Ling Xiaoyu is a Chinese teenager with dark brown eyes and black hair tied in two high pigtails. She is also a student at Mishima High School in Japan. As such, her outfits have a dominant Chinese-oriental theme, and her Mishima High School uniform has been a staple outfit ever since her debut.
In games such as Tekken 5 and Tekken 6, her outfits and equipment follow a similar theme, with her being able to equip more casual items like cellphones, roller skates, bunny tail accessories, a backpack, and a skateboard. She can also wear different hairstyles like a Chinese twin chignon and a ponytail.
Her hairstyle has changed throughout the series; In her debut, her default outfit has her wear high, short pigtails with side-parted bangs. Her alternate outfit lowers her pigtails slightly. From Tekken 4 to Tekken Tag Tournament 2, her pigtails from her alternate costume in Tekken 3 become her staple hairstyle with the only main change being her hair color and the color of the hair bangles she wears, which often match her arm bangles, however she can also wear ribbons. In Tekken 7, she is given a new hairstyle: she wears her pigtails lower, and she replaces the hair bangles with flower hair accessories. Her fringe is also adjusted to have somewhat long, wispy sidelocks that frame her face. Her fringe, as well as the ends of her pigtails, have been made more curled, similar to singlets.
In Tekken 8, her hairstyle is somewhat similar to her Tekken 7 redesign, but her pigtails are now more detailed and more tightly curled, and her fringe is altered to be closer to how it previously looked before Tekken 7, with it being parted to the opposite side. Her hair flower accessories are also replaced with orange hair ties with a feather motif.
Tekken 3[]
Ling Xiaoyu made her debut, as well as being one of the six characters to have three different outfits; only Forest Law, Jin, Eddy, Gun Jack, Anna and Xiaoyu have a third outfit. This third outfit is unlocked by playing as Xiaoyu fifty times and then selecting her with either the "Start" button or the "Triangle" button.
Player 1 outfit:
Xiaoyu's first outfit is a traditional Chinese outfit, consisting of a red sleeveless qípáo top and a lighter-toned pink inner shirt with puffy sleeves, tucked into a yellow Obi (sash) tied in a big ribbon at the back, red Kung-Fu pants, dark Kung-Fu slippers and thick red bracelets.
- Xiaoyu wears this outfit in the ending of her ending cutscene.
Player 2 outfit:
Xiaoyu's second outfit also features an oriental motif, consisting of matching traditional blue long-sleeved blouse with yellow embroidery and loose yellow cuffs, and blue shoes with black roll-top, and black shorts with yellow lining.
Player 3 outfit:
Xiaoyu's third outfit, like Jin's, is her Mishima High School uniform. It consists of a short-sleeved white blouse attached with a sailor-style collar with one green stripe on each side, a black sleeveless vest, pleated blue-green checkered skirt, and brown loafer shoes with white loose socks. A ribbon is tied at the front and is attached to the collar. The "Sailor outfit" is a common style of uniform worn by female students in Japan.
- Xiaoyu wears this outfit at the beginning of her ending cutscene, as well as in Panda and Kuma's shared ending cutscene.
Player 1 outfit.
Player 2 outfit.
Player 3 outfit.
Tekken Tag Tournament[]
While retaining her outfits from Tekken 3, Xiaoyu also gains an alternate version of her Player 1 outfit, and two alternate versions of her Player 2 outfit, one of which can only be selected by using the random character select (question mark) boxes in the top corners of the character selection screen.
Player 1 Outfit:
A pink palette-swap of her original Player 1 outfit, with a light blue sash instead of a yellow one.
Player 2 Outfit:
(See Tekken 3 Player 1 outfit)
Player 3 Outfit:
A gold palette-swap of her original Player 2 outfit.
Player 4 Outfit:
(See Tekken 3 Player 2 outfit)
Player 5 (Start Button) Outfit:
(See Tekken 3 Player 3 outfit)
Xiaoyu now wears cyan bracelets to go with her school uniform.
Random-select outfit:
A green palette-swap of her original Player 2 outfit.
Tekken 4[]
Ling Xiaoyu gained two new primary outfits that are a huge contrast to her previous traditional ones from Tekken 3. Her friend, Miharu Hirano, becomes an alternate palette-swap when unlocked, giving her a total of four outfits.
Player 1 outfit:
Xiaoyu's first outfit is an A-line, pink, sleeveless dress with yellow and white chrysanthemums on one side, purple bloomers with white linings underneath her dress, matching pink hairbands and thick bracelets with a yellow glow. She also wears pink shoes with black linings and glowing yellow stripes on the front and back. Xiaoyu can also be customized to wear this outfit on the PS4 version of Tekken 7.
