2021 Halloween costume roundup: Asian celebs slayed and spooked as their favorite characters

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Editorial Staff
November 2, 2021

Dressed as characters from “Squid Game” to “Scooby-Doo” to “The Lion King” to… more “Squid Game,” 2021 featured a mix of the unexpected and expected in Halloween costume choices from Asian and Asian American celebrities.

Jhené Aiko as Tiana from “Princess and the Frog”: 

Eugene Lee Yang as Gogo Yubari from “Kill Bill: Vol. 1”

Lee Yoo-mi as the doll from “Squid Game”:

Margaret Cho as a “Squid Game” player:

Michelle Phan as Player 067 or Kang Sae-byeok from “Squid Game”:

Hayley Kiyoko as another Kang Sae-byeok from “Squid Game”:

Kelly Hu as a Victorian-era vampire:

Harry Shum Jr. as Pumbaa from “The Lion King”:

Ali Wong as Toph from “Avatar: The Last Airbender”:

Safiya Nygaard and Tyler Williams as Howl and Calcifer from “Howl’s Moving Castle”:

Bella Poarch as a ghost:

Lana Condor as a cow:

Olivia Rodrigo as Elvira Hancock from “Scarface”:

Bretman Rock as Inosuke Hashibira from “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba”:

Ken Jeong as Shaggy from “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!”:

Featured Image via @leeyoum262 (left), @lanacondor (center), @aliwong (right)

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