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The Smith Syndicate - Harman and the killer7

The killer7

A group of multinational, multi-ethnic individuals operating out of America who work together to combat the Heaven Smile threat. They are the Split Personalities of their leader, Harman Smith, an old man in a wheelchair. You play as them throughout the game, each of them wielding a different weapon and using different abilities in their missions. All of them are borderline unstable, and it's evident right from the first mission that they have some supernatural tinge to them that doesn't get true clarification until the end of the game and beyond.

Advertised Extra: Only Harman, Garcian and Dan have extensive focus in the game. The other five have little to virtually no focus, and are more like weapons than actual characters. And more literally than you might think...
Carnival of Killers: A rare protagonist example. Though, while they are psychotic, they seem to be able to get along with people well enough (e.g. Dan Smith holding an amicable conversation with a civilian musician in Alter Ego).
Conservation of Ninjutsu: Harman originally manifested his accumulated personas into separate beings to fulfil his objectives, but after their previous incarnation during the Union 7 incident was soundly defeated by being picked off one-by-one by Emir Parkreiner, he sees fit to just let them incarnate individually using Garcian as their medium depending on whose skills are needed at the time.
Dead All Along: It's suggested that some of the Smiths have been killed at some point before. In reality, all of them have.
Dwindling Party: Double Subverted. It's later revealed that every member of the syndicate was already dead at the start of the game and that Garcian or rather Emir Parkreiner was merely mimicking their personalities and abilities. Regardless, even those "personaes" ended up being killed in the endgame with only Garcian and Harman Smith as the Syndicate's surviving personalities. Come the next level and Harman is apparently gunned down alongside Kun Lan by an off-screen assailant implied to be his very own younger incarnation, leaving only Garcian until the Distant Finale epilogue.
Even Evil Has Standards: Despite being violent contract killers, they're outright disgusted by Curtis. It's also mentioned in the pigeon letters that they killed Susie because of how violent she was even though she was trying to hire them.
Godzilla Threshold: When the Handsome Men challenge them to individual duels, Harman deigns to manifest the entire team all at once, something he hadn't done in years, and for very good reason.
Limited Wardrobe: Downplayed. They wear the exact same style of clothes between missions but the colors on their clothes tends to change or at least an article of clothing like Dan's shirt and tie or Coyote's jacket.
Long-Range Fighter: Double Subverted. They're specialty lies in ranged combat with even the knife-wielding Kevin relying on knife-throwing but most of them can be upgraded to defend themself against most Smiles through special Counter Attacks and Finisher Attacks on downed foes. Still, the only way to get thick blood from foes is to shoot their weakpoints and it's not like all Smiles can be hurt via these close-range attacks. Thus, it's best to fight from a distance anyway.
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: The game seems to imply that Harman is physically projecting the persona when they take control - this is evidenced by the fact that Curtis Blackburn, who has a history with Dan, recognizes him, when he would be seeing an old man in a wheelchair. This is backed up by Hand in killer7 detailing it as a special ability to absorb the dead called the Multifoliate Personae Phenomenon. Despite this, the game constantly calls them "personas", and nothing about the Phenomenon is spelled out to a new player, making it very ambiguous initially. The end of the game, though, features Garcian, the true host personality, finding the Smiths' weapons in his briefcase, which implies to many players that he was only imagining being them; this despite the aforementioned evidence to the contrary with Curtis and Dan.
Multinational Team: Harman and Garcian are American, Dan is Irish-American, KAEDE is Japanese-American, Coyote is South-American, Kevin is British, Con is Chinese, and MASK is Tejano.
Non-Indicative Name: There are eight members of the killer7, though Harman tends to take a backseat and is more of a leader figure than an active killer. The real odd one out is Garcian.
Professional Killer: They fight back against both the Heaven Smiles and threats to national security. While the first mission is a routine extermination of Heaven Smile forces, the second is an assassination of a politician.
Split Mind, Split Powers: Each personality has different weapons, attributes, and Personality Powers which are required to progress through levels and fight bosses.
Your Soul Is Mine!: Through Harman's powers, they can conscript the souls of some of their targets into Remnant Psyches who are forced to assist them. This is also how Harman "recruits" the members of his various Smith Syndicates.

Harman Smith

VA: Dwight Schultz

"Good night, child. It's past your bedtime."

The commander of the killer7. An elderly old man in a wheelchair who spends most of his time in a comatose state getting abused by his maid, Samantha. When he's awake though, he wields a high-velocity sniper rifle and plays a mean game of chess. In gameplay, he has the highest stamina of all the Smiths, but he is only usable in particular scenes.

Affably Evil: Harman is very polite and soft spoken but is still a ruthless assassin and a driving force behind any of the conflict on top of having turn Garcian into a killer at the age of 13.
Alternate Self: As indicated by Young Harman, a plot-important and bonus playable character, there are at least two Harmans, and possibly more. According to the book's timeline, this is the result of a Literal Split Personality event that happened in his past.
Ambiguously Human: Due to the powers he possesses, as well as the fact that he seems to be immortal and have multiple manifestations.
Badass in a Nice Suit: Young Harman wears a pretty snazzy tan suit. Combined with his fedora and Tommy Gun, he's the spitting image of a classic gangster.
Bad Habits: Played with. Harman's clothing has religious undertones, but in a vague sense that it's hard to tell what religion is being referenced. Given Suda51 is Japanese, it's likely the headgear is a variant of a galero, worn by cardinals of the Catholic Church, while his suit is a cassock similar to one worn by Jesuits. Equally possible, though, is that the hat and suit are meant to be referencing clothing worn by male Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) Jews. Regardless, his religious clothing correllates with his subdued role in the game, not to mention being a leader of an assassin syndicate. Also could hint at his true nature.
Bad Powers, Good People: His rifle is the deadliest weapon in the game, and he is the leader of an assassin syndicate. This said, he uses his resources to oppose Kun Lan.
BFG: His weapon of choice is an anti-tank rifle. Appropriately named "God-Killer".
Big Good: For a loose interpretation of what can be considered "good", anyway.
Blood Knight: Foregoes trying to negotiate with the Handsome Men before their duel starts, flashing a Slasher Smile at the prospect of getting to fight them.
The Chessmaster: A benevolent example, in contrast to Kun Lan. Both are literal examples as well.
Cold Sniper: Very calm and with a massive gun.
Decoy Protagonist: Garcian is the true protagonist and host personality, not Harman, even though Harman is painted as the leader. By the end of the game, the story has shifted from Harman and Kun Lan's battle to the personal struggles and past of Garcian.
Killing Your Alternate Self: Seems to be what happens near the end, as Harman's young Alternate Self shoots up both the original Harman and Kun Lan. It doesn't stick, according to the epilogue.
Literal Split Personality: How Young Harman was created, although they're part of the same collective psyche with the rest of the personas now.
Lost Him in a Card Game: When not sending their proxies to fight on their behalf, he and Kun Lan tend to settle disputes over games of chess with Harman once infamously giving his rival all of Seattle when he lost.
More Dakka: Young Harman's tommy gun.
No Kill like Overkill: As the animated cut scene played after the prologue shows, Harman is perfectly fine using his anti-tank sniper rifle on people.
Older Hero vs. Younger Villain: While they both represent primordial forces of human civilisation, Harman's incarnations often wind up being older than Kun Lan's for one reason or another.
One-Hit Kill: his rifle is massively powerful, being able to disintegrate a Handsome Man with a single shot.
Promoted to Playable: In the bonus killer8 mode, his younger Alternate Self is playable like any other personality.
Readings Are Off the Scale: His life bar extends past the edge of the character selection TV screen.
Slasher Smile: It's much subtler than Kun Lan's and much rarer as he only flashes it when he's about to kill someone, but it's oozing with bloodlust.
Stone Wall: He has so much health that his health gauge on his channel goes way off the right side of the screen. Too bad he's never in a situation where he takes damage. Young Harman also has an absurd amount of health, but the trade-off is that if he dies, he's an absolute nightmare on your wrists to try and revive.
Unskilled, but Strong: Young Harman lacks any kind of special ability, but his weapon is pretty strong (but can still gain blood, unlike Mask's) and has tons of ammo. Also, he has very high health.
Walking Spoiler: Young Harman who's an entire existence isn't made clear until the literal last level of the game. Harman Smith as a whole may count with all the supplementary material going over what his deal truly is.

Garcian Smith

VA: Greg Eagles

"Don't make me say it again. I'm a cleaner."

The second-in-command. The only member of the killer7 who directly reports to Harman. A suave, detached man whose job as a "cleaner" leaves him without remorse for the dead. He can resurrect any of the Smiths who are killed in action by venturing out into the field and collecting their head. He uses a silenced pistol, but isn't very effective in combat. He wields the Vision Ring, which allows him (and the others) to see the Heaven Smiles, as well as a large suitcase.

