Chi Xiaoyu

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## Personal Status

### Relative(s)

Chi Xiaolong (cousin),Chi Ailian (mother), Unnamed Father

## Professional Status

### Affiliation

National University
Cloud Empire Trio

### Partner(s)

Qing Yumo
Jiang Xitong

## Appearances

### Stage Debut

V1: Challenge Stage 4-4

**Chi Xiaoyu** is a character that appears in *Shining Nikki*. She is a first-year university student and makes up the Cloud Empire Trio alongside Qing Yumo and Jiang Xitong.

## Profile

### Appearance

Chi Xiaoyu wears Cloud clothes styled in a modern way. Her face is framed with long sidebangs and blunt bangs. Her hair is parted in the middle with two braids on each side of her head, which are tied up using two fluffy balls and ribbons in a loop. The color of the ribbons change depending on her outfit.

### Personality

Chi Xiaoyu has a bubbly personality and is a good friend to Vermillion Snow. She is smart but is known to sleep during class. She enjoys reading romantic webnovels.

In Lotus and Rain's "Into Memory," Xiaoyu's grandmother comments that she is "like a lotus, unaffected by their environment or surroundings, doing their own thing." Ailian, Xiaoyu's mother, thinks of her as rather childish, but admits that she has a knack for fashion design.

Xiaoyu is quite stubborn with her ways of design, usually getting in trouble with her teachers and sometimes getting into debates with other designers, especially her Cloud Empire Trio partners. Her mother once asked Jiang Xitong to tutor her for design, but Xitong promptly gave up, unable to handle Xiaoyu's style of Cloud Empire design. However, Xitong did say that Ailian should not hold Xiaoyu back despite not agreeing with her style.

## History

Chi Xiaoyu is part of the Cloud Empire Trio as the modern Cloud style representative.

Xiaoyu was named by her father, who named her after a poem he found in a poetry book.

> *"From murky waters of the lake, Arise the buds of beauteous make, Koi fish swim in the lake as if playing with lotus leaves..."*
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Ailian wanted Xiaoyu to grow up pure and elegant, and hoped that her husband picked a name that inferred lotus or nobility. However, Xiaoyu's father chose the name 'Xiaoyu,' which meant 'little fish,' as to represent koi fish that stick around lotuses. As Ailian was fond of lotuses, she was skeptic of the name choice, unsure of Xiaoyu would be an elegant lotus or a free fish. Due to Xiaoyu 'disrespecting' Cloud tradition by designing more modern designs, Ailian scolded her often.

She also seems to have a strained relationship with her parents, with one of her Awaken quotes being "When mom and dad left me alone for vacation, I kind of doubted that they were my real parents."

## Relationships

### Vermillion Snow

Vermillion Snow is Chi Xiaoyu's Cloud Styling University coursemate, roommate, and best friend. Xiaoyu helped Vermillion Snow with one of her final assignments, and ate mooncakes with her during the Lunar event.

### Jiang Xitong

Jiang Xitong is a part of the Cloud Empire Trio and represents the traditional Cloud style. She was also Chi Xiaoyu's old tutor.

### Qing Yumo

Qing Yumo is a part of the Cloud Empire Trio and represents the flowy and elegant Cloud style.

### Helz

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## Suits Designed

###  **SSR**

* Auspicious Time ( **Fresh,** Festive Celebration)
* Bamboo Branch ( **Fresh,** Festive Celebration)
* Lamp Fest ( **Fresh,** Feast in Cloud)
* Lotus and Rain ( **Fresh,** Feast in Cloud)
* Lucky Buns ( **Sweet**, Festive Celebration)
* Moonlit Civilization ( **Elegant,** Festive Celebration)
* Peach Buds ( **Sweet,** Festive Celebration)
* Tavern Rest ( **Fresh,** Festive Celebration)

###  **SR**

* Bear Footprints ( Cool, Federal Style)
* Early Summer Shower ( **Fresh,** Feast in Cloud)
* Epiphyllum ( **Fresh,** Feast in Cloud)
* Osmanthus Dew ( **Elegant,** Feast in Cloud)
* Persimmon Blessing ( **Elegant**, Feast in Cloud)
* Virescent Mountain ( **Elegant,** Festive Celebration)

## Clothes Designed

###  **R**

* Vivacious Ponytail ( **Elegant**)
* Linen Ponytail ( **Sweet**)
* Cool Ponytail ( **Cool**)
* Colorfly ( **Elegant**)

## Etymology

* Chi Xiaoyu (池小鱼, *Chí Xiǎoyú*) in Chinese means "little pond fish."

 Chinese (Simplified)
 Chinese (Traditional)
 Japanese
 Vietnamese
 Korean

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Shining Nikki* Main Story: V1: Challenge Stage 4-4
2. ↑ Chi Xiaoyu - Lotus and Rain Chapter 4
3. ↑ Chi Xiaoyu - Boat in Breeze Awaken Quote
4. ↑ Helz - Diamond Star
5. ↑ Apple Apparel Group
6. ↑ *Shining Nikki* Official JP Twitter Post: Chi Xiaoyu's birthday post. (in Japanese)
7. ↑ *Shining Nikki* Namu Wiki: Shining Nikki Characters (in Korean)]