>>27489650Yeah, he looks incredibly good design wise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_indigenous_peoples#Melanesiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_indigenous_peoples#Micronesiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_indigenous_peoples#Polynesiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ati_peopleTo confirm that Kiawe is most likely from one of these groups, which makes sense considering Africans have never reached the Hawaii or Australia and the South East Asia.
Kiawe sounds very local too, his Japanese name is Kai, while Kiawe may sound "Africanish" both Kiawe and Kai definitely sound like Hawaiian.
The fact Kalos and Unova have actual African heritage characters and Alola does not is quite accurate history wise.