The youngest and newest member of the Organization,
Roxas (ロクサス,
Rokusasu?), was found in Twilight Town by Xemnas. He is also referred to as the "Key of Destiny" (めぐりあう鍵,
Meguriau Kagi?). Roxas's original self is Sora. He is voiced by
Jesse McCartney in the English version of
Kingdom Hearts II and
Koki Uchiyama in the Japanese version. When pre-release
Kingdom Hearts IIscreenshots and video showed this character without an Organization
coat, he was featured prominently, emphasizing his importance to the
future game's plot. In battle, he uses the "Oathkeeper" and "Oblivion"
Keyblades, which represent Sora's memories of Kairi and Riku, as well
as the power of
light. As a stronger Nobody, Roxas controls Samurai Nobodies.
[4] Roxas's backstory and his joining of Organization XIII itself will be explored in the upcoming
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, for the
Nintendo DS. Roxas will be a playable character in the game.
[2]Unlike the other Organization members, Roxas lacks memories of his
previous life, due to the short time Sora had spent as a Heartless.
During Roxas's time in the Organization, he and Axel became friends,
but Roxas leaves to find answers as to why he possesses the Keyblade.
He is confronted by Riku, who defeats Roxas and takes him to DiZ. In
Kingdom Hearts II, DiZ places Roxas in a
virtualTwilight Town, leaving him without any memory of the Organization and
with a fabricated identity to throw them off. While here Roxas begins
seeing his other self's memories in dreams. Roxas lives an otherwise
normal life in "Twilight Town" until Axel infiltrates it to save him.
Despite Axel's attempts to stop him and Roxas gaining back his memories
of the Organization, Roxas merges with Sora early in the game, which
also causes some of Roxas's memories to influence Sora.
Roxas appears twice more later in the game. The first is a battle
with Sora, shown only as a cut scene and never fully explained. In
Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix,
Sora's battle with Roxas is made playable, and a cut scene is added
that shows Xemnas explaining that Axel's death triggered the
reappearance of Roxas. Roxas appears once again with Naminé before
Kairi enters the corridor of darkness back to Destiny Islands. He and
Naminé imply that they will live on within Sora and Kairi as both a
part of them and as individuals, as seen in the ending cinematic when
they smile at each other through Sora and Kairi.