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Welcome to the page dedicated to the series of medical sci-fi games Trauma Center. List is still incomplete. Feel free to add, and beware of spoilers!
Note: Japanese version's name, if the character has, is written in italics.
Characters from Trauma Center: Under the Knife and Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Caduceus
Derek Stiles (Kousuke Tsukimori)
Voiced by: Takayuki Kondo (JP), Yuri Lowenthal (EN)
The main character of Under the Knife and Under the Knife 2. Decided to become a surgeon after his father died of an illness. Gifted with the Healing Touch, he was recruited by Caduceus after successfully operating on a patient with GUILT.
- Asskicking Pose: It seems to be part of routine before starting an operation!
- Catch Phrase: Let's begin the operation!
- Healing Hands: The Healing Touch counts as this.
- The Hero
- Heroic BSOD: After failing to save Emilio's life. It's so bad that he actually loses the use of his Healing Touch for a while.
- The Intern: Averted, the games start with him having just finished his residency.
- Last-Minute Hookup: With Angie, in the second game.
- And even then you need to really, really squint. Fanbase opinion varies. Widely.
- The Medic: Well, DUH.
- Older and Wiser: In New Blood.
- One of Our Own: He gets infected with GUILT in Second Opinion and has to be operated on by Dr. Kimishima.
- Previous Player Character Cameo: Appears in an episode of New Blood and a postgame challenge, and can be heard in some of Naomi's flashbacks in Trauma Team, and he and CR-S01 discuss Rosalia taking on the disease she had.
- Shut UP, Hannibal: Every X-Mission starts with Derek openly rejecting Adam's statements.
- Time Stands Still: He manages to do this with his Healing Touch during the Savato operations. Definitely a Moment of Awesome.
- Unwitting Pawn: In Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2, he becomes this for both Mercer and Reina.
Angela "Angie" Thompson Blackwell (Ange Tonegawa Amou)
Voiced by: Sachiko Nakamura (Under the Knife) and Ayako Kawasumi (Second Opinion onwards) (JP), Wendee Lee (EN)
An elite nurse with an International Nursing License who transferred to Hope Hospital and became Derek's assistant.
- But Not Too Foreign: She is part-German.
- Hospital Hottie
- I Know Karate: "I have studied Aikido."
- Last-Minute Hookup: With Derek, in the second game.
- Stop Helping Me!
- Tsundere: Starts out as a Type A towards Derek, but gradually warms up to him. She still shifts back every so often though.
Nozomi Weaver/Naomi Kimishima (Mira/Mila Kimishima)
Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (JP), Kirsten Potter (EN)
A foreign doctor working at St. Francis Hospital. Appears as a new main character in the Z chapter and Chapter 6 of Trauma Center: Second Opinion. Her Healing Touch manipulates the patient's energies and raises vitals when performing actions.
She also appears in Trauma Team, as the protagonist of the Forensics mode. Now infected with an incurable disease, she works at the Cumberland Institute of Forensic Medicine to solve crimes.
- Absolute Cleavage: And How!
- Affirmative Action Girl
- All of the Other Reindeer: In a way - Nozomi was disbarred as an official surgeon for "having magical powers", which let to her jumping ship to Delphi.
- Anime Hair: It is confusing as to how her Second Opinion hairstyle is physically possible.
- Asskicking Pose: In Second Opinion.
- The Atoner
- Badass Longcoat: In Second Opinion.
- Broken Bird: Her work with Delphi combined with finding out about her terminal illness makes her become this in Trauma Team.
- But Not Too Foreign: In the Japanese version, at least. She's a Japanese-American.
- Catch Phrase: She tends to begin The Summation by stating, "The dead shall speak. Let's put together the truth of what happened here." [1]
- In Second Opinion, she tends to say "Here Goes" before starting an operation.
- The Coroner: Takes up this role in Trauma Team as a forensic scientist.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: In Trauma Team.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: After everything she gets put through, Naomi deserved getting a clean bill of health and the chance to get to take care of her adopted daughter.
- Face Heel Turn: In the backstory, followed by Heel Face Turn.
- Gratuitous English: In the Japanese version. The names of her operations are in English, even.
- Healing Hands: She has the Healing Touch as well, though hers works differently from Derek's.
- Heroic BSOD: Naomi has one in Trauma Team when Alyssa gets blown up.
- Hospital Hottie
- Hot Chick in a Badass Suit
- Mistress and Servant Boy: Her and Little Guy's relation ship in Trauma Team has shades of this.
- Ms. Fanservice: In Second Opinion. Downplayed in Trauma Team for the most part, but a lot of her cutscenes intentionally give the viewer an eyeful of boob.
- Older and Wiser: In Trauma Team.
- One-Note Cook: The only dish she can cook well is curry, which she learned during her time in India.
- One of Our Own: She is the patient for the final operation in Trauma Team.
- Parental Substitute: Naomi feels obligated to raise Morality Pet Alyssa after she gets nearly killed in a bomb meant for her.
- Sixth Ranger
- The Stoic
- White-Haired Pretty Girl
- Your Days Are Numbered: After Second Opinion, she's diagnosed with an incurable disease that leaves her with only about a year of life left, only for it to later combine with the Rosalia Virus. When she's cured of the mutated (a.k.a. "Twisted") Rosalia in the last operation, the disease dies along with it, leaving her to take care of her new adopted daughter Alyssa.
