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(born October 13, 1980) is a Japanese singer whose ethereal lilting voice
is reminiscent of Björk.
Background A native of K?hoku Ward, Yokohama City, Japan, Salyu first
gained national exposure in 2001 when she portrayed a fictional J-pop
singer named Lily Chou Chou in the Japanese film All About Lily Chou-Chou
(Rir? Shushu no Subete) by Shunji Iwai.
Although she did not actually appear on camera in the film (excluding a
brief shot on a celluloid screen near the end) it is her voice as the
character Lily that is central to plot of the film in which a group of
disaffected teens bond with each other through their common idolization of
her music. It was this exposure that launched her career as vocalist. She
has gone on to release numerous singles and three full length albums,
appear live in concert and on radio and television programs and interviews.
In 2003 the American movie director Q
