Eight

a character

Eight is a playable character in Final Fantasy Type-0, and one of the main characters of the same game.

Story
Eight is a young man who is a member of Class Zero, a group of students from the Peristylium Suzaku, the Magic Academy of the nation of Rubrum, that fight the invasion of Rubrum by Byakko. As part of the resistance operation "Operation Apostle", he and his comrades seek to become the Agito, a messiah prophesied in ancient mythology to appear at the time of Finis, an apocalyptic calamity.

Profile
Eight is a young man with short auburn hair. Like all Class Zero members, he wears a uniform with white pants, a black jacket and a red cape. Eight's cape is tied by the neck to make it shorter. Eight uses gloves because he hates weapons.

Battle
Eight wields knuckles in battle and obviously has a close-range battle style. His basic attack is Power Knuckle (パウアーナックル, Pauā Nakkuru), while Special Attack is Ice floe Kata (流氷の型, Ryuuhyou no Kata). His special attacks are activated by using the direction pad on the PSP.

Etymology
"Eight" is one of the trumps of a traditional set of playing cards.

Trivia

 * He shares his Japanese voice actor with Sora from the Kingdom Hearts series.