Yao — Mulan Character Profile

About Yao

Boisterous and strong-willed soldier who becomes one of Mulan's closest comrades.

Yao — Character Profile

Alignment

Hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Brute strength, Hand-to-hand combat, Loyalty, Intimidation, Survival

• Strength: 8/10
• Intelligence: 5/10
• Charisma: 6/10
• Morality: 7/10
• Influence: 5/10

Quick Facts about Yao

Occupation

soldier

Hair Color

Black hair

Character Facts

Played by

Harvey Fierstein

Appears in

Mulan (1998)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Yao — Alliance Comrade — Mulan (Ming-Na Wen)

  Yao and Mulan train and fight side by side as fellow soldiers.

• Yao — Social Teammate — Mushu (Eddie Murphy)

  Mushu offers informal guidance and camaraderie to Yao during training.

• Yao — Professional Colleague — Shang (BD Wong)

  Shang and Yao operate within the same military chain of command.

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More characters from Mulan

• Mulan (Ming-Na Wen)
• Mushu (Eddie Murphy)
• Shang (BD Wong)
• Shan-Yu (Miguel Ferrer)
• Grandmother Fa (singing voice) (Marni Nixon)
• First Ancestor (voice) (George Takei)
• General Li (voice) (James Shigeta)
• Fa Zhou (voice) (Soon-Tek Oh)
• Grandmother Fa (June Foray)
• Khan / Additional Voices (voice) (Frank Welker)
• Mulan (singing voice) (Lea Salonga)
• Fa Li (Freda Foh Shen)