Tanya Leong (Volume 1-4)

"This article is about the character in Volume 1-4, for the character in Volume 5-present, see Tanya Leong (Volume 5-present)."Tanya Leong is one of the Chinese Zodiac Heroes and one of the secondary school students. She is the tritagonist of the series.

Official Description
Tanya Leong is a 13-year-old Malaysian secondary school student. With the help of her amulet, she can have powers based on his Zodiac sign, Year of the Pig and can transform into a spirit.

Appearance
She is shown to have long dark brown hair tied into half pigtails, brown eyes and fair skin with a slight tan tint. She wears a yellow rolled sleeved flannel shirt over a green shirt, blue jeans and white shoes and a yellow bracelet on her left hand. Her sleepwear consists of a green shirt and blue sweatpants. Her student uniform consists of a navy blue blazer over a white dress shirt with a red and blue ribbon, a blue skirt, white socks and white sneakers. She stands on 5 ft. 3 and is of average weight. Tanya turns chrome yellow/yellow in her spirit form.

Personality
Like her peers, she can show concern and shows immaturity. At other times, she can be serious like in a battle with Chase. Tanya speaks in Malaysian slang which is usually Chinese words. She is also a smart and loyal girl.

As of Season 8, she is shown to speak Chinese whenever she gets stressed. She also finds wearing a kilt ridiculous.

Etymology
(First name) The name Tanya means Fairy Queen and is of Russian origin.

(Last name) Leong means "a beam", "a bridge", or "an elevation", or "a mast", the surname is often transliterated as Leung (in Hong Kong) or Leong (in Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore) according to its Cantonese and Hakka pronunciation, Neo / Nio / Niu (Hokkien, Teochew, Hainan), or Liong (Foochow).

Chinese Name
Traditional: 梁詠琪

Simplified: 梁咏琪

Pinyin/Romanisation: Liángyǒngqí

Powers and Abilities

 * Force- Her force power is first used in Season 7. She can move anything with her bare hands.
 * Earth- Her earth power is first used in Season 7. She can be able to lift rocks and grow plants from her hands.
 * Healing- Like many of her teammates, she also has healing powers.

Trivia

 * She was born on 27 November 2007 which makes her Zodiac sign Sagittarius however, she is a Chinese Zodiac hero so she has Chinese Zodiac-related powers
 * Tanya is half Chinese (on her father's side) half Malay (on her mother's side)
 * Tanya was 11 when the series started but turned 12 later
 * Tanya's unfortunate event is when her father disappeared in the MH370
 * Tanya doesn't speak in a much Malaysian accent left alone with an Australian accent with a slight Singlish accent and Malaysian slang
 * Tanya's native name is Leong Tan Ya
 * Tanya Leong is Thai-Chinese-Malaysian and is faking an Australian/Singlish accent the whole time
 * Tanya Leong stated that she once auditioned for Alicia from Ejen Ali. This is probably because they are both of Chinese race
 * Tanya's colour scheme is a lot similar to Alicia Kheng from Ejen Ali and Ying from Boboiboy, yellow. They are also of Chinese race as well.
 * Tanya is bisexual which makes her the 6th character and the 1st female to be LGBTQ+ after Troye, Brad, Connor, Corbyn and Jonah