All Notable Death Stranding 2 Prepper Cameo Characters

A constant in both Death Stranding and Death Stranding 2 is that Hideo Kojima brought people to Kojima Productions for scans to appear in the game. In many cases, this involves major characters such as Heartman, Deadman, and Tarman’s character models looking like Nicolas Winding Refn, Guillermo Del Toro, and George Miller. We also see the stars of the game looking like the people who play them, such as Norman Reedus and Sam Porter Bridges. But most commonly, these actors, directors, artists, and notable figures end up inspiring the models for preppers or folks at places where Sam makes deliveries. We already knew about some of them, but here’s a list of some of the other notable folks I found making cameos as preppers while playing Death Stranding 2. 

Editor’s Note: In case you want to be surprised, note that the list of Death Stranding 2 cameo appearances below will involve spoilers.

Here’s the list of all the preppers and city or distribution center hub characters’ cameo appearances I’ve found in Death Stranding 2 so far. Note that in some cases, such as The Artist, The Data Scientist, and Mr. Impossible, the people who provided the models also “play” themselves.

• Daichi Miura: Himself
• Dan Donohue: The Bridges Official who appears in Neil Vana segments
• Danny and Michael Philippou: Mr.Impossible 
• Chvrches members Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, and Martin Doherty: The Animal Shelter staff 
• Colas Koola: The Lone Commander
• Gen Hoshino: The Musician
• Kate Siegel: Olivia Westbury at West Fort Knot (F1)
• Kevin Ko: The Ghost Hunter
• Lauren Tsai: The Artist
• Liv Corfixen: The Hydrologist
• Lizzie Lou Winding Refn: The Chronobiologist
• Lola Winding Refn: The Metagenomicist
• Ma Dong-seok: Samson Hook at South Distribution Center (F2)
• Mamoru Oshii: The Pizza Chef
• Mike Flanagan: Mike Northcoate at Northern Environmental Observatory
• Swann Martin-Raget: Ridge Frost at Eastern Environmental Observatory
• S.S. Rajamouli and S.S. Karthikeya: The Adventurer and The Adventurer’s Son (They share the same bunker)
• Takahiro Miura: The Phantom Smith
• Usada Pekora: The Data Scientist
• Vivien Mermet-Guyene: Leon Easton at East Fort Knot (F4)
• Yoann “Woodkid” Lemoine: The Mechanic
• Yusaku Matsumoto: The Architect

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is available on the PS5.