Mary Fulton (Momoe Furumura)
Voiced by: Chisato Sugawara (Under the Knife) and Mai (Second Opinion onwards) (JP), Wendee Lee (EN)
A veteran nurse at Hope Hospital. She serves as Dr. Stiles's assistant in the first few episodes of Under the Knife. Because her husband was relocated to a different office, she had to leave to work at a different hospital. She is replaced by Angie Thompson. She later makes a surprise appearance in Under the Knife 2 to aid Derek recover from his depression.
- Catch Phrase: She doesn't really have one, but fans have noted how often she berates Derek with the "You're such a handful!" line in Under the Knife 2, even if the in-game text says otherwise.
- Memetic Mutation: When her spoken line reaches unbelievable levels. "YER SOSCH EH HENDFOOL!"
- Shipper on Deck: To Derek x Angie, in Under the Knife 2.
Tyler Chase (Tougo Sakura)
A surgeon at Caduceus. A friend of Derek's from medical school.
- Big Brother Instinct: Well, can you really blame him?
- Brilliant but Lazy: He's a good doctor, but he doesn't like to work very much.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: In the sequel, he's known to be very strict with his interns, who nicknamed him "The Demon".
- Promotion to Parent
- Shipper on Deck: To Derek x Angie.
- Shoot the Dog: His job required him to do this, as he was an euthanasist before Derek changed his mind by saving his little sister's life.
Victor Niguel (Shuuya Aragaki)
Voiced by: Kazuya Niinou [2] (Under the Knife)/Masaaki Kouda (Second Opinion onwards) (JP), Spike Spencer (EN)
Head of Caduceus's research division. Known as "the brain of Caduceus". Considers diseases as enemies on a personal level.
- Cluster F-Bomb: The guy provides the greatest source for swear words in the game.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Dr. Jerk
- Grumpy Bear: Stands out as a cynic in a mostly idealistic series.
- Heroic BSOD: Has a minor one after Anderson's death.
- Insufferable Genius: Though the "insufferable" part isn't played up all too much.
Stephen Clarks (Takuji Houshou)
Caduceus's veteran surgeon.
- Game Over Man: His main role is jumping in to take over if you fail an operation.
Leslie Sears (Yuno Itou)
A nurse at Caduceus.
- Genki Girl
- Hospital Hottie
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Her green hair sticks out in a cast with mostly normal hair colors.
Sidney Kasal (Souji Kutsukake)
Chief Director of Caduceus. Dedicated his life to medicine after his wife died of illness. Younger twin brother of Greg Kasal.
- Scary Shiny Glasses: More to show that he's tense than to be threatening, though.
- Stoic Spectacles
Greg Kasal (Shin'ichi Kutsukake)
Chief surgeon at Hope Hospital. Later becomes the director after Robert Hoffman leaves for Caduceus. Older twin brother of Sidney Kasal.
- Big Brother Mentor
- One of Our Own: He gets infected with Tetarti in the first game. He requests that Dr. Stiles perform the operation instead of Dr. Clarks, as the final test as his mentor.
Cybil Myers (Sayaka Myoujin)
Voiced by: Mizuho Adachi (Under the Knife)/Fuyuka Ooura (Second Opinion onwards) (JP), Wendee Lee (EN)
Anesthesiologist at Caduceus and a former police officer, nicknamed the "Iron Vixen". In Under the Knife 2, she has married Greg Kasal and works with him at Hope Hospital.
- One of Our Own: She is infected with Paraskevi in the first game.
- Shipper on Deck: To Derek x Angie, in Under the Knife 2.
Robert Hoffman (Iichirou Kitazaki)
Director at Hope Hospital. Is gifted with the Healing Touch, but has retired from surgery. Later becomes Executive Director of Caduceus.
- Badass Beard: It becomes very spiky in his Second Opinion re-design.
- Big Good: Takes up Richard Anderson's role as head of Caduceus.
- The Comically Serious: When Cybil and Greg Kasal take off to handle the incoming patients (all being sent to Caduceus) due to a big accident on the freeway in Under the Knife 2's 3-5, they leave him to take care of their baby in the meantime. Hilarity Ensues.
- Cool Old Guy: Once he returns to wielding his Healing Touch, he is shown to be just as capable as Derek in treating GUILT.
- Let's Get Dangerous: In Under the Knife, he wears a somewhat vacant expression on his face until this moment, when he becomes much more serious-looking. This effect is also present in Second Opinion, but it is much more subtle.
- My Greatest Failure: After losing a patient in quite a messy way, he never used his Healing Touch again.
- The Obi-Wan
- One of Our Own: He is the patient in the final operation of Second Opinion.
- Retired Badass: He had a Healing Touch just like Derek before... well... crap hit the fan.
Langston Miller (Lewis Willer)
The Chief Director of Caduceus Europe. He oversees the military operations in Africa and at Delphi's base.
Owen
The Chief Researcher at Caduceus Europe. He was in charge of a project to use "Z-Cells" from Adam's body as a regenerative treatment for patients.
Delphi
Adam/Erick Von Raitenau (President)
Delphi's President, and a very bad guy. Put into suspended animation by GUILT.
- Adam and or Eve
- Big Bad: In the first game, and his influence is felt in Trauma Center 2 as well.
- Body Horror: Just... look at him!
- Evil Gloating: "No matter how hard you try, you cannot overcome the power of Death!"
- Faux Symbolism
- The Fundamentalist
- A God Am I: "I, who have become the Great Destroyer Apollyon!"
