Rude

Rude (ルード) is a tall, bald man with a little goatee. He always wears sunglasses and appears to carry spares on him in case something happens to the pair he is wearing. Rude is rarely seen without his long-time partner Reno and is rather taciturn, tending to relegate the talking to Reno. Rude is a superb physical fighter and prefers to use his fists in battle. In one of his rare lines of dialogue in Final Fantasy VII he reveals to Reno that he has a crush on Tifa Lockhart, who is also a phenomenal physical fighter, although nothing ever comes of this crush.



Rude also appears alongside Reno in FF7: Advent Children, he is a lot more talkative this time round but mainly acts as comic relief. He is voiced by Taiten Kusunoki in the Japanese version of Advent Children and Crispin Freeman in the english version.



Rude also has a small cameo in the FF7: Last Order anime, he appears with Elena flying the Shinra helicopter.