Amnesiac Dissonance: He's coldly professional but always polite, even being described as the sort of person who wouldn't hurt a fly. He used to be known as Emir Parkreiner, an Ax-Crazy Child Soldiers prone to psychotic murder sprees to the point where he was known as "The Bloody Heartland".
11th-Hour Superpower: The only member of the Smith Syndicate capable of "handling" the Golden Gun when Greg Nightmare drops it during their fight against him. It's strong enough to one-shot most Heaven Smiles without even having to scan for them.
Badass in a Nice Suit: One of the most well-dressed assassins and the most important to ensuring their success.
Black Guy Dies First: An enforced aversion - Garcian's death is the only way to get a Game Over, since he's the core personality and the only one capable of retrieving and reviving the other dead assassins. In fact, at the end, he is the only member of the killer7 left until the epilogue.
Cleanup Crew: As he's a "cleaner". This is represented in gameplay by his picking up fallen members of Smith Syndicate's severed heads and placing them in his suitcase.
Consummate Professional: A true professional, unflappable and focused when on the job.
Dead Person Impersonation: What's actually going on is more complicated, but this is what's suggested by all the other personaes' weapons being in his briefcase.
Decoy Protagonist: He's the first Smith we see, and often has a lot of focus in cutscenes as the one talking to the informants the Syndicate deals with, but Harman is the host personality and the person guiding these fractured psyches. As the story progresses he begins getting more and more focus, until eventually its revealed that he was the protagonist all along and the real host personality.
Discard and Draw: The Vision Ring he has permanently equipped is what grants him and the rest of The Smith Syndicate the ability to scan for and see Heaven Smiles. Towards the end of the game, he has to use the Vision Ring as a security key of sorts, losing it in the process and rendering the Syndicate incapable of scanning though it wouldn't be helpful against Greg Nightmare's Smiles who then kills off all of the Smith Syndicate except for Garcian and Harman. Garcian then picks up Nightmare's Golden Gun and defeats him. In the final level, while he's still unable to scan for Smiles or access the other deceased personalities of the Smith Syndicate, the Golden Gun proves to be extremely effective on the Heaven Smiles without having to scan for them. In fact with the lock-on mechanic, he can mow them down with ease.
Even Evil Has Standards: Despite being an assassin, he really didn't like the idea of Curtis harvesting organs from children.
Expy: As a young Emir he bears a number of visual similarities to Step Sding from Flower, Sun and Rain.
Handbag of Hurt: Uses his briefcase in his special Finishing Attack on downed enemies.
Hidden Depths: "Hand in killer7" describes him as "a sweet man who would not hurt a fly."
Informed Attribute: Despite the above, he usually acts cold in the game and has no problem with assassination. His TV quotes consist of him reaffirming as much. Subverted near the end, where he remembers what he did as Emir and has an emotional breakdown. There are hints that he is mostly fronting a cold exterior as shown when he takes a moment lamenting the innocent children's deaths.
Large and in Charge: He's very tall, around the height of Mask De Smith and while he's not their official leader, he's described as the "Middle Manager" of the Smith Syndicate and is responsible for keeping all the members alive. Then again, he's also the original personality controlling the others so in a way he truly is the one in charge of the current Smith Syndicate, albeit unknowingly.
The Medic: Gameplay wise, this is his only role. You take him to the site where another member died, and he revives them. He is notably the only member of the killer7 (other than Harman) who cannot be upgraded at all.
My God, What Have I Done?: Once he sees what's really in his briefcase, he realizes what he's done and can only back away in awful horror as he gazes upon the Smith's weapons.
Nerves of Steel: In a game of Russian Roulette, he puts the gun to his head and pulls the trigger 3 times without flinching or hestitating. This is especially ballsy of him since as the core and dominant personality of the Killer 7, his death would bring his entire assassin group down with him.
Not So Stoic: After several flashbacks to murdering the rest of the killer7, he apparently starts weeping; though the player doesn't see it, Mills comments on it. After the reveal that he's an amnesiac Emir, he begins visibly panicking and refuses to believe it's the truth. He's stunned into silence when he sees what's really in his briefcase: the weapons of his "teammates."
Scary Black Man: Despite not being that useful in combat, he comes across as very intimidating in cutscenes. Again, subverted when he starts to get more emotional, though he actually doubles down on the appearance after his reawakening.
Stone Wall: Has a relatively large health bar though it's lower than Mask's and Harman's. He also carries around a weak silenced pistol so while he's equipped to survive, he's not really meant to fight like the others are, especially since he can't upgrade. This changes once he gets hold of a golden pistol. Its power means he can oneshot Smiles without having to even need to scan for them. The one level he gets with the golden pistol can allow one to abuse lock-on to have him gun down a whole mob of Smiles at a swift pace.
Supporting Protagonist: For most of the game, he takes a back seat to the other personas, mostly only appearing in cutscenes or if you need to recover a dead Smith. This changes in Smile, specifically after the Black Smiles kill the other Smiths.
This Is for Emphasis, Bitch!: His critical quote is 'son of a bitch'.
Token Minority: The only black guy, although he has a major role.
Tomato in the Mirror: He doesn't remember it, but he used to be Emir, the psychopathic assassin who killed the Smith Syndicate years ago. Throughout Smile, Garcian has to collect tapes describing how dangerous Emir was, only to find out that it's him.
Took a Level in Kindness: Compared to Emir, who was batshit insane and downright unsympathetic in his actions, Garcian is there for the Smiths, potentially as penance for killing them, and clearly someone with an actual set of standards. As "Hand in killer7" implies, Emir's failed suicide seems to have effectively rewritten him into a much better person overall.
Utility Party Member: Garcian isn't exactly a Non-Action Guy, but he's not a front-line combatant like the other Smiths. He organizes the group's hits and retrieves corpses for resuscitation, but the other Smiths are ones who do the wetwork.
We Cannot Go On Without You: Let him bite it, and you'll have to reload your last save.
You Kill It, You Bought It: He killed off all but Harman of the Smith Syndicate at the Union Hotel back when he was Emir, before killing himself. Now that his reincarnation as Garcian is a Smith, Harman likely brought him into the fold to carry on where the rest of the Smiths failed, working as their replacement catalyst into the world.

Dan Smith

VA: Michael J. Gough

"I feel my blood rushing through my body once more. Yes, this is it. This feeling is coming back to me! The sensation of killing. The doom and darkness. The dark streets, they're calling me...calling me to the ultimate ring!"

The first member of the main team, the Hellion, a Sociopathic Hero whose bloodlust would be terrifying if he wasn't enthusiastic about fighting the Heaven Smiles. He wields a powerful revolver which can unleash a massive blast of energy called the Collateral Shot. The only member of the team besides Harman and Garcian to have his past explored in detail. He later revives his ultimate weapon: the Demon Gun.

A Day in the Limelight: Encounter.
Badass in a Nice Suit: Sports a pretty smart suit. His special skills all revolve around shooting targets dead.
Bilingual Bonus: Likely a coincidence, but in Japanese, the katakana for Dan—ダン—can mean "bullet", which reflects both his weapon choices and his title as The Hellion.
Blood Knight: He definitely loves fighting the Heavenly Smiles.
Boom, Headshot!: Unlike the bloody and violent gun-downs the other Smiths got at Emir's hand, Dan and him put their guns to eachother's faces- before Dan gets a single blast right into the cranium at point-blank, as he failed to take the shot.
Even Evil Has Standards: Like the others, he despises Curtis for that harvesting of organs thing. That, and Curtis used to be his mentor before Dan got set up by him.
Fighting Irish: As detailed in "Hand in killer7".
Hand Cannon: Dan's guns can be considered this as aside from normal rounds, he can fire "demon shells", which are basically huge energy balls.
Heel–Face Turn: Was once Curtis' top lieutenant in his human trafficking racket (although he never did anything sexual with the merchandise), but after being forced to fight on Harman's behalf against terrorists and other menaces that threaten world peace, Dan's edge (if not his bloodlust) has softened somewhat and he goes so far as to spare Shigeki Birkin after discovering why he sold him out in the first place.
Hot Blooded Sideburns: More obvious in Alter Ego's anime cutscenes for the sideburns. As for the hot bloodedness, he wasn't called the Hellion by Iwazaru for nothing.
The Lancer: To Garcian, although the contrast between them is seen as more of a problem for Garcian than endearing.
Pet the Dog: In Alter Ego, he gives spare change to the Singer and actually holds a relatively polite conversation with him. There's also the detail about him sparing Shigeki Birkin's life so he can kill Travis Touchdown and avenge his daughter.
Rage Against the Mentor: A recurring theme with him; his arch-enemy Curtis used to be his mentor, and it's mentioned in the book that he attempted to kill Harman before.
Red Baron: He's known as 'The Hellion'.
Revolvers Are Just Better: Especially if they're a 12-shot gun called the "Demon Gun".
Slasher Smile: To compliment him fighting off the Heavenly Smiles.
Smug Snake: In life, he could talk but couldn't back it up. In death, he gained the power to prove it.
Sociopathic Hero: Big time, he's the most outwardly violent of the team.
Spotlight-Stealing Squad: After Garcian and Harman, Dan has the most scenes and plot of the rest of the team by far. This especially stands out in Alter Ego, in which he's the focus of two of the anime cutscenes even though the chapter immediately follows his day in the limelight chapter.
- Wolverine Publicity: Even in marketing he tends to be treated as the face of killer7 as a whole instead of the actual leading members Garcian and Harman, frequently getting a lot of focus and billing that none of the other characters ever match. This culminates in him being the only Smith to make an appearance outside of killer7 in a completely seperate game Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes during the updated intro sequence. Turns out he's affiliated with the secondary lead Badman, hunting him down as a target only to spare his life and instead inform the vengeful father of Travis Touchdown's location and giving him a chance to revive his deceased daughter.
When All You Have Is a Hammer…: The only Smith who specializes entirely in combat and because of it, he's one of the most prominent and useful of the bunch.
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: After Harman "helped" him see the error in his ways, Dan wound up growing a soft spot for kids. This ultimately resulted in his second demise when he couldn't bring himself to gun down a young Emir.

KAEDE Smith

VA: Tara Strong

"I've changed my makeup. Did you notice? Tch... men. They never notice... these kinds of things."

The only girl. A sarcastic yet downtrodden woman with a permanent bloodstain on her dress and always barefoot, giving her the nickname "Barefoot". She can slit her wrists and use the ensuing Rain of Blood to destroy hidden barriers, as well as absorb other blood into herself. Her pistol has a very handy scope. Notably, when written in Japanese, her name uses kanji instead of katakana (yes, even the Smith).

Action Girl: Can take down the deadly Heaven Smiles with her Sniper Pistol and even with her barefoot kicks.
Deadpan Snarker: A slightly strange one, but one nonetheless.
Cold Sniper: This is her role within the syndicate, although she uses a scoped handgun rather than a rifle.
Emotionless Girl: Other than swearing in anger, she's very reserved and placid. Suda has stated he specifically made KAEDE to make players uncomfortable. invoked
Hand Cannon: She wields an absolutely gigantic AMT Hardballer with a scope. It's about as powerful and accurate as you'd expect for it to be, but it has a sharp recoil (especially when aiming through the scope) and it takes a long time to reload.
Kick Chick: Both of her counters. She kicks to show off her bare feet
Precision F-Strike: "The fuck are you looking at?"
- Her counter has her saying "Shit! Fuck it!"
Prefers Going Barefoot: It's never justified why she is barefoot, but she clearly does it by herself
Rain of Blood: Her ability is to do so with her blood.
Squishy Wizard: Of a sort. Her pistol has a scope which has some utility in larger, longer areas and one of her special abilities involves slitting her wrist to rain down blood and summon Iwazaru's ex-wife to break down hidden barriers. However she has one of the smaller healthpools of the group.
The Smurfette Principle: The only girl on the team. (Samantha used to be a persona as well, but is not presently.)
Unorthodox Reload: The only killer7 member to avert this. Unfortunately, this also means that she has the slowest reload time (and if you reload while zoomed in, she fumbles with the magazine, making it take even longer.)
White Shirt of Death: Her default attire consists of a bloodstained white sleeping dress. And she was killed wearing it.

