Samantha Nishimura

Samantha "Sam" Nishimura is the 22 year old Documentary Producer/Translator od the Endurance's expedition. Her nationality is Portuguese, but she has a Japanese citizenship. She can speak both English and Japanese. She receives regular money from her rich family. Her interests include high living, clubbing, spending money, travel and adventure.

Samantha’s mother is a Portuguese model who was working in LA when she met Sam’s father, a media mogul from Japan. Growing up she moved a lot, not just down the street, but between continents. As a result Samantha was often the outsider in school, and gained attention by being a bit of a wild child.

Samantha is a budding documentary filmmaker and like Lara has a passion for uncovering the untold stories of the world. Despite her rebellious streak, Samantha has extremely expensive taste in clothes. Sam really can’t understand why Lara refuses to touch her fortune, and sometimes ribs her about it, but she doesn’t let it get in the way of their friendship.

Samantha and Lara share a feeling of being out of place in the world and feed on each other’s thirst for adventure.

One of the survivors of the shipwreck on the island. She is a close friend of Lara and seems to be a bit gullable or too willing to trust others. Since she only just meets a random survivor on the island and allows him to bandage her leg and tells him everything about what happened to the crew aboard the ship.

She is shown being taken by Mathias at knife point in one of the gameplay demos, Lara attempts to rescue her but gets caught in a bear trap and Sam hasn't been seen again. However in the Survival trailer she is heard talking to Lara over the radio so she is still alive.

Near the end of the game, Mathias takes her to the Sun Queen to transfur the Sun Queen's soul into her, but is saved by Lara when she stabs the Queen, destroying her body and releasing her spirit. She is seen being carried by Lara back to the PT Boat as the remaining survivors leave the island.

Trivia

 * Sams last name could be a reference to Toru Nishimura, Lara's Japanese contact in Tomb Raider Legend.