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Name: Cloud Strife
Job: Mercenary (ex-member of SOLDIER)
Age: 21
Weapon: Sword
Height: 5'7"
Birthdate: 11 August or 19 August
Birthplace: Nibelheim
Blood Type: AB
The main character in FINAL FANTASY VII. Originally a member of SOLDIER, he is now a mercenary who will take any job. After being hired by AVALANCHE, he gradually gets caught up in a massive struggle for the life of the planet. His enormous sword can cut almost anything into two.

Cloud's date of birth is a point of contention: the Ultimania Omega (the official Japanese guidebook) lists it as 11 August, while his profile on the official websites have, for years, listed it as 19 August. Japanese official sites tend to list it as the 11th; English-language ones consistently list it as the 19th. When's his actual birthday? No one knows.

other appearances

As the poster child for FFVII — and sometimes for Final Fantasy as a whole — Cloud has appeared in a lot of other games. Let's start with the other FF games he's shown up in, alphabetically:

• Chocobo Racing: Cloud is a secret character.
• Dissidia: Cloud serves as the FFVII representive for this FF brawler.
• Dissidia 012: Unsurprisingly, Cloud also makes an appearance in the sequel.
• Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade: Cloud appeared during the FFVII event and a few other events.
• Final Fantasy All the Bravest: Cloud is a random downloadable character.
• Final Fantay Anthology: Cloud sometimes shows up on the loading screen for FFV.
• Final Fantasy Tactics: For absolutely no reason at all, Cloud is a playable character in FFT and its War of the Lions remake, in which he defends a flower girl from thugs and joins Ramza's party. (FFT came out soon after FFVII; it was clearly just a cash-in.)
• Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XII: While he's technically not playable, Cloud's SOLDIER 1st Class outfit and Buster Sword are preorder/DLC items for Lightning.
• Pictologica Final Fantasy: A puzzle game for smartphones released in Japan; apparently Cloud is a playable character.
• Theatrhythm: Cloud is the FFVII representative for this music game.
• Theatrhythm: Curtain Call: Cloud's back again for this sequel. His AC outfit is available as DLC.

And, of course, Cloud has shown up in non-Final Fantasy games as well.

• Ehrgeiz: A PS1 fighting game; Cloud is a playable character.
• Kingdom Hearts: Cloud appears in the first and second games, as well as Chain of Memories and Re:coded. In the first game, he's got a wing and apparently stole Vincent's cloak; in the second he's wearing his Advent Children getup. (Don't look at me, I never played the KH games.)
• Dragon Quest & Itadaki Street: Cloud has appeared in this series several times, specifically in the Special, Portable, and Mobile titles.
• LittleBigPlanet 2: Cloud's outfit is in this game. No, really.