Taiwan

Taiwan (human name unknown) is a minor character in the series Axis Powers Hetalia. She represents the island of Taiwan, also referred to as The Republic Of China.

Appearance
She wears a peach-colored qipao with gold trim and long, flowing sleeves, and a long white skirt. Her hair is long and brown, with a wild curly strand sticking out on the right side of her head. She wears pink flowers in her hair, and a chibi sketch of her by Himaruya revealed that she has a flower-shaped birthmark (or tattoo) on her left thigh.

Personality And Interests
Taiwan is described as a strong-willed, fashionable young woman, but she is also said to have become more of a nervous type in recent times, unable to stop worrying.

She has yet to make an appearance in the actual manga, but has been seen in various sketches and appears in the profile section of Axis Powers Hetalia volume 2.

Trivia
Before he settled on her present look, Hidekaz Himaruya drafted various designs for the character, as he revealed in an illustration on his blog. Rejected concepts included:


 * A more "mature" design for a female version


 * Taiwan as a young boy and as a young girl


 * A short-haired variation of the female design


 * Taiwan as both a younger and older man.