Player 2 outfit:
Xiaoyu's second outfit is a modern sporty outfit consisting of a red cropped sports cardigan with a large white stripe design and has a head of a white bunny who faces on the right at the back of her cardigan, outlined in black, on the sleeves and a black sports bra with white lining underneath. For her bottoms, she wears white jogging pants with black stripe designs going down the sides, and pink sneakers with black-and-red designs and white and pink polkadotted soles. She wears black-and-white fingerless gloves with a pink symbol in the middle, and matching pink hairbands and thick glowing bracelets, like in her Player 1 outfit.
- In her Story Mode prologue, Xiaoyu can be seen wearing this outfit without the red and white sports jacket.
- Xiaoyu wears this outfit in Panda's ending cutscene.
Player 3 outfit:
(See Tekken 3 Player 3 outfit)
- Xiaoyu wears this outfit in her ending cutscene.
Player 4 outfit:
Miharu Hirano palette-swap.
Tekken 5/Dark Resurrection[]
Ling Xiaoyu gained new primary outfits that slightly resemble her previous ones from Tekken 3 and Tekken 4, and three extra costumes that can be purchased, giving her a total of five outfits, making her the character with the most outfits in Tekken 5.
Player 1 outfit:
Xiaoyu's new player one outfit incorporates her previous Tekken 3 traditional outfits. It is a pink sleeveless qípáo, similar to her previous Tekken 3 Player 2 outfit, with white feathers around the shoulder holes and a Chinese symbol on her chest and white shorts with black lining, similar to her previous Tekken 3 Player 2 outfit. She wears pink ballet slippers with straps around her shins, and matching pink hairbands and thick glowing bracelets, similar to her previous Tekken 4 outfits.
- In Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, the qípáo was changed to orange.
Player 2 outfit:
Xiaoyu's new player two outfit is similar in design to her previous Tekken 4 sporty outfit. It is sportswear consisting of a green-yellow sleeveless sporty vest with a rabbit-shaped hood and black sleeveless shirt worn under, black elbow pads, black-and-white fingerless gloves, gray-white jogging pants with black stripe designs, yellow rubber shoes, and matching orange hairbands and thick glowing bracelets.
- In Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, her vest was changed to white, her jogging pants were changed to black with white stripe designs, and her bracelets become red.
Player 3 outfit:
(See Tekken 3 Player 3 outfit)
Xiaoyu now wears a single green bracelet on her right wrist.
- Xiaoyu wears this outfit in her ending cutscene.
Player 4 outfit:
Xiaoyu's fourth new outfit is a trendy Panda themed outfit, consisting of a white corset with white fur on top and black furry round sleeves, a pink rose choker, a white miniskirt with white fur on the bottom and trendy belt straps, and long black gloves with fur, matching her sleeves. She wears black knee-length socks, and trendy pink boots with various black-and-white designs, and black fur on top. On her back is a panda-themed backpack, and hanging on the right side of her hips are two round purses that have the faces of Don and Katsu from Bandai Namco's Taiko no Tatsujin series.
Player 5 outfit:
Xiaoyu's fifth new outfit is a big multicolored Panda suit, with matching pink paws and feet. She also wears a small Panda-head hat.
Tekken 6/Bloodline Rebellion[]
Player 1 outfit:
(See Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Player 1 outfit)
Player 2 outfit:
Her new player two outfit is a white denim jacket with a black collar stitched on worn over a black sleeveless shirt, pink fingerless gloves, a blue belt, black shorts and pink shoes with black lining, similar to the ones she wore in Tekken 4.
Player 3 outfit:
Like Armor King, Marduk, and King, she wears a TapouT shirt. She also wears a red checkered skirt and white boots, while her bangles from Tekken 5 return.
Notable customization:
Xiaoyu can also be customized to wear her Mishima High School uniform (see Tekken 3 Player 3 outfit). Retaining the white sailor-style blouse with one green stripe on each side, she now wears a blue sleeveless vest and a pleated green checkered skirt, while still retaining the brown loafer shoes with white loose socks. She keeps the ribbon attached to the collar and the single green bracelet from Tekken 5. Her hairbands are pink rather than green.
- Xiaoyu wears her school uniform outfit in the dream sequence in her ending cutscene. In the latter portion of the ending, when she is shown waking up in bed, she wears a yellow orange tank top and light pink underpants, an outfit unique to the cutscene. The color of her hairbands are light pink, matching the color of her underpants.
