| “ | Time to save the world, game on! | „ |
| ~ D. Va |
| “ | Nerf this! | „ |
| ~ D.Va's Ultimate. |
Hana Song (송하나 in Korean) better known by her callsign D.Va, is a major character of the Overwatch franchise. She is a former professional gamer from South Korea who now uses her skills to pilot a state-of-the-art mech in defense of her homeland.
In Overwatch, StarCraft II, Heroes of the Storm and Overwatch 2, she was voiced by Charlet Chung, who also voiced Seraph in Call of Duty: Black Ops III.
Biography
Hana Song (D.Va's real name) is a former professional gamer who now uses her skills to pilot a state-of-the-art mech in defense of her homeland.
Twenty years ago, South Korea was attacked by a colossal omnic monstrosity that rose from the depths of the East China Sea. The massive, lumbering construct caused catastrophic damage to coastal cities before it was driven back beneath the waves. In response, the South Korean government developed a mechanized armored drone unit, called MEKA, to protect urban environments in future engagements with the omnic threat.
The government's fears proved to be well founded, as a disturbing pattern of attacks emerged. Every few years, the monstrosity would rise from the sea to assault South Korea and its neighbors. The omnic learned from these encounters, often reconfiguring itself in a different form and appearing with new weapons and capabilities. Each incident ended in a stalemate, with the monstrosity defeated but not destroyed.
As the omnic continued to adapt, it eventually disrupted MEKA's drone-control networks, forcing the military to place pilots in the mechs. Scrambling to find suitable candidates, the government turned to the country's professional gamers, who possessed the necessary reflexes and instincts to operate the mechs' advanced weapons systems. Top stars were drafted, including reigning world champion Hana Song, also known as "D.Va." Famous for her elite skills, D.Va was a fierce competitor who played to win at all costs, and she had a well-earned reputation for showing no mercy to her opponents.
Seeing her new mission as a game, D.Va fearlessly charges into battle alongside the rest of her MEKA unit, ready to spring to her nation's defense at a moment's notice. Recently, she has begun to stream combat operations to her adoring fans, and her growing following has turned her into a global icon.
Personality
Hana is an ambitious, competitive, skilled, courageous and hard-working girl, she is always looking to achieve her personal goals and overcome her limits, she is very smart and perseverant in everything she does, having a great knowledge about video games, mechanics, robotics and acting, she also repairs and takes care of her Mecha, despite her young age, Hana is very unique and she is way more than just a pretty face and body, she has an impressively strong will to take hard decisions, but she is too confident, bold and reckless, an example of this is when she faced the Omnics alone in Shooting Star, even though it was an heroic feat, her Mecha was destroyed and she ended up with severe fractures, which taught her the importance of teamwork and not doing everything alone, Hana was mentally scarred after the Omnics attack on Korea, since then, she started to carry the whole burden of protecting the country alone, because she believed that everyone was counting on her, but that was a very superficial view based on her public image, Hana was always accustomed to be excellent in all areas and never fail, and therefore, she believed that she didn't have to ask for help and win no matter how, even if it was at the cost of her physical and emotional wellbeing.
Despite her flaws, Hana is very friendly, eloquent and joking around and has a great love for others, as she has a good friendship with Dae-Hyun and took his advice in mind, she also gets along very well with the other Overwatch heroes, talking to them and making jokes, she is very devoted to her duty and has affection for her fans, being this and her sense of protecting others, her most human traits.
D.Va is a very competent combatant despite her young age, not taking failure as an option and showing no mercy to her adversaries. She possesses an egotistical side, often smack talking opponents during battle. Regardless of her fierce characteristics, D.Va takes pleasure in making her fanbase happy, as shown by cheerfully taking autograph requests from Reinhardt and Lúcio and being quick to thank her audience whenever she defeats an enemy.
Being a pro gamer, D.Va loves video games and enjoys making references to them. While on the battlefield, she will use many gaming terms, such as "nerf," "pocket healer," "GG," "AFK," and more. Despite the fact that she is mostly into games produced by Blizzard (for obvious reasons), she is familiar with old arcade ones as well. An example is her calling Winston "a giant gorilla from those old video games," which is a reference to the Donkey Kong arcade game.
Gaming is not the only thing D.Va is interested in; she seems to be a fan of Lúcio's music, as noted by the line of D.Va asking Lúcio for an autograph after he asked her for one. She also reads Mei's Adventures and seems to be a fan of Mei as well.
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Trivia
- D.Va was announced on November 6, 2015, alongside Mei and Genji, and was added to the closed beta three days later on November 9. She was originally teased through her in-universe StarCraft II profile.
- D.Va is said to be a talented Star Craft player, this is an in joke as South Korea holds Star Craft tournaments, in addition, D.Va's robots seem to be modeled after certain Star Craft units.
- When her mech is destroyed, the interface displays "비상탈출". This translates to "Emergency Escape".
- Her zodiac sign is a Libra.
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