List of characters in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

This is a list of characters appearing in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.

FOX unit

Main article: FOXHOUND

Naked Snake

Main article: Big Boss

Major Zero

Major Zero is Naked Snake's commanding officer. In English, he is voiced by Jim Piddock, by Banjō Ginga in Japanese. Major Zero gives Naked Snake orders, advice, and guidance in both missions of Metal Gear Solid 3. He initially uses the codename "Major Tom," a reference to The Great Escape. However, after the failure of the first mission, he switches his codename to Major Zero. Major Zero will make another appearance in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops for the Playstation Portable.

Para-Medic

Para-Medic is a FOX support team member who provides Naked Snake with surgical and medical information, as well as general information on local flora and fauna. In English, she is voiced by Heather Halley, and in Japanese, she is voiced by Houko Kuwashima. As Snake Eater is set before the modern use of the word "paramedic", her name instead comes from a portmanteau of "paratrooper" and "medic", and the modern usage supposedly comes from her going on to found the first paramedic system in Seattle in 1970. Para-Medic will make another appearance in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops for the PSP

Sigint

Sigint is a member of the FOX unit and the self-proclaimed "expert on weapons, equipment and cutting-edge technology". He provides detailed information on weaponry, machinery, camouflage and camouflage techniques as well as gadgetry to Snake during Operation: Snake Eater. His codename refers to the military term "SIGINT", or SIGnal INTelligence. In 1965 Sigint joined ARPA and takes part in the development of ARPANET. In 1970 he would later reprise his role as Big Boss' support in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.

Cobra unit

The Boss

The Boss is a legendary American soldier, the founder and leader of the Cobra unit and is known as the mother of the US special forces. In English, she is voiced by Lori Alan, and by Kikuko Inoue in Japanese. She is also called The Joy, and in Russia, Voyevoda ("The Warlord"). The Boss defects to the Soviet Union and joins Colonel Volgin's renegade faction at the beginning of Snake Eater, and becomes one of the game's main antagonists. Hideo Kojima revealed in the Metal Gear Solid 3 commentary that The Boss was designed based on the image of Charlotte Rampling.

The End

The End is a member of the Cobra unit with exceptional sniping and camouflage skills. He was voiced in English by Grant Albrecht and in Japanese by Osamu Saka. He was born in the early 1860s and is over 100 years old during the events of Operation Snake Eater, and has fought in countless wars, including World War II. The End was based on "Old Boy", a character that was originally created to be used in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. Old Boy was an ancient soldier who had, among other things, been a Nazi general, and a mentor to numerous soldiers, including Big Boss. The character was discarded early during development, but his concept was reused in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. The End's parrot (an Alexandrine Parakeet) is one of the grandparents of Emma Emmerich's parrot from Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty.

The Fear

The Fear is a member of the Cobra unit with spider-like supernatural speed and agility. He was voices in English by Michael Bell and in Japanese by Kazumi Tanaka. His elbows are double jointed, and he has a long, lizard-like tongue, that he can use to grasp objects. Capable of dislocating his joints at will, he is able to crawl, flip, and leap extremely quickly in the manner of a spider, and also climb and jump around in trees with ease. His main weapon is a crossbow which fires venom coated or ignited bolts.

The Fury

The Fury is a member of the Cobra unit and former cosmonaut. His codename reflects the unrelenting fury he feels towards the world and everything else while he is fighting. He wears a fireproof Soviet space suit and is equipped with a jetpack and a powerful flamethrower, both of which are powered by liquid rocket fuel. He was voiced in English by Richard Doyle and in Japanese by Takeshi Endo.

The Pain

The Pain is a member of the Cobra unit who can control hornets. Besides his hornets, The Pain is armed with a Tommy gun and grenades, and can use hornets in conjunction with these weapons. He was voiced in English by Gregg Berger and in Japanese by Hisao Egawa.

The Sorrow

The Sorrow is a deceased member of the Cobra unit who was gifted as a medium. His ability to communicate with dead soldiers gave him several advantages in battle, such as learning enemy positions. The Sorrow was killed in action by the Boss when he was sent to Tselinoyarsk in 1962 after the Cobra Unit disbanded. He was voiced in English by David A. Thomas Jr. and in Japanese by Yukitoshi Hori.

Supporting characters

EVA

EVA is a female spy sent to assist Naked Snake in Operation Snake Eater. EVA uses her charm and good looks to win over the trust of Snake as she double-crosses Colonel Volgin and Ocelot to help him reach Sokolov and the Shagohod. EVA was voiced in English by Suzetta Miñet and in Japanese by Misa Watanabe. She will appear Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.

Sokolov

Nikolai Stephanovich Sokolov is a Russian nuclear scientist who defected to the United States. However secretly America and the Soviet Union agreed that in return for the Russians removing their missiles from Cuba, America would send Sokolov back to the Soviet Union. Rescuing Sokolov is one of Snake's primary objectives in the game. He was voiced in English by Brian Cummings and in Japanese by Naoki Tatsuta. He will appear in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops.

Colonel Volgin

Colonel Yevgeny Borisovitch Volgin is a Stalinist GRU colonel who attempts to seize control of the Soviet Union by overthrowing Nikita Khrushchev and installing Leonid Brezhnev and Aleksei Kosygin in his place (He is a member of the extremist Brezhnev faction of the Soviet army). Having illegally acquired the Philosophers' Legacy, he now funds co-ordinates the development of the Shagohod, the nuclear equipped tank Snake must destroy. He was voiced in English by Neil Ross and in Japanese by Kenji Utsumi.

Ocelot

Main article: Revolver Ocelot

Major Raikov

Major Ivan Raidenovitch Raikov is a high-ranking officer within Groznyj Grad, Volgin's gay lover, and a parody of Sons of Liberty's Raiden. There are numerous references to Raiden, ranging from Raikov's likeness, his name, his fighting style, his effeminate nature and his effeminate voice in the English version. He was voiced in English by Charlie Schlatter and in Japanese by Kenyu Horiuchi. In Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence's online mode, Raikov is a playable character who heads up the GRU unit. After the end of each round the player in the GRU unit with the highest score becomes Raikov. Raikov's special is a CQC move in which he grabs the crotch of his opponent which causes an instant stun. He also cannot be distracted by pornographic magazines.