Yuffie

Yuffie Kisaragi is a character from the Final Fantasy VII series who makes an appearance in all Kingdom Hearts games. She travels with Leon, whom she mostly refered to by his real name sometimes to his annoyance. She ocassionly refers to herself as the "Great Ninja Yuffie", weilding a large wind-blade shuriken as her weapon.

She is hyperactive but tires out easily because of it. She always tries to do her best but she isn't that strong a fighter.

Kingdom Hearts
''A female ninja who escaped to Traverse Town when her home world was taken by the Heartless. She stays strong and cheerful in any situation. She works with Leon and Aerith to unravel the secret of the "key".

"Final Fantasy VIII"''

Kingdom Hearts
Sora's first meeting with Yuffie is in Traverse Town, where Sora accidentally mistakes her for Kairi. Yuffie doesn't have that much of a role in the game, but she, along with Leon, was the one who told Sora about the keyblade while in the hotel of Traverse Town.

In the fight cups at Olympus Coliseum, Yuffie is one of the bosses to defeat in order to win a cup. In that respect, she uses magic and her shuriken against Sora, Donald and Goofy.

[[Image:Yuffie-ChOfMem.png|right]]Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories
Modeled after the real Yuffie based on Sora's memories.

Kingdom Hearts II


Yuffie features more in this game than the previous one. She is the first person to meet Sora as they enter Hollow Bastion and leads them to Merlin's house. There, she introduces the familiar friends from Traverse Town and the Hollow Bastion Restoration Committee (the latter of which she is a member of.)

She explains about the town's defense system to Sora, Donald and Goofy and, later on in the game, is one of those who helps fight alongside Sora in the Ravine Trail. When the heartless battle commences, she fights alongside the others.

Again, she is also one of the bosses to fight in the Hades Cup in the Underworld at Olympus Coliseum.

Trivia

 * Yuffie was used instead of Rikku, as she was involved in FFX-2 at the time. But traces of Rikku's intended attire remain on Yuffie during Kingdom Hearts and Chain of Memories. By Kingdom Hearts 2, Yuffie wore the clothing she had on FF7: Advent Children.
 * In the Japanese version, Yuffie was voiced by popular seiyuu Yumi Kakazu, whose other involvements with SquareEnix besides voicing Yuffie in the FF7 series was to voice Ritz of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance radio-drama and Lyra(Dante) in Fullmetal Alchemist. In the English version of Kingdom Hearts, Yuffie was voiced by Christy Romano, who voiced Yuffie in Advent Children starred in Disney shows like Even Steven and was the title character of Kim Possible. In the English version of Kingdom Hearts 2, however, Yuffie was voiced by Mae Whitman while she voiced her in Dirge of Cerberus. whose last involvement with Haley Joel Osment was as Shanti and was the voice of Rose on American Dragon: Jake Long.