Hou

Original 1st Outfit Hou wearing the original outfit. Hou wearing the Archer Outfit.
Characteristics
Cost	40 (Now )
Edition	Gansu (敦煌) 2019/
Limited?	Yes
Release Date	February 1st, 2021
Outfits
	Archer Outfit 30

Hou is a limited edition character from . He can be unlocked with  40.

His first outfit, the Archer Outfit, can be unlocked with 30.

Appearance

Default Outfit

Hou is a Chinese teenage boy from Gansu (in the Chinese version). He has long greyish-black hair tied in a manbun. He wears traditional Chinese clothing that consists of a robe over a dark mint green tunic with a dark brown sash across his waist and dark brown shoes.

Archer Outfit

Launched in , he wears traditional Chinese armor with a pink scarf as an accessory.

Trivia

• Hou comes from the Chinese version, from Gansu (Dunhuang) 2019 (exclusive destination), his name in the Chinese version is Huai'an (淮安).
  • In the Chinese version, he was released on September 26th, 2019.
• Flying Horse is his board.
• Hou is the 9th character of the Chinese version to be released in the Original version.
  • The 1st is Rin in the update.
  • The 2nd is Ace in the update.
  • The 3rd is Mimi in the update.
  • The 4th is Maeko in the update.
  • The 5th is Amy in the update.
  • The 6th is Ming in the update.
  • The 7th is Liu in the update.
  • The 8th is Qin in the update.
  • The 10th is Alexandre in the update.
  • The 11th is Skye in the update.
• Unlike the other surfers from the Chinese version, he is not called Special Surfer but rather Gansu Surfer.
  • He is the 2nd surfer from the Chinese Version to not be called a "Special surfer", the 1st is Liu named as Guilin surfer, the 3rd is Alexandre named as Paris surfer and the 4th is Skye named as Shenzhen surfer.
• Hou is described as a "Gansu Surfer", as he belongs to Gansu as well as the Flying Horse board, however in the Chinese version, the update is called Dunhuang, which is a city in the province of Gansu in China.
• Physically, Hou is very similar to Qin.
  • His first outfit, the Archer outfit is very similar to Qin's Warrior outfit.
• Hou did not appear on any Time Travel dates before being implemented officially, unlike Qin was in the postponed sale Run The World.
• Hou can may be a reference to Hou Yi.
• He bears a resemblance to Ace.
• So far, he and Qin are the latest characters to get a outfit in their release.
• He is currently the only surfer from Gansu.
• He is the 15th surfer to have animations reused for a new surfer (Leo in ) after Rabbot, Prince K, Ramona, Maeko, Diego, Spike, Ace, Dino, Zi Hao, Buzz (x2), Catrine, and Carlos.

Re-sales

• In , he cost 75.
  • He later cost .
• He came back during in the Birthday Bonanza for 99.
• He came back during for .

Gallery

• For official pictures and screenshots, see Hou/Gallery.
• For renders, see Hou/Render Gallery.