Just when you thought he couldn’t look even more like an anime character…

Taeyong of NCT at the 2019 Idol Star Athletic Championship

He goes and matches himself to the field and the NCT lightstick. SMH.

My eyes are happy to look at the reds and greens and neon yellows, all nicely saturated and balanced. Even the vaguely repeating stripes of the track and his tracksuit scream harmony. This picture is so complete. There’s nothing superfluous or distracting, simply great content. And you can imagine him skipping along, hair bouncing.

Taeyong has long been known for looking like an anime character. His bleach-white hair in NCT’s debut video (“The Seventh Sense“) started comparisons to the character Jack Frost. Taeyong responded by dressing as Jack Frost for SM Entertainment’s annual Halloween party. The next year, he went as a Cardcaptor Sakura character.

Gotta love a guy who knows his strengths and plays to them.