He is also quite impulsive, as he tends to jump into things without thinking them through beforehand. However, he is rather oblivious and quite childish at times, and is often quick to anger whenever he's confused. He is an optimist and has a strong sense of justice, enabling him to take charge of his group when no one else can. Sora is a brave and heroic boy who is extremely loyal to his friends, valuing his friendship with them above all else. Nomura has stated that Sora's name can be interpreted as 'sky' as his name, means sky in Japanese and was also chosen by Nomura to symbolize his role as well as personality in the story. This was emphasized in Birth by Sleep Nomura thought that Ventus would actually be Sora before being reborn, but due to overseas opinions, such portrayal was discarded. With Sora, Nomura wants to give players the message that even though they are not important people, they can have the opportunity to accomplish notable actions.

One of the main concepts of Sora's character in the series is that, according to Nomura, he is a normal boy instead of a supernatural being even though he is deeply connected with other characters from the series. After a talk with the Disney staff, the design was further reworked, and Nomura finished it after a night's worth of work. The tail was removed because the staff found his design to be similar to the one of the Final Fantasy IX protagonist Zidane Tribal who also had a tail. Sora's original outfit in Kingdom Hearts was also designed with Mickey Mouse in mind with Mickey Mouse's trademark white gloves, red shorts and giant yellow shoes due to Square's original preference to have Mickey as the main character of the game. Sora originally wielded a weapon resembling a chainsaw however, the weapon was not well received by Disney which led Nomura to redesign the weapon into a Keyblade. Nomura wanted neither as the protagonist of the game, and went on to design his own protagonist with the concepts of the Disney characters in mind, which resulted in the creation of Sora.

However, he was not originally slated to be the protagonist, as Disney wanted Donald Duck to be the protagonist of the game, while Square wanted to have Mickey Mouse as the protagonist. Sora was designed by Tetsuya Nomura as the protagonist of Kingdom Hearts.

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