Con Smith

VA: Jun Hee Lee

"Laaaater! Peace!"

A blind kid, the Punk, who is naturally the youngest member of the team. Wields two rapid-fire pistols and is the fastest of the Smiths. His special power gives a massive boost to his running speed. Being a kid, he can also fit through spaces that are too small for the others. His blindness also allows him to hear weakened walls and hidden passages.

Big Brother Worship: According to "Hand in killer7," Con holds Coyote in high regard. This could explain why Con, like Coyote, holds his guns at a weird angle, swears a lot, and has a dislike of Dan.
Blind Weaponmaster: Being blind means that his hearing has become exceptionally better. This means he can shoot down enemies without ever seeing them.
Death by Irony: Con had his headphones on with his face to a window before he died, unable to hear Emir killing Kevin below or enter his own room; someone so dependent on hearing thanks to his blindness literally had no way of realizing his killer was right behind him because of the one time he blocked the necessity.
Fanboy: He gets super excited when he "sees" the Handsome Men do their famous pose.
Fragile Speedster: Is the fastest of the Smiths, but has the lowest health.
Gangsta Style: Has probably the weirdest aiming stance of the Smiths. First-person view shows him tilting his guns in the same direction, one held over the other. This is possibly to facilitate the fact that he has to hear his targets to know where they are, and the stance allows him to point one ear straight towards them.
Guns Akimbo: Con uses a pair of automatic pistols, giving him a high firing rate.
Headphones Equal Isolation: Subverted. Apparently it makes him hear better. Might be played straight when he was killed by Emir, if he didn't hear the assassin because he was listening to music.
More Dakka: He's the fastest-shooting Smith and is ideal for bullet spam.
Mysterious Past: No information on his life prior to joining the Smith Syndicate has been revealed.
Precision F-Strike: "Fuck you!"
Primal Stance: Like Kevin, he doesn't stand straight.
Squee: He's a Fanboy of the Handsome Men, and reacts with a childlike glee when they arrive for their duel and start posing.
Super-Speed: One of Con's abilities is to grant himself this by going into a crane stance. This allows him to practically zip through the map very quickly.
Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: He's the youngest in the group, at age 14. He's also a skilled assassin who's not afraid to drop F bombs.
Unorthodox Reload: He uses his feet to help reload his guns, basically playing hacky sack with the magazines.

Coyote Smith

VA: Benito Martinez

"Sorry pal, but this is the moment I've been waiting for, I have to do this, or the anger inside will not go away."

The Thief. A small-time hood with a penchant for loud Hawaiian shirts. Wields his revolver Gangsta Style to look cool and has a foul mouth, as well as a strong rivalry with Dan. He can remove padlocks from doors and can make incredible vertical jumps to reach otherwise inaccessible places.

Always Someone Better: In spite of his efforts and boasting abilities entirely unique to himself, Coyote remains Dan's inferior in terms of combat with his own "charged" revolver shot paling in comparison to his rival's trademark Collateral Shot.
Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Coyote is full of himself and jealous of his teammate Dan.
Dashing Hispanic: He's a cocky and smoldering assassin who's always decked out in flashy clothing.
Greaser Delinquents: His pompadour and side burns are vaguely reminiscent of this.
Door to Before: Almost every padlock in the game he needs to unlock is one of these.
Gangsta Style: So gangsta that it's almost upside-down.
Hair-Trigger Temper: He's always filled with rage, by his own admission.
Hot Blooded Sideburns: He has these and a wicked pompadour, which gives him sort of a "rockabilly" look.
In a Single Bound: Is able to jump very high, though this doesn't come in handy as often as his lock picking skills.
Japanese Delinquents: Suda has said Coyote was designed with the yankii aesthetic in mind, most notable in his pompadour.
Master of Unlocking: Is capable of picking padlocks with one hand by just manhandling them for a few seconds. His back is always turned to the camera when he does this, so it's possible that he's doing something more technical than what we can see.
Mysterious Past: Other than being shot by Dan, little is said about his life prior to joining the Smith Syndicate. All we know is that he was a hustler or crook of some description from South America.
Oh, Crap!: The only Smith that managed to try to put up a fight with Emir and held an advantageous position on covering his own room — up until Emir rounded about to shoot him from the window. Coyote ends up the only Smith besides Dan to look his killer in the eyes as he's gunned down.
Precision F-Strike: "You're fucked!"
Revolvers Are Just Better: He holds his diagonally when targeting.

MASK de Smith

VA: Miguel Caballero

"I'm not a monster, it's only a mask."

A powerful Professional lucha libre wrestler. A generally nice guy who draws his strength from Mask Power, Heroic Willpower, and two Grenade Launchers. Has the greatest vitality of all the Smiths save for Harman himself. You need him to blow holes through cracked walls and move heavy objects. He is implied to have been highly popular and successful as a wrestler, until his sudden disappearance from the wrestling circuit.

Adaptational Jerkass: His comicbook counterpart is much more aggressive and foul-mouthed.
Author Appeal: Suda51 likes his luchadors.
Badass in a Nice Suit: Doesn't get much more cool than a masked luchador in a white suit blowing monsters away with a grenade launcher. However, he loses it when he moves on to his subsequent masks and costumes.
The Big Guy: The biggest of all the Smiths, of course.
Children Are Innocent: One of his tenets.
Mask: "Children are pure. They know who's the strongest."
Crutch Character: His powerful grenade launchers can take down low-level Smiles in a single hit. But because you can't hit their weak points, you never get any thick blood from doing so.
Didn't See That Coming: Emir ambushes him while he's in the shower, maskless and thus effectively defenseless. The Mighty Glacier is filled with lead and left to die in a bathtub.
Face: Basically is the answer to the question "what if a wrestling face was also an assassin?". Jean even calls him a babyface.
Friend to All Living Things: Per the official website, "animals naturally flock to the young and kind-hearted Babyface."
Gentle Giant: The nicest of the team. He likes kids.
Guns Akimbo: Fights with a grenade launcher in each hand.
Kill It with Fire: His grenades will light up enemies they don't kill. One of his character selection quotes states this.
Mask: Right, I'll just set them on fire. No problem.
Magikarp Power: Even though he's strong, he can be awkward to use due to the frequent reloads. If you take the time to find all of his masks, he'll become super powerful and he won't have to reload every time he fires.
Masked Luchador: Duh. It's even in his name.
Mechanically Unusual Fighter: Mask is completely unable to hit weak points, which means there is no point scanning them with him either, but given his main weapons are grenade launchers, he is the only Smith that can hit multiple Smiles with his normal attacks. Because of that, he doesn't have a "Critical" ability to upgrade like the other Smiths, as it is replaced by a "Range" ability, which increases the blast radius of his grenades with each upgrade.
Mighty Glacier: Has the best vitality strength and fights with grenade launchers, but he's also the slowest out of the 7. Unless you find his masks.
Nice Guy: Easily the nicest and most sensible of his team.
One-Winged Angel: Comes back to life after dying in his Hopeless Boss Fight against Handsome Purple, with a new costume and stronger moves.
Shout-Out: In the shootout with the Handsome Men, Mask seemingly loses his duel, but then he revives in a new outfit that makes him look like a Kamen Rider. Fitting as his opponents are expies of Super Sentai.
Spotlight-Stealing Squad: During the short-lived comicbook adaptation, Mask was the team's most frequently used persona, overshadowing the typically prolific Dan.
Suplex Finisher: Of course. Using Counter Attack while playing as him will have him suplex the life out of the Smile unfortunate enough to get close to him.
There's No Kill like Overkill: In his final two forms, he can charge five vials of blood to fire what appear to be missiles straight ahead. These are powerful enough to even take down Duplicators in one shot.
Use Your Head: He can smash rocks and bullets with his head.
Vocal Dissonance: At first glance you would not expect MASK to be the most soft-spoken of the group. It does help highlight his Gentle Giant nature.
Wrestler in All of Us: He suplexes rubble and headbutts a bullet at one point.

Kevin Smith

The Four-Eyes. A mysterious, silent albino with Sinister Shades, no shirt and an unlimited supply of throwing knives. A Master of Disguise with the power to literally turn invisible just by taking his shades off, letting him waltz through enemies and security systems with ease.

All There in the Manual: Almost everything we know about him. He's gay (or at least was in love with a man), his voice apparently has the ability to summon gods, his eyes are said to shine in the dark and he once fought the pharmaceutical mafia in Miami. In-game, though, he gets absolutely zero story content of his own.
Cool Shades: Dons a pair of them in battle. He only takes them off when going into stealth mode.
Difficult, but Awesome: Kevin's knives deal the least amount of damage out of all the weapons the Smiths wield, but the fact he is also the only one who doesn't have to reload (Beside Mask, once you find his final mask upgrade) and has perfect aim means a player with good accuracy and reaction speeds can just mow down entire rooms of Smiles by striking their hit weakpoints and and taking them out in one shot one by one. As such, "Critical" for him is usually the One Stat to Rule Them All alongside "Speed" to remove what little delay there is to his throws.
Elective Mute: Apparently because he would summon the gods if he spoke. He actually has some unused voice clips in the game's files, though.
Flat Character: Kevin gets the least in-game characterization of the Smiths. All we can deduce from playing as him is that he's a stone-cold, no-nonsense killer.
Flechette Storm: His special charged attack is to throw several knives in quick succession. A stronger variation lets him throw them out in a spread like a shotgun.
Master of Disguise: To the point where he can turn invisible. In his previous life, he used normal disguises; he was killed in a failed bellhop disguise.
Mechanically Unusual Fighter: By far the Smith that plays the most differently from the others, alongside Mask.
- Because he throws knives instead of using a gun, Kevin is the only Smith that doesn't need to reload (beside Mask, in his final costume). To balance this advantage out however, they also have the worst attack and stopping power out of all the other weapons the Smith use
- Kevin also has perfect accuracy from the start, so he does not have a "Waver" ability to improve, which is instead is replaced by "Invisibility". As expected, it lengthens the amount of time Kevin can stay invisible to avoid detection from enemies and security systems.
Nerves of Steel: Kevin is nothing if not a professional. He's reserved, focused, and his throwing hand never wavers. He starts the game with perfect accuracy, so his "Waver" stat is replaced with "Invisibility."
Oh, Crap!: He was the first Smith to be murdered by Emir, and got a good look at his killer as the gun was pulled; he doesn't even get time to express this until he's being filled with lead, right before the fatal round to the skull as he's gunned down within the span of two seconds.
Primal Stance: Constantly hunched over which combined with his shirtless look makes him seem somewhat wild despite his actual demeaner. Not that we have much else to go on.
Sunglasses at Night: He's always seen with sunglasses on, he does take them off when he goes invisible and when he disguises himself.
The Stoic: Kevin is stoic to the point of being completely silent.
Walking Shirtless Scene: The only time he puts on a shirt is if he's in disguise.

The Smith Syndicate - Allies

Iwazaru (Vincel Dill Boris VII Iwazarucof)

Iwazaru (Vincel Dill Boris VII Iwazaruscof)

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"Master. We're in a tight spot. A very tight spot."

A servant of the Smiths dressed in what seems to be bondage gear, he speaks primarily in nonsense, along with the occasional gameplay tip. Always starts talking with "Master" and ends with "In the name of Harman...". Seems to be a Remnant Psyche like the characters in the section below, but there's something a little off about him...

Ambiguously Human: It's unclear whether he's a Remnant Psyche or a still-living human, as he isn't mentioned in the letters that summarize the other main psyches. Or a Heaven Smile, or Kun Lan.
Catchphrase: "Master...", and "In the name of Harman..."
- He also has a phrase for each stage that he starts his dialogs with, always pointing out that things aren't going well. "We're in a tight spot!" "This is harsh." etc.
Cloudcuckoolander: Iwazaru's personal demeanor and manner of speaking are nothing if not eccentric.
Department of Redundancy Department: It's hard to make out but he begins most of his speeches with phrases like "Master, it is dangerous, it is dangerous, dangerous!".
Hero of Another Story: Goes on a number of off-screen sidequests during Alter Ego to collect items needed to complete the level.
Irony: "Iwazaru" is Japanese for "Speak no evil", but he's awfully chatty.
Mysterious Past: No one says anything about his backstory except for his connections to Mizaru and Kikazaru. This means there's something wrong with him, since all of the Remnant Psyches have a backstory. Turns out he may be Kun Lan, or... something.
The Nicknamer: He has nicknames for most of the Smiths and rarely refers to them with their real names. Dan is the Hellion, Coyote is the Thief, Kaede is Barefoot, Kevin is Four-Eyes...
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: He says afros horrify him, which is the reason he only shows up in Cloudman once, barring the Iwazaru Notes.

Samantha Sitbon/Smith

VA: Heidi Anderson

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"I don't have time for this shit, you know I'm busy with my classes!"

"The Master is awake."

Harman's caretaker. When the lights are on, she's a moody, foul-mouthed Alpha Bitch who thinks nothing of physically abusing the comatose Harman. When the lights are off, she's a perfect and loyal Meido servant to Harman. She saves your game for you, but only when "on the clock" as the Save Maid.
In the past, she was one of Harman's personae, as Samantha Smith. When Harman was wounded and entered his near-comatose state, she gave up her work as an assassin to help him. The abuse, on the other hand, came later.

All There in the Manual: Much of the backstory on her comes from Hand in killer7.
Hate Sink: Considering how ruthless most of the cast is, Samantha stands out for her vicious abuse of Harman while he's comatose, even going as far as to rape him.
Karma Houdini Warranty: She regularly rapes Harman when he's comatose and the lights are on, but acts like she's his loyal maid when he's awake. Garcian even catches her in the middle of assaulting him and doesn't even comment on it, and she suffers no punishment for this until Harman is finally awake when the lights are on, where he then kills her.
Meido: When the lights are off.
Ninja Maid: It isn't shown, but she's also an assassin, and is the one who killed Johnny Gagnon.
Only in It for the Money: Jaco describes her as a greedy girl who'll do anything for money.
Split Personality: She acts like a totally different person depending on whether the lights are on or off. How conscious she is of this and which one is her "real" self is not clear.
Unwitting Pawn: Most of what she does to Harman is done out of Checkbox using her as an "alter ego" via hypnotism.
The Worf Effect: According to the backstory, the first time she met the Smiths, she took out all of them except for Harman.

Christopher Mills

VA: Bart Flynn

"What can you do when the whole world has its eyes on you?"

The liaison between the American government and the killer7, and a good friend of Garcian. He's not a member of the group, but is close to them and knows everything about them.

Affectionate Nickname: Briefly calls Garcian "Garcie" as a Remnant Psyche. He does so when trying to comfort Garcian when he seems to be crying after remembering his Dark and Troubled Past.
All There in the Manual: He was previously an informant to Curtis Blackburn, and is an assassin himself, though not a very good one.
Catchphrase: "Hello, Mr. Smith, the election is drawing near, have you decided on your vote? If you haven't, please let the Republic Party make the most of your precious vote, thank you and have a nice day."
His Name Is...: Is assassinated right when he's about to tell Garcian about his backstory.
Karmic Death: A man who assigned missions to assassins on the behest of the government is killed by an assassin, on the behest of the government.
Mr. Exposition: For the premise of most targets. Travis tells you more throughout the level.
Skewed Priorities: He takes a moment during his Alter Ego briefing to criticize the government's PR firm for buying up the Handsome Men merchandising rights so they can make a quick buck off of the carnage the team is causing.

Mad Doctor

A doctor living inside the television set. He converts blood into serum for the purposes of leveling up your characters.

Ambiguously Human: Isn't specified to be a Remnant Psyche, but at the same time, he lives in a TV.
Mad Doctor: It's literally his name.
The Voiceless: He's never seen speaking, and his mouth is covered.
What Happened to the Mouse?: Just up and vanishes following Garcian regaining his memories.

Gary Wanderers ("Steward")

A man who replaces Samantha's save game duty late in the game. Very little is known about him, but he does his job well.

Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": You can only find out his name by asking Iwazaru.
The Jeeves: All there is to say about him.
The Stoic: He's much more quiet and professional than his predecessor.
The Voiceless: He probably does speak, but seeing as his only purpose is to save your game and thus he never appears in a cutscene, we never witness it.

The Smith Syndicate - Remnant Psyches

Travis Bell

"A blood-red flower's gonna go up like a firework. And it's up to the owner Fukushima to prevent it from hitting and killing everybody. So, Chief, which side are you on? The homeland? Or Japan?"

The most major recurring Remnant Psyche that follows the killer7 around wherever they go, commenting on the situation and providing confusing but informative exposition. He was the Syndicate's first target back in the day. Wears a shirt with large, usually pink text that changes every time you see him. Not to be confused with that other Travis... probably.

Ambiguously Gay: If some of the flamboyant messages on his shirts weren't enough of an indication, he seems to have found Harman assassinating him an arousing experience.
Catchphrase: Usually says "straight up" at least once in each of his monologues. Tends to call you "chief" as well.
Cloudcuckoolander: Travis is an odd guy, to say the least. He's consistently upbeat when he's talking about the grim situations the Smiths are in or the circumstances of his own death. That is, until his final appearance in Smile Pt.2 when he solemnly warns Garcian about the terrible truths he's about to learn.
Deadpan Snarker: He intermingles his expository dialogue with witty remarks and dry observations.
Fun T-Shirt: His tank top has a different word or phrase printed on it depending on where he is when you talk to him.
Hyperactive Sprite: A few. One of his more notable appearances has him incessantly pelvic thrusting.
Mr. Exposition: Though by his own admission he's not very good at it. Still, he's more informative and honest about the story than anyone else.
Only Sane Man: Possibly the most relatable character; once you understand what he's saying, it's clear he's just a chill guy who's mostly happy to talk with you.

Susie Sumner

"Well, hello, Smith. ( ´－｀)ノ"

A complete lunatic. She likes to play Peek-a-Boo Corpse with her severed head (if she still has a body we never see it) and then offer the syndicate an elemental ring for solving puzzles after regaling tales of her bloody life.

Ax-Crazy: It's clear right from the get-go that Susie's clock went cuckoo a long time ago. While she was still alive, she had extreme anger problems that frequently led her to murder (or castrate) anyone she felt had wronged her.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: After the last ring is given in Encounter, she's never heard from again.
Disproportionate Retribution: What led to a lot of her crimes. For example, her boyfriend hit her by accident when he used a rock that was too big for the "window call" trick, so she took her dad's hunting rifle and shot him in the face.
Does Not Like Men: Hates them all, except possibly the male Smiths.
Emoticon: Speaks with Japanese emoticons that some western audiences may be unfamiliar with (she often uses (`?´) when flustered, for example).
Even Evil Has Standards: When she tried to contact the killer7 to hire them, they were so disgusted by what a psychopath she was they killed her out of principle.
From Nobody to Nightmare: She was originally a slightly frustrated high school student, but after accidentally killing her mom, she got the taste for killing and embarked on a bloody murder streak that didn't end until she was killed.
Leitmotif: A ghostly, buzzing theme plays to let you know rooms where Suzie is present.
Peek-a-Boo Corpse: Invoked, being that she's just a ghostly head she likes to manifest herself in cramped spaces like dryers and floor cabinets.
Serial Killer: She became a notorious one over time as her thirst for blood escalated to ghoulish extremes.

Kess BloodySunday

"Then before I knew it I was lost, all alone again. Please help me! I can't see a thing."

A boy who was a brutal murderer and good at making bombs. Was killed on a Sunday by the killer7. He knows how to defeat the bosses, including the Queen Smiles and the Ceramic Smile.

CamelCase: His last name is written in this for some reason.
Creepy Child: To the point of being a murderer in life, and still very creepy in death.
Meaningful Name: He was killed on a Sunday. His last name could also possibly be a reference to "Bloody Sunday," a 1972 massacre in Derry during The Troubles.
Mad Bomber: He had a propensity for building bombs, which is appropriate given what his surname may be a reference to.
Mr. Exposition: Cryptically describes how to beat the majority of the bosses.
Younger Than They Look: Kess supposed to be a boy, yet he could pass for a older teen or young adult.

Yoon-Hyun/True Mask

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"Mr. Smith. I sell information, yes?"

"Loser. I am the True Mask, and I shall guide you."

