Ethan Winters (Japanese: イーサン・ウィンターズ, Hepburn: Īsan Wintāzu) is a character in the Resident Evil horror franchise by Capcom. Ethan was introduced as one of the playable characters in the video game Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, in which he is depicted as an ordinary civilian searching for his missing wife within a dilapidated estate in Louisiana. He is also the protagonist of the sequel Resident Evil Village, where he is forced to locate his kidnapped daughter in a mysterious European village.