Ethan Winters

Ethan Winters (Japanese: イーサン・ウィンターズ) is a character in the Resident Evil (Japanese: バイオハザード) survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. Ethan was introduced as one of the playable characters in the 2017 video game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, in which he is depicted as an ordinary civilian searching for his missing wife within a dilapidated estate in Louisiana. He returned in the 2021 sequel Resident Evil Village, where he is forced to locate his daughter after she is kidnapped by a cult leader in a mysterious European village. Originally designed as an unseen everyman to foster the player's identification with him as the protagonist of Resident Evil 7, Capcom intended to shape Ethan from a blank state into a more defined character in Village. He is voiced by Hidenobu Kiuchi in Japanese and Todd Soley in English. Ethan has received a mixed reception from video game publications. Several journalists have praised his relatability, while others have criticized him for a lack of emotional range and character development.