An informant to the killer7 who was killed and became a Remnant Psyche. He carries around a mask that "craves Thick Blood" and, if you shoot it, his personality changes, you lose Thick Blood, and gives expanded hints. According to Johnny Gagnon, he was the owner of the Union Hotel.

Blood Lust: The Mask. Literally stated - "the mask lusts for thick blood". In the bonus killer8 mode, the Mask craves blood whether or not Yoon-Hyun is wearing the mask.
Catchphrase: As the True Mask: "Tomorrow, it could be you."
Flipping the Bird: Flips two of them if you shoot him.
Punny Name: Yoon-Hyun was the owner of the Union Hotel.
Split Personality: It depends on whether or not the Mask is on.
You No Take Candle: Speaks somewhat awkwardly initially, but is more gramatically correct (and more rude) as the True Mask.

Mizaru and Kikazaru

The ex-wife and handler of Iwazaru, respectively. Mizaru serves under KAEDE, and Kikazaru points out the locations of Soul Shells. They also wear what looks like bondage gear.

Dominatrix: Mizaru is dressed like one, although she doesn't do anything dominatrix-y. She also wears heels, in contrast to her barefoot mistress KAEDE.
Those Two Guys: They're linked by their relations to Iwazaru, and have little backstory otherwise.
The Voiceless: In contrast to the chatty Iwazaru, they fulfill their purposes in silence.

Heaven Smile

Kun Lan

VA: Joe Lala

"A new generation of children will bring order to this age..."

Harman's rival and friend, and leader of the Heaven Smiles. A godlike figure with the power of life in his hand, able to grant immortality to whoever he chooses. Despite being set up as an antagonist for the killer7, he and Harman remain civil towards one another, and the two are often seen playing chess together. His war with Harman is eternal.

Actually Pretty Funny: His penchant for maniacal laughter aside, he asks Harman why he always loses to the latter in chess. Harman's Brutal Honesty about Kun Lan just flat out being a bad player gets both of them to laugh it up.
Affably Evil: He remains polite to everyone, even though he's a terrorist.
Alternate Self: Though it never comes up explicitly in the game, according to the "hand in killer7" book, like Harman, he can manifest in different versions of himself.
Ambiguously Human: Similarly to Harman.
Amazing Technicolor Population: For some reason, his skin is depicted as grey. It's not known if it is natural or if it's evidence of his inhuman nature.
Big Bad: As the leader and creator of the Heaven Smiles who's involvement is tied to the conflict of every mission.
The Chessmaster: Literally and otherwise, competes with Harman (who does note that Kun Lan is a really terrible chess player).
Creepy High-Pitched Voice: Has a much higher-pitched voice than this rival Harman. You'll hear it quite a bit since all the Heaven Smiles trooper share his laughter.
Evil Laugh: He's capable of belting out some seriously wicked ones. It's actually the same laughter as the Heaven Smile troopers, which is foreshadowing to his involvement as the Last Shot Smile.
Friendly Enemy: To Harman. They have opposing goals, but don't have issues interacting with each other.
Giggling Villain: He's where the Heaven Smile get it from, after all.
Good Powers, Bad People: He has the power of life, but uses it to kill, mutate, and terrify. Contrast Harman, who specializes in death but seemingly uses it for good.
The Hyena: His laughter is just as insane and hysterical as the Smiles he creates.
The Unfought: If he isn't the Last Shot Smile, then he's one of these. You do fight his angel projection early on, but you never actually have a proper showdown with him - the closest thing there is is an ambiguously symbolic cutscene in a level full of flashbacks, in which Garcian and/or young Harman may or may not have shot up both him and old Harman.
Visionary Villain: Implied by his quote above though what this "order" he's referring to entails is never really specified at least in the game.

Heaven Smile

"At heaven's command, we will kill the unwanted. We must get rid of bad trees from their roots. I hope that you are not one of them."

A terrorist organization hell-bent on causing terror for its own sake, headed by Kun Lan. Heaven Smiles are ordinary people infected by a virus that turns them into strangely coloured, ever-smirking, ever-cackling zombies, whose primary means of attack is suicide-bombing their target. They are still easily dispatched by shooting their weak points, turning them into clouds of blood.

Action Bomb: Their defining trait.
Attack Its Weak Point: Low-level smiles can be shot anywhere, but shooting their weak point is a One-Hit Kill. Eventually, more Smile types appear that can only be killed by hitting their weakpoint, and a couple will actually teleport right in front of you and explode if you hit them anywhere but their weak point.
Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Giant Smiles.
Beware the Silly Ones: They can get undeniably silly at times but the threat they pose as living bombs can be quite terrifying as those poor civilians in the first mission can attest to.
Body Horror: Just the whole process of becoming a Smile is bad enough. But then you start running into Smiles that don't even look remotely human.
Chasing Your Tail: The Ceramic Smile.
Climax Boss: The Galactic Tomahawk Smile, last of the Vinculum Gate boss fights. Considering how later "fights" amount more to plot-centric Zero Effort Bosses, the Galactic Tomahawk Smile provides the last real test of player skill before the game wraps up.
Degraded Boss: A couple of the miniboss Smiles become regular enemies later on.
Determinator: They'll keep shuffling towards you even without their heads. Shoot off one or more of their legs, and they'll just crawl (in fact, they crawl even faster than they walk.)
Eye Beams: The Laser Smile.
The Heartless: People that are turned into these typically lose their personalities and free will.
The Hyena: Every sound they make is some kind of laughter.
Laughably Evil: Some of the Smiles manage to be pretty silly, like Smiles that jog towards you making strange noises, or contort themselves into a ball and roll towards you.
Laughing Mad: They make a maniac laugh when they're doing their suicidal explosion towards a Smith.
Made of Iron: The Protector series of Smiles can only be killed by Mask's grenades. The vanilla Protector Smile only requires the basic grenade, while Protector Z needs a level 1 charge attack, and the Protector ZZ needs a fully charged attack.
Madness Mantra: Get close enough to one without agitating them and you can hear them mumbling to themselves incessantly in a distorted manner. It's actually a slowed down excerpt from Kun Lan's conversation with Harman Smith.
...will bring order to this age... will bring order to this age...
Metal Slime: Micro and Camellia smiles. Both give huge amounts of thick blood when killed (and the Micros awaken all the sleeping Smiths,) but Micros are small and hard to hit, and fly towards you really quickly (fortunately, the explosion doesn't hurt you, but it does blind the player) and Camellia's sprint as fast as they can away from you and then explode if you shoot them without killing them or get too close.
Mook Maker: Duplicator and Mother Smiles.
One-Hit Kill: The miniboss Smiles encountered after passing through the Viniculum Gate can kill you in one hit if you don’t kill them fast enough. Fortunately they lose this when they become Degraded Boss.
Our Zombies Are Different: Extremely different, to the point where them being more or less zombies doesn't cross most players' minds.
Slasher Smile: More of a massive rictus grin, but it serves the same purpose.
Token Good Teammate: Camellia Smiles who as Iwazaru describes actually want to defect to the killer7's side. Thus they are marked as traitors of the Heaven Smile with their distinct white bodies, stained with blood via "baptism". Apparently the best they can do is act as Helpful Mooks, standing next to spots where it is necessary to use a Smith's special ability. Instead of attacking the Smiths when approached, they will simply flee screaming and detonate themselves safely out of range. They also act as Metal Slimes as noted above so they're always a welcome sight. It's fitting that they're the only Smile to have a voiceline that is reused from a victim of the Heaven Smile^note rather than from Kun Lan, the Heaven Smile's leader.
Unique Enemy: The Ceramic Smile could count, as it's only fought once like the mini-boss Smiles, but unlike them it's not fought inside the Vinculum Gate.
The Usual Adversaries: You fight them even when the antagonist of the chapter isn't remotely affiliated with HS.
Was Once a Man: Are created from humans.
Zombie Gait: Both played straight and averted. Most Smiles will leisurely shamble towards you, but certain types will run or outright sprint at you. Some Smiles (like the Mithril and Timer Smiles) will do both.

Gatekeeper

The man who guards the Vinculum Gate, which leads to the Colosseum in which new Heaven Smiles are tested. Although he's in league with Kun Lan, he will let the Smiths through if they provide him with Soul Shells.

Flat Character: He really doesn't have much of a purpose beyond guarding the Viculum Gate. Aside from his unexplained connection to Kun Lan nothing else is revealed about him.
Living Prop: See above.

Curtis Blackburn

VA: Alastair Duncan

"Doesn't hurt to have a hobby after retirement. What do you think?"

An assassin currently in the business of abducting orphans and harvesting their organs to sell on the black market for use in creating the Heaven Smile. He was once the mentor of Dan Smith, and was also the one to kill him. He seems to have a supernatural control over light and darkness, and has an adopted daughter - AYAME Blackburn - who he has raised in his footsteps.

Arc Villain: Of Encounter.
Decapitation Presentation: Does this to Pedro with his daughter's head.
Dirty Old Man: A particularly disgusting example. He's in his fifties and his first cutscene sees him with a prostitute (who he murders). Later, it's revealed he's a pedophile.
Disturbed Doves: "We shoot when the bird flies." It coos just before it takes off.
Duel to the Death: His boss fight with Dan, who accuses him of trying to die in style afterwards.
Establishing Character Moment: His introduction involves him loading his gun, shooting the callgirl in the limo with him, and gunning down a waiting room for seemingly no reason, all without a care in the world.
Evil Old Folks: He's somewhere in his fifties and is a vicious assassin.
Evil Mentor: To Dan.
Final Speech: Subverted. He tries to give one, but Dan interrupts him.
Guns Akimbo: Wields duel pistols.
Hate Sink: A horrible, vile excuse for a human being as the other tropes in his folder can attest to. No one who talks about him has anything positive to say about him and he's generally considered pure scum.
Hero Killer: He killed Dan a long time ago. Granted, Dan isn't much of a hero, but he's nowhere near as bad as Curtis.
Karmic Death: Gets shot by the man he supposedly killed, and he gets killed by the machine he uses to cleanse the little girls of their organs.
Knight of Cerebus: His chapter is directly after the surreal Cloudman, and is far darker, marking the point where the situation begins to slide downwards for the Smiths.
Light Is Not Good: His color scheme consists almost completely of white and he is the most reprehensible antagonist in the game.
Living a Double Life: A far darker case than normal. His organ dealing? That's his public face. Privately, he's a pedophile who rapes all the girls he kidnaps and, after taking their organs, he taxidermizes them.
Murderer P.O.V.: His introduction cutscene.
Organ Theft: His specialty, along with killing.
Pædo Hunt: One of his main targets is children, who he also rapes.
The Paranoiac: He has a wide-scale security system fitted throughout his home alongside the Heaven Smiles running around the property as an added security measure. Iwazaru describes him as a "neurotic fellow".
Psycho for Hire: A hired hitman working for the Heaven Smile.
Sadist: He expressed glee when he killed his partner, Pedro and even went as far as to taunt him over raping his wife and murdering his children.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: Never raises his voice, even when killing people.
The Sociopath: He shows no remorse for all the horrible things he's done, doesn't bat an eye at mass murder, and he cares for no one, not even his partner, Pedro.
The Stoic: A much more calm character than most in this game.
Walk on Water: Kind of. He's able to lie down and stand on water, almost as if it were a bed.
Would Hit a Girl: The children he murdered were all girls and we're even introduced to him murdering a woman in his limo.
Would Hurt a Child: Doesn't mind raping children and harvesting their organs.

