Karen Hojo

Karen Hojo is a news reporter active in the 2000s.

The day after the end of the 2009 Big Shell Incident, Karen Hojo reported on the aftermath of the Arsenal Gear crash on Manhattan, more specifically on the Statue of Liberty's relocation, and also inquired if Lady Liberty will finally get her green card.

Behind the scenes
Karen Hojo was a character cut from the final version of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, due to the actual Arsenal Gear crash sequence being cut due to the events of the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 a few months before release. Her name and character was derived from a character from another game series made by Metal Gear series creator Hideo Kojima, Snatcher, although like Meryl Silverburgh, they are not intended to be the same character. Although cut in the final version, she was still included in the script for the game included in The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2. Her line about the statue of liberty getting her green card was intended to be a question as to whether the audience deserves free will, and the overall scene was meant to be a humorous reference to how the Statue of Liberty took over a century to get to the American mainland since it arrived.

She was eventually included in Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinee, a digital graphic novel version of the game for the PSP and PS3, where she was voiced by Kim Mai Guest in the English version.

Appearances

 * Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (cut)
 * The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2
 * Metal Gear Solid 2: Bande Dessinée