Hideo

Hideo was an Intel Team agent for the private military company Militaires Sans Frontières.

Biography
At some point, the Militaires Sans Frontières managed to recruit Hideo into the group, with his joining the Intel Team, one of five divisions within the private military company dedicated to finding any strategic elements in an assigned area as well as supplying information for MSF. He eventually became an important asset to MSF, and Kazuhira Miller asserted that "calling him a Critical VIP would be a massive understatement."

At some point in his career, he was assigned to an undercover position at a U.S. prison camp in Cuba. Near the end of this assignment, Hideo recovered a cassette tape containing vital intelligence, and requested that he be extracted from his post, proving his identity by sending Big Boss his signature J.F. Rey Eyewear JF1142 col 2924 (Ocean/Turquoise) eyeglasses.

Despite this, on December 7, 1974, at 05:31, he was compromised, and was forced to hijack an enemy Jeep and signal for a new rendevous point. Big Boss arrived and provided fire support from an MSF Hind D, escorting him to the base's helipad for extraction. However, his Jeep was disabled by enemy forces, forcing Big Boss to intervene directly to save the agent. After defeating the pursuing enemy forces and disabling a Blackhawk chopper that was pursuing the extraction vehicle, Big Boss and Hideo managed to escape with the tape.

Behind the scenes
Hideo is a major character in the side op "Intel Operative Rescue" in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. His survival is required to complete the mission.

Hideo's name and appearance is based on series creator Hideo Kojima. A similar cameo appeared as an Easter egg in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, where inspecting a truck with the license plate "CENTRO AMERICA 63824 PEACE SENTINEL" at the Crater Base would result in Big Boss finding and recruiting him using Fulton recovery. For obvious reasons, he is voiced by Hideo Kojima in all versions of Ground Zeroes.

After completing the mission, Big Boss gives Hideo his glasses back and puts them on his face, with Hideo exclaiming, "Snake, what took you so long?" This is a reference to the E3 2013 Red Band trailer for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, where a similar scene plays out with Kazuhira Miller as Snake rescues him in Afghanistan. Upon S-rank completion, however, he will instead say, "Snake, that was perfect!"

Appearances

 * Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes