She is voiced by Brianna Knickerbocker in English, Tao Dian [zh] in Chinese, Rie Takahashi in Japanese, and Kim Ha-ru [ko] in Korean.

[4] In the weeks following the initial release of Genshin Impact in September 2020, some players discovered unreleased characters within the game files, with Hu Tao being among them.

[4] On February 27, miHoYo released a character preview video, which revealed that Hu Tao is the director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor of Liyue, possessing the ability to see ghosts and being acquainted with Zhongli.

After getting to know the character in depth, she found that Hu Tao, while being mature and strong internally, maintains the innocent and cheerful nature of a child.

On the surface, she often makes light of subjects regarding life and death, but secretly has a more genuine and thorough understanding of them, treating the matters with sincerity and respect.

[27] In addition, a popular fan-made preset outfit based on the character would later be implemented in the action role-playing game Tower of Fantasy.

[18] Sisi Jiang of Kotaku acknowledged that her gameplay was a significant factor, and attributed some of her popularity to "her cute goth appearance and eccentric personality".

[30] GameDaily believes that the production team paid attention to detail when introducing the character, such as her constellations relating to her poetry and to her profession within the Funeral Parlor.

Tyler Colp, writing for PC Gamer, observed that some critics likened the performance to that of streamer Mori Calliope, citing similarities in perceived low quality.

[32] On the other hand, Tilly Lawton, in an article for Pocket Tactics, argued that all versions of the rap performance outside the Chinese rendition were noticeably subpar.

[38] According to Sensor Tower statistics App Store and Google Play player payment records, on the day that Hu Tao's banner was launched, it brought in a revenue of 12.9 million USD to MiHoYo.