KH Last Names?

[Corrupted keyblade 64]

Okay I was thinking. In Final Fantasy games. The characters have mostly last names, but it just hit me that I don't know the last names of Sora, Riku, and Kairi. Do they even have last names?

[FMKingdomHearts 7]

Not that I know of I have always been thinking that to

Edited May 27, 2012 by FMKingdomHearts

[*nox* 32]

I was literally JUST thinking about that like 2 minutes ago!

[Exodaze 491]

lol yea, maybe they didn't have family? I'm also wondering the same thing.

[Corrupted keyblade 64]

Well I'm pretty sure they had a family, Kairi had her grandma in BBS,

 

I just find it weird how none of the kh characters have a last name

[TheApprenticeofKingMickey 3,689]

They probably do. Nothing in the games ever forced the charaters to mention them or it's probably not relevant to the plot at this point.

 

Or Nomura got lazy.

 

And that would be, 'KH Surnames,' not, 'KH Last Names.'

Edited May 27, 2012 by TheApprenticeofKingMickey

[Nweintraub 630]

...Of course they don't have last names! It's the most obvious thing ever!

[Corrupted keyblade 64]

They probably do. Nothing in the games ever forced it to mention them or it's probably not relevant to the plot at this point.

 

Or Nomura got lazy.

 

And that would be, 'KH Surnames,' not, 'KH Last Names.'

 

Don't think I'm dumb but whats a "Surname?"

[TheApprenticeofKingMickey 3,689]

 

 

Don't think I'm dumb but whats a "Surname?"

 

The official and correct term of 'last name'.

[Junko 2,815]

they dont have last names. Maybe Nomura didnt feel like giving them a last name but im fine with it

[Corrupted keyblade 64]

The official and correct term of 'last name'.

 

Lol thanks, don't judge

[Sora's Baby 729]

Oh, I have an idea lets give them Last Names. No wait a whole list of Last Names. We'll send them to Nomura after.

[Corrupted keyblade 64]

Lol Sounds good to me lol

[143436611Xxcc 1,105]

When ever a Charecter doesn't have a last name, I replace it with whoever created the Charecter So it would be Sora Nomura lol or wait Goofy has a last name Goofy Goof and then Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse..

[Ven4ever 12]

Ok, but I think this is going to be hard

[Keyblade Master Xine 196]

John Johnson

Peter Peterson

Jack Jackson

 

Just add "son" and you have a last name:

 

Sora Sorason

Riku Rikuson

Kairi Sorason

[Corrupted keyblade 64]

I like

 

Sora Sanchez

Riku Rodriguez

Kairi... Kalez?

[Xenidal 36]

Kairi Sorason

 

Don't you mean Kairi Kairison? Typo... or are you implying that the two of them are related / married?! lol

 

Anyway... I noticed that about a week (or less) ago. Especially the Organization... are their Nobody names anagrams of their first names... or last names? Axel is Lea, which is typically a last name (when spelled that way). So for him at least, it seems that he only has a last name (although Lea could be a first name... but it's not that common). And then there's Dilan, same sort of thing. But then there's stuff like Ansem, Braig, and Ienzo which don't seem to be real-world names at all...

And Axel is a first name, although it's most likely pure coincedence storywise (as it comes from Lea) and unintended to be a first name concept-wise (as it refers to him being the guy between the "wheels", I think)

 

My guess is that characters simply have a single name. Or if they do have a name that is never mentioned... it's impossible to tell whether these are first names or last names (since no one has a parent with a revealed name). But if I had to take a guess... I'd say that they are first names. Sora (meaning "sky"), Riku (meaning "land"), and Kairi (meaning "sea") sound much like Final Fantasy names like Cloud and Squall, which were both first names. Also the fact that Kairi and Riku refer to Sora as "Sora" implies that it's a first name... since close friends typically don't call each other by last name.

 

Oh, and RPG cliché #7:

Some Call Me... Tim?

Good guys will only have first names, and bad guys will only have last names. Any bad guy who only has a first name will become a good guy at some point in the game. Good guys' last names may be mentioned in the manual but they will never be referred to in the story.

Not saying that this applies to Kingdom Hearts... but it's a general rule of thumb. Edited May 27, 2012 by Xenidal

[Rob 5,571]

Sora Takeuchi

 

Riku Toriyama

 

Kairi Shimomura

[Keyblade Master Xine 196]

Don't you mean Kairi Kairison? Typo... or are you implying that the two of them are related / married?! lol

 

That was the joke.

[VentusX 20]

Sora Takeuchi

 

Riku Toriyama

 

Kairi Shimomura

 

I see what you did there.

[Uncle Dolan 963]

Sora Sora. Just like Mario Mario.