- Hypocrite: Sure, Adam, it is wrong for doctors to allow people to live longer, but when YOU make yourself immortal, it's alright...
- Like every good hypocrite, Adam even has a rationalization ready: he claims that, in his "undead" state, he has placed himself outside the cycle of nature, so even if he doesn't actively better the world, he doesn't take anything from it either.
- Immortality Seeker
- Late Arrival Spoiler: Second Opinion's box art displays him rather prominently on the front.
- Our Liches Are Different
- Plaguemaster: Develops the strains of GUILT that Delphi spreads across the world.
Kenneth Blackwell (Kyouji Amou)
Voiced by: Joji Nakata (JP)
A scientist forced to work with Delphi to create GUILT.
- Anti-Villain: Sure, he may work for Adam, but he's so horribly ashamed about it that one can't help but feel sorry for him.
- Not to mention, the only reason he accepted to join Delphi in the first place was to protect his daughter Angie...
- The Atoner: After Derek saves his life.
- Beard of Evil Anti-Villainy.
- Catch Phrase: "Indeed..."
- Death Seeker: Before the operation that saved his life, Blackwell believed that getting infected with Savato and dying from it was his just desserts for his crimes.
- Disappeared Dad: Until meeting him in the events of the game, Angie never knew who her father was.
- Engineer Exploited For Evil
- Face Framed in Shadow: He appears in episode Z-4 of Second Opinion, but his full face is not fully revealed until Derek confronts him at the climax of Chapter 5.
- Heel Face Turn: After the events of the first game, he supports Derek and Angie whenever he can.
- Reverse Mole: Becomes this is the second game to uncover the origin of Neo-GUILT.
- That Man Is Dead
Voiced by: Hiroki Tochi (JP) Yuri Lowenthal (EN)
A, uh, Delphi assistant in Trauma Center: Second Opinion. He acts as Dr. Kimishima's assistant in the Z chapter. By the time of Trauma Team, he's taken on a job at the FBI under an assumed name; when Naomi gets partnered with him once again, she quickly gives him the nickname "Little Guy".
- Ascended Extra: In Trauma Team.
- Berserk Button: He's a music lover, so he (to Naomi's confusion) gets a little pissed when a valuable guitar gets damaged in a bombing.
- Dogged (Semi)Nice Guy: He has a plain crush on Dr. Kimishima, who constantly either shoots him down or mocks him.
- Heel Face Turn: Works with the FBI in Trauma Team after the fall of Delphi.
- Mistress and Servant Boy: His and Naomi's relationship in Trauma Team has shades of this.
- No Name Given: He is never referred to by his actual name.
- Voice with an Internet Connection: Supports Naomi in her forensics investigation through a voice chat, and even helps her further inspect certain pieces of evidence.
Patients
Linda Reid (Sayoko Ooga)
A teenage girl who wishes to die. Suffering from the GUILT Kyriaki.
- Emo Teen: In her defense, depression is a symptom of GUILT infection.
Amy Chase (Rin Sakura)
Tyler Chase's younger sister. Was suffering from the Deftera strain of GUILT.
Richard Anderson (Katsuhisa Hibiya)
The Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Executive Director of Caduceus.
- Cool Old Guy
- Eyes Always Shut
- Hope Spot: Despite all of Caduceus' - and the player's - efforts, Anderson's body gives out shortly after he is freed of Pempti.
The Sinners
A description of the character goes here.
- And I Must Scream: These kids are purposedly left in a coma, on the brink of death, in order to cultivate GUILT strains.
- Ascended Extra: Emilio in Trauma Center 2.
Characters from Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
Adel Tulba
Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma (JP)
A young doctor from the African Republic of Costigar. He's recommended to Caduceus by Derek Stiles, but leaves to join the HOA.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady
- Good Powers, Bad People: Dr. Stiiiiles... Do you know what else the "Healing" Touch is good for...? It's also good for... KILLING!
- Green-Eyed Monster
- Nightmare Face
- One of Our Own: He has to be operated on twice.
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: Sige gives him the power to use the Healing Touch. It also drives him stark raving mad when it breaks out of its dormancy.
Heather Ross (Ayaka Isshiki)
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (JP)
A nurse at Elysium, a facility created to look after GUILT patients. She has the same International Nursing License as Angie.
Reina Mayuzumi (Rena Mayuzumi)
Voiced by: Yuko Kaida (JP)
President of Acropolis Pharmaceutical.
Patrick Mercer (Akihiro Nagasawa)
Voiced by: Masaaki Kousa (JP)
CEO of the Hands of Asclepius. A bureaucrat with an ambition to reform the medical system.
- Anti-Villain: Seeks to save his comatose wife on top of improving the abilities of people worldwide... through the use of a GUILT variation.
- Cool Old Guy: Or maybe not...
- Love Makes You Evil: Delves into development of Neo-GUILT in hopes of finding a way to save his comatose wife.
- Suck Sessor
- Visionary Villain: His motivation is to change the world of medicine, and demonstrates this when the doctors under his employ learn the Healing Touch.
Tracy Mercer (Hiromi Nagasawa)
Patrick Mercer's wife. In a coma from an accident.
Heinrich von Raitenau
Voiced by: Atsushi Ono (JP)
Grandson of Adam. Continues his work along with remaining Delphi members.
- Disc One Final Boss: His arrest brings about the downfall of the Delphi remnants, but there is another power at hand regarding GUILT research...
- Evil Laugh: So evil, it gets its own sound clip!
- Good Hair, Evil Hair: Evil hair, evil hair!
