LiLiCo


Ann-Sophie Lennerfors is a Swedish TV personality and film critic who lives and works in Japan, best known under the stage name LiLiCo.

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, where, over the next three years, she won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship twice and the DDT Extreme Division Championship once, while also becoming part of the inaugural KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions.

Filmography

Cinema

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

Championships and accomplishments