Tekken franchise director Katsuhiro Harada has revealed an updated design for Mairy Zo, the final Season 2 DLC character coming to Tekken 8 later this year.
Harada took to Twitter/X to share that he’s been tweaking the design for the upcoming Tekken 8 Season 2 DLC character, Mairy Zo. The redesigned character now more closely resembles her original concept art design.
Tekken 8 Mairy Zo Original vs New Design
A comparison between the original (above) and new design (below) for the final Tekken 8 Season 2 DLC character, Mairy Zo, can be seen below.
Furthermore, the Tekken franchise director mentioned that he is also looking into a fix for the swimsuit bug in Tekken 8, where proportions for certain characters like Asuka are being compiled incorrectly with the same values. He is hoping to get the issue sorted in the game’s next patch.
The Mairy Zo redesign appears to be the result of fans calling for a design revision after she made her first appearance towards the end of the Armor King gameplay trailer at EVO 2025. Game artist Del Walker shared his own reimagined version of the character with a portrait that more accurately resembled the character’s concept art in comparison her reveal design. He called upon the development team at Bandai Namco Entertainment, saying that there’s still time to make her look a little more like her original concept.
The game artist noted that the original concept design for Miary Zo features thicker brows, a larger forehead, a lower nose bridge, a button nose, much fuller lips, a little wave to her hair, and dark skin dark. He presented the aforementioned elements in his reminagined version of the final design. Some of these elements have been incorporated in the new design shared by Harada.
Following her reveal at EVO 2025, Bandai Namco Entertainment offered insight into the creation of Miary Zo. The character, hailing from Madagascar, is set to be added to the fighting game’s roster in October, 2025. Read about it here.
