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I voted for Chris, because he's the only member of the main cast who has been in every game since 5, he's the only returning character in 7, and he and the RE7 protagonist are the only characters confirmed for 8 so far.

There's also Marvel VS Capcom to consider. Chris and Jill have 2 games each, and although Jill was introduced in MVC2, she was DLC in MVC3 with a completely different moveset, and she wasn't in Infinite at all. Chris was in MVC3 and Infinite without his moveset being completely overhauled between games. Leon hasn't been in at all, even though there was high demand for him to replace Chris. Come to think of it, Nemesis has two MVC games to his name too, so he could also make a case for face status. He's definitely the most iconic monster of the series.