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BTW, to settle this, Skull Face is DEFINITELY NOT Raikov. They have different actors both here in the US and in Japan (Raikov is voiced by Charlie Schlatter/Kenyu Horiuchi, while Skull Face is voiced by James Horan/Takaya Hashi.).

That's not to say Raikov isn't likely to appear in MGSV, though. Kojima already confirmed in his twitter account via a casting photo that Kenyu Horiuchi is going to be involved with the game. Since he's pictured among the Japanese Peace Walker cast, there's little to no chance of Horiuchi voicing a bit character (bit character actors aren't generally photographed with the main cast). Plus, since its 1984, that means Raiden either isn't born yet or otherwise would require another voice actor to voice him as an at most four year old. That leaves us with only two possibilities on Horiuchi's role in the game(s): He's either going to be voicing a totally new character, or he's reprising the role of Raikov. Ocelot is already ruled out as well, as he's been confirmed to be voiced by Satoshi Mikami. The only confirmed characters whose Japanese voice actors are currently unconfirmed are Eli, Quiet, and Code-Talker. Since Horiuchi doesn't generally do female roles, that automatically rules her out. We'll see what happens when more information is revealed.