HoYoVerse drip marketing confirmed one of the 2.5 Zenless Zone Zero characters will be Ye Shunguang, and she’ll be voiced in Japanese by M・A・O (Mao Ichimichi). In Chinese, her voice actress is Tao Dian, and the identity of her English voice actress wasn’t officially revealed yet.
Ye Shunguang is another Thiren character in Zenless Zone Zero, and she’s associated with the Yunkui Summit faction just like her older brother Ye Shiyuan. (He’s not a playable character.) We’ve seen her referenced in-game already. One of the announcements showing off art that shows her two forms featured her mentioning fellow faction member Ju Fufu, which suggests the two are also close.
Here’s the art showing her and her other form off. Her role, Agent Rank, and element weren’t referenced.
Here’s the English language version of her teaser short.
You can hear an example of the M・A・O voice acting for the Zenless Zone Zero character in the Japanese one below.
This will be M・A・O’s second HoYoVerse role. In 2025, the company also cast her as Varesa in Genshin Impact. Other recent roles for her are Narmaya in Granblue Fantasy Relink, Eiko in Li’l Miss Vampire Can’t Suck Right, and Akira in Sakamoto Days.
Zenless Zone Zero is available for the PS5, Xbox Series X, PC, and mobile devices, and there’s no release date for the 2.5 update yet. However, we do know Zhao will also join Ye Shunguang as a new Agent in that update.