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LiLiCo

Ann-Sophie Lennerfors (born 16 November 1970) is a Swedish-Japanese TV personality, film critic and part-time professional wrestler 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 DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where, over the next three years, she won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship twice and the DDT Extreme Championship once, while also becoming part of the inaugural KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions.

After having fractured her patella in 2020, forcing her to give up wrestling, LiLiCo was invited back to DDT to have a retirement match on March 20, 2022, at .

Filmography

Cinema

  • Kiki's Delivery Service (2014), voice of radio DJ
  • Smokin' on the Moon (2018)
  • ' (2019), Adrianne
  • Niwatori Phoenix (2022)
  • Let's Talk About the Old Times (2022), herself
  • The Ohara Family Rhapsody (2024), Rikako
  • 90 Years Old – So What? (2024)
  • End-of-Life Concierge 3 (2026), Rikako

TV drama

  • (2014, TV Tokyo), Ryoko Azuma

Dubbing

Live-action

Animation

Bibliography

  • (2007, Goma Books),
  • I Love Sweden (2008, Goma Books),
  • (2010, Kodansha),

Championships and accomplishments

*DDT Extreme Championship (1 time)
*Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship (2 times)
*KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Ken Ohka, Ladybeard, Makoto Oishi and Super Sasadango Machine

References

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