- Xiaoyu also wears her school uniform outfit in Panda's ending cutscene.
Tekken Tag Tournament 2[]
Player 1 outfit:
(See Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection Player 1 outfit)
Player 2 outfit:
(See Tekken 5 Player 1 outfit)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue outfit:
Xiaoyu's outfit is based on her appearance in Tekken: Blood Vengeance. She wears a white polo shirt with the sleeves are rolled up to her elbows and a red tie. Her hairpins are designed to look like a yellow-orange flower. Her skirt has a light blue, white and brown checkered pattern and she also wears dark blue knee-high socks and brown leather shoes.
Notable customization:
Her Swimsuit DLC has her wearing a blue one-piece bathing suit with her full name imprinted at the center of her chest. This is the traditional Japanese school bathing suit.
- Xiaoyu wears a variation on her Tekken 3 Player 3 outfit in her ending, as well as in Panda, Miharu, Kuma, and Alisa's endings.
Street Fighter X Tekken[]
Original outfit (Normal 1):
(See Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Player 1 outfit)
Original outfit (Normal 2):
(See Tekken 5 Player 1 outfit)
Swap Costume:
Her swap costume is Chun-Li's Street Fighter Alpha outfit.
She wears a mixture between her primary outfit and Chun-Li's Alpha outfit. She wears a blue sleeveless modified qipao top with white feathers in the sides of each of her sleeves, underneath is a blue sleeveless full body suit with two bunny tail designs at the edges of her pants and blue tutu shoes. She also wears blue spiked bangles on her wrists and her hairclips are Japanese in design, with one in each of her two pony tails.
Alternate Costume:
She wears a light blue-gray sleeveless qipao dress with pink ribbons on the upper body and waist and with yellow, green and orange ornaments on the ribbons. She also wears matching pink and light blue-gray warmers with more matching ornaments, orange and aqua blue stockings and white tutu shoes with orange ribbons with matching yellow, green and orange ornaments on each side of her shoes. She also has a matching hair clip decorated with both ornaments and wears round orange earrings.
Tekken 7/Fated Retribution[]
Player 1 outfit:
In Tekken 7: Fated Retribution, during Akuma's reveal trailer, Xiaoyu gains a new main outfit, and the color scheme of her outfit is based on her previous primary outfit in Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection. She now wears a long, sleeveles, orange top with a high neckline similar to a stylized cheongsam. It has three fasteners down the middle of her chest over a gold and bronze outline that continues down and around the hem of the garment. The sleeve openings and hem are also lined with black feathers, and the interior of the top is red. Xiaoyu also wears dark, footed leggings with a gold design on her upper left thigh and another gold design on her right calf. Her shoes are orange flats with gold straps over the top of the foot, a gold line down the center of the toe, a ball at the heel of each, and black soles. With this outfit, Xiaoyu wears a wristband with a gold design on her right wrist and a fingerless, forearm-length glove with gold outlines around each finger and around the hem of the glove, matching the color of her leggings. Her hair is now tied in two low ponytails instead of two high ponytails, and each ponytail is in the style of ringlets.
- During the location test gameplay and in her official CGI art, when she wears her new main outfit her yellow-orange hairbands are replaced by lavender flower hairpins identical to the flower hairpins that she wore with her Prologue outfit in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and the movie, Tekken: Blood Vengeance, except the petals of her flower hairpins are larger.
- Xiaoyu wears this outfit throughout she and Claudio's Character Episodes.
Player 2 outfit:
Xiaoyu's Player 2 outfit is a palette swap of her Player 1 outfit, replacing the orange of her cheongsam and shoes with pink, and the gold linings as well as the deisign at the hem of the cheongsam, the black portions of her leggings, her arm band, her fingerless glove, and the feathers at the sleeves and hem with lilac. The designs on her leggings, glove, and wristband are now black, and her flower hair ties are now a lighter purple. The inside of her cheongsam is now gold instead of red.
Default 1 outfit:
(See Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection Player 1 outfit)
- Before changing to her new main outfit in the updated version, this outfit served as her primary outfit for Tekken 7.
Default 2 outfit:
(See Tekken 5 Player 1 outfit)
Aside from her four default outfits, Xiaoyu has 6 preset outfits that can be chosen or made via the customization screen, and a gold metallic outfit that is unlocked only by purchasing Tekken 7's Season Pass 1 DLC. Like all female characters in Tekken 7 excluding Lidia, Zafina, and Panda, she can be equipped with the Diva Bikini, Santa Bikini, and Tropical Bikini. For Tekken 7's crossover with the iDOLM@STER series, Xiaoyu was given a customizable outfit based on the character Yayoi Takatsuki.