- Guinea Pig Family: See the entry below.
- Offing the Offspring: Or using them as GUILT living incubators, which is even worse.
- Overlord, Jr.: Attempts to follow in his grandfather's footsteps in reviving Delphi.
- Plaguemaster: Like his grandfather before him, he commands the Delphi remnants in trying to spread GUILT around the world.
Characters from Trauma Center: New Blood
Markus Vaughn
Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (JP), Troy Baker (EN)
One of Trauma Center: New Blood's two protagonists. Capable of using the Healing Touch. His Healing Touch is the same as Derek's.
- The Atoner
- Kick the Son of a Bitch: He refuses to let Vahkushti blame his actions on anything but himself and pretty much tells them to just shut up and die already.
- No Sense of Direction: Not as bad as some comical cases, but Valerie points out he has all the cardiac blood vessels memorized, but can't follow street directions.
- Perma-Stubble
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue one.
Valerie Blaylock
Voiced by: Yumi Touma (JP), Kimberly Brooks (EN)
One of Trauma Center: New Blood's two protagonists. Followed Markus Vaughn to Alaska to learn the Healing Touch. She eventually masters a Healing Touch that prevents the patient's vitals from changing for a period of time.
- Ambiguously Brown: She has fairly dark skin, but you can't really attribute any specific ethnicity to her based on her looks.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red one.
Elena Salazar
Voiced by: Ryoka Yuzuki (JP), Karen Strassman (EN)
A nurse who was a patient of Markus Vaughn as a child. She followed him to Alaska for a follow-up operation, then became his assistant.
- Ascended Fangirl: In-universe. She went into medicine after being inspired by Markus performing surgery on her as a child, and is utterly delighted when she ends up as her hero's assistant.
- Dark-Skinned Blond
- Stop Helping Me!: Although she actually gets less reminder lines than her predecessor Angie, since there's always two surgeons present. An example of full voice acting working against a character.
Miles Hoover
Voiced by: Ikuya Sawaki (JP), Dan 'Igor' Woren (EN)
The Director of Montgomery Memorial Hospital.
- One of Our Own: He has to have tumors extracted from his small intestine. He retires soon after.
Marcy Bloom
Voiced by: Shinobu Sato (JP), Mona Marshall (EN)
A nurse at Montgomery Memorial Hospital.
Erik Hayes
Voiced by: Yuri Lowenthal (EN)
A helicopter pilot who transfers patients for Montgomery Memorial Hospital.
Luc Rousseau
Voiced by: Hochu Otsuka (JP), Doug 'Trollzama' Erholtz (EN)
Chief surgeon at Concordia Medical Institute.
- Jerkass
- Man On Fire: Gets caught in an act of arson, and has to be treated.
- One of Our Own: He suffers from burns and has to get a skin graft.
- Smug Snake: His default expression is a smug smirk, and his haughty attitude does not go unnoticed by the protagonists.
Frances Chen
Voiced by: Matsuri Kawatoko (JP)
A doctor at Concordia Medical Institute.
Lloyd Wilkens
Voiced by: Shozo Iizuka (JP), Michael McConnohie (EN)
A professor at Concordia Medical Institute who conducted research with Markus Vaughn. He becomes infected with Stigma and urges Markus to come back from Alaska.
- High-Class Glass
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: His memory regresses significantly after his mind-control device is disabled.
- One of Our Own: He's the patient of the first Stigma operation, with Cheir on his heart. Later, you have to deactivate a mind-control device implanted in his brain.
Irene Quatro
Voiced by: Gara Takashima (JP), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (EN)
The director of Caduceus USA.
- Big Good: Since the first moment she's onscreen, she's shown to be a virtuous, if not shrewd (invokes Federal government authority to get them to join Caduceus, as a form of conscription) surgeon: she always regrets putting Markus and Valerie in the middle of danger and is usually sympathetic and supporting to them. That degree in Psychology helps.
Kanae Tsuji
Voiced by: Kaori Akashi (JP), Karen Strassman (EN)
A surgeon at Caduceus USA.
- Meganekko
- Scary Shiny Glasses: When she gets mad or serious.
Leslie Newman
Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (JP)
A nurse at Caduceus USA.
Justin Everett
Voiced by: Masuo Amada (JP), Greg Eagles (EN)
Caduceus USA's chief surgeon.
- Game Over Man: Usually the person who takes over if you screw up.
- One of Our Own: The very first thing you do upon meeting him is perform an emergency surgery on his cholelithiasis.
Robert Cromwell
Voiced by: Tomohisa Aso (JP), Kirk Thornton (EN)
Head of research at Caduceus USA. Talks in a very long-winded manner with lots of scientific-sounding words.
- Opaque Lenses: His eyes are never seen.
- The Professor
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
- The Smart Guy
Hans Nilsen
Voiced by: Derek Stephen Prince (EN)
The president of Humani, a medical corporation that's partnered with Caduceus.
Isabella Vazquez
Voiced by: Karen Strassman (EN)
A representative of Humani.
Cynthia Kazakov
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (JP), Wendee Lee (EN)
A research specialist from Humani who cooperates with Caduceus. A friend of Valerie Blaylock from medical school.
- The Mole: Has been revealed to be serving as one for Parnassus, the organization behind Stigma development.
- Restraining Bolt: Vakhushti installs a chip in her heart that allows him to kill her at a moment's notice, to control her movements.
