Kairi

**Kairi** (カイリ, *Kairi*), is both a fictional character and protagonist from the *Super Kingdom Bros.'s* *Kingdom Hearts* series created by Masahiro Sakurai and Tetsuya Nomura. She is a Princess of Heart and is the only Princess of Heart to remain among the New Seven Hearts.

She is the original persona of Naminé and physical template of Xion. Kairi was born in Radiant Garden and currently lives on Destiny Islands along with her two best friends, Sora and Riku. She eventually trains as a Keyblade wielder to help her allies as one of the 7 Guardians of Light.

"*Don't forget. Wherever you go, I'm always with you.*"

—Kairi to Sora.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Alyson Stoner (English), Risa Uchida (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)
*Voice Actor (Young)*: Ariel Winter (English), Sumire Moroboshi (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

### Appearance

Kairi's appearance shows the most growth with aging of the trio of main characters. Kairi has auburn hair, blue eyes, a pale complexion, and a necklace with a silver bead that is only absent when she wears her school uniform.

#### In the Young Days

As a younger age, as seen during Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep and scenes from Kingdom Hearts, her hair is a little longer than it is when she's 14; she wears a white apron-like shirt with blue flowers and a blue line across the chest, a pink skirt with a white line on it and large, white shoes with pink and purple lines on them.

As a child, she wears a white top with a black one underneath (the black one shows at her collarbone and at the hem) which slightly exposes her navel, purple biker shorts underneath a purple skirt with a blue belt, and white slip-on shoes with purple caps. She also features a black choker, a yellow wristband as well as a purple armband on her left arm and a pair of bracelets on her right arm.

#### In Present Time

At age 14, Kairi is taller, her hair is longer and has become a darker shade of auburn, her bangs part to the opposite side, and her body has developed into that of a young woman.

She dons two outfits: her school uniform which features a white shirt of which she has rolled up the sleeves, a sky blue striped tie which she has slightly loosen up, a matching skirt with navy knee-high stockings and black shoes; and then her main outfit which mainly contains a pink and black dress, black ruffles on one side of her skirt and plaid on the other, with thick belted boots.

#### Possible Future

* Hair Color: Auburn
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Blue
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

Kairi is caring, kindhearted and brave. She is determined and courageous when someone she cares about is in danger, as she always puts herself in harm's way to help Sora when he's in trouble despite the dangers. Kairi's heart is said to be filled only with pure light and goodness, despite darkness and evil residing in almost every heart. Kairi's good heart filled with pure light helped lead Sora back to his true form when he was consumed by the Heartless, and led Sora and Riku back to Destiny Islands when they were trapped in the Realm of Darkness after their battle with Xemnas.

Kairi is also very charismatic, quickly befriending Hayner, Pence, and Olette in Twilight Town before being kidnapped by Axel. She's usually always very cheerful and upbeat. Although she has no ability to defend herself in combat like Sora and Riku, she is very brave and strong willed and will put herself in danger anyway to help her friends. Unfortunately, this sometimes results in her needing rescuing by Sora.

However, she finally obtains a Keyblade of her own given to her by Riku and helps Sora and Riku fight against the Organization. She is currently assigned under Master Yen Sid to begin training with her Keyblade. In contrast to Sora and Riku, who were both bothered by not knowing about Kairi's hometown, she took it in stride and was able to look at the positives about living in the Destiny Islands. She is loyal, and she can be rather stubborn sometimes.

While the bond of friendship between Sora, Riku, and Kairi is very strong, Sora and Kairi seem to be particularly close to one another. This is evidenced by the fact that Kairi was proven to be the most special person in Sora's heart in *Chain of Memories*, and that their bond was strong enough for Kairi to recognize Sora in heartless form.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Riku
* Sora (boyfriend)
* Wakka
* Tidus
* Selphie Tilmitt
* King Mickey
* Donald Duck
* Goofy
* Pluto
* Yen Sid
* Lea
* Roxas
* Naminé
* Aqua
* Ansem the Wise
* Hayner
* Pence
* Olette
* Cloud
* Tifa
* Squall Leonhart

### Neutral

* Vexen
* Riku Replica
* Axel

### Enemies

* Master Xehanort
* Maleficent
* Vanitas
* Ansem, Seeker of Darkness
* Xemnas

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

#### Powers as a Princess of Heart

Because Kairi is a Princess of Heart, her heart possesses no darkness within it, leading to the unique birth of Naminé when she accidentally gives it to Sora, who later sacrificed himself to restore her heart. Should her heart be lost, her body will remain in a dormant state until it returns, as revealed in the first game when her heart was lost.

