Taken directly from the copyright itself - Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II, the Kingdom Hearts media and all respective logos, characters, artwork, stories, information, names, and other elements associated thereto are the sole and exclusive property of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd., The Walt Disney Company, as well as their subsidiaries and affiliated companies. - The FACT that Square Enix is at the top of that description is telling - It means they're in control of every facet of the story not related to Disney's properties - So unfortunately, Nomura is incorrect - SE Holding owns the characters - stories - names and information - Disney has a licensing agreement with SE to utilize KH characters and vice versa...