Is it a headcannon or... ?

When the new game's story dropped, a new character immediately stood out to me. I thought everyone would notice the same thing I did, but I thought wrong. I simply thought it was obvious that a character who :

- Has Bo in their name - Trains Kung Lao and the Chosen One - Uses a lot of a societally accepted drug - Has something to do with food

Was an alternate version of Bo Rai Cho ? Like is this my headcannon or has absolutely no one else noticed this or was it intended by the developpers ?