| Wang Yao 王耀 | |
|---|---|
| Name: | People's Republic Of China |
| Human Name: | {{{human}}} |
| Alternative Spelling(s): | N/A |
| Age: | 4000 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Birthday: | October 10 |
| Hair Color: | Black |
| Eye Color: | Brown |
| Height: | 169 cm |
| First Appearance (volume): | {{{firstvolume}}} |
| First Appearance (strip): | {{{firstcomic}}} |
| First Appearance (anime): | Episode 01 |
| Japanese VA: | Yuki Kaida |
| English VA: | N/A |
Wang Yao is a main character in the series Axis Powers Hetalia. He is the representation of China (中国,Chugoku), and is part of the Allied Forces.
Appearance
He has dark hair tied back into a ponytail, and is often shown wearing a deep green Chinese military uniform with a red armband. In other instances, he wears a red changshan and white pants, or a green one with yellow pants. In earlier colored artwork, his WWII uniform was colored both gray and tan on different occasions.
He has a scar on his back, a reminder of when Kiku attacked him when they were younger, and a panda-shaped birthmark above his buttocks.
Personality And Interests
One of the oldest nations, he happens to be an extremely superstitious and religious type. He tries to act as an older brother to the other Asian nations, but fails to be treated as one. He tends to end his sentences with the suffix "-aru", though sometimes he ends then with "-ahen" (opium) when conversing with Arthur. He has a companion named "Shinatty-chan", an old man in a Hello Kitty knockoff costume.
Relationships
Honda Kiku (Japan)
Main Article: Honda Kiku
After discovering the homeless child, Yao took him in and raised him as a younger brother, only for Kiku to betray and leave him one day to become his enemy.
Im Yong Soo (South Korea)
Main Article: Im Yong Soo
Yao is constantly annoyed by Yong Soo's claims that he invented others' work, and that both Yao and Kiku should call him their older brother. Yong Soo also happens to have an obsession with his brother, wanting Yao to acknowledge him and also having the belief that Yao's "breasts" belong to him.
Trivia
- In his earliest webcomic profile from 2006, Yao was represented by the Kuomintang flag of China. In his profiles from 2007 and on, Hidekaz Himaruya quickly switched the flag out for the People's Republic Of China one.
- Another common rendering of his name in fandom is Wong Yao. An early mistranslation of his name, that quickly fell out of use was Wong Hwei. According to an old blog post by Himaruya, his name can be rendered in Japanese as either Wang Yao or Wang Yue.