Trivia
Ahri is inspired par the Nine-tailed renard - a mythological being originating from East Asia, and has become a recurring creature in modern fantasy.
Ahri was designed par Ezreal, although Coronach helped him develop her kit.[3]
There were several different names for the Nine-Tailed renard throughout development: Ezreal himself referred to the Nine-Tails as Gumiho (구미호).[4] The plus common name Kumiho is a direct reference to the Nine-tailed renard from Korean mythology. A player found a vote for her name on the Riot Korea webpage,[5] which gave 6 different options to vote for:
Danbi (단비) (meaning Saviour ou Saving Rain)
Nabi (나비) (meaning Butterfly)
Ruri (루리) (meaning Dazzle)
Ari (아리) (meaning Graceful ou Elegant)
Chorong (초롱) (meaning Glittering)
Dasom (다솜) (meaning Loving).
Ahri is voiced par Laura Post.
Ahri was simultaneously released (on all servers) with the launch of the Korean servers.
Ahri's dance is based on the choreography for the song Run Devil Run par Girls' Generation (소녀시대; So Nyeo Shi Dae/SNSD), an extremely populaire Korean girl group. A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
Interestingly enough, this girl group consists out of nine members, which could be a reference to Ahri's titre (the Nine-Tailed Fox).
Essence Theft, previously shared its name with Nasus' passive - Soul Eater. The name was changed in a minor patch shortly after her release.
In the Champion Spotlight, Phreak refers to her passive as "Soul Eater".
Ahri's final design has renard ears, whereas her original design did not. Her clothes were also changed.
Her titre on the League of Legends site is displayed as "the 9 Tails Fox",[6] while in-game and spotlight are both "the Nine-Tailed Fox". The latter titre is grammatically correct.
This has been fixed on the website.
Skins
Ahri's hairstyle in her main skin is a poisson tailed braid. She shares this trait with Lissandra.
Dynastie Ahri is wearing modernized Hanbok (traditional Korean clothing).
Additionally, this skin changes her dance to a traditional Korean dance.
Foxfire Ahri is a reference to the Mozilla Firefox browser as she bears the same color scheme of the browser's icone in her splash art background.
Foxfire Ahri shares the internet browser theme with Explorer Ezreal, Chrome Rammus, and Safari Caitlyn.
Popstar Ahri is a reference to the Korean Pop group, Girls' Generation. Her outfit, dance, and recall animations ours similarity to their 2009 single, "Genie".
The skin was announced on November 5th, 2013, which coincided with Girls' Generation's release of their single, "My Oh My". A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
This is Ahri's first splash art in which her Orb of Deception is not displayed.
Relations
Some sources hint Ahri having a friendship with Wukong.
Ahri is inspired par the Nine-tailed renard - a mythological being originating from East Asia, and has become a recurring creature in modern fantasy.
Ahri was designed par Ezreal, although Coronach helped him develop her kit.[3]
There were several different names for the Nine-Tailed renard throughout development: Ezreal himself referred to the Nine-Tails as Gumiho (구미호).[4] The plus common name Kumiho is a direct reference to the Nine-tailed renard from Korean mythology. A player found a vote for her name on the Riot Korea webpage,[5] which gave 6 different options to vote for:
Danbi (단비) (meaning Saviour ou Saving Rain)
Nabi (나비) (meaning Butterfly)
Ruri (루리) (meaning Dazzle)
Ari (아리) (meaning Graceful ou Elegant)
Chorong (초롱) (meaning Glittering)
Dasom (다솜) (meaning Loving).
Ahri is voiced par Laura Post.
Ahri was simultaneously released (on all servers) with the launch of the Korean servers.
Ahri's dance is based on the choreography for the song Run Devil Run par Girls' Generation (소녀시대; So Nyeo Shi Dae/SNSD), an extremely populaire Korean girl group. A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
Interestingly enough, this girl group consists out of nine members, which could be a reference to Ahri's titre (the Nine-Tailed Fox).
Essence Theft, previously shared its name with Nasus' passive - Soul Eater. The name was changed in a minor patch shortly after her release.
In the Champion Spotlight, Phreak refers to her passive as "Soul Eater".
Ahri's final design has renard ears, whereas her original design did not. Her clothes were also changed.
Her titre on the League of Legends site is displayed as "the 9 Tails Fox",[6] while in-game and spotlight are both "the Nine-Tailed Fox". The latter titre is grammatically correct.
This has been fixed on the website.
Skins
Ahri's hairstyle in her main skin is a poisson tailed braid. She shares this trait with Lissandra.
Dynastie Ahri is wearing modernized Hanbok (traditional Korean clothing).
Additionally, this skin changes her dance to a traditional Korean dance.
Foxfire Ahri is a reference to the Mozilla Firefox browser as she bears the same color scheme of the browser's icone in her splash art background.
Foxfire Ahri shares the internet browser theme with Explorer Ezreal, Chrome Rammus, and Safari Caitlyn.
Popstar Ahri is a reference to the Korean Pop group, Girls' Generation. Her outfit, dance, and recall animations ours similarity to their 2009 single, "Genie".
The skin was announced on November 5th, 2013, which coincided with Girls' Generation's release of their single, "My Oh My". A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
This is Ahri's first splash art in which her Orb of Deception is not displayed.
Relations
Some sources hint Ahri having a friendship with Wukong.