XO-Tan

XO-Tan is the 8th assist trophy featured in Another Unnecessary Tournament, originating from the The Weeknd, and served as the host of The Assist Trophy Takeover!.

Bio
After a 10-year journey through parties, pain, and silence, the dawn has come, and so has this R&B icon to AUT! Ladies and gentlemen...XO-Tan?! This cutesy anime girl might not look like the type for hardcore party life, but she’s willing and able to host the biggest shindig this side of Las Vegas! Get ready on Thursday, because ain’t no one surviving without a massive hangover!

Appearances
Currently, XO-Tan has not appeared in any match tracks.

Trivia

 * XO-Tan's visual appearance is based on an unnamed anime girl that is the focus of a merchandise line that was a collaboration between XO Records & Japanese artist Mr. to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the release of The Weeknd's mixtape, "Thursday".
 * There is an added detail to XO-tan's design in AUT that isn't present in her appearance in the original merch line, that being a pair of sunglasses similar to the ones The Weeknd has incorporated into his outfit in music videos and live performances starting with 2019's "After Hours".
 * This detail was added late into the design, and as such, these sunglasses are absent in the aeiouko artwork used for the AUT Twitter account during the Assist Trophy Takeover, as well as the artwork for "Assists: Steal the Thunder!".
 * XO-Tan's name is derived from The Weeknd's personal record label XO Records, followed by "-Tan", the Japanese honorific suffix meaning "small", often used for Moe anthropomorphized characters or objects.
 * Since the Thursday 10-year Anniversary merch line was revealed and subsequently dropped in 2021, this makes XO-tan the only character in AUT whose main inspiration was released after the start of the tournament, not counting crossover or April Fool's characters.