LiLiCo

LiLiCo
300px LiLiCo (far left) at a film screening in 2014
Born	Ann-Sophie Lennerfors (1970-11-16) 16 November 1970 Stockholm, Sweden
Residence	Japan
Nationality	Swedish
Ethnicity	Swedish/Japanese
Occupation	TV personality and film critic
Agent	Plan Chime
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LiLiCo (born 16 November 1970) is a Swedish TV personality and film critic who lives and works in Japan.

Biography

Early life

LiLiCo was born Ann-Sophie Lennerfors in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Japanese mother and a Swedish father. As a biracial child in Sweden, LiLiCo was bullied while at school. Her father left the family when LiLiCo was 9 years old.

Career in Japan

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LiLiCo with actor Tetsuya Bessho at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in Tokyo, 2013

LiLiCo moved to Japan in 1988 at the age of 18, initially staying with her grandmother in Katsushika, Tokyo. In May 1989, LiLiCo embarked on a career as a singer, releasing her first single in 1992. In 2001, she was offered a job as a film critic on TBS's Saturday morning King's Brunch programme.

Professional wrestling

In 2014, LiLiCo began working for Japanese professional wrestling company Dramatic Dream Team (DDT), where, over the next two years, she won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship twice and the DDT Extreme Division Championship once.

Filmography

Cinema

• Kiki's Delivery Service (2014), voice of radio DJ

TV drama

• Woman of Maruho (マルホの女) (2014, TV Tokyo), Ryoko Azuma

Dubbing

LiLiCo voices the character of Eric Cartman in the Japanese version of the American animated series South Park.

Bibliography

• LiLiCo no Eiga-teki Seikatsu (LiLiCoの映画的生活, English translation: LiLiCo's Film-like Life) (2007, Goma Books), ISBN 978-4777107056
• I Love Sweden (2008, Goma Books), ISBN 978-4777111213
• Zarigani to Himawari (ザリガニとひまわり, English translation: Crayfish and Sunflowers) (2010, Kodansha), ISBN 978-4062165389

External links

• Official agency profile (Japanese)
• Official blog (Japanese)
• LiLiCo at the Internet Movie Database