Squall Leonhart

Japanese Name スコール・レオンハート
Romaji Sukōru Reonhāto
Hometown Balamb Garden
Date of Birth August 23
Age 17
Blood Type AB
Height 173 cm (5'8")
Eye Color Light blue
Hair Color Brown
Weapon Gunblade
Limit Break Renzokuken

Squall Leonhart (スコール・レオンハート?) is the main protagonist of Square's (now Square Enix) role-playing game Final Fantasy VIII. He was designed by Tetsuya Nomura with heavy influences coming from game director Yoshinori Kitase. Squall has appeared in several other games, such as the Kingdom Hearts series, where he appears under the name "Leon", Chocobo Racing and Itadaki Street Special. His weapon, the gunblade, also appears in other works.

In Final Fantasy VIII, Squall is a 17-year old student at Balamb Garden, a prestigious military academy for elite mercenaries known as "SeeDs".[4] As the game's story progresses, Squall becomes friends with Quistis Trepe, Zell Dincht, Selphie Tilmitt and Irvine Kinneas, and falls in love with Rinoa Heartilly. These relationships–combined with developments in the game's plot–gradually turn him from a loner to an open and caring person.[4] Squall's Limit Break (special move) is Renzokuken, consisting of a series of gunblade slashes preceding a powerful finishing move.