LiLiCo

{{short description|Swedish-Japanese TV personality and film critic (born 1970)}}

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| birth_name = Ann-Sophie Lennerfors

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|11|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

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| nationality = Japanese, Swedish

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| occupation = TV personality, actress, professional wrestler, film critic

| years_active = 1989-present

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| agent = Plan Chime

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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.{{cite web| url=http://www.dagensps.se/artiklar/kronikor/stefan-nilsson-yamanaka/2008/10/28/38269984/index.xml |title=Svenskan som blev stjärna i mormors Japan | work=Dagens PS | date=28 October 2014 | accessdate=29 May 2016 |first=Stefan |last=Nilsson-Yamanaka | language=Swedish}}{{cite news| url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/12/17/our-lives/tv-celeb-lilico-success-flows-adversity-preparation/#.VJKK83svv-s |title=For TV celeb LiLiCo, success flows from adversity and preparation | work=The Japan Times | date=18 December 2014 | accessdate=18 December 2014 |first=Magdalena |last= Osumi | page=3 |publisher = The Japan Times Ltd.}} 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=

File:LiLiCo interviews Perfume at Opening Ceremony of the 28th Tokyo International Film Festival (22428716285).jpg]]

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.{{cite web |url= http://www.tokyoweekender.com/2014/03/television-talent-lilico-talks-about-her-rocky-road-to-success/|title= Television Talent LiLiCo Talks about Her Rocky Road to Success|first= Matthew |last=Hernon |date=14 March 2014|publisher=Tokyo Weekender |location= Japan|accessdate= 18 December 2014}} 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.{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/302260/ | script-title=ja:ＬｉＬｉＣｏがまさかのプロレス王者に！「誰でもかかって来い」 | date=August 17, 2014 | accessdate=May 29, 2016 | work=Tokyo Sports | language=Japanese}}{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/womens_prores/490090/ | script-title=ja:赤井沙希まさか！ＬｉＬｉＣｏにアイアンマン王座奪われた | date=January 4, 2016 | accessdate=May 29, 2016 | work=Tokyo Sports | language=Japanese}}{{cite web | url = http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2072533/full/ | script-title=ja:LiLiCo、プロレス業に充実感「人生で一番幸せ」 | date=May 31, 2016 | accessdate=June 1, 2016 | work=Oricon | language=Japanese}}{{cite web | url = http://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/mens_prores/738459/ | script-title=ja:ＬｉＬｉＣｏが初代ＫＯ―Ｄ１０人タッグ王座奪取股間握らせ投げ技発射 | date=August 20, 2017 | accessdate=August 20, 2017 | work=Tokyo Sports | language=Japanese}}

After having fractured her patella in 2020, forcing her to give up wrestling,{{Cite web|script-title=ja:【ＤＤＴ】ＬｉＬｉＣｏが３月２０日両国でプロレス引退試合ヒザを負傷も「もう１回だけ戦えたら」（東スポWeb） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/37eb17e2020a6587e6a40bcfd2314b60126531f6|website=Yahoo! News|date=January 30, 2022|access-date=February 11, 2022|language=ja}} LiLiCo was invited back to DDT to have a retirement match on March 20, 2022, at Judgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/prores/ddt/3961043/|script-title=ja:【ＤＤＴ】ＬｉＬｉＣｏが３月２０日両国でプロレス引退試合ヒザを負傷も「もう１回だけ戦えたら」|work=Tokyo Sports|date=January 30, 2022|access-date=February 11, 2022|language=ja}}

Filmography

=Cinema=

Kiki's Delivery Service (2014), voice of radio DJ{{cite web|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/kikis-delivery-service|title=Kiki's Delivery Service|first=Derek|last=Elley|date=2 March 2014|work=Film Business Asia|publisher=Film Business Asia Limited|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211926/http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/kikis-delivery-service|archivedate=3 March 2016|accessdate=18 December 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
Smokin' on the Moon (2018)
108: Revenge and Adventure of Goro Kaiba (2019), Adrianne{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/90137/|title= 108 海馬五郎の復讐と冒険|access-date= February 13, 2024|work= eiga.com}}
Niwatori Phoenix (2022){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/95131/|title= ニワトリ☆フェニックス|access-date= January 18, 2022|work= eiga.com}}
Let's Talk About the Old Times (2022), herself{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/97871/|title= 時には昔の話を森山周一郎声優と呼ばれた俳優|access-date= October 22, 2022|work= eiga.com}}
The Ohara Family Rhapsody (2024), Rikako{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99290/|title= お終活再春！人生ラプソディ|access-date= December 1, 2023|work= eiga.com}}
90 Years Old – So What? (2024){{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/100557/|title= 九十歳。何がめでたい|access-date= April 30, 2024|work= eiga.com}}

=TV drama=

{{Nihongo|Woman of Maruho|マルホの女}} (2014, TV Tokyo), Ryoko Azuma

=Dubbing=

==Live-action==

Barbie (Mermaid Barbie (Dua Lipa)){{cite web |url= https://www.fukikaekingdom.com/post-23429/|title= バービー－日本語吹き替え版|access-date= November 17, 2023|work= Fukikae Kingdom}}
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (Madame Truska (Salma Hayek)){{cite web |url= https://www.amazon.co.jp/ダレン・シャン～若きバンパイアと奇怪なサーカス～-DVD-クリス・マッソグリア/dp/B006QJSDUI|title= ダレン・シャン～若きバンパイアと奇怪なサーカス～ [DVD]|access-date= November 12, 2021|work= Amazon|date= 13 April 2012}}
Wonka (The Countess (Sophie Winkleman)){{cite web |url= https://www.fukikaekingdom.com/post-23645/|title= ウォンカとチョコレート工場のはじまり－日本語吹き替え版|access-date= December 11, 2023|work= Fukikae Kingdom}}

==Animation==

The Addams Family (Margaux Needler){{cite web |url= https://www.fukikaeru.com/?p=14484|title= アダムス・ファミリー|accessdate= September 14, 2020|work= Fukikaeru}}
The Lorax (Mrs. Wiggins){{cite web |url= https://www.thecinema.jp/vod/loraxojisan-movie/|title= ロラックスおじさんの秘密の種|access-date= January 30, 2023|work= The Cinema}}
Mary and Max (Vera Lorraine Dinkle){{cite web |url= https://www.thecinema.jp/vod/mary-and-max-movie/|title= メアリー＆マックス|access-date= February 8, 2023|work= The Cinema}}
South Park (Eric Cartman)
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures (Vera){{cite web |url= https://www.thecinema.jp/vod/sammys-adventures-movie/|title= サミーとシェリー七つの海の大冒険|access-date= February 14, 2023|work= The Cinema}}

Bibliography

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