- Preset 1: Xiaoyu's Preset 1 outfit consists of a short pink dress with large white frills at the hem, and a matching bolero jacket with short sleeves and white frills at the end of each sleeve. The dress has a line of white, diamond-shaped buttons down the chest and the tier above the frilled bottom has pink and dark pink, flower-petal shaped portions of fabric bearing a white star at the edge of each. Her bolero jacket is tied at each sleeve with gold string, and has a gold hem and gold rope attacking both sides of the opening. She also has a pink bow with a white and pink frilled cravat, and a golden collar. With this, Xiaoyu wears white stockings with a pink hem lined with yellow frills, pink boots with wide openings, gold lining along the opening and around the toe, a single gold fastener at the front of each, a pink bow on the back of each, and gold soles. Xiaoyu's pigtails are tied with large, pink ribbons.
- Preset 2: Xiaoyu's Preset 2 outfit consists of a loose, short, pink tank top tied at each shoulder with red string, white shorts with a black hem and a panda design on the back, black and white sneakers, and two white bracelets on each wrist with a small panda design on each.
- Preset 3: Xiaoyu's Preset 3 outfit consists of a short, strapless, cream-colored dress that has a bow at the center over the waist, with a small, black bolero jacket with short puffy sleeves. She also wears matching, cream-colored heels with a bow on the outside of each ankle, and a long silver necklace.
Tekken (Mobile)[]
In both the android and the IOS version of the game, Xiaoyu retains her Tekken 7 appearance and her outfit is a combination between her previous primary outfit in Tekken 5 and her current main outfit in Tekken 7: Fated Retribution.
Player 1 outfit:
She retains her orange sleeveless modified qipao from Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, but it is shorter to match her shorts, the white feathers from her sleeveless qipao are black and her shorts become shorter and are recolored to black. She now wears black thigh high socks with gold designs, which are connected to her black shorts and are tied with red ribbons on each side to keep themselves attached, resembling her leggings from her current main outfit in Tekken 7: Fated Retribution. She also retains her orange hairbands, glowing bracelets and her flat slippers from her previous primary outfit as well as her black gloves with gold round design from her current attire. (2-Star)
Unlockables:
- (See Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Prologue outfit)
Her yellow orange flower hairpins are replaced with yellow orange hairbands. (3-Star)
- Her main outfit in Tekken (Mobile), but recolored to pink to resemble her previous primary outfit in Tekken 5. (1-Star)
- Her "Fairytale Outfit" customization in Tekken 7. (4-Star)
Tekken 8[]
Xiaoyu retains her curled double ponytail hairstyle received in Tekken 7, this time tied with orange ribbons that have four small wings on each. Her large orange bracelets also make a return.
Player 1 outfit:
She now wears a black and orange jacket with bell sleeves that has golden-orange phoenix designs on both the left and right sides, a large, matching flower design on the upper back, orange laces along the upper sleeves, and a hem lined with orange feathers. Beneath this jacket is a white, short sleeved mini-cheongsam with an orange phoenix tail design at the hem. Her shorts are a matching black with black and orange hems in the shape of dragon's tails around her thighs, and her shoes are black with an orange heel and orange toe connected to a strap leading up the center which holds orange laces as well as a small black and orange ankle strap with a small, silver buckle. At the tops of her shoelaces are small orange-gold feather designs matching the ribbons in her hair.
- In Leroy's character ending, Xiaoyu's main outfit in Tekken 8 has minor alterations with the sleeves of her jacket was removed to become a black and orange vest and the short sleeves of her mini cheongsam was removed to make it sleeveless.
Player 2 outfit:
Xiaoyu's Player 2 outfit is a pallet swap of her Player 1 outfit, her jacket is now white with light pink designs. Her cheongsam is pink, her shorts a darker pink, and her shoes are now pink along the top, toes, and the ribbons around her ankles, with one white ribbon and pink sides.
Default 3 outfit:
Xiaoyu's third outfit consists of an orange dress with wide gold embroidery around the waist, a high neckline with a gold collar and a small diamond-shaped window over the chest, and off-the-shoulder sleeves with white feathers lining the opening. She wears black, ankle boots with matching white feathers around the top, black leather gloves underneath her orange bangle bracelets, and orange hair ties. This outfit is used for her non-canonical character ending.
Default 4 outfit:
Like all returning characters, Xiaoyu's fourth outfit is her Player 1 outfit from Tekken 7.
Costume 1:
(See Tekken 4 Player 1 outfit)
