, real name , is a child soldier in the Liberian Civil War, and Solidus Snake's ally. He is the main character of ' that substitutes Solid Snake as the player's character in the main portion of the game fighting against the titular terrorists to save the hostages from Big Shell. Raiden reappears in ' as the new version of Cyborg Ninja who supports Old Snake. He returns as the protagonist of "". Raiden is voiced by Kenyu Horiuchi in the Japanese version and by Quinton Flynn in the English translation.