>>56184075Golf wise, golfers read the wind, and some golfe terms are related to birds (e.g. birdie, eagle, albatross).
Name wise and theming wise, Kahili were the feather standards owned by Hawaiian chiefs to announce their presence/ status. The feathers that made up Kahili were typically collected from nectivorous forest bird species (some of them were the ones that oricorio was based on, Hawaiian honeycreepers) that lived in mountain forests. These areas were considered the realm of the gods (wao akua) since they captured most of the freshwater on the islands/ were geographically inhospitable. Therefore, they could not be developed, and only certain religious figures would enter. Religious bird catchers would bait birds with flowers to land on branches covered in glue-like sap. They would then pluck a few choice feathers from birds and release them. This process of gathering feathers for standards, cloaks, and helmets was therefore long, resource intensive, and they required chiefs to be in good graces religiously. This meant that big, kahili were a real power move. Kahili therefore became a term associated with wealth and power. There are country clubs named after kahili, and a now invasive ginger species was named after them to help sell it to the Hawaiian public. The association with luxury, wealth, and birds is why she's a resort heiress and golfer in the games. Moreover, golf courses are associated with the big and luxurious Hawaiian resorts. Land's expensive in Hawaii, and they can afford to waste it on exclusive golf courses. Could argue that they're the new Hawaiian royalty mirrored by Acerolla (actual royalty) being a poor orphan dressed in rags.
Design wise, her golf visor also looks like a bird bill, her hair looks like wings, and her golf club grip is colored like toucannon. Her light blue color scheme is also meant to evoke wind/ a clear day, and the orange is meant to reference her ace toucannon.
