Malaysia

Malaysia (マレーシア, Marēshia) is a supporting character in the series Hetalia World✰Stars.

Appearance
Malaysia has short, dark, spiky hair which resembles a tiger, the national animal of Malaysia. He wears a Royal Malay Regiment uniform with medals and Hibiscus flower on his chest. He is also shown having a fang tooth up-close.

Personality and Interests
Malaysia is friendly, down-to-earth, respectful of his peers whether he is confident in himself or not, is difficult to determine and cares about harmony between people.

Malaysia loves to collect sea cucumbers, claiming that sea cucumbers are great.

Manga
Malaysia first appears in Chapter 378 of Hetalia: World Stars where he is seen collecting sea cucumbers.

Three chapters later (Chapter 381), he finally arrives at the ASEAN meeting, however he is so late that he had missed the whole thing. He shows off the massive sea cucumber that he had caught to use it for cooking, which turns out to be America's cheese.

Singapore
Malaysia is Singapore's self-proclaimed big brother, and the two of them lived in the same house. However, Singapore does not like to call Malaysia big brother and will try to avoid doing so.

Malaysia and Singapore get quite heated up over who has a higher water bill, and Singapore does not treat him that well as a result.

Trivia

 * America's voice actor Katsuyuki Konishi once stated, during Hetalia Seiyuu Event (2010) that if he had the chance to take another role, he'll go for Malaysia.




 * A few years before the official Malaysia character was revealed, Hidekaz Himaruya had revealed a sketch of a person with the Malaysian flag and the caption "Malaysia is possibly the most requested Asian character. The person we're meeting has a seriously laid-back, strong-willed, simple, gentle, and kind personality." However, Himaruya had revealed that the sketch was not a design for Malaysia, but of a person he had met there.


 * Malaysia's official design was revealed by Himaruya on twitter on May 31st 2021, alongside some early drafts. In one of his early drafts, Malaysia had similar hair to Singapore.




 * Malaysia's insistence on Singapore calling him big brother and Singapore's refusal to do so is very similar to the relationship between Norway and Iceland.