- Rule of Symbolism: When Valerie and Markus find her trapped in her religious fanatic boyfriend's castle, she isn't wearing the ornamental cross she had been wearing for the greater part of the story.
Gloria Mendes
The Secretary of Homeland Security.
George Marshall
The Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.
Leonardo Bello
Voiced by: Kenji Hamada (JP), Derek Stephen Prince (EN)
A skilled surgeon who knows the Healing Touch and performs operations live for the TV show "Miracle Surgery". Highly critical of Caduceus.
- Cooking Duel: Bizarrely, a surgery duel.
- Fake Ultimate Hero: He unveils his Healing Touch (slow-time flavor) to much fanfare, but it appears to be rather weak... he can't sustain it for long, and it's implied Markus's is much more effective.
- Insufferable Genius: A deliberate example: he's convinced himself that if his criticism forces Valerie and Markus to improve, then it will have served its purpose. Since his criticism is completely off-base, however, this is delusional on his part.
- Smug Snake: He makes no attempts to hide the fact that he doesn't think much of Caduceus, and thinks of himself as the greatest surgeon in the country.
- Wearing a Flag on Your Head: Not in the actual game, but in his profile picture on the official site, his tie has an American flag pattern.
Guy Davidson
Voiced by: Chafurin (JP), Dan 'Igor' Woren (EN)
A very excited television host on Miracle Surgery.
- Announcer Chatter: Proves to be rather talkative in Miracle Surgery.
- Combat Commentator: Or rather, "surgery" commentator, but fits nonetheless, especially given how intense surgeries can get.
- Large Ham: Comes with being an announcer. Even when he's a news reporter, he still hams it up, albeit much more subdued, given the situation.
- No Indoor Voice: Always seems to yell everything he says, much to Valerie's chagrin. He mellows out considerably when he's later seen reporting on the Stigma outbreak.
Kidman (Zachariah Kidman)
Voiced by: Wotoya Kawano (JP), Doug 'Trollzama' Erholtz (EN)
A mysterious criminal who wants to profit from Stigma by selling it as a biological weapon.
- The Syndicate: His affiliated Family has a lock on bioweapons and makes international deals for its usage.
- Arms Dealer: Gets involved with Stigma when attempting to sell it as a weapon.
- Psychopathic Manchild: Attempts to drown the main characters by locking them in a sewer with a kids' toy as the lock.
- Used To Be A Sweet Kid: In an operation with his mother, she explains that he used to be a kind doctor before he got too ambitious during an unspecified war, in turn "falling into the wrong crowd" which lead him to become a black market arms dealer.
- Barely Changed Dub Name: The English version of the game as well as the official website/media simply refers to him as "Kidman", however the Japanese version of the game and media gives it as "Zachariah Kidman".
- All There In The Script: In the English version of the game, part of his name is referred to. The Japanese version changes this, with supplemental material as well as the game's credits roll revealing his actual full name.
- The Trope Kid
Leland Phoenix
Voiced by: Yuri Lowenthal (EN)
An intimidating man working for Kidman. He oversees Markus and Valerie's operations and gives them the serum to treat Onyx.
Jean-Paul Massey
Voiced by: Daisuke Kirii (JP)
A shady man who snuck into Concordia Medical Institute. He was later hired to kidnap Markus, Valerie, and Elena. He tried to run away afterwards, but was shot down and had to be operated on.
Maria Estrada
Voiced by: Karen Strassman (EN)
A doctor in training from Culuruma.
- What an Idiot!: In-universe. Markus and Valerie call her out on skipping her immunizations for very flimsy reasons when she really should have known better.
President Moreno (Javier Chaves)
President of the South American country of Culuruma.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: In the Japanese version, this controversial South American president is named Javier Chaves. He's the only character from New Blood whose name was changed in the English version.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: He genuinely appreciates Caduceus's help and supplies everything they need. While he does twist their arm to force them to treat his soldiers, he willingly negotiates terms with Markus over it.
Ramsey Ramirez
A former Major General who leads the Culuruma Liberation Front.
Master Vahkushti
Voiced by: Jurota Kosugi (JP), Derek Stephen Prince (EN)
The leader of Parnassus. Real name: Ray Kerensky.
- Big Bad
- Chekhov's Gunman
- Death Equals Redemption: Defied by Markus, who pretty much throws his speech of penance back in his face and tells him to die already.
- Load-Bearing Boss: Cardia was the only thing keeping him alive.
- The Man Behind the Man
Characters from Trauma Team
Resurgam First Care
CR-S01/Erhardt Muller
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (JP), Nolan North (EN)
The protagonist of the Surgery mode in Trauma Team. A skilled surgeon sentenced to 250 years in cryogenic prison for his involvement in a biological terror attack at Cumberland College. He's lost his memory of who he is and has been allowed to redeem himself by performing operations for Resurgam First Care.
A select few people have given him the Fan Nickname 'Numbers' as well.
- All There in the Manual: His real name is only revealed on Japanese guidebook.
- Amnesiac Dissonance: Played with—he's aware of his previous crimes, but without any knowledge of why he committed them this only drives him to become The Atoner. Later outright subverted when it turns out "his" previous crimes weren't even his in the first place.
- The Atoner
- Badass Normal: Unlike his processors who have the "Healing Touch", he does not come with this but is still able to save patient's lives.
- Bishonen: He has a really androgynous and handsome face.
- Boxed Crook: He is let out to perform surgeries in order to reduce the length of his sentence.
