Sephiroth (Final Fantasy)

Sephiroth
Final Fantasy character
Sephiroth in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
First game	Final Fantasy VII (1997)
Created by	Tetsuya Nomura Kazushige Nojima
Designed by	Tetsuya Nomura
Voiced by (English)	Lance Bass (Kingdom Hearts) George Newbern (all other appearances)
Voiced by (Japanese)	Toshiyuki Morikawa (most appearances) Shin-ichiro Miki (Ehrgeiz)
Fictional profile
Class/Job	SOLDIER 1st Class
Weapon	Masamune
Race	Human-alien hybrid

Sephiroth (Japanese: セフィロス, Hepburn: Sefirosu^?) is a fictional character in the role-playing video game Final Fantasy VII developed by Square (now Square Enix), where he is the main villain. Character designer Tetsuya Nomura conceived and designed Sephiroth as an antagonist to and direct physical opposite of the game's main character, Cloud Strife. The character was portrayed in Japanese by voice actor Toshiyuki Morikawa and in English by both Lance Bass in Kingdom Hearts and George Newbern in all his subsequent appearances.

Sephiroth is revealed in Final Fantasy VII to be the result of an experiment by the megacorporation Shinra, in which they injected him with cells from the extraterrestrial lifeform Jenova when he was still a fetus. Upon discovering this, Sephiroth decides to follow what he believes to be his destiny and take control of the Planet, whilst Cloud and the game's other protagonists attempt to stop him. Sephiroth's role in the story, as well as his background, are expanded in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. Additionally, he appears as a boss character in the Kingdom Hearts series, and other video games developed by Square. Sephiroth has been well-received within the video game community, and is highly ranked on many lists of the best video game villains and Final Fantasy characters.