Ling Xiaoyu (Chinese: 凌 曉雨 Pinyin: Líng Xiǎoyǔ, Japanese: リン・シャオユウ Rin Shaoyū) is a fictional character from the Tekken video game series by Namco Bandai Games. She made her debut in Tekken 3 in 1997 and has since appeared in every subsequent game in the series. She is a cheerful Chinese teenager who was a high school friend and potential love interest of the series's main character, Jin Kazama, and serves as a supporting character in the story, mainly trying to interfere with the affairs of the increasingly corrupt Mishima family.