Eri Kasamoto (笠本 英里, Kasamoto Eri) is one of the protagonists in the Metal Slug series.
Character Summary[]
"You live then you die - all alone..."
An orphan who was abandoned in front of a church, her earliest memory is escaping the church and becoming the leader of a street gang. Her leadership skills were discovered by the Government Forces Intelligence Agency, who gave her special training as a spy. Eri, however, found assassination and subterfuge missions to be heavily distasteful, so she applied to be transferred to S.P.A.R.R.O.W.S., of which she was specially granted considering her ability and deeds.
In the Second Uprising, she showed exemplary performance in suppression operations and stopped Morden's Army from executing the uprising. She was promoted to staff sergeant.
Eri is also known as the "Memphis Bomb Princess" due to her extensive use of grenades.[1]
Skills[]
In Metal Slug 6 and Metal Slug 7/XX, Eri is skilled in using grenades. She can toss her grenades in eight directions at faster speeds and longer distances. She starts out each life with twenty grenades and can pick up twice as much grenade ammo.
Appearance[]
Eri has blonde hair and brown eyes. She wears a green bandanna on her head, a green vest with a white T-shirt/tank top underneath, wrist bracelets (sometimes gloves), dark green short shorts held by a belt with a silver buckle and split at the sides to reveal black gym shorts, knee pads, socks and a pair of army boots.
In Metal Slug: Awakening, Eri's outfit was updated; her green vest are now replaced with green short sleeved denim blazer, her white tank top is changed to a sleeveless button midriff, her short shorts are now denim blue with a teal belt around her waist, and her knee pads are black with olive designs. She is also accessorized with a red bandanna on her neck and silver hoop earrings on her ear.
Gallery[]
Voice Gallery[]
Death Sound |
Hurt 1 | |
Hurt 2 | |
Death | |
Idle (Heat) | |
Idle (Cold) | |
On Edge | |
No Ammo | |
Dodge | |
Slug Attack | |
Objective Clear | |
Mission Complete |
Deployement | |
Jumping | |
??? | |
??? | |
Ultimate Skill | |
Death |
Trivia[]
- Spelling her name backwards (in Hiragana) people will get the name of a famous Japanese pop star Rie Tomosaka.
- Nadia, Leona and Tyra are sprite edits of Eri, as all four share similar animations.
- Both she and Fio were the first women to be introduced in the heroes team in Metal Slug 2 (formerly composed only by the males Marco and Tarma).
- Eri's ability to change the direction of the bombs she throws is quite unique as this has been requested by fans since after the debut of the Metal Slug series.
- Eri's Steampunk Explorer background and outfit may references Caitlyn from Arcane, League of Legends Serie.
References[]
- ↑ Nicknamed "Memphis Bomb Princess" she has unparalleled skills in shock tactics and demolitions, making the Rebel Army terror-stricken on hearing her name! - Metal Slug: Awakening