Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is a first-person shooter video game, the fifth installment of the Medal of Honor series, released by EA Games in November 2003 for PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox. It is set in World War II, during the Pacific War. It features single-player and multiplayer modes, with multiplayer terminated as of 2007. In the single-player mode, the player assumes the role of Joseph Griffin of the United States Marine Corps.

Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is a first-person shooter. It has two multiplayer modes, Deathmatch: a free-for-all match, and Team Deathmatch, in which the player can choose teams. The online multiplayer was one of the more successful elements of the game, coming at a time when online play titles for the PlayStation 2 were not widely available. The online mode attracted and retained a loyal player until its closure in January 2007. The game also has a two-player campaign that follows the same plot (except the omission of Supercarrier Sabotage) and allows either player to respawn if the other is still alive. This, however, lacks many things the main campaign has, including the entrenching tool, the machete and most of your squadmates. Offline multiplayer is also available, where up to four people can play against each other and optionally AI bots.