Soldier

The Soldier is an Emblem Heartless that is found in Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Kingdom Hearts coded.

Kingdom Hearts
Sora spots his first Soldier when he enters the Second District, as an exhausted man is caught by the Heartless and has his heart stolen. The heart is transformed into a Soldier Heartless, which escapes through a Corridor of Darkness. A platoon of Soldiers later lays siege to the Hotel in which Sora, Donald, Goofy, Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith are discussing the situation, and Leon helps hold them off so that Sora can escape and find the Heartless's leader.

Kingdom Hearts 2
Soldiers are actually the main Heartless of Hollow Bastion, appearing in many of the world's cutscenes. They are also the culprits of destroying Winnie the Pooh's book, causing Sora to have to gather the missing pages again. Although they have no story role other than the cutscene mentioned above, they are the primary non-created servants of Hollow Bastion's villain, the MCP, although he eventually creates his own Heartless by the time the player enters Space Paranoids, eliminating their "servant" status.

Design
Soldiers have a much more refined appearance than Shadows, appearing as a noble knight-type warrior at first glance. A closer examination reveals the Soldiers are just as beastly as the other Heartless. Their muscular forms are clad in a bluish-black body suit bearing the Heartless emblem and purple inverted emblems trimmed in gold on the knees. They wear black, silver trimmed shoes that end in spiral toes, silver wristbands, and a silver knight's helm decorated with two angular, eye-like spirals on the front and a yellow stripe at the base of the curled silver plume. The true Heartless comes out on a close examination of their fierce blue and red-tipped claws, and their shadowed faces with bright yellow eyes and toothy maw.

Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Soldiers have their colors swapped with their airborne counterparts, shading them in black, tan, and brown.

The Soldier's name references soldiers serving the military. This highlights the Heartless's battle capabilities. They also appear in large numbers, referencing an army.

Strategy

 * Attacks
 * Claw Attack: Right-hand claw swipe
 * Two-Stage Claw: Claw, then thrust attack
 * Spin Kick: Jump and spin-kick on descent
 * Kick Shower: Jumping multi-kick attack