Certainly I can’t be the only one who’s ever wondered why Capcom specifically denotes a blood type for all major characters, so I decided to research it. Someone had left a comment on one of my posts a while ago essentially saying that blood types are treated sort of like horoscopes in Japan, so I wanted to look more into it and specifically what blood type meant what. In English, it’s referred to as the Blood Type Personality Theory. When looking at the descriptions for each blood type and comparing them to the characters it actually explains a lot.
Leon’s blood type is given as A. From what I’ve read, type-As are generally regarded as being very kind, intelligent, detail-oriented, patient, and organized. However, they are also said to be very sensitive, easily hurt and stressed, anxious, and shy/withdrawn.
Both of the Redfields are type-Os. They are described as possessing strong leadership abilities, being very outgoing, confident, easy-going, and ambition. The negative traits associated with O types are usually given as being workaholics, intimidating, and have difficulty expressing their emotions.
Jill is said to be type-B. This type is characterized as very easy-going, curious, honest and truthful, optimistic, and outgoing. However, B types are also denoted as being somewhat erratic, uncooperative, and impulsive.
Rebecca is type-AB. The positive traits associated with this one are creative, diplomatic, talented, outgoing (but less so than B), and eccentric. That being said, they’re also described as being impatient, forgetful, indecisive, and somewhat unpredictable.
It seems like Capcom definitely took those traits into account when creating the characters and their personalities. All of them seem to fit very well, especially ones like the Redfields (mainly Chris) having difficulty expressing their emotions but having strong, natural leadership skills and Leon being both very sensitive and very detail-oriented.
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