What follows is a list of the major characters featured in this game. Please note that some of these descriptions contain spoilers.
New characters (ie., those who never appeared in the original FFVII) are marked with an asterisk (*).
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Zack Fair
Zack is the main character of this game, which begins during the Wutai War. His newly-given last name was created as a complimentary counterpart to Cloud's "Strife". He begins the game as a SOLDIER 2nd Class, but later gets promoted to 1st Class.
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Angeal Hewley
A SOLDIER 1st Class, Zack's friend and mentor, and, so it seems, the original owner of the famous Buster sword.
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Tseng
A prominent member of the Turks who works with Zack.
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Sephiroth
An elite SOLDIER 1st Class, famous for his heroics during the Wutai War. He is well acquainted with Angeal and Genesis.
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Aerith Gainsborough
A girl who Zack meets in a similar manner that Cloud met her for the second time in FFVII—by falling through the roof of the church in Midgar's Sector 5 slums. Zack later asks her on a date.
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Cloud Strife
A Shinra MP who longs to join the ranks of SOLDIER, he first becomes acquainted with Zack in this game.
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Genesis
First seen in Dirge of Cerberus' secret ending as "Project G", this SOLDIER 1st Class is believed to be a prototype for Sephiroth. See the G Reports for further information.
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Lazard
A Shinra employee who oversees the company's SOLDIER program.
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Reno and Rude
Two members of the Turks.
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Cissnei
A female member of the Turks who previously appeared in Before Crisis.
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Yuffie Kisaragi
The young daughter of Wutai's leader, Lord Godo. Yuffie is playable for certain side missions.
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Hojo
The head of Shinra's Science Department.
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Hollander
A Shinra scientist.
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Tifa Lockheart
A resident of Nibelheim who guides Zack and Sephiroth to the mako reactor during their mission there.
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Cait Sith
Appears in this game as one of the "Chocobo Mode" Digital Mind Wave abilities.
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Vincent Valentine
Although Vincent isn't actually seen, using an item called a Coffin Key on a certain coffin in the Shinra Mansion's basement will cause Zack to notice that someone's sleeping in there.
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