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| Born | Ann-Sophie Lennerfors (1970-11-16)16 November 1970 (age 55) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation(s) | TV personality, actress, professional wrestler, film critic |
| Years active | 1989-present |
| Agent | Plan Chime |
| Spouse | [1] |
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 thestage nameLiLiCo.
LiLiCo was bornAnn-Sophie Lennerfors in Stockholm, Sweden, to a Japanese mother and a Swedish father.[2][3] As a biracial child in Sweden, LiLiCo was bullied while at school.[3] Her father left the family when LiLiCo was 9 years old.[3]
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LiLiCo moved to Japan in 1988 at the age of 18, initially staying with her grandmother inKatsushika, Tokyo.[3] In May 1989, LiLiCo embarked on a career as a singer,[3] releasing her first single in 1992.[4] In 2001, she was offered a job as a film critic onTBS's Saturday morningKing's Brunch programme.[3]
In 2014, LiLiCo began working for Japanese professional wrestling companyDDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), where, over the next three years, she won theIronman Heavymetalweight Championship twice and theDDT Extreme Championship once, while also becoming part of the inauguralKO-D 10-Man Tag Team Champions.[5][6][7][8]
After having fractured herpatella in 2020, forcing her to give up wrestling,[9] LiLiCo was invited back to DDT to have aretirement match on March 20, 2022, atJudgement 2022: DDT 25th Anniversary.[10]
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