Lightning (ライトニング, Raitoningu?)
A former soldier of the Cocoon military. Lightning has long strawberry-blonde hair and is 170 cm tall (5'7"). For her design, character designer Tetsuya Nomura was asked to create a "female version of Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII". During development, he described her as "not very feminine".[18] Lightning wields a combination of a gun and a sword and can also manipulate gravity with a device on her thumb.[19] In battle, she is agile and uses much more acrobatic moves than the rest of currently revealed cast. She can also summon the Eidolon Odin, and fight by his side in battle. Her Japanese voice actress is Maaya Sakamoto.