GT7 Characters

These are the characters who appear in the menus of Gran Turismo 7.

Main Guide[]

Sarah Eaton: The main guide character of the game.

Owners[]

Andi: The owner of the Auto Plus Used Car Dealership.
Rupert: The owner and guide of the Tuning Shop.
Martin: The owner of Brand Central.
McKeel Hagerty: The actual owner of the Legend Car Dealership in the final release of the game, with the Hagerty Collection branding.
Luca: The owner of GT Café.
Olivier: The owner of Scapes.
Stephanie: The former owner of the Legend Car Dealership appeared in the State of Play video before being replaced by McKeel Hagerty in the final release of the game.
Clayton: The owner of GT Auto.

GT Café Members[]

Stella
Chris
Jeremy
Hikonori Kagurazaka
Fabio Filippini
Hideo Kodama
Tom Matano
Shiro Nakamura
Freeman Thomas
Ed Welburn

License Instructors[]

The License Instructors are all based on FIA-Certified Gran Turismo Championships/Gran Turismo World Series competitors.

Daniel Solis: The instructor for the National B-License.
Coque López: The instructor for the National A-License.
Igor Fraga: The instructor for the International B License.
Mikail Hizal: The instructor for the International A License.
Takuma Miyazono: The instructor for the Super License.

Update 1.40 also known as Spec II introduced Master License Tests. All of then are new instructors.

Takuma Sasaki: The instructor for the National B-License.
Angel Inostroza: The instructor for the National A-License.
Valerio Gallo: The instructor for the International B License.
Kylian Drumont: The instructor for the International A License.
José Serrano: The instructor for the Super License.

Rival Characters[]

These characters only appear as rival opponents. All of them are real drivers from the FIA-Certified Gran Turismo Championships/Gran Turismo World Series, or are graduates of the GT Academy. Some of them also appear in the Ending cutscene congratulating the player or were added post-launch.

Benjamin Bader
Guy Barbara (added v1.??)
Tristan Bayless
Baptiste Beauvois
Simon Bishop
Patrick Blazsan
Lucas Bonelli
José Brea (added v1.??)
Andrew Brooks
Agustín Cajal
Adriano Carazza
Rayan Derrouiche
Kylian Drumont (added v1.??)
Anthony Felix
Valerio Gallo
Martin Grady
Mehdi Hafidi (added v.??)
Randall Haywood
Robert Heck (added v1.??)
Dean Heldt (added v1.??)
Hayden Hunter
Angel Inostroza
Quinten Jehoul (added v1.??)
Emily Jones (added v1.??)
Kanata Kawakami
Rick Kevelham
Ryoto Kokubun
Thomas Labouteley (added v1.40)
Pierre Lenoir
Ethan Lim (added v1.??)
Giorgio Mangano
Salvatori Maraglino
Matthew McEwen (added v1.??)
Nikita Moysov (added v1.??)
Will Murdoch (added v.??)
Hiroshi Okumoto (added v1.??)
Lucas Ordóñez
Mark Pinnell (added v1.??)
Fabian Portilla
Kevan Pounder (added v1.??)
Alonso Regalado
Manuel Rodriguez
Nicolas Rubilar
Takuma Sasaki (added v1.??)
Yuito Sasaki (added v1.??)
Jose Serrano(added v1.??)
Saruthan Seelan (added v1.??)
Matt Simmons
Roberto Sternberg (added v1.??)
Tetsuya Sugawara
Adam Suswillo
Seiya Suzuki(added v1.??)
Adam Tapai
Adam Wilk
Jonathan Wong
Tomoaki Yamanaka
Florent Pagandet

Trivia[]

GT7 Sarah Trailer — Sarah in the first GT7 gameplay trailer.

Many of the characters other than McKeel Hagerty and the FIAGTC/GTWS drivers are Polyphony Digital's foreign employees or other uncredited actors. For instance, Rupert is portrayed by Rupert Williamson, who is credited as the Events Director for the series' esports live events.
- Sarah is portrayed by Turkish actress Selin Cuhadaroglu, although she is uncredited in the game's credits.
Sarah, Stella and Emily Jones are the only female characters in the series.
- A fourth female character, Stephanie, was featured in the State of Play video highlighting the Legend Car Dealership, but was cut from the game when Hagerty replaced Brighton Antiques as the brand used for the dealership.
- Emily Jones is the only female GTWS driver to appear in the game.
Sarah's look in the first gameplay trailer is almost completely different. Her hair is blonde and she wears a white shirt and a black GT cap, while she in the final game has black hair, a black shirt and doesn't wear a cap. It is unknown if this version of Sarah was portrayed by the same actress or not.
Sarah appears in the movie, where her surname is revealed.
Occasionally, Quick or Custom Races may generate an opponent with surname of "N. Latkovski" (the "N." is part of the surname). This refers to Cody Nikola Latkovski, a former FIAGTC participant who declined to be represented in the game.
- Following the addition of additional countries such as Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Lebanon to Custom Race opponent country list in version 1.48, certain surnames who referred to live event competitors from those countries may rarely pop up as an opponent surname in these modes. An example is "Etyemezian" (Lebanon) and "Rama" (Indonesia), referring to drivers who were part of 2023 Toyota Gazoo Racing GT Cup finals, but have yet to appear as opponents.