Yazoo Yazoo is one of the three Remnants of Sephiroth , along with Loz and Kadaj , who are the antagonists of " " . He embodies Sephiroth ' s allure , and has a cool demeanor . Yazoo often battles alongside his brothers in numerous battle scenes , and is the quietest remnant . Profile . Appearance . Yazoo wears a long black coat zipped up over his chest with black boots , shoulder guards and straps crossing over his torso . His silver hair is long and extends partway down his back , although not as far as Sephiroth ' s hair , and he has green eyes with cat - like pupils , the same as Sephiroth . He fights using a Velvet Nightmare handgun , and is the tallest of his brothers and is very lean . Because of his height , hair , and outfit , Yazoo resembles Sephiroth the most of the three remnants . Personality . Yazoo embodies Sephiroth ' s allure and cool personality , and pains were taken during writing to differentiate his personality from Kadaj ' s while not making him like Loz , who was characterized as child - like . Yazoo has few facial expressions , limited to moments such as when Reno insults Jenova , or when Cloud Strife slices apart his Velvet Nightmare gun . Story . Yazoo first appears looking over the wasteland around Midgar with his brothers , and attacks Cloud with Shadow Creeper s and Loz . Although they appear to gain the advantage , Kadaj calls off the attack after speaking to one of the Turks on the phone , but not before Yazoo shoots Cloud point - blank in the face , his shot deflected by Cloud ' s goggles , However Cloud still sustained a minor injury , which is shown as blood is seen trickling down his face . While Kadaj and Loz go elsewhere to search for Jenova , Yazoo goes to Edge and rounds up dozens of children infected with Geostigma , promising to help cure them . In actuality , the children are needed for a Jenova reunion . Yazoo takes the children to the Forgotten Capital , where Kadaj takes control of them . When Cloud arrives to save the children , Yazoo and Loz battle and easily overwhelm him , he is saved by Vincent Valentine who takes him to safety . The remnants and the children return to Edge , where Yazoo and Loz attempt to destroy a monument to Meteor , where they believe Rufus has hidden Jenova ' s remains . Reno and Rude attack them , and Yazoo easily defeats Reno . Kadaj summons Bahamut SIN to terrorize the city , and once defeated by Cloud , Rufus reveals Jenova ' s remains to Kadaj . Kadaj and his brothers drive onto the highways into Midgar to flee Cloud , and Yazoo and Loz attack him to stall him . After steering Cloud onto a second highway from the one Kadaj takes , a high - speed battle takes place , both on their motorcycle s and in the air above them . Reno and Rude arrive via helicopter to assist Cloud and destroy the section of highway the Remnants are driving on . This creates a ramp for Yazoo to launch his motorcycle off , passing through the helicopter ' s opened section , shooting off the control stick from under Reno ' s hand and knocking Rude to its outer edge , giving a high - pitched insane laugh all the while . Cloud takes on both Yazoo and Loz with his sword later , forcing them to share a motorcycle and to lose their primary weapons . The Turks shortly after catch up in a second helicopter and use bombs to seemingly kill Yazoo and Loz . They , however , somehow survive , reappearing after Cloud defeats Sephiroth and shoot him . Yazoo and Loz then use many Materia to create an explosion before vanishing , killing themselves in the process . Abilities . Yazoo is quick and agile , swift enough to both evade Cloud ' s attacks with the Fusion Swords and to momentarily step on the blades to leap away . Yazoo usually fights from a distance while shooting opponents up with the Velvet Nightmare , relying on his agility to dodge blows in close - range . Yazoo is an extremely skilled marksman , able to shoot Cloud ' s goggles off his face at point - blank range while only scratching Cloud ' s face . His long - ranged and agile preferences compliment Loz ' s hand - to - hand power tactics when they fight together . Development . Yazoo ' s long hair was a significant difficulty to animate due to its layers and length , and along with Sephiroth his hair was animated by hand during fight scenes because a simulator would not be accurate enough . The staff wanted to make Yazoo stand out on his own without being too much like Kadaj or Loz , and gave him his unique appearance from either of them as part of this . Despite having a cool personality , Yazoo was made to banter with Loz to provide comic relief from the film ' s generally dark tone . Voice . Yazoo is voiced by Yuuji Kishi in the Japanese version . Tetsuya Nomura wanted a shady , dangerous quality to Yazoo ' s voice , rather than a cool or charismatic voice . Kishi notes that Yazoo ' s fight scenes were difficult for him , as he had to get the timing of the breathing just right , and the film would be played for him with his mouth superimposed over Yazoo ' s as an aid . He is voiced by Dave Wittenberg in the English release . He shares his English voice actor with Kefka Palazzo in the " Dissidia " series , as well as Amodar in " Final Fantasy XIII " . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Yazoo appears in " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Etymology . Yazoo ' s name comes from the geological term , " yazoo stream " , referring to a small river that runs alongside , and eventually joins , a much larger river . This likely refers to Yazoo ' s existence as a part of Sephiroth , although it may also refer to his eventual dissolution into the Lifestream .