Ethan Winters
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| Name: | Ethan Winters (Japanese: イーサン・ウィンターズ, Hepburn: Īsan Wintāzu) |
| Occupation: | Systems Engineer |
| Relationships: | Mia Winters (wife); Rosemary "Rose" Winters (daughter) |
| Fandom: | Resident Evil |
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Ethan Winters (Japanese: イーサン・ウィンターズ, Hepburn: Īsan Wintāzu) is the protagonist of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017) and its direct sequel, Resident Evil Village (2021), main installments of the Resident Evil video game series.
Canon
Ethan is introduced in Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. At the beginning of the game, he has traveled to Louisiana after receiving an e-mail from his wife, Mia Winters, who had gone missing three years before. When he arrives at the location that the message indicates and reunites with Mia, he discovers that she's been infected by the Mold.
Resident Evil Village takes place in 2021, four years after the events in Louisiana. Ethan, Mia and their daughter Rose are living in Eastern Europe when they are suddenly attacked by Chris Redfield and his men. Mia is killed and Rose is taken so after regaining consciousness near a remote village, Ethan embarks on a missing to save his daughter from a group of mutated lords of the region.
Fan Community
Reception and Popularity
Fanon and Tropes
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is the first main game in the franchise to use first-person perspective and in doing so, his face is never revealed during gameplay. Additionally his face is obstructed on his character model and is not shown from the perspective of other playable characters like Rose.
Nevertheless, fans have an idea of what he looks like based on his face model and old game assets.
Shipping
Notable Ships
- Ethan Winters/Chris Redfield
- Ethan Winters/Karl Heisenberg
Fan Works
Fan Fiction
Fan Art
Cosplay
Meta
External Links
Fan Communities and Archives
- FanFiction.Net (FFN): Resident Evil stories and crossovers featuring Ethan W.
- DeviantArt (DA):
- Tumblr:
- Archive of Our Own (AO3): Ethan Winters tag
- Pixiv: #イーサン・ウィンターズ