Japanese Officer

"You think because you say nothing... you are strong?"

- Japanese Officer

The Japanese Officer is a soldier seen in the mission Semper Fi and is presumably the commanding officer stationed on Makin Atoll. He has close-cropped black hair and a mustache, and he appears to be in his early 30s. He plays a semi-major role in the mission, and is the first character seen in the game. Sometime before the start of the game, soldiers under his command captured a group of U.S. Marines, among them Privates C. Miller and K. Pyle. He and a Private 1st Class (PFC) interrogate Miller and Pyle, while other Japanese troops continuously beat the other Marines. He taunts K. Pyle, telling him that they are all weak, and questions if all the Americans are as weak as the two, before the private spits in his face. He then violently responds by sticking his lit cigarette into K. Pyle's eye, before ordering the PFC to execute the two Marines and then walking out of the hut. After executing Pyle, the PFC comes for Miller, declaring that he's weak, not noticing Roebuck behind him. He stabs the PFC with his Knife before he can kill Miller. The Japanese officer is strangled to death by Sullivan using his M1897 Trenchgun.

Quotes

 * "You think because you say nothing... you are strong?"
 * "貴様は強くない" (Kisama wa tsuyoku nai: You are not strong)
 * "強情な奴め" (Goujou na yatsu me: What a stubborn)
 * "米兵どもは皆こうなのか" (Beiheidomo wa mina kounanoka: Are all the American soldiers like this?)
 * "二人とも殺せ" (Futaritomo korose: Kill them both)

Trivia

 * When the officer smokes, it is seen that the smoke is not really inside his mouth, but the cigarrete is just near his mouth.
 * This officer, along with the Private 1st Class, the Japanese voice when the player makes a squad, the Japanese announcer, and Takeo Masaki are the only five English-speaking Japanese soldiers in the game.


 * The Japanese soldier that kills Pvt. Pyle is lower in rank than the Japanese officer, as he bows to him as he leaves. His collar insignia indicates that he is a Private 1st Class.


 * The Japanese officer's line is quite humorus, as the playable characters of the Call of Duty franchise (up until Call of Duty: Black Ops) usually never talk, not at all while in-game, except for the Modern Warfare 2 campaign level No Russian, in which Pvt. Allen says "Copy that, second floor!" Nichols also says, "Sarge, it's Nichols".


 * In the Wii version, the superior Japanese officer wears an officer's cap.


 * Many people say that Takeo Masaki bears a resemblance to the Japanese Officer. In fact in Kino Der Toten an old age Takeo has the same face as the Japanese Officer.