Sami (Japanese: ドミノ Domino) is a CO from one of the four countries that comprise the Allied Nations, Orange Star. She is one of the first COs played in the games, debuting in the eighth mission of the first game.

== Appearance == Sami is 17 years old. She stands at 5'4" (163 cm) and weighs 118 lbs (54 kg). She is a young woman of Orange Star with short orange hair and black eyes. She typically wears a dark green headband, a sleeveless midriff-bearing white tank top (often interpreted as a sports bra), dark green pants with knee pads, and combat boots. She also has a white wristband on her left arm, dog tags around her neck, and carries an automatic rifle on her back.

== Personality == Sami is pretty calm and lively most of the time, sporting a somewhat "happy-go-lucky" attitude, similar to Andy. However, she is not one to be crossed with, and can easily get angry in the right situation. This is best shown when fighting Sonja in Advance Wars, where she almost goes berserk on Andy for being tricked so easily. She is also outspoken and doesn't hesitate to be rude when angry, as shown in Advance Wars 2, where she is cornered by Adder, who tries talking her into surrendering. Her response is shown to be quite "inappropriate", to the point that one of Green Earth's soldiers doesn't feel "comfortable" reading it out loud, and Eagle starts laughing upon reading it. Sami also seems to be a bit of a suck up to her superiors (specifically Nell), as noted by Andy. Despite all this, she is shown to be caring of those close to her, like in Advance Wars when she refuses to leave Eagle behind to fend off Sturm's forces, or in her talk with Eagle before the final mission of Advance Wars: Dual Strike, where she refuses to accept Eagle's promise in the case he dies, stating that making a promise like that means one of them will most certainly die.

== Trivia ==

• Sami is one of three COs (the others are Gage and Grit) to carry a real firearm with her. It appears to be an M16A2 or M16A4, hinting that her faction is based on the United States military. However, the Orange Star infantry uses what looks either like the M1A1 Thompson submachine gun or the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle. Older games featured her with the German H&K MP5. This is likely because real US Special Operations Forces use the MP5. For some reason (perhaps safety), the M16 that Sami wields has no magazine inserted; this is the case in both Dual Strike and the Re-Boot Camp.
• One of her quotes, 'Hooyah!', is inaccurate, as this line is quoted in real life by soldiers of the United States Navy. More likely to be affiliated with the Orange Army than the Orange Navy, she should use 'Hooah!' as this is used by the United States Army soldiers in real life (however, the quote may most likely be a reference instead of attempting to imitate exactly).
• Sami's design is extremely similar to that of a generic soldier, probably to emphasize her specialty with Infantry.