Editing Tifa Lockhart (section)

===Casting===
Nomura noted that he liked [[Ayumi Ito]] as an actress and wished to work with her on ''Advent Children''. With Aerith's voice actor already decided, Nomura asked Ito to voice Tifa, feeling her "husky voice" would offer a good contrast to [[Maaya Sakamoto]]'s soft-spoken Aerith.<ref>{{Cite book | year=2006 | editor=SoftBank | title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children: Reunion Files | language=ja, en | publisher=[[Square Enix]] | isbn= 978-4-7973-3498-2 | page=22}}</ref> Although Tifa's updated design had already been finalized, Ito's casting motivated them to blend many traits from the voice actress into the character's appearance.<ref>{{Cite book | year=2006 | editor=SoftBank | title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children: Reunion Files | language=ja, en | publisher=[[Square Enix]] | isbn= 978-4-7973-3498-2 | page=21}}</ref> Cloud's voice actor [[Takahiro Sakurai]] said that while he recorded most of his work individually, he performed alongside Ito for a few scenes. These recordings left him feeling "deflated", as the "exchanges he has with Tifa [could] be pretty painful".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children: Reunion Files|publisher=[[Square Enix]]|year=2006|isbn=4-7973-3498-3|editor-last=SoftBank|pages=13–14|language=ja, en}}</ref> Ayaka Mitsumoto voiced Tifa in the flashback from ''Remake'' where a teenage Tifa interacts with Cloud.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1248572634146586624|user=theatreacademy|date=April 10, 2020|access-date=2020-05-02 |language=ja |title=本日発売！！PS4ゲームソフト「ファイナルファンタジーVIIリメイク」ムギ役 #中村文徳 エアリス幼少役 #田中千空 マリン役 #梅崎音羽 ベティ役 #鎌田英怜奈 ティファ(8才/13才) #三本采香 クラウド(13才) #相澤幸優 皆さん、是非遊んチェックしてみてください！！#FF7R #FF7リメイク |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410112704/https://twitter.com/theatreacademy/status/1248572634146586624 |archivedate=2020-04-10}}</ref> Whereas young Cloud's casting was a challenge, they found an actress to match Ito's voice quite quickly.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.famitsu.com/news/202003/02193727.html |website=[[Famitsu]] |accessdate=2025-05-15 |date=2020-03-02 |script-title=ja:『FF7 リメイク』女装アイテムは複数用意、小説からの登場キャラも――野村哲也氏インタビュー |trans-title=''FF7 Remake'' has multiple crossdressing items, and characters from the novel also appear in the characters - Interview with Nomura Tetsuya |language=ja}}</ref>

[[Rachael Leigh Cook]], Tifa's English voice actor in ''Kingdom Hearts II'', stated that she enjoyed playing Tifa and described her as "very strong physically and emotionally, [but also] very sensitive" and "really multi-dimensional".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qsWOnvFDyY|title=Rachael Leigh Cook Interview~Tifa|website=[[YouTube]]|access-date=May 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226030605/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qsWOnvFDyY|archive-date=December 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> In voicing the character, Cook listened to Ito's recording as a guide to how the character sounds. Following ''Advent Children'', Cook thanked Nomura for the film he created as she enjoyed it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.siliconera.com/final-fantasy-vii-advent-children-us-premiere/|title=Final Fantasy VII Advent Children US premiere|date=April 4, 2006|website=Siliconera|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=July 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704011132/https://www.siliconera.com/final-fantasy-vii-advent-children-us-premiere/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Britt Baron]] voiced Tifa in ''Final Fantasy VII Remake'' and ''Final Fantasy VII Rebirth'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.ign.com/articles/2019/06/11/final-fantasy-vii-remake-breaking-bad-supergirl-stars-in-voice-cast-e3-2019|title=Final Fantasy VII Remake: Breaking Bad, Supergirl Stars in Voice Cast - E3 2019|website=[[IGN]]|last=Wade|first=Jessie|date=10 June 2019|access-date=11 June 2019|archive-date=November 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119192840/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/06/11/final-fantasy-vii-remake-breaking-bad-supergirl-stars-in-voice-cast-e3-2019|url-status=live}}</ref> and Tifa as a child is voiced by Glory Curda.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Final-Fantasy-VII-Remake/Tifa-Lockhart-Young/|title=Tifa Lockhart (Young)|website=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=May 4, 2020|archive-date=January 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108134415/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Final-Fantasy-VII-Remake/Tifa-Lockhart-Young/|url-status=live}}</ref>