is a fictional character from the "Kingdom Hearts" series. He comes from Destiny Islands and is the best friend of Sora, and Kairi. "Riku" is derived from the Japanese readings of the character for, in comparison with and. He is voiced by actor David Gallagher for the English versions of the "Kingdom Hearts" games and by Mamoru Miyano in the Japanese versions.

is a Japanese game scenario writer and is the founder of Stellavista Ltd.. He is best known for writing parts of Square Enix's "Final Fantasy" video game series, namely "Final Fantasy VII," "Final Fantasy VIII," "Final Fantasy X", "Final Fantasy X-2" and also the entire "Kingdom Hearts series".

Haley Joel Osment was born in Los Angeles, California and currently studies at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in the film The Sixth Sense and starred in AI: Artificial Intelligence and Pay It Forward . He is the voice of Sora in the Kingdom Hearts series of games.

is a Japanese mangaka who has worked on several projects, including his adaption on the popular "Kingdom Hearts" series. The "Kingdom Hearts" manga series was licensed in North America by Tokyopop with a rating of "A" for all ages, and a classification of "Fantasy" starting in volume four of the first series. The series has sold a large number of copies; volume 4 of the series was on the most-sold book list.

(February 19, 1988 -) is a Japanese voice actor born in Tokyo. He is 165 centimeters tall and weighs 56 kilograms. His blood type is AB.

Bill Farmer (b. November, 1952) is an American voice actor and comedian. Bill is known for starring in "Astro Boy" (2004), "House of Mouse" (2001), "Mickey Mouse Works" (1999), "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" (2006), "Goof Troop" (1992) and "The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse" (1987). He is best known for his voice acting for Goofy and Pluto, two famous Disney characters, and more recently he has also played Horace Horsecollar.

Tony Anselmo is an animator and cartoon voice actor and, since 1987, the voice of Donald Duck. Anselmo was trained by the original voice of Donald, Clarence Nash. Anselmo has also shared voice-over duties (with Russi Taylor) for Donald's nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie since 1999. He voiced the nephews on "Mickey Mouse Works" and "House of Mouse".

Jodi Benson (born "Jodi Marzorati" on October 10, 1961) is an American voice actress and singer, best known for providing the voice of Disney's Princess Ariel in "The Little Mermaid" and its sequels. She was born in Rockford, Illinois, attended Millikin University, and currently lives in north Georgia with her husband Ray Benson (not the Ray Benson of band "Asleep At The Wheel"). Jodi has also performed in several Broadway Productions.

Susan Blakeslee (Born on January 27,1966) is a voice actress. Among her notable roles are Maleficent in the "Kingdom Hearts Series" as well as Wanda, Blonda, Mrs. Turner and Spanish Teacher on "The Fairly OddParents".

Ken Page (born in January 20, 1954) is an American singer and actor from St. Louis, Missouri, best known as the voice of the evil bag of bugs Oogie Boogie in Tim Burton's "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and the "Kingdom Hearts" series, and for playing Old Deuteronomy in the original Broadway and video cast of "Cats". After making his Broadway debut in "The Wiz", …

Paige O'Hara (born Donna Paige Helmintoller on May 10 1956) is an American Broadway singer and actress. She is most notable for providing the singing and speaking voice of Belle in Disney's "Beauty and the Beast", a role she has reprised for all subsequent spin-offs and sequels of the film, including the Square Enix/Disney "Kingdom Hearts" video game series. She previously performed on Broadway in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, …