Kairi
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Template:InfoCharacter Kairi (カイリ) is one of three original characters appearing in Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II. Kairi lives on Destiny Islands along with her friends, Sora and Riku. She is 14 at the start of Kingdom Hearts, and presumably 15 during Kingdom Hearts II (as about a year has passed since the events of the first game.)
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- Part of her name ("Kai") is the Japanese word for 'sea' and goes with the overall "naming theme" of Kingdom Hearts main characters (Sora means sky and Riku means land. It's actually the Japanese term for a nautical mile, although another of its literal meanings is 'separation'. All these terms have to do with the game in one way or another.
- Also, Aqua's name means 'water', relating to Kairi's name. Any connection between the two is unconfirmed, however similar name meanings also apply with Sora/Ven and Riku/Terra.
- Kairi, in her Kingdom Hearts II attire, has also made an appearance in the acclaimed fan made CG movie Dead Fantasy II, featuring an all female cast from the Dead or Alive and Final Fantasy series. Kairi's appearance came as a shock to viewers as all of her comrades were Final Fantasy characters, namely Tifa, Rinoa, Yuna and Rikku. In this video, in addition to her mysterious floral Keyblade, she was shown to transform into what appears to be Valor Form, as her dress becomes red and her Keyblade is replaced by both Oathkeeper and Oblivion, wielded in the style of Roxas, as well as the said Form.
- When Sora fell into a trance and visited Kairi's memories, he saw a young version of her and her then-alive grandmother in the library of Castle Hollow Bastion in Radiant Garden. This reveals a slim possibility that Kairi was a princess upon birth, but lost her wealth and position when she was sent to Destiny Islands where she grew up with Sora and Riku.
- The reason to why Kairi returned to Destiny Islands instead of Hollow Bastion, where she truly comes from, has not been confirmed. However, the possibility of her heart belonging there is to be noted. People have a saying that says "Home is where the heart is", perhaps that is why she returned to Destiny Islands, where her heart now belongs, instead of Hollow Bastion.
- Another form of Kairi in Kanji is Kai & Ri which means "seaside hometown"
