Tidus

Tidus
Final Fantasy character
Artwork by Tetsuya Nomura of Tidus and his sword, Brotherhood
First game	Final Fantasy X (2001)
Created by	Kazushige Nojima
Designed by	Tetsuya Nomura
Voiced by (English)	James Arnold Taylor
Voiced by (Japanese)	Masakazu Morita
Motion capture	Masakazu Morita
Fictional profile
Weapon	Longswords
Race	Human
Home	Dream Zanarkand

Tidus (Japanese: ティーダ, Hepburn: Tīda^?) is a fictional video game character in Square Enix's Final Fantasy series. He was introduced as the protagonist of the role-playing video game Final Fantasy X in 2001 as a 17-year-old expert of the fictional sport blitzball from the city of Zanarkand. After a mysterious creature named Sin attacks his hometown, Tidus is apparently transported to the world of Spira. Shortly after his arrival, he meets a young new summoner Yuna and her guardians. The summoner will soon set out on a pilgrimage in an attempt to destroy the creature which attacked Tidus' city; by joining them, Tidus hopes to find his way home. He has appeared in other video games, including the Final Fantasy X sequel Final Fantasy X-2, the Kingdom Hearts series, and several Square Enix crossover games.

In creating the character, Tidus was designed by Tetsuya Nomura with a cheerful appearance set in mind (in contrast to previous Final Fantasy protagonists). Scenario writer Kazushige Nojima wanted to expand the relationship between the player and the character through the story. This was done with monologues providing players with information about the game's setting. Tidus is voiced primarily by Masakazu Morita in Japanese and James Arnold Taylor in English. Both actors enjoyed voicing the character, and Morita also performed the motion capture for him.