- Catch Phrase: Let this disease pass from this world... [3]
- The Comically Serious
- Dark and Troubled Past
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: Subverted. His biological parents despised him for his 'lack of emotion' and thought that he'll 'kill them one day'. His adoptive father Albert Sartre treated him better than his real parents.
- Determinator: If you're a patient of his, he will cure you. No exceptions.
- The Hero
- Institutional Apparel
- Man in White
- Mr. Fanservice: He fits on all the qualifications.
- The Stoic: Hardly ever changes his expression.
- Not So Stoic: It's revealed in a bonus clip that the reason he doesn't smile is because he's spent so much time in a cold atmosphere that he actually has difficulty smiling. Said bonus clip features him practicing trying to smile and act friendly, with hilarious results.
- Trauma-Induced Amnesia
- Troubled but Cute: Which is hilariously subverted in his bonus scene.
- The Un-Smile: He has a hard time smiling which leads to...
- When He Smiles: In the English guide manual/Japanese cover and his epilogue before the final episode, he is shown to be capable of smiling. Cue the squealing of fangirls.
- You Are Number Six
Tomoe Tachibana
Voiced by: Shizuka Ito (JP), Stephanie Sheh (EN)
The protagonist of the Endoscopy mode in Trauma Team. The heiress to a wealthy Japanese family. She rebelled against her status by studying abroad in America as an endoscopist.
- Badass: She's a third endoscopy doctor, a third ninja, AND a third Samurai with crazy warping skills. Her Path of Honor is no joke that's for sure.
- Catch Phrase: "The way of honor." [4]
- The Chick
- Lady of War: Erm, of endoscopy.
- Meddling Parents: Her father is one.
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: See Badass entry above.
- Non-Idle Rich: She's an endoscopist.
- Ojou: Heiress to a wealthy family.
- Rebellious Princess: Downplayed; rebellious non-royal heiress.
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Defied. She rebelled against her Japanese heritage by studying abroad in America. Ironically, however, she has the personality down pat; she defies the trope only because she's not committed to her family above all else.
Hank Freebird
Voiced by: Masashi Sugawara (JP), Dave Mitchell (EN)
The protagonist of the Orthopedics mode in Trauma Team. A former soldier in the US Special Forces with a strong sense of justice. He grew tired of taking lives and decided to start saving them as an orthopedic surgeon.
- Awesome McCoolname: HANK. FREEBIRD.
- The Big Guy: This is even the name of his first mission.
- Catch Phrase: Rock solid! [5]
- Cut Himself Shaving
- Elvis Impersonator
- Eyes Always Shut: To the point that he needs an Alertness Blink to signify that he's come out of his Catapult Nightmare.
- Gentle Giant: His defining character trait. He's The Big Guy, but he loves flowers, has a soft spot for a young patient of his, and performs operations requiring precision and caution rather than speed.
- Hero with Bad Publicity
- Honor Before Reason
- Large Ham: Captain Eagle!
- Love Freak: I am the ambassador of love and justice!
- Made of Iron: Over the course of the game, Hank uppercuts a man through a ceiling, gets shot, and uses himself as a conduit to bridge two electrical cables. The only real casualty of all that is his clothing.
- The Messiah
- Save the Villain: A gunman shoots several people in a shopping mall—one of them a friend of Hank's—and then leaps off a balcony and breaks his back after revealing that he was driven to his crime by despair over his apparently inoperable cancer. Hank not only protects the fallen man from the angry crowd, he personally operates on the man's damaged spine and extracts the cancerous tumors from his spinal cord.
- Superhero
Maria Torres
Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame (JP), Amanda Winn-Lee (EN)
The protagonist of the First Response mode in Trauma Team. A hot-blooded paramedic who has quick reflexes and a desire to be a hero. However, she lacks patience with others and dislikes teamwork.
- Action Girl: Maria Torres has the most frantic gameplay of any character in Trauma Team, since she has to treat multiple patients at once. Her personality fits this. Bonus points for single-handedly stopping a bus from falling and crushing two other main characters.
- Ambiguously Brown: Her name implies some kind of Spanish or Hispanic descent.
- Cluster D-Bomb: The greatest source of swearing in Trauma Team.
- Expy: Look at this picture picture of Maria (warning: NSFW ads). Now look at this picture of Chie Satonaka. Hilariously, Amanda Winn-Lee also voices a character in Persona 4: Chie's best friend Yukiko.
- Hot-Blooded
- The Lancer
- Ms. Fanservice: Her first appearance features her topless, with only a towel (barely) covering her breasts. See it here.
- Parental Abandonment: Was at the same orphanage as Rosalia.
- Stop Helping Me!: Maria has this attitude towards her fellow paramedics.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Feels that she is Surrounded by Idiots at her workplace, but bears with them despite her frustration.
Gabriel "Gabe" Cunningham
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (JP), Travis Willingham (EN)
The protagonist of the Diagnosis mode in Trauma Team. An intelligent diagnostician with great powers of deduction. After years of work, he became desensitized to human life. His bitter attitude has caused him to be separated from his family.
- Berserk Button: In the episode 'The Simplest Truth', RONI finally pushes his.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Does this in the epilogue. Depending on your view, it may also be a small Moment of Awesome or Heartwarming Moments.
- The Chew Toy: Let's see here: he was almost hit by an arrow in Tomoe's storyline, got hit by a bus at a mall, his 'safe' landing got him in the trash at the last chapter, etc. The developers surely love messing with him, and for our amusement.
