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Cloud Strife

CBUB Wins: 38
CBUB Losses: 9
Win Percentage: 80.85%

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Read more about Cloud Strife at: Wikipedia

Official Site: Square-Enix

is a fictional character and the main protagonist in Square's (now Square Enix's) role-playing game Final Fantasy VII and several of its sequels and spin-offs. His original design was created by Final Fantasy VII character designer Tetsuya Nomura. Cloud's appearance is marked by spikey blond hair, striking blue eyes, dark clothing and his , which previously belonged to his friend Zack Fair. Cloud is voiced by Takahiro Sakurai in Japanese, and in English by Steve Burton.

In Final Fantasy VII, Cloud is a mercenary and self-proclaimed ex-member of SOLDIER, a select, genetically augmented military unit operating under the defacto world government and megacorporation Shinra Electric Power Company. Fighting against Shinra in the resistance group "AVALANCHE" and driven by a feud with the primary antagonist, Sephiroth, Cloud learns to come to terms with his troubled past and adapts to his role as a leader. Cloud has also appeared in several other titles outside the Final Fantasy VII continuity. Such titles include Itadaki Street Special, Final Fantasy Tactics, Dissidia: Final Fantasy, Ehrgeiz, and the Kingdom Hearts series.

Cloud has garnered a primarily positive reception by critics. Described as "iconic," the character has been ranked highly in various published character lists. Cloud remains popular among fans, and continues to place highly in popularity polls. Cloud has also become the basis for a variety of merchandise, such as action figure and jewellery.

Cloud was one of the first two characters designed for Final Fantasy VII by Tetsuya Nomura with influences from Yoshinori Kitase, Kazushige Nojima and Hironobu Sakaguchi. Furthermore, Nomura was called upon to supervise Cloud's various lines and personality traits. When being appointed to write the scenario, Cloud's false persona was already determinated, with Nojima inspired by the character's first appearance in the story. As the story continued, Nojima focused in making Cloud more mature hoping it could be noticed by the players. Additionally, Nojima incorporated the character of Zack Fair to the game in order to expand the mysteries behind Cloud's background which still were not decided how they would had been. In expanding Cloud's character individuality, the staff wanted him to be interesting to players, and focused in working in all his manners as well his phrase "Not interested" which is repeated various times in the game. When first reading Nojima's scenario, Kitase was surprised by Cloud's persona as he was not simple-minded, feeling him fresh. The love triangle between Cloud, Tifa Lockhart and Aerith Gainsborough was also an aspect that the staff found new in the series. Nojima deceived such aspect based on the "high school romance comedy" concept he thought was simple.

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Fantasy Teams Season 1 Record:

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Result Opponent A Score   B Score
Win Hakufu Sonsaku 18 to 9

Regular play Record:

Result Opponent A Score   B Score
Loss Doctor Doom 36 to 43
Win Link 48 to 41
Win Yusuke Urameshi 59 to 40
Win Vash the Stampede 51 to 50
Win Donkey Kong 50 to 33
Loss Luke Skywalker 45 to 65
Loss Kratos 46 to 69
Win Shao Kahn 50 to 43
Win Ichigo Kurosaki 76 to 28
Win Scorpion (Hanzo Hasashi) 68 to 46
Loss Link 41 to 54
Win Sephiroth 58 to 35
Win Inuyasha 76 to 28
Win Roronoa Zoro 58 to 28
Win Naruto Uzumaki 53 to 21
Win Vincent Valentine 44 to 43
Win Jack Skellington 66 to 32
Win Jin Kazama 69 to 36
Win Darth Maul 68 to 35
Win Blade 45 to 34
Win Brotherhood of Mutants 53 to 48
Win Ryu 66 to 57
Win Dante 57 to 42
Loss Siegfried Schtauffen 38 to 53
Loss Neo 44 to 59
Loss Ultimate Thor 38 to 71
Win Zabuza Momochi 59 to 41
Win Kuchiki Byakuya 48 to 24
Win Nightmare (Soulcalibur) 49 to 33
Win Squall Leonhart 77 to 30
Loss Dante 49 to 70
Win Chrono 29 to 9
Win Ryu Hayabusa 31 to 14
Win Chrono 25 to 15
Win Akuma 19 to 13
Win Naruto Uzumaki 18 to 9
Loss Afro Samurai 10 to 11
Win Gluttony 22 to 4
Win Evangelion Unit-01 11 to 4
Win T-1000000 13 to 7
Win Tommy Vercetti 21 to 6
Win Ganondorf 13 to 7
Win Tidus 17 to 2
Win Ike (Fire Emblem) 15 to 5