Resident Evil Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi and producer Masato Kumazawa have confirmed that the mysterious hooded person featured prominently in the recent Gamescom trailer isn't Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield, Ethan Winters, or any other character from existing Resident Evil lore. He's just an entirely new character created specifically for Requiem.
Fans have been theorizing about the identity of the hooded killer for months, and after he showed up in the latest trailer and killed both the hotel manager and, seemingly, protagonist Grace Ashcroft's mom, the speculation only ramped up. Could he be a familiar face turned evil? Or maybe a familiar face that was evil then and is just still evil now? Apparently, no, this is the first game he's ever appeared in, according to Nakanishi.