* Like the other princesses, she has the power to open the Final Keyhole to Kingdom Hearts in Hollow Bastion once she is gathered with the rest of the princesses. This could be considered as the princesses' main power.
* Kairi also appears to have some kind of latent magical ability, as seen when she manages to restore Sora's humanity after he becomes a Heartless. However, it could imply that she is only able to restore him because they share the strongest connection.
* Since the other Princesses of Heart possess the abilities to hold back darkness and upgrade other people's powers, it is no doubt that Kairi can do so as well.
* Aqua cast a charm on Kairi in *Birth by Sleep* so that if she was ever captured by darkness, her light would lead her to the light of another. In an interview, Tetsuya Nomura stated it was this charm that led Kairi to Destiny Islands.
* She additionally has the ability to sense darkness, as the other Princesses of Heart are able to tell Sora of a great darkness nearby. It may also imply to why she was looking ill when Destiny Islands was devoured by the darkness before she disappeared.
* In the manga, according to Axel, Kairi is able to travel through the Dark Corridor without any negative effects because she is a Princess of Heart.

### Weapons

#### Keyblade

In Birth By Sleep, Kairi was granted the power to wield a keyblade due to her accidentally touching Aqua's keyblade, thus innitiating the Keyblade Inheritance Ceremony. Kairi's abilities in combat are limited. Kairi isn't able to do much when she is in danger, but her bravery and determination to help her friends motivates her to put herself in danger for them anyway. This results in her sometimes being captured, and Sora and Riku having to come to her aid.

During the events that take place in the World That Never Was, Riku hands her a Keyblade crafted from his memories of Destiny Islands, and allows her to wield it so that she may combat the Heartless. She is shown to be fairly competent with it, and was shown to take out several Heartless on her own in cutscenes.

Kairi is able to wield the Keyblade due to her having touched Aqua's Keyblade many years earlier, which initiated the inheritance of the power. At the end of *Dream Drop Distance* it was revealed that Yen Sid has sent Kairi to join Lea in training with Merlin to learn how to use their Keyblades.

By the time she finished her training under Merlin, Kairi displays considerably improved abilities with her Keyblade. She was able to fight side-by-side alongside her allies to fend off the large amount of Heartless, Nobodies and Unversed unleashed by Organization XIII, suffering no wounds in process. She also is capable of holding her ground against Xion despite being far less experienced than her, even able to at times force her into the defensive and ultimately briefly incapacitate her before being overpowered by Saix.

She could even briefly surprise and pressure Xemnas, forcing him to use Nothingness to defeat her. Her fighting style revolves around performing a corkscrew-spinning ground-to-air combo effective for stunning foes or quick spinning combos. Kairi has also gotten versed in magic, able to use all the elemental spells at the ga level along with Curaga and can fire a blast of magical energy called "Flower Shoot" and use Barrier.

Kairi is also able to manipulate light to empower her strikes, using a 7 Strike Raid-like combo called "Seven Wishes", could even rain down balls of light with her Shotlock "Heart of a Princess", and with the help of Sora she can preform an attack called "One Heart". Kairi is the only Princess of Heart that is able to harness the power of the keyblade.

## Etymology

Kairi's name is derived from the Japanese word for "**sea**" (海, *Kai*), though her full name is homophonous with the word for "**nautical mile**" (海里, *Kairi*).

## External links

* Kairi *Disney Wiki*
* Kairi *Heroes Wiki*
* Kairi *Kingdom Hearts Wiki*