Salyu

Many J-pop stars perform under pseudonyms, but Salyu took it a step further, debuting as Lily Chou-Chou, a fictional rock star with very real songs, one of which was even used by Quentin Tarantino, before launching a career as a real person (though still under an alias). Born Ayako Mori in 1980, she studied piano from an early age and joined a school choir to combat pneumonia she contracted in primary school (it was either this or swimming lessons, and she made her choice). In 1998, she began auditioning as an aspiring performer, and was eventually scouted by Takeshi Kobayashi...