- Dr. Jerk: A mild case compared to Victor of Second Opinion, but still.
- Expy: Admit it, you thought he was Spike Spiegel when Atlus first announced the game.
- Finger Gun: In case the Spike Spiegel shout-out wasn't obvious enough, he strikes this pose when he's escaping on the helicoper.
- Meaningful Name: Dr. Cunningham is nothing if not cunning.
- No Smoking: He smokes a lot in the actual game, but his cigarette is absent in much of the publicity material.
- Perma-Stubble
- The Smart Guy
- The Snark Knight
- Team Dad: Sure, he has his own issues, but he has a heart-to-heart with just about every other member of the team at some point during their storylines.
Esha Patel
Voiced by: Mayumi Asano (JP)
The chief of Resurgam, a cheery woman who can also be strict at times.
Darnell Sellers
Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma (JP), Orion Acaba (EN)
A nurse at Resurgam First Care.
- Those Two Guys: Recurring background characters in various scenes throughout the game.
Emma Wilson
Voiced by: Eri Kitamura (JP)
A nurse at Resurgam First Care.
- Those Two Guys: Recurring background characters in various scenes throughout the game.
RONI
Voiced by: Yurie Yamashita (JP)
Short for Rapid Operation Networked Intelligence terminal. A state of the art AI and disease database, which helps Gabe with his Diagnosis.
- As You Know: Her programming requires her to give a short tutorial the first time she uses a feature, even if the user is a trained doctor.
- Literal-Minded: Takes a while to pick up on Gabe's figures of speech.
- Ms. Exposition: Explains a lot of her functions and tests to Gabe (and the player) during the Diagnosis missions.
- Mundane Utility: In Gabe's bonus scene, RONI is used as a cooking guide.
- Robot Buddy: Designed to function as one to her assigned doctor.
- Voice with an Internet Connection: Quite literally, as she assists with tests, procedures and diagnosis.
Other Characters
Ian Holden
Voiced by: Jurota Kosugi (JP)
The FBI agent who captured CR-S01 years ago. Keeps an eye on him at all times.
- It's Personal: Subverted. His wife and daughter were killed in the Cumberland College attacks, but he watches over CR-S01 simply because it's his job, and has long since decided CR-S01 isn't the real culprit.
- The Men in Black
- Sinister Shades: Never seen with his sunglasses off, and it makes him look more intimidating when combined with his cold attitude towards CR-S01.
Nicole Summers
Voiced by: Rinko (JP), Laura Bailey (EN)
A private school student and a member of her school choir. She was admitted for diagnosis because of breathing problems.
Jacob Tillman
Voiced by: Kimiyoshi Kibe (JP), Harvey Atkin (EN)
The Assistant Secretary of the HHS. He collapsed in his house and was dragged in for diagnosis, to his annoyance.
- Chekhov's Boomerang
- Dark-Skinned Blond
- Determinator
- Eyes Always Shut: Lampshaded and parodied. It causes problems for Gabe when he can't tell if his eyes are jaundiced.
- Fan Disservice: This is not the most pleasant thing I've looked at recently...
- Gag Nose
- Gonk: Due to his less shapely character design compared to the rest of the cast.
- Grumpy Old Man: Proves to be rather uncooperative as Gabe tries to take his medical history.
- Jerkass
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: All in all, he certainly has a big heart. Heck, you even get to see it when CR-S01 operates on him.
- My Country, Right or Wrong: Subverted.
- Patriotic Fervor: He rarely misses an opportunity to loudly proclaim how much he loves his country.
Shelly Brooks
Voiced by: Eri Nakao (JP)
A stock broker who previously had chronic renal failure and received a kidney transplant two months ago. She came in for a quick diagnosis and prescription thinking she just had a cold, but turned out to have much greater complications.
- Beauty Mark
- Black Bra and Panties
- Hello, Nurse!: Most of Gabe's comments when conducting a visual examination are about how attractive she is.
- Hot Librarian: According to Gabe himself.
- Married to the Job: Her initial consultation reveals her dedication to her job, and her main concerns are her ability to work.
- She's Got Legs: Hm... I don't think there's anything wrong with her legs. Nothing wrong at all...
- Something About a Rose: She wears a black rose brooch, and her bra also has a rose pattern on it. This foreshadows her Rosalia virus infection.
- Woman in Black
Joshua Cunningham
Voiced by: Hiromi Otsuda (JP)
Gabriel's son. He hasn't seen his father since he was very young, so he doesn't even recognize him. He suffered from gastric ulcers and underwent endoscopic surgery. He later had a relapse and tried to hide his symptoms because he didn't want anyone else to worry.
- Cute Shotaro Boy
- Definitely Just a Cold: Repeatedly insists that his illness is not a cause for concern, and tries to downplay his symptoms.
- Expy: If Gabriel is an expy of Spike Spiegel, Joshua gets the spot for being a younger version.
- Strong Family Resemblance: The only way to point at him and say he's Gabriel's son is the hair.
Lisa Cunningham
Voiced by: Hana Takeda (JP)
Gabriel's wife. She's never actually seen and only talks to him over the phone.
- The Voice: Never pictured, only heard.
Samuel Trumbull
Voiced by: Daisuke Kirii (JP), Yuri Lowenthal (EN)
A researcher at USAMRIID. He began showing bizarre symptoms after running tests on an unusual set of bones found in Back Cove.
- Classified Information: He refuses to allow Gabe to do anything until his superiors give the go ahead.
