Introduction
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
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.