Riku (Kingdom Hearts)

Riku is one of the main characters from the Kingdom Hearts series.
== Charactah Account ==
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, he becomes an antagonist to help Kairi. Riku eventually becomes possessed by Xehanort's Heartless, the main antagonist of the first game, and is sent to the realm of darkness, where he helps Sora seal the door to the realm of darkness.
In Chain of Memories, Riku awakes in 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, a mysterious stranger. Upon reaching the top he finds Naminé, who is attending to a sleeping Sora to restore his 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 Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories and was referred to simply as the Riku Replica.
After the events in Chain of Memories, Riku confronted Roxas in order to assist DiZ in reuniting him with Sora. During the fight, he used the power of darkness, which converted Riku into the form of Xehanort's Heartless. For most of the story, Riku remains in this form, helping 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 by 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.
== Appearance ==
=== Light Novels ===
* Kingdom Hearts
* Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
* Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
=== Manga ===
* Kingdom Hearts
* Kingdom Hearts II
* Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
* Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
=== Video Games ===
* Disney Tsum Tsum
* Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
* Final Fantasy: Record Keeper
* Kingdom Hearts
* Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
* Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
* Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 Remix
* Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX
* Kingdom Hearts HD II.5 Remix
* Kingdom Hearts HD II.8: Final Chapter Prologue
* Kingdom Hearts II
* Kingdom Hearts III
* Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories
* Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
* Kingdom Hearts Unchained X
* Kingdom Hearts Union X
* Kingdom Hearts: All In One Package
* Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
* Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
* Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory
* Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
== Trivia ==
* Roxas's battle with Riku, as seen in Another Side, Another Story, involves him running up the side of Memory Skyscraper and passing by Riku as he leaps off. A similar scene occurs when Sora and Xemnas later battle in the same area.
* Riku is the first non-party assistance character to appear in the Kingdom Hearts universe as he helps Sora, Donald, and Goofy fight the Parasite Cage in Monstro the first battle.
* It is stated in The Director's Secret Report XIII that one of the four untold stories is "the period of Riku's absence" though that has not been further delved into. The other three were about "the period of the King's absence" (Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-), Roxas's time with the Organization (Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days), and Xehanort's past (Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep).
* An interesting note is that Riku wields Soul Eater, the Kingdom Key, and the Keyblade of heart on the opposite side of the handle, with the blade facing down when he is in his battle stance, except as a playable character in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. Even in Kingdom Hearts II and when he is playable in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, he holds Way to the Dawn on the opposite side, though the blade faces a bit to the side.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Riku at Kingdom Hearts Wiki
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