Hmm...Aphelios looks like a Kabuki actor.

Crimson Zeppelin·11/25/2019, 5:09:47 PM·1 votes·3,056 views

https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/07_adc_faces_mkhvsemvhwhabghwoazb.jpg

A lot of people were saying his face was "k-popstar". Now looking at his actual design, garb and facepaints he looks more like a Japanese Kabuki actor. Interesting choice. As a Japanese I give a thumbs up. The bloodmoon skins should be awesome.

https://tradevistas.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/kabuki-actor-credit-to-tx.english-ch.com--e1486697716814.jpg

4 Comments

tamaya11/25/2019, 6:04:17 PM2 votes

That’s a possibility...In Kabuki, the villain makeup is blue face paint, but the villain is solari.And while the Japanese also certainly have a culture that feels the moon is beautiful. Nevertheless, for various reasons, I do not think that Riot referred to kabuki in creating Aphelios. (Trivia: By the way, in Kabuki, the face paint painted on the lower eyelids means "He is very handsome." but what appears to be drawn on his lower eyelids may be just a shadow)