AYAME Blackburn

VA: Masayo Hosono

"Like a flower that blooms in the soil of our carnal and corrupt society, I shall administer retribution to stray vermin that graze this land. For I am the Chairman of the Education Guidance Council! Ayame Blackburn, survive!"

Curtis Blackburn's adopted daughter. Her weapon of choice is a machine gun and as Curtis' protégé she possesses the same powers over light and shadow as he does. She is a Cosplay Otaku Girl who wears an animegao kigurumi mask and fashions herself as a Magical Girl.

Ax-Crazy: She acts like an anime protagonist and seems disconnected from reality, no doubt because of the extreme mental trauma Curtis put her through.
Becoming the Mask: The whole "magical girl" persona is apparently something Curtis conditioned her into adopting as part of his depraved sexual whims.
Broken Bird: She was an random innocent young woman before Curtis got to her.
Casting a Shadow: She has some of Curtis's power over light and shadow; as such, during her fight, she can only be injured when she's in the radius of the streetlights.
Cosplay Otaku Girl: She wears a Japanese schoolgirl outfit reminiscent of an anime high school girl. Possibly Curtis' doing, see below.
Daddy's Little Villain: Though, given how terrible Curtis is, it's likely she was abused into this position.
The Dragon: To Curtis.
Foreshadowing: Curtis is introduced to the player slaughtering his way through an office building, finally cornering a young woman. When you kill AYAME, the mask rolls off to reveal she's that young woman.
Killer Rabbit: She'll tear you apart if you aren't careful.
Lightning Bruiser: Her automatic machine gun lets her tear through your healthbar, she's crazy fast during her boss fight with her first fight having her reach ludicrous speeds the more damage she takes, and she takes a crazy amount of bullets both times you fight her.
Malevolent Masked Men: AYAME's ''kigurumi'' mask is part of what makes her such a memorable antagonist. The bug-eyed anime features stick out in a game where characters have realistically-rendered faces. This contrast creates a rather eerie effect, which isn't helped by her holding a completely realistic submachine gun. She looks less like a cosplayer and more like a masked terrorist... which is kind of what she is, given that she's working for Heaven Smile.
Magical Girl: Acts like one, but with machine guns instead of magic.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: Between her meaningful first name AND her last name, it's one deadly combo.
Recurring Boss: The only boss fought multiple times while not being some sort of Zero-Effort Boss.
Super-Speed: She runs around the parking lot very fast. It’s hard to get a bead on her.
Take That!: One big stab at Japanese politics and otaku culture. She looks and acts like a stereotypical anime waifu that otakus would fantasize about, complete with a sexually risque high school uniform. The truth is that she's a mentally-broken orphan who's been abused by Curtis into acting like a fantasy anime heroine, which is implied to be one of his sexual fantasies. The point seems to be that an anime waifu girl could only exist in real life if a girl was conditioned to behave like a fictional character through rigorous abuse.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth: The Smiths pity her awful situation enough not to turn her into a Remnant Psyche like they do with Curtis.

Greg Nightmare and the Seven Black Smiles

"Haah haah haah..."

The Secretary of Education. Saying any more would be a spoiler.

Almighty Janitor: See Milkman Conspiracy below.
Bling-Bling-BANG!: Shoots at the Smiths with a Golden Gun. He drops it during the 2nd phase though only Garcian Smith can "handle" it.
Evil Laugh: A very deep guttural one that he lets out everytime he takes damage.
Fat Bastard: Hostile towards the Smith Syndicate at the end of Smile, Part 2 to the extent that he kills off every one of them except for Garcian.
Final Boss: The last boss that you can actually lose to.
Groin Attack: Shooting him here triggers his second phase.
Hero Killer: The Seven Black Smiles, the only things in the game that can kill off killer7 personae for good.
Hopeless Boss Fight: The second form, when Nightmare creates the Black Smiles, until Garcian comes out.
Milkman Conspiracy: The most powerful man in the country, despite the lack of power that his job title may imply. This is explained by all the voting stations in elections being held at schools, and through controlling the schools he controls the elections.
Mook Maker: Nightmare makes Special Black Smiles that can kill anyone for good in one shot and are invincible to anything except the Golden Gun.
One-Hit Kill: The suicidal explosions of the Black Smiles can and will kill the Smiths instantly. Garcian is the only one who can avoid the fate by grabbing the Golden Gun (in killer8 mode, Young Harman bites the bullet from the Smile aimed at Garcian, so the latter simply has to grab the Gun to kill the boss in one hit).
Psycho Rangers: The Seven Black Smiles could be seen as a more serious and less colorful take on this. Like the usual trope, there's one for every one of the protagonists, but unlike the trope, they don't have Evil Opposite personalities or anything - they just show up and start suicide bombing, one by one.
Walking Spoiler: Who they are and what they do cannot be discussed openly since it's mostly major revelations.
Zero-Effort Boss: Once his last Black Smile is defeated using the newly acquired Golden Gun, he's left completely helpless before Garcian who then takes him down with one shot. Even moreso in Killer 8 mode with Harman Smith having to die to the final Black Smile before switching to Garcian making the Black Smile phase of his fight more of a formality if anything.

Last Shot Smile

"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

The last Heaven Smile.

All There in the Manual: Hand In killer7's chronology gives the name "Last Shot." It also tells a very confusing tale regarding his creation, seemingly invalidating the idea that he's Kun Lan and/or Iwazaru, despite the very same book stating that he's Kun Lan somewhere else.
Arc Villain: Of Lion, along with Matsuoka.
He Was Right There All Along: He's in Garcian's Trailerhouse.
Made of Iron: While the invulnerable Black Smiles finally went down in one hit from the Golden Gun, this guy takes five hits from it, implying a large amount of durability.
Post-Final Boss: The final "fight".
Zero-Effort Boss: All you do is chase him and then shoot him down.

Other Antagonists

Kenjiro Matsuoka

"I'm Japanese, how the hell should I know?"

The timid new leader of the U.N. party, mocked by party seniors. In his very first scene, Akiba and Kurahashi order him to commit suicide, as Japan will most likely be destroyed by missiles. After he shoots their heads, he becomes a spiritual Dragon to Kun Lan and gains a lot of confidence.

Arc Villain: Smile, Part 1 is about taking him down. He returns as one of the two villains of Lion, along with the Last Shot Smile.
Butt-Monkey: In his first scene he is mocked by his seniors and goaded into suicide. Even the game interupt his attempt at standing for himself by putting the his title shot mid outburst. After that Kun Lan empowers into becoming much more confident.
The Dragon: Sort of. Kun Lan approves of him and assists him in his rise to power, but the U.N. and the Heaven Smile are separate groups.
Foil: To Garcian, like him he was saved from commiting suicide by one of the resident demigods of the world, both underwent a massive personality change where they become a calmer, more focused individual. Lastly both of them are able to break from the grasps of their enablers. The difference between them is Garcian has supernatural powers, while Matsuoka has vast political power.
The Heavy: You can argue that he gets directly involved more often than his new "master" Kun Lan does.
Video Game Cruelty Potential / Video Game Caring Potential: One or the other. At the end of the game, you can alter the ending by choosing to kill or spare him. Might be considered an aversion, though, given how he frames the choice as regarding what he symbolizes, and the consequences of his life. The motivations that drive the player, however, could easily be these tropes as well.
Unwitting Pawn: He is just another assets for Kun Lan in his game of East vs West with Harman. Although Kenjiro is free to do his own planning and goal.
Zero-Effort Boss: Because he's not actually fighting you. You choose whether to kill him or not, and if you do he just lets you do it, but you can also choose to just walk right on past.

Julia Kisugi

"A pet of the United States... interesting."

The secretary to Toru Fukushima, working in his restaurant. She's really another assassin sent to retrieve the Yakumo document.

Action Girl: Obviously, being an assassin.
Better to Die than Be Killed: After her defeat, she eats a grenade and promptly explodes into gibs.
Graceful Loser: You can encounter her ghost in "Cloudman", and she is grateful to have been killed and freed from the miserable life of an assassin.
Guns Akimbo: Lets her shoot extra fast.
The Mole: She works for the Liberal Party.
The Starscream: Works under Fukushima, but ultimately kills him and then attempts to kill the Smiths to get her hands on the Yakumo.

Jean Depaul

VA: James Horan

"Lucha Libre is for kids! But, you know, you are great with the kids, masked man!"

A chef working for Toru Fukushima, and a fan of MASK. Like Julia, he too is attempting to get ahold of the Yakumo document.

Arc Villain: Of Sunset, Part 2, though the mission doesn't end with his defeat.
Better to Die than Be Killed: When wounded, he shoots himself rather than let the killer7 take care of him.
Guilty Pleasures: Despite the quote above saying otherwise, he LOVES MASK's fighting style.
Heel: The Japanese subtitles has MASK de Smith refer to him as this in their second meeting.
The Mole: You know you're a big target when you have two of them. Poor Fukushima...
Puzzle Boss: You are forced to fight him as MASK, and he's too quick to hit directly with MASK's grenade launchers. You have to hit the arch above him and drop part of the ceiling onto him.
Signature Headgear: Or perhaps occupational headgear— wears a chef's hat initially, and then a black cap (as pictured) as part of his assassin gear.

Hiroyasu Kurahashi and Shinya Akiba

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"This is EXACTLY the reason I hate young pricks like him."

Two elderly members of the Japanese UN party. They goad Matsuoka into killing them, but they stay alive due to Kun Lan's influence and powers.

