sleds . When the party comes upon the sphere Yuna had retrieved from Jyscal Guado , they learn the temple ' s Master , Seymour Guado , murdered his father to succeed him . He attacks them and the party retaliates . The only one of the group hesitant about fighting Seymour , Wakka is shocked they have killed a Maester , and blames Rikku for being branded traitors of Yevon by the enraged Guado . Wakka continues to distrust Rikku until she guides the group to the Al Bhed Home where they find it is under attack by the Guado . Seeing Rikku mourning over her dead kin , Wakka comforts her before lashing out at the Guado . Wakka comes to understand the Al Bhed ' s motive for kidnapping summoners to stop their pilgrimage , and after learning that Yuna is half - Al Bhed , he realizes his hatred is further unfounded . His hatred disappears when he realizes the true face of Yevon : they betray their own teachings by using forbidden machina themselves . Despite having been a strong follower of Yevon , Wakka casts them aside , referring them as " nothing but low - life tricksters " . The party make its way to Zanarkand , but instead of completing the pilgrimage and obtaining the Final Aeon , Yuna rejects the Final Summoning as a false rite to keep Spira in a never - ending cycle of suffering . The party instead sets out to destroy Sin via the Al Bhed ' s airship . Wakka makes his peace with the Al Bhed leader Cid , and along with the rest of the party , is saddened to see Tidus disappear after Yu Yevon has been felled . After Sin was defeated and Yevon disbanded , Wakka settled down on Besaid with Lulu . A few years later , Lulu is pregnant with Wakka ' s child and the visiting Rikku comments on the father - to - be ' s waist size . " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Since his parents died when he was young , Wakka knows nothing of parenting and worries how to be a good father to his soon - to - be - born child . Wakka seeks the aid of Yuna and the Gullwings to help him settle matters about his past by finding a sphere recording of his parents he heard of from Chappu when they were children . Wakka clashes with Beclem , a member of the Youth League who has been sent to train the Aurochs . Beclem used to know Chappu in the Crusaders and heard many good things about Wakka from him , but upon meeting Wakka in person Beclem is disappointed . When fiends begin pouring out of the Besaid Temple Beclem wants to burn it down , but Wakka ventures inside alone to try and stop the fiends , although he ends up getting help from the Gullwings . Afterward Beclem reprimands Wakka for his recklessness , as he has a family to look after now , and Wakka agrees that the temple may have to be destroyed if the fiend outpour ever happens again . When the baby is born , Wakka receives a sphere of Chappu ' s final message from Beclem , telling him their parents ' sphere was a lie he made up to make Wakka angry , and told him to merely be his brother instead of a surrogate parent . The message allows Wakka to get it together and become a reliable father . He names his son Vidina , the Al Bhed word for " future " , perhaps as the final sign of closure to his brother ' s death and his changed opinion of the Al Bhed . He , along with everyone in Besaid , welcomes Tidus home after he is given another chance at life on Spira . " Final Fantasy X - 2 . 5 ~ Eien no Daishō ~ " . After Yuna and Tidus reunite on the Besaid Island shore , everyone returns to Besaid Village . Tidus is surprised to be introduced to Vidina , Wakka and Lulu ' s child . On the way Tidus talks to Wakka and the Besaid Aurochs about everything that had happened in his two years of absence . Later , Wakka and Tidus talk about blitzball and the Aurochs ' losses since Tidus left , and Wakka attempts to confirm he is real and not an unsent . Wakka , Tidus and the Aurochs go to the beach to practice blitzball where Wakka introduces their new boat to Tidus , the " S . S . Ace " , described as smaller than usual , yellow and slightly worn out . The Aurochs ' trophy from the time they won the tournament with Tidus in Luca is placed on top . After they return to the village Wakka tells Tidus Yuna is with the elders who had been waiting for her return since her departure with the Gullwings . Wakka explains that due to the change of beliefs and the diminishing power Yevon ' s teachings , Yuna serves as a comforting presence to relieve the anxiety and uncertainty now felt by the elderly who had lived by Yevon ' s teachings for so many years . The Gullwings ' airship breaks down and Tidus finds