Characters
Metal Gear Solid 1 contains a large cast of characters, with both your allies and enemies having their own moral compass and motivations for their actions. You play as Solid Snake, a legendary mercenary who's come back out of retirement for one more mission in order to stop the terrorist group of FOXHOUND on Shadow Moses Island from launching a nuclear weapon.
Character List
Solid Snake
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English | David Hayter |
Japanese | Akio Ōtsuka |
The protagonist of the story. An ex-mercenary of legendary status, Snake has a genius-level intellect and is an amazing soldier as well as a former member of FOXHOUND. Although he had retired and tried to live a peaceful life on Alaska, Campbell managed to convince him to come back for one more mission.
Roy Campbell
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English | Paul Eiding (Paul Otis) |
Japanese | Takeshi Aono |
Roy Campbell is the former commander of FOXHOUND and currently working as a Colonel for the Pentagon and supervisor for the Shadow Moses operation. He's one of Snake's closest friends and convinced him to come out of retirement to handle this mission. You can call him whenever you want for status updates on your mission objectives.
Naomi Hunter
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English | Jennifer Hale (Carren Learning) |
Japanese | Hiromi Tsuru |
A brilliant genetic engineer who specialized in nanomachine-based gene therapy. She's available under the same codec frequency as Roy Campbell and will sometimes provide insight about the Genome soldiers and other related projects during your mission.
Mei Ling
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English | Kim Mai Guest (Kim Nguyen) |
Japanese | Houko Kuwashima |
A talented data analyst, engineer, and Snake's main telecommunications assistant during the Shadow Moses operation. She invented Snake's soliton radar. You can call her anytime during the mission to save your progress.
Master Miller
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English | Cam Clarke (James Flinders) |
Japanese | Banjō Ginga |
One of Snake's friends and mentors. You can call him during your mission whenever you want information on the local fauna as well as any wisdom from an ex-soldier.
Donald Anderson
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English | Greg Eagles (George Byrd) |
Japanese | Masaharu Satō |
The DARPA Chief and also a joint financial benefactor of the Metal Gear Rex project, along with ArmsTech, Donald Anderson was kidnapped by FOXHOUND when he went to visit Shadow Moses for one of Rex's training exercises. He's one of Snake's targets to rescue.
Kenneth Baker
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English | Yuzuru Fujimoto |
Japanese | Allan Lurie (Bert Stewart) |
The President of ArmsTech, a company responsible for the construction of the Metal Gear Rex project. He was kidnapped by FOXHOUND when he went to visit Shadow Moses Island during one of Rex's training exercises, he's one of Snake's targets to rescue.
Meryl Silverburgh
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English | Debi Mae West (Mae Zalder) |
Japanese | Kyoko Terase |
Meryl is Campbell's niece. A rookie soldier who infiltrated Shadow Moses Island on her own, she has no real-life experience and realizes this during her partnership with Solid Snake.
Nastasha Romanenko
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English | Renee Raudman (Renee Collette) |
Japanese | Eiko Yamada |
A weapons analyst expert assigned to assist Solid Snake. You can call her at any time for advice against enemies you're facing or how to counter certain weapons.
Hal Emmerich
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English | Christopher Randolph (Christopher Fritz) |
Japanese | Hideyuki Tanaka |
A scientist who helped design Metal Gear Rex. He was monitored closely during it's construction and never learned about it's true purpose. He becomes one of Snake's closest allies during the events of the Shadow Moses operation. Likes to go by the moniker of Otacon, a shortening of Otaku Convention.
Cyborg Ninja
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English | Greg Eagles (George Byrd) |
Japanese | Kaneto Shiozawa |
A mysterious assailant that Snake encounters sometimes during the Shadow Moses incident. Neither friend nor foe, the ninja appears as quickly as he disappears.
Deepthroat
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English | Greg Eagles (George Byrd) |
Japanese | Kaneto Shiozawa |
A mysterious voice that sometimes calls Snake. He provides some high-level insight on things that would normally be impossible to know without his help. You can't reach him on your own terms.
Liquid Snake
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English | Cam Clarke (James Flinders) |
Japanese | Banjō Ginga |
The leader of FOXHOUND. Possessing a similar intellect as Solid Snake, he claims to be Snake's brother. He assumed leadership of FOXHOUND after Big Boss was killed by Solid Snake in Zanzibar.
Revolver Ocelot
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English | Patric Zimmerman (Patric Laine) |
Japanese | Kōji Totani |
Liquid Snake's right-hand man. He loves his revolver and is tasked with handling torture of the hostages during the events of the Shadow Moses operation. He wishes to restore Russia to it's former glory.
Vulcan Raven
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English | Peter Lurie (Chuck Farley) |
Japanese | Yukitoshi Hori |
An Inuit Shaman who resides in Alaska. He works for FOXHOUND and possesses tremendous strength, able to wield a Vulcan mini-gun as his primary weapon.
Psycho Mantis
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English | Doug Stone |
Japanese | Kazuyuki Sogabe |
A psionic specialist working for FOXHOUND. He's able to read minds and mind control soldiers. He wears the gas mask in order to prevent the thoughts of others from making their way into his mind without his consent.
Sniper Wolf
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English | Tasia Valenza (Julie Monroe) |
Japanese | Naoko Nakamura |
A sniper specialist working for FOXHOUND. She's known to hunt her targets until one of their demises. Cares for the wolf dogs that live in Shadow Moses. Otacon believes her to be a good person.
Decoy Octopus
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English | Greg Eagles (George Byrd) |
Japanese | Masaharu Satō |
A mysterious member of FOXHOUND known for infiltration and being a master of disguise.
Gray Fox
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English | Greg Eagles (George Byrd) |
Japanese | Kaneto Shiozawa |
One of the greatest soldiers who ever lived and one of the only soldiers to ever be given the title of Fox. Despite being Solid Snake's best friend, he was killed in the Zanzibar incident before the start of the events of Metal Gear Solid 1 by Solid Snake.