Her black hair is kept in pigtails throughout her series appearances, while her costumes have varied from a modified cheongsam in Tekken 6 to a kogal-style schoolgirl uniform in the 2011 computer-animated film Tekken: Blood Vengeance. Ling Xiaoyu's age (sixteen) in her series debut was the result of the Tekken 3 development team wanting a younger girl in the game, as most of the game's female characters were "more than 25 years old". Outside of the main series, Ling Xiaoyu has appeared in numerous noncanonical Tekken spinoff games, including Tekken Tag Tournament and Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Tekken Revolution, and Street Fighter X Tekken. Not backing down, Xiaoyu accepts the challenge unaware of Claudio's true plan. Claudio instead led her to the roof and challenged her to a fight. Unflinched, Xiaoyu demanded that he take her to Jin. Xiaoyu attempted to sneak into the room but was stopped by Claudio Serafino. Sneaking deep within the facility past the guards, Xiaoyu heard Heihachi's voice coming from a room giving orders to locate Jin. Īfter Jin went missing and Heihachi regained control of the Mishima Zaibatsu, Xiaoyu infiltrated the Mishima Zaibatsu building to find information on Jin's disappearance. When the sixth tournament is announced, Xiaoyu enters in attempt to save Jin's soul from evil. Before she can try to stop Jin, the Mishima Zaibatsu pushes towards militarization and declares a worldwide war. Xiaoyu therefore takes it upon herself to try and save the Mishima family, and as the fifth tournament commences, Xiaoyu learns Heihachi is actually still alive but Jin is seeking to kill him. Xiaoyu was saved from Heihachi's evil plans by Yoshimitsu, who informs her of the Mishima family's tragic history, but Xiaoyu is nonetheless saddened at Heihachi's apparent death in the competition. Xiaoyu remains a ward of the Mishima Zaibatsu during the events of Tekken 4, when she receives an anonymous email telling her not to trust Heihachi as he posed an immediate danger to her life she becomes convinced that Jin, who had gone missing after the previous tournament, is the mysterious sender, and opts to enter the fourth King of the Iron Fist Tournament in hopes of reconnecting with Jin and uncovering the Mishima Zaibatsu’s nefarious deeds. This encourages Xiaoyu to view Heihachi as something of a grandfather figure. Heihachi additionally teaches her trained giant panda, simply named " Panda", to fight so she is able to serve as Xiaoyu's bodyguard. Xiaoyu moves into the Mishima Zaibatsu's Japan complex and enrolls at the Mishima Polytechnic School, where she befriends Miharu Hirano and Heihachi's grandson Jin. He agrees to build the park should she win the company-sponsored King of Iron Fist tournament. During the chaos, Xiaoyu then threatens to assault Heihachi if he does not accept her challenge. However, she is discovered by Heihachi’s personal security, the Tekken Force, but when Heihachi arrives after being summoned, all his men are seen beaten and scattered across the deck. Aware of the corporation's worldwide influence, she boldly stows away on the vessel in hopes of meeting Heihachi Mishima and making her dream of owning an amusement park reality. While vacationing with her family in Hong Kong, she notices a company yacht owned by the Mishima Zaibatsu. She has appeared on official Tekken merchandise and alternative media such as the 2011 animated feature film Tekken: Blood Vengeance, in addition to appearances in many Bandai Namco crossover games, and has received critical and public reception for factors such as her personality, sex appeal, and representation of a strong female character in video games.Ī sixteen-year-old Chinese martial artist, Ling Xiaoyu (born December 9, 1990) was tutored by her elderly relative, Wang Jinrei, at a young age he believed that she could achieve true greatness, yet was frustrated by her flippant attitude. Xiaoyu is a cheerful Chinese teenager who is a friend of the series' main character, Jin Kazama, as well as a potential love interest, while trying to interfere with the affairs of the increasingly corrupt Mishima family. Following her debut in Tekken 3 (1997), she has appeared in every subsequent game in the series.
) is a player character from the Tekken franchise by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
Japanese: リン・シャオユウ, romanized: Rin Shaoyū Yuka Hino ( Tekken: Blood Vengeance) (stunts) Xuan Thanh Nguyen ( Tekken Tag Tournament 2 live-action short film)Ĭarrie Keranen ( Tekken: Blood Vengeance) Claudia Alan ( Tekken Tag Tournament 2 "Girl Power" trailer)