Boom, Headshot!: How Matsuoka kills them both. Though they come back with the insides of their heads exposed.
Dual Boss: They're both fought simultaneously at the end of the third level.
Evil Old Folks: Undead evil old folks.
Grumpy Old Man: They hate the younger generation.
Improbable Weapon User: They throw chunks of their own brains at the Smiths.
Klingon Promotion: This is how they rose in politics and society. And they consider it appropriate that eventually they themselves shall also be killed by someone below them.

Andrei Ulmeyda

VA: Cam Clarke

"I am a man with a plan!"

A cult leader with a bright yellow Texas Bronco T-shirt and glorious afro. Once an average mailman, Ulmeyda found a portion of the Yakumo Policy and used the instructions contained within it to establish a powerful cult devoted to him and become the head of a multi-million dollar corporation. In the Cloudman chapter, Ulmeyda challenges the killer7 to come to his city and track him down, taking credit for the bombing of a Stacy's concert.

Adaptational Villainy: His comic book interpretation lacks the affable and well-intentioned qualities of his main counterpart, being instead a power-hungry terrorist who willingly sells his own cult out to the Heaven Smile.
Affably Evil: To the point where he's the least like an antagonist you can find in the game. He's a REALLY nice guy.
Arc Villain: Of Cloudman.
Bittersweet Ending: Cloudman ends with Ulmeyda getting infected with Heaven Smile thanks to the US government trying to use his blood to make a cure, only for it to backfire horribly and turn him into a Heaven Smile. He's put out of his misery thanks to killer7, and Ulmeyda InterCity is ultimately left in the hands of the young man he chose to drive a dangerous car, who is implied to be his son, ensuring that their community will still live, even after he's gone.
Combat Tentacles: As a Heaven Smile, he can attack the smiths with blood-red tendrils extending from his back.
Dark Messiah: His incredible charisma and business acumen is rather disturbing, to the point where several characters comment on it. Although despite that he's actually not that bad a guy.
Designated Villain: Invoked. The only reason he's classified as a villain at all is because he forces the killer7 to target him. In fact, he's not even behind the bombing of the concert during his intro. It was in fact Heaven Smile all along, and he just took the credit so that he could ask them to kill him should he become a Smile himself.
Die Laughing: After forcibly mutating into a Heaven Smile and getting put down like any other Smile. It's oddly melancholy sounding.
From Nobody to Nightmare: His former boss sees him as this. This is thanks to the Yakumo, in reality.
Funny Afro: Has a giant afro. This is the reason why Iwazaru doesn't appear in Cloudman. It's also his weak point during his boss fight.
I Cannot Self-Terminate: "I told ya to kill me... now I'm going MAD!"
The Immune: He made his fortune by infecting himself with deadly diseases so he could overcome them and sell the date from his immunized blood as miracle cures. However, he's terrified of being mutated into a Heaven Smile and wouldn't dare risk challenging the condition.
Kiai: As a Heaven Smile, he makes loud wooping noises whenever he attacks with his tendrils.
Large Ham: To EXTREME levels. He's a fan favorite for this reason.
Masturbation Means Sexual Frustration: Mentioned. "We're talking guys who beat off four times a day!"
Mercy Kill: It makes his death only slightly less sad.
Properly Paranoid: Not knowing how one is made, everything from his space suit to his roundabout way of contacting the Smith Syndicate is all due to Ulmeyda's immense fear of "catching" Heaven Smile. Then the government invades his compound and forcibly injects him with a strain in hopes that his body will develop a cure to it.
Religion of Evil: Ultimately averted. Even though he built a cult around himself, he doesn't really have any evil plans, he's just eccentric.
Suicide by Cop: The reason why he calls out Garcian on live TV is because he knows the Smiths are the only people who can kill Heaven Smiles, so he wants them to kill him if he goes bad.
Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth: He can and will, willingly, contract all sorts of deadly diseases in the hopes of overcoming them so that he can produce an antibody to save others, but he wants to stay far away from Heaven Smile because he recognizes that it's a whole other beast. His fears are well founded.
Tragic Monster: Once he turns into a Heaven Smile thanks to the US. Unable to control the urge to kill, he mutates into Heaven Smile and is forced to be put down.

Trevor Pearlharbor

"I already wrote it. I wrote the story, so YOU'LL die."

Writer of the Handsome Man comic book. When he is suspected for causing the real life group based on them to go rogue, the killer7 are asked to take him out.

Affably Evil: From his one cutscene, he's shown not to be a pretty bad guy, at worst arrogant.
Arc Villain: Of Alter Ego, at least until he's killed by Handsome Black.
The Faceless: You never see him in the game's normal graphics, just in anime graphics. If you take a look at his picture, his face has a shadow over it.
Meaningful Name: In a ridiculously roundabout way. Basically, the word for the Handsome Men's kind of multicolored group is sentai, which literally means task force. Before its usage in pop culture, it was used instead during World War II; Handsome Black kills Trevor Pearlharbor. In other words, just as the WWII sentai bombed Pearl Harbor, the modern-age sentai killed Pearlharbor.
Psychic Powers: How he knows what the Handsome Men will do.
Small Name, Big Ego: Downplayed. He's a comic book artist who is successful enough to own a villa in the Dominican Republic and his ego has inflated dramatically since he's come to believe he can control the Handsome Men. However, he can only predict what the Handsome Men will do and Travis reveals that Trevor's success is largely due to the efforts of his publishers and representatives and that as a artist, he doesn't actually have enough talent to succeed on his own. His arrogance was the reason why the Smiths were hired to assassinate him, as Trevor's representatives lost their patience with his ego.
Smug Super: He is rather proud that he has control of the Handsome Men, or so he thinks.
The Unfought: Is accidentally killed by Handsome Black.
Wrong Genre Savvy: Once he realizes the stories he writes predict the future, he thinks he can use it to dictate the future. He's wrong.

The Handsome Men

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From left to right: Handsome Pink, Handsome Purple, Handsome Light Brown, Handsome Red, Handsome Blue, Handsome Dead, Handsome White Pearl, Handsome Gold. Not pictured: Handsome Black.

"We are the punishing rangers!"

A set of nine multicoloured Sentai superheroes who act as a counterpart to the killer7. Originally designed by the military to fight the Heaven Smile, they defected and began committing terrorism instead. Their actions and targets would be predicted in advance by the artist of the Handsome Men comic, Trevor Pearlharbor.

Arc Villain: Of Alter Ego.
Cutscene Boss: Handsome Black, who's killed by Dan in an anime cutscene.
Decoy Protagonist: Of his own story, at least. Handsome Red acts like the leader, but Harman kills him easily in the first round of the battle. This is because Handsome Pink, aka LOVE Wilcox, is the actual protagonist of their team.
Distaff Counterpart: Seemingly Handsome Pink/LOVE Wilcox to Garcian Smith/Emir Parkreiner, notably she is the only counterpart to not match with her opposites gender.
Expy: Of Super Sentai and Power Rangers.
Eye Beams: "Handsome Wink!"
Fair-Play Villain: Presumably the reason why they decide to forgo using Handsome Wink like Handsome Black did. Then again, considering how ineffective it was against Dan Smith, it's possible they just decided that they'd be better off trying to Beat Them at Their Own Game.
Know When to Fold 'Em: Handsome Pink, aka LOVE Wilcox, admits defeat when Garcian's turn comes.
Man Behind the Man: Handsome Pink, aka LOVE Wilcox, to Trevor Pearlharbor and Handsome Red.
Mirror Match: The Handsome Men wield the exact same weapon as their opponent in the one-on-one matches and only attack when they do. Harman's opponent even shows up to the match with his own wheelchair.
Odd Name Out: What the heck kind of color is "Dead"?
The Psycho Rangers: To the killer7. In the in-universe comic book, the killer7 is this to them, which fits their respective personalities more.
Quirky Miniboss Squad
Scripted Battle: When you finally fight them, it's in a series of one-on-one matchups. Technically, you have control over the characters, you effectively also have control of the Handsome Men only attack when you do, who use the exact same weapons, shooting, reloading, and even missing whenever you do, as a result the same characters win and lose every time.
The Unfought: Handsome Pink reveals her true identity as a hacker named LOVE Wilcox. She teleports away instead of battling Garcian.

Benjamin Keane

VA: Steve Blum

"What's a country? Who are the people? What are politicians? Who knows... I just wanted to become President!"

A presidential candidate and the principal of Colburn Elementary School. Is the target of Smile, Part 2, and is waiting patiently in the Principal's Office. He knows the secret on how to pick up women with 100% success.

Arc Villain: Of Smile, Part 2, as according to Garcian's photo, he's the target.
The Casanova: Thinks he's this, if his touting of picking up women is anything to go by. Given the low quality of his advice, though, he probably isn't.
Cheaters Never Prosper: He would have won his game of Russian Roulette against Garcian if he hadn't tried to stack the odds ever so slightly by using a revolver with a seven bullet chamber.
Cutscene Boss: Is fought through a cutscene of Russian Roulette.
Final Speech:
Benjamin Keane: "You and I, we're both sick. The only time we feel alive is when we put our lives on the line. It's a sad reality. But we people are never satisfied. We'll always seek a higher rush. The history of the United States rests within the walls of this institution. It's an old tradition that has continued since the first presidential election. I want you to see it through to the end. And by the way: Women are all the same! Gah...!"
Large Ham: Every time it's his turn to play Russian Roulette, he speaks a Badass Boast, breathes heavily, loudly grunts, etc. Garcian Smith responds each time by quickly pointing the gun at his own head and pulling the trigger without any sort of hesitation or fanfare, leaving Benjamin stunned each time.
Russian Roulette: One of the most famous scenes from the game. Garcian wins, Keane shares the secret on how to pick up women with 100% success. If Keane wins, Garcian has to kill the president.

Emir Parkreiner

^SPOILER

Somebody who paid Johnny Gagnon to investigate the killer7. Throughout the game, you receive his mail via carrier pigeon. Later on, at the Coburn Elementary School, the killer7 finds tapes detailing an investigation into whoever he really is.

