Talk:Katarina/@comment-4636093-20121111043109

Riot aren't known to shy away from Touhou references in LoL. Youmuu's Ghostblade, Wriggle's Lantern, Orianna, Lux, I'm pretty sure another few things too.

And I wonder if Katarina is a reference to Sakuya Izayoi. They have almost identical abilities. Throwing thousands of knives, teleporting, time powers (or cooldowns in Katarina's case).