Sora

> “*I know the Keyblade didn't choose me, and I don't care. I'm proud to be a small part of something bigger - the people it did choose. My friends. They are my power!*”
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*- Sora*

Sora is a protagonist and a member of The New Action Squad.

## Character Information

### Personality

Kind, brave, heroic, athletic, friendly, stubborn, adventurous, optimistic, dreamy, mischievous, naïve, loyal, selfless, big-hearted, protective, caring, innocent

### Goal

To restore the heart of his world after the uprising of the villains/To protect the universe from evil

## **BIOGRAPHY**

Sora is a teenager who originates from the Destiny Islands but obtains the Keyblade, a weapon used to fight creatures known as the Heartless. In order to find the King Mickey, his allies Donald Duck and Goofy recruit him in their journey across various worlds to save them from darkness, as well as find Sora's friends. Throughout the games, Sora journeys throughout worlds, interacting with various Disney characters and gains experience with the Keyblade as well as his growth as its wielder.

Outside of these worlds, he is also a member of The New Action Squad serving as an idealist for worlds and strategies. He is also good friends with Finn going on adventures together sometimes alongside Jake.

## **APPEARANCE**

In most of his appearances, Sora is a slender teenager with spiky brown hair (later becoming a caramel colour), peach skin, and blue eyes. When he was fourteen, Sora's attire was based around Mickey Mouse's: he had a red jumpsuit with puffy shorts with a long zipper, white gloves with blue, black and yellow straps, and large black-and-yellow shoes. In addition, he wore a black hoodie with white sleeves and a blue inside over his jumpsuit and a loose blue belt with a crown-chain hanging on the left side of his shorts. He wears the crown pendant around his neck.

At the age of fifteen in *Kingdom Hearts II*, Sora undergoes a growth spurt, but his appearance does not change that much other than having more matured looks. Sora wears a new outfit that is a black edition of his previous clothing, with the exception of the undershirt; the hoodie is completely black with white lining but has silver patches on his shoulder. His black pants have yellow straps across them along with a patch of navy blue and silver edges. His undershirt is navy blue with a red patch in the center with a black belt under it. Red pockets appear on the sides of the pants with a black cross over them. His gloves, now black, have a white inside with a yellow line running around them. His shoes remain with a similar color scheme to his previous outfit, but with a few modifications: the black-and-yellow pattern is reversed and now has a zipper running across the top with white edges along the rim.

In *Kingdom Hearts III*, Sora has a red-and-black outfit that appears sleeker than any of his previous ones, with the sneakers and pants appearing slimmer than before. Similar to his outfit in *Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance*, he wears a black hoodie with gray pockets separated with white lining and a gray strip on each sleeve. The hood, sleeves, and jacket have a red lining, while the lapel has a black-and-red checkerboard pattern buttoned back by two of the six golden buttons on the front. Underneath, Sora wears a black tank top with a V-neck collar and white trimming. His gloves are replaced with elbow-length gray gauntlets with red-white lining and grey circles on the backs, with yellow buckled straps wrapped around Sora's wrists. Sora's shorts are dark gray, with several grey pockets forming a large strip on each side. A red band wraps around each leg. His shoes resemble those of his *Kingdom Hearts II* outfit, but with the blue straps and zipper removed in favor of black collars around the heel and a single black strap around the arch.

Sora's appearance can vary on the world he visits. He becomes a Merman when visiting Atlantica, a classic black and white anime character in Timeless River (where he also wore his KH1 outfit despite it being KH2), and more drastically, a brown-furred lion cub in the Pride Lands. He sometimes wears an appropriate outfit as well, such as a Data armor in Space Paranoids, and a Halloween and Christmas outfit in the *Nightmare Before Christmas* world.

## **PERSONALITY**

Sora is a brave and heroic boy who is extremely loyal to his friends, valuing his friendship with them above all else. He is an optimist and has a strong sense of justice, enabling him to take charge of his group when no one else can. However, he is rather oblivious at times, and is often quick to anger whenever he's confused, and is quite childish at times. He is also quite impulsive, as he tends to jump into things without thinking them through beforehand.

In addition, a recurring trait Sora possesses is competitiveness, which has often pitted him against fights with those stronger than him, to the point this has grown to a level of arrogance witnessed in *Dream Drop Distance* when Sora claims that he is already unbeatable even after the threat of Xehanort has been explained to him. When Sora is captured and nearly converted into a pawn of Xehanort, Sora remembers his humility and learns of his limits that he humbly accepts his failure of the exam.

Despite his flaws, Sora is dedicated and kind, making up for his weaknesses with his benevolent and endearing personality. As such, his ability to forgive is incredible along with his ability to connect to others and quickly befriend them. As the series progresses, Sora learns from his past mistakes and becomes less selfish over time as he learns how powerful the heart can be and fight with this in mind.

## **TRIVIA**

* Sora's name is Japanese for "sky" (空), as part of the name theme he shares with Riku and Kairi. Together, their names make up "Land, Sea, Sky".
* It was initially believed that Sora was in the *Tapper* scene in the 2012 feature film *Wreck-It Ralph*, though it was later discovered to actually be a cowboy from *Tapper*. Had he appeared, Sora would've been the only Disney character originating from a Disney game to appear in the film, though a graffiti of his crown necklace and or King Stefan from sleeping beauty appears in the portal to *Hero's Duty*.
* The crown of King Stefan and or Sora's necklace and cover art crown appeared in Star vs. the Forces of Evil episode,"**St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses**" where a rat princess has the crown, she is seen in other episodes with the same school for wayward princesses.
* Sora's name is neither strictly a boy or girl name
* Nomura openly shows signs of lack of preplanning for much of the story as it is ongoing however he always hides symbolism in something and has a way to generally connect everything about Sora to it especially if it involves ships, treasure, unity to friendship, hearts, land, air, and sea.
* Although none of the parents of the characters on the Destiny Islands are shown on screen, Sora's mother can be heard calling him for dinner during the calamity in the original game. Also, in *Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories*, Sora mentions both his mother and father while reminiscing about Naminé, and Riku mentions Sora's father to Terra in *Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep*.
* According to Santa Claus, when Sora was eight, he told everyone that he did not believe in Santa Claus. However, it was hinted that Riku told him not to.
* Sora appeared in the 92nd episode of Death Battle! where he fought Pit from Kid Icarus and Won
* Sora is one of the most commonly requested characters for the Nintendo fighting game, Super Smash Bros Ultimate with a much large vocal fanbase of support for his inclusion as well a petitions for series director Masahiro Sakurai as well as Tetsuya Nomura to get him added in as a DLC fighter.