Yuna has gone missing and that a storm is to hit Besaid later that night . He searches for her and goes missing as well . Wakka and the villagers search for them as well as the Aurochs ' boat , and only recover the blitzball trophy at sea . Besaid Village is in chaos when Tidus appears out of nowhere and everyone interrogates him on Yuna ' s whereabouts . Tidus explains that to bring Yuna back they must find a man called Briar and the village begins a search in the ruins . Tidus dashes off , leaving Wakka and the rest of the villagers bewildered . Tidus eventually finds Yuna on the beach and the two return to the village together . " Final Fantasy X - Will - " . Chuami and Kurgum are being sent to Besaid by Baralai to meet with Yuna . Lulu and Wakka take the two to her . Kurgum shows Yuna a movie sphere with a recording of a shoopuf at the Moonflow that had died long ago but mysteriously reappeared causing Yuna to believe the shoopuf had been " beckoned " . Kurgum asks Yuna to accompany him and Chuami back to Bevelle and address the Spiran Council and Wakka accompanies them . As Chuami , Kurgum , Yuna and Wakka pass the Moonflow they see the shoopufs and a crowd of onlookers , where half of the people are illusions created by the pyreflies . They witness a reunion scene with a father and daughter and the illusion of the girl ' s mother . In Bevelle they find Sin has been reactivated , possibly called back to Spira by someone ' s wish . After Yuna meets with Tidus and breaks up with him , Chuami and Kurgum part ways with the latter accompanying Yuna and Wakka , and the former returning to Besaid with Tidus . Gameplay . In " Final Fantasy X " Wakka is a ranged playable party member who uses sports gear , in the form of blitzballs and armbands . He is the only character with a ranged normal attack , and the only character who can reliably hit flying enemies early on . He has high Accuracy and later on in his Sphere Grid gains relatively high Strength , with decent Magic and the highest Luck stat . He learns a few Blk Magic spells which drain from enemies , and several Skills which often apply detrimental status effects to enemies . Wakka ' s Overdrive is Slots , which allows him to deal physical damage with his weapon with effects and damage based on the outcome of the slots , gaining access to new Reels for different types of effects by winning blitzball tournaments . His Attack Reels is the most notable , as it allows him to potentially deal the most damage in the game within a single turn . Wakka ' s Celestial Weapon is the World Champion . Wakka is recruitable as a blitzball player , and with a salary of only 1 gil , is the cheapest player to recruit . His high EN and SH make him best - suited to the forward position . He has a unique technique known as Aurochs Spirit , adding the sum of all the original Aurochs on the team to his SH . In " Final Fantasy X - 2 " Wakka only appears as a non - player character , but a Sphere Break coin of him can be obtained . It can be won from the Bevelle Core Sphere player in the Luca Stadium . Creation and development . Voice . In the Japanese version , Wakka is voiced by Kazuya Nakai . In the English versions he is voiced by John DiMaggio who also provides the voice for Kimahri Ronso . In both versions , Wakka is voiced by the same actor who voices the recurring character Gilgamesh . In the " Kingdom Hearts " series , while Kazuya Nakai resumes the voice role , Wakka is voiced in the English version by Dee Bradley Baker who voiced characters in " Final Fantasy X - 2 " . Musical themes . " Wakka ' s Theme " was composed by Nobuo Uematsu . He is the only main character whose theme is not featured in the game ' s . It is one of several extra songs that can only be earned in Luca ' s Sphere Theater . " Although I don ' t remember exactly because it was quite a long time ago — in the early stages of game development process , many songs are created based on visualization of different game scenes , " music director Keiji Kawamori has explained . " At that time , I believe we decided to go with another track that was better suited for the scene . As a result , this track was ultimately not used . " " Wakka ' s Theme " was arranged by Uematsu for " Final Fantasy X HD Remaster " and is available not only via Luca ' s Sphere Theater , but on the soundtrack as well . Other appearances . Wakka has appeared in the following games in the " Final Fantasy " series : Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . Wakka has made key guest appearances in the following non - " Final Fantasy " games :