- Fatal Family Photo: He mentions having a wife and daughter. As the diagnosis progresses, he gets much, much worse.
- It Got Worse
Hanzou Kanadamaru
Voiced by: Koutarou Nakamura (JP)
Tomoe's loyal retainer. Always watches over her carefully and is ready to support her, even in the face of her father.
- Badass Grandpa: To put it simply, he freakin' teleported to an airplane already flying over the clouds.
- Battle Butler: Taken to insane levels, though his liege is just as good to fight.
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: He's part butler, part samurai, part ninja! Why can't all butlers be like that?
- Old Retainer
Yoshikage Tachibana
Voiced by: Atsushi Ono (JP)
Tomoe's father, and the leader of the Tachibana clan. He wants Tomoe to succeed the clan and disagrees with her decision to go overseas.
- Large and In Charge
- Meddling Parents: Despite how successful and happy Tomoe is in her vocation as an endoscopy doctor, he really wants her to take over leadership of her family's clan.
- Strong Flesh, Weak Steel: His skin is so tough that it can't be cut by a scalpel or pierced by a needle. In order to clear an airway, Hanzou had to use a sword.
Claire Blunt
Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi (JP)
A young lady who attempted to commit suicide. Hank Freebird saves her, but she only resents his efforts. Over the course of his story, Hank tries to teach her how wonderful the world really is.
- Bandage Babe: Always seen with a bandage on her arm as she's still recovering from her injuries.
- Bungled Suicide: Her suicide attempt resulted in severe injuries but was not enough to kill her, allowing Hank to save her life.
- White-Haired Pretty Girl
Theodore Gacy
Voiced by: Hajime Iijima (JP)
A drug-smuggling kingpin also known as "Steady Hand Teddy". He came to America to make sales, but was apprehended by Captain Eagle. He swallowed his entire stash of narcotics in police transport and had to undergo endoscopic surgery.
- Eat the Evidence: Swallowed his stash of narcotics, which puts him in shock and sets the stage for the first Endoscopy level.
- Not So Different: He makes this claim to Captain Eagle.
Hiro Mizuno
Voiced by: Matsuo Matsuo (JP)
A man who had a lung cancer operation four years ago. The cancer metastisized to his spine, and he was told it was inoperable. He lost hope and shot several people at a mall in his despair.
- Creator Cameo: His appearance and name are based on Hirotaka Mizuno, one of the game's programmers.
David Wayne
Voiced by: Yasuhiro Mamiya (JP)
The chief at the Cumberland Institute of Forensic Medicine. A warm-hearted older man who's lax on security, but serious about his work.
Alyssa Breslin
Voiced by: Mika Takashita (JP)
A cheerful young girl who lives next-door to the Cumberland Institute of Forensic Medicine. After bringing her sick cat Chloe to Dr. Kimishima, she starts playing around on the grounds often.
- Cheerful Child
- Happily Adopted: Naomi becomes her guardian at the end of the game.
- Morality Pet
Sandra Liebermann
Voiced by: Rei Igarashi (JP), Laura Bailey (EN)
The "Raging Bomber" responsible for a series of bombings around Portland.
- Ax Crazy
- Criminal Mind Games: She sets up a quiz puzzle game in her suspected house for Naomi, and Naomi must put in an 8-digit number into each bomb without making too many mistakes. Make too many, and Game Over.
- Evil Redhead
- Mad Bomber: Goes without saying, considering her method of operation.
Mysterious Girl/Rosalia Rossellini
Voiced by: Sora Kuwakado (JP), Laura Bailey (EN)
A young girl seen "sleeping in bloom" in Trauma Team's opening, who soon begins appearing to Maria as a ghost. In reality, she is Albert Sartre's adopted daughter, CR-S01's adopted sister, and the young girl from the orphanage Maria saved when she was a kid. She harbors the "Rosalia Virus" and its corresponding antibodies, making her immune to virtually any disease. Was killed before the game began.
- Everyone Went to School Together: Was an orphan in the same orphanage as Maria.
- Famous Last Words: Can also be subverted as a Catch Phrase as she says throughout Maria's story: Beginning...
- The Immune: The Rosalia Virus infection she harbors prevents other pathogens from causing disease in her.
- Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter
- Meaningful Name: Could be a reference to Rosalia Lombardo, a two year old Italian girl who died in 1920 and whose corpse is now one of the most well-preserved specimens to this day.
- Mysterious Waif: Appears from time to time, speaking of a "beginning". What this entails is eventually revealed in the final chapter.
- Person of Mass Destruction: Posthumously. Her death paves the way for the eventual Rosalia Virus outbreak.
- Posthumous Character: Long dead by the events of the game.
- Repetitive Name
- Sealed Evil in a Can: She harbors the incredibly lethal Rosalia Virus in her body, which is about the worst disease there is that can disintegrate anything inside the body and cause massive bloody hemorrhages, along with dementia for those who get affected by it.
- Woman in White
Albert Sartre
Voiced by: Yukihiro Misono (JP)
A professor of virology at Cumberland College. Vanished eight years ago after the bio terror attack.
- Famous Last Words: My son... Forgive me... I was enticed by the Devil...!
- Mad Scientist: Mad, as in, mentally unstable. Played straight after being infected with the Rosalia Virus, which makes him lose his sanity and kill his daughter.
- Meaningful Name: Could be a reference to Dr. Alfredo Salafia, the doctor who embalmed the corpse of Rosalia Lombardo.
- Posthumous Character: Long dead by the events of the game.
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