Ambiguously Human: Has a Third Eye, weird supernatural powers, is immortal and glowing eyes in the epilogue. That has to count for something.
Ax-Crazy: He's nicknamed "The Bloody Heartland" for a reason.
Beat Them at Their Own Game: He sometimes decided to beat his opponent using the same skill said opponent was renowed for - for example, Kevin, Con, Coyote and Dan. Apparently this earned him the nickname "Ace of Aces".
Child Soldier: He was 13 years old when he went on his rampage, being one of the Coburn Elementary student trained into being an assassin he had all the training needed and showed raw potential.
Dark Messiah: Despite being feared for his actions, characters like Holbert still react with some sort of reverence when they see him, and he's littered with symbolism.
Deity of Human Origin: One interpretation of the game's story is that it's about Emir's ascension to a godlike figure like Harman and Kun Lan, after freeing himself from their games.
Even Evil Has Standards: Proclaimed to be evil by Harman, and considered "The Bloody Heartland" by those who know him. But he clearly realized something was wrong with his operation and his life after murdering all of the Smiths besides Harman and, not wanting to keep dealing with all the manipulation anymore, took himself out. This leads to being reborn as Garcian, a relative Heel–Face Turn, an extermination of the last of the Smiles by his own hand which arguably saves the world, and, possibly, an eventual Karmic Jackpot of ascension to godhood by freeing himself of Harman and Lun Kan's control.
Driven to Suicide: Attempts to kill himself after killing the Smiths by shooting himself in the third eye. He survives, but loses his memories.
Ironic Nursery Tune: Casually whistling to the melody of Greensleeves/What Child is This? as he methodically murders the Smiths one by one. It could qualify as his Leitmotif.
My God, What Have I Done?: Implied. Right after killing all of the Smiths, he heads out onto the roof of the Union Hotel — and proceeds to blow his own brains out. If Emir-as-Garcian confronting himself is anything to go by, this was not for the sake of wiping himself from the board as his reincarnated self is utterly horrified.
One-Man Army: Downplayed in Lion, where Emir killing the Smiths was entirely by catching them off-guard without a straight fight, besides his confrontation of Dan at the end. Then played straight in the Playable Epilogue, where his lock-on and the Golden Gun are so powerful that he can One-Hit Kill all of the Smiles in his path without even having to bother with weak points, slaughtering hordes within seconds.
Playable Epilogue: He's the only character playable in it, detailing the last of the Smith Syndicate's final push to complete their mission of taking down the last of the Heaven Smiles once and for all. The name on the pause menu still says "Garcian", but all extra material seems to indicate that he's accepted himself as Emir.
Red Baron: He was known as the "Ace of Aces" and the "Bloody Heartland". Hand in killer7 uses the latter for the version of Garcian/Emir you play as in the epilogue.
Reincarnation: Aside from reincarnating into Garcian, he also died in 1952, the "fall of Japan", coming back as the insane killer he's known as. Symbolic? Of course it is.
Split Personality: The current incarnations of the killer7 are this to him, not Harman.
Third Eye: His most distinguishing physical feature and treated as his weakpoint in gameplay.
Tomato in the Mirror: Garcian doesn't realize he's him until the end.
The Voiceless: While Garcian does speak throughout the game, Emir never has any dialogue himself.
Walking Spoiler: The biggest in the game.
What Happened to the Mouse?: Does not appear in the "A 100 Years later" epilogue, it's unknown if he is still an active player at that time. Since he is immortal he has to be still around.
You Kill It, You Bought It: Murdering the killer7 and then carrying their weapons around once he reincarnated as Garcian implies that Harman's manipulations effectively turned Emir into a guilt-trapped, psychologically blanked successor of the Smiths. It stays this way until he finally realizes who he really was again, and resorts to the Golden Gun gained from Greg Nightmare, no longer needing to rely on the other personalities and their weapons whatsoever.
Zero-Effort Boss: Shoot his third eye and he'll then kill himself. Very much symbolic.

Notable Others

Johnny Gagnon ("Speedster")

"My name is Johnny Gagnon, otherwise known as "Speedster." I kinda get excited when I slit a guy's throat. I know that sounds sick, but..."

A man hired by a man named Emir to gather info on the killer7. He does so extraordinarily and sends letters to him via carrier pigeons, but Emir never pays him back. Attempts to infiltrate Garcian's trailer, but gets himself killed.

The Ghost: He is never seen in game.
Killed Mid-Sentence: Samantha offs him in the middle of his final memo.
Mysterious Informant: Accidentally becomes one of these to the killer7, who are receiving his letters intended for Emir.

Edo Macalister

"I remember the faces of all our guests, sir. Even your bag."

The manager of the Union Hotel, formerly the owner of the Flower, Sun, and Rain hotel on Lospass Island. He was a previously a major character in Flower, Sun and Rain.

The Cameo: Would be just this if all he did was greet Garcian, but his mysterious nature teases at something more going on.
Leitmotif: Gymnopedie No. 1 by Erik Satie, a recurring theme in Flower, Sun and Rain as well.
What Happened to the Mouse?: No explanation or resolution is given for what he's doing here, how he vanishes, and why he knows Garcian. Already a mysterious character in his first game, his presence here makes him even more so.

Dmitri Nightmare / THREE EYES

Dimitri Nightmare / THREE EYES

A man sitting next to Harman in a spoilery scene late in the game. That's it. Only a small amount of information are given about him in "Hand in killer7", but his connections to Harman and possibly Greg Nightmare (due to the shared last names) hint at something important.

Ambiguously Human: Suggested in the book, which seems to indicate that he is the previous holder of both the God Killer and the Third Eye.
Greater-Scope Villain: A theory due to a line in "Hand in killer7", stating that Harman and Kun Lan will battle "fearing his apparition". Who it's referring to is unknown, but this character is who fans usually point to.
The Voiceless: From what is seen.
Walking Spoiler: Everything he's connected to is a spoiler, but there's very little to know about him even then.

Holbert

"It's Holbert."

An FBI agent sent to Coburn Elementary School to figure out its connection to the election system. While doing so, he investigates the enigmatic Emir Parkreiner. The killer7 finds his tapes strewn throughout the school, describing the events of his investigation.

Apocalyptic Log: His tapes.
Expy: Of Dale Cooper.
The Ghost: You never see him, you only hear his voice.
Posthumous Character: Rather predictably. He was killed by Emir.

Hand in killer7 Exclusive Characters

Jaco Checkbox

"Heaven Smiles . . . they're horrible. Anonymous, infinite in number, and
always showing up . . . everyone's scared of them. But what if you see a familiar face
among them? A roommate, an old lover, someone you work with, ready to suicide-bomb along with the rest . . . wouldn't that be more truly horrific?"

"Jaco Checkbox" (which he gives as an alias instead of his real name) is the protagonist of the Hand in killer7 story Jaco's Report. He is an FBI agent whose unit was wiped out in an incident where he found his wife and daughter turning into Smiles, at which point he was forced to kill them. Having developed a personal hatred for the Smiles, he then hacked into Miss Jacob, a US Government fortune-telling machine, and learned of the existence of the Last Shot Smile. The catch is that the Smile will not come into existence unless 49 predictions in a row come true. Much of the events of the game are an apparent result of Checkbox setting up the predictions to occur in the real world.

Arch-Enemy: While he hates all Smiles, he specifically wants to bring the Last Shot Smile into existence and either kill it or have the killer7 do it to wipe the Smiles out.
Badass Normal: Unlike almost every other one of the major players of the game's world, he is a regular human being with no close ties with any of the superpowered central characters. He's just a regular FBI agent who, through sheer ingenuity and determination, ended up having a huge impact on everything.
Big Good: Not that they were ever aware of it, but he was ultimately responsible for choosing the Smiths' missions, and thus by proxy, responsible for stopping the Heaven Smile threat.
The Chessmaster: Though he's still being somewhat manipulated by unknown forces, he manages to be this relative to the events of the game.
Dirty Old Man: He... likes Handsome Pink. And fantasizes about her. And traces her inner thigh.
Mercy Kill: His wife and daughter, rather tragically. This drove Checkbox mad with grief, to the point of dropping to the ground and frothing at the mouth.
Offing the Offspring: Having to Mercy Kill his wife and child.
Outside-the-Box Tactic: Miss Jacob cannot predict a way to eradicate all Heaven Smiles, as the amount of data required is too great. However, Jaco discovers that the "Last Shot Smile", if it will come into existance, will be the last Heaven Smile; and Ms. Jacob can predict a way to make that Smile appear...
Unwitting Pawn: He calls himself this in the grand scheme of things, protecting the King Piece, the killer7. Doesn't mean his actions still weren't responsible for most of the game.

Jack Foley

A writer for the magazine "Spreading the Truth". three articles are included: One where he interviews a man who worked for Kun Lan, one about the seldom-talked about Ishizaka Corporation, and one about Ulmeyda's First Life, Inc. He dies under mysterious circumstances after the last one.

He Knows Too Much: Implied to be why he was killed.

Mr. A

An unnamed scientist interviewed by Foley and given this alias. He reveals he and two other men worked with Kun Lan and was responsible for the more complex Smile types. The three were turned into Potential Heaven Smiles, meaning that they are slowly becoming Smiles. The process is complete by the end of the interview, and he becomes a Smile.

The Evil Genius: One of three for Kun Lan.

Characters / Killer7

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The Smith Syndicate - Harman and the killer7

The killer7

Harman Smith

Garcian Smith

Dan Smith

KAEDE Smith

Con Smith

Coyote Smith

MASK de Smith

Kevin Smith

The Smith Syndicate - Allies

Iwazaru (Vincel Dill Boris VII Iwazaruscof)

Samantha Sitbon/Smith

Christopher Mills

Mad Doctor

Gary Wanderers ("Steward")

The Smith Syndicate - Remnant Psyches

Travis Bell

Susie Sumner

Kess BloodySunday

Yoon-Hyun/True Mask

Mizaru and Kikazaru

Heaven Smile

Kun Lan

Heaven Smile

Gatekeeper

Curtis Blackburn

AYAME Blackburn

Greg Nightmare and the Seven Black Smiles

Last Shot Smile

Other Antagonists

Kenjiro Matsuoka

Julia Kisugi

Jean Depaul

Hiroyasu Kurahashi and Shinya Akiba

Andrei Ulmeyda

Trevor Pearlharbor

The Handsome Men

Benjamin Keane

Emir Parkreiner

Notable Others

Johnny Gagnon ("Speedster")

Edo Macalister

Dimitri Nightmare / THREE EYES

Holbert

Hand in killer7 Exclusive Characters

Jaco Checkbox

Jack Foley

Mr. A

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