Raya

### Likes

Dragons, martial arts, jerky, congee, stew, 2NE1, Twice, K/DA, Pegboard Nerds, Newsies, strawberry shortcake, oranges

### Dislikes

The Druun, treachery, con-artists, thieves, strangers, Correcto's terrorism, Edu bothering her, Blippi, apples, macarons

### Occupation

Princess of HeartGuardian of the Dragon Gem

### Voiced by

Kelly Marie Tran (Original)Whitney Larson (WGL Videos)

**Raya** is the titular protagonist of Disney's 2021 animated feature film, *Raya and the Last Dragon*. The daughter of Chief Benja, she is the princess of Kumandra's Heart Land. Raya is the thirteenth official member of the Disney Princess line-up.

## Joining the WGL Gang

After Kumandra was saved, especially Chief Benja and the dragons being saved, Raya and Sisu wanted to go shopping at a district in Heart. They were approached and offered a join by WGL recruiter. Before heading to Miitopia Island, Raya said to Chief Benja that she can bring Tuk Tuk too, as she gave him a hug and she is ready to go to Miitopia Island. While the Redfurt Cruise Lines were boarding outside of Heart, Raya brought Tuk Tuk into the ship. After 3 days on the cruise, they arrived in Greenhorne. One of the WGL recruiters showed them the map, but said that "New Lumos is the most dangerous place and watch out for the toxic queen of UTTP: Correcto". While Sisu transformed into her human form, she and Raya went into an Uber and they saw Holiday Inn. Whitney and Roxy were out there outside of the Inn. Whitney introduced them to the entire WGL Gang, she showed them their new room. When Raya and Sisu entered Taizo's room, he gave them 2 iPhone 11's. During dinnertime, Whitney gave them In N Out. Pegboard Nerds wanted Raya and Sisu to listen to their music, but 5 songs later, they loved their music and then Whitney got them to listen to Twice, 2NE1, E-Girls, Juice=Juice and Koda Kumi. In Clarence's room, Jeff turned on *Jeopardy!* and she kinda loved it. Later that night when she walked in to Anpanman's room, she saw Michael drying off Sisu's hair after her bath while watching Rick and Morty, Audrey taught her and Raya how to play Among Us. In Whitney's room while Sisu is petting Roxy, they watched Newsies: The Broadway Musical. They really enjoy the inn. Raya and Sisu joined on March 19, 2020.

## Appearance

Raya is an 18-year-old Southeast Asian girl of average height with a slender, slightly muscular build, tan skin, long black hair, and dark brown eyes. She usually wears a yellow shirt, a brown vest, a brown belt, olive green jeans with light green stripes, dark brown boots with maroon cuffs, a red cape with a thin turquoise stripe and a yellow necklace around her neck, and a Guangdong style conical hat. She also wears a blue band above her elbow, and a thick brown wristband on her right arm.

## Personality

Raya is a headstrong young woman who is mature and wisened for someone her age. She is a very capable person and is shown to easily adapt to situations around her. Despite her maturity, she retains a sense of humor and occasionally shows a bit of playfulness when such a moment presents itself. She deeply cares for her father and has a strong emotional attachment to certain people she considers her friends. Her biggest flaw is her inability to trust others. With the exception of Sisu, many of her new allies are immediately deemed as suspicious or sinister in her eyes. Over time, she learns to overcome these issues and can see when someone is truly good. Raya is a very focused individual and is determined to see things through to the end.

## Incidents

* On August 2022, Raya announced to the WGL Gang that she will be going on hiatus to work with the other Disney Princesses after she was announced by Disney that she became an official and 13th member of the Disney Princess lineup. During her hiatus, Sisu was hired by Cookie Masterson and Schmitty to work as an additional host for Jackbox Games.

## Nicknames

* Dewdrop (by Chief Benja)
* Dep La (by Namaari)
* My Girl Raya (by Sisu)
* Raya-chan (by Makara Furusawa)
* Princess Raya (by the Among Us Crewmates)
* Stupid Girl (by Edu)

## Gallery

Raya and Sisu in their swimwear (Picture taken by Whitney Larson)
## Trivia

* Former *Degrassi: The Next Generation* actress Cassie Steele was originally cast as the voice of Raya, but it was announced on August 27, 2020, that she would be replaced by Kelly Marie Tran. Reasons as to why this change was because the recasting was due to creative shifts in the character and story.
* Raya's fighting style is based primarily on the Indonesian martial art style of Pencak Silat while her fighting style using two sticks is based on the Filipino martial art of Kali, also known as Arnis or Eskrima.
* Raya's whip sword is inspired by the keris, a distinctive, asymmetrical dagger originated from Indonesia.
* Raya, for the majority of the film, seems to suffer from pistanthrophobia, the fear of trusting others. It is through Sisu that she learns to overcome this.
* Raya is left-handed.
* Raya is among the few Disney characters to be voiced by the same voice actor both as an adult and as a child.
* Some of Raya's character was inspired by the Marvel Comics character Star-Lord because he was the only superhero that had any of the nuance that could fit Raya and the filmmakers could not find a female superhero with any of those qualities.
* Raya means "celebrate" in Malay.
* Her favorite dessert is strawberry shortcake (Revealed in Tomodachi Life as her Super All-Time Favorite.)
* Her favorite fruit is an orange (Revealed in Tomodachi Life as her All-Time Favorite.).
* Her least favorite fruit is an apple (Revealed in Tomodachi Life as her Worst food.)
* Her least favorite food is a macaron. (Revealed in Tomodachi Life as her Worst Ever food.)
* It is unknown if Susu doesn't save her Namaari will defeat and kill her but if Raya is killed by Namaari she will die.
* It is unknown if Namaari kill Raya in final battle for last piece of the Dragon Gem in Fang Palace but if Namaari kills Raya she will die.