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Voice cast
See also: Characters of Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts II features well-known voice actors for both the Japanese and English versions. Many of the original voice actors from the first Kingdom Hearts reprised their roles; Miyu Irino and Haley Joel Osment as Sora, Mamoru Miyano and David Gallagher as Riku, and Risa Uchida and Hayden Panettiere as Kairi. New voice actors included Kōki Uchiyama and Jesse McCartney as Roxas, Iku Nakahara and Brittany Snow as Naminé, and Genzō Wakayama and Christopher Lee as DiZ.[36][15] A special effort was made to preserve the original voice actors from the Disney movies used in Kingdom Hearts II. Many actors reprised their animated Disney roles for the game, including American actors, Ming-Na, James Woods, and Zach Braff,[15] and Japanese actors, Takashi Aoyagi, Kōichi Yamadera, Yū Shimaka, and Hiroshi Fujioka. Some voice actors from the related television series or direct-to-video sequels were chosen over original voice actors, where applicable (e.g. Robert Costanzo as Philoctetes rather than Danny DeVito). Some characters were given new voice actors in the English version; Aerith, Leon, and Hercules, who were originally voiced by Mandy Moore, David Boreanaz, and Sean Astin in the first game,[37] are now voiced by Mena Suvari, Doug Erholtz, and Tate Donovan (Hercules' original voice actor).[36]
QUOTE ('about Sephiroth')
In the English language releases, he was first voiced by former 'N Sync-member Lance Bass in Kingdom Hearts and George Newbern in all other appearances.[3] The Japanese versions featured Shin-ichiro Miki as the voice of Sephiroth in Ehrgeiz and Toshiyuki Morikawa provided his voice in all other appearances.[4]
