Celebrate Riku from the Kingdom Hearts franchise on November 11th, 2025 🌙🌀Why November 11th?
There's a tradition at Disney, in which protagonists are assigned birthdays based on the release date of the movie they first appear in. Derived from this, Kingdom Hearts characters are unofficially assigned birthdays based on the release date of the game they're first playable in.For Riku, his birthday is celebrated on the anniversary of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories where he became playable for the first time!

No hateful content

This event is to celebrate Riku and his importance to both the fandom and the Kingdom Hearts universe! We ask all participants and viewers to refrain from contributing hateful content and comments.

Keep it SFW

To make this event open to all audiences, this is a SFW / rated T event. Graphic and adult contents are not allowed.

All mediums are encouraged to participate!

Digital and traditional art, fanfics, poetry, cosplay, gfx, videos, 3D modeling, baking, music, song playlists, and much much more can be shared for Riku Day! Have an idea? Don't hesitate to give it a try! 🌀

All work must be your own

This means no stolen work, no reposting other people's work, no use of AI-generated material, and no plagiarism.

Tag your posts with #KHRikuDay or #KHRikuDay2025

In order to help others find this event and share the Riku love with others, be sure to use the #KHRikuDay or #KHRikuDay2025 tags on sites like Bluesky, Tumblr, Twitter, and AO3!

Head Mod
Liesles
(she/her)

there are friends who will see you going through a rough patch and they'll offer a hand, and then there's riku who will hoist the problem onto his own shoulders without hesitation and look good doing it

Graphics Mod
Quarri
(she/her)

Riku is a character who I hold very close to my heart, I love his dedication to his friends and journey of personal growth.
I also condone all of his bastard behaviour.

I love Riku because he has never done anything wrong in his entire life.
I love Riku for his strength, and how hard he fought to find his way back to the light.

I love Riku because he's a sweet emo <3 Fake badboy just wants the strength to protect the things that matter

Ao3 Mod
Alias
(they/them)

Riku reminds me there's never a place inside you so dark you can't crawl out. Also that I'm gay.