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Meet the Swedish boy who's turning Japanese, we really think so
Yohio is a 16-year-old singer who dresses like a doll
Has developed a cult following in Japan
He looks like a girl but sings like a man - in Japanese
IF this singer was a contestant on The Voice, there's a good chance you'd see Seal, Delta and company fall off their chairs when they turned around.
With this artist, what you see and what you hear are two totally different things - and it's all part of his appeal.
Meet Yohio, a 16-year-old Swedish boy who dresses like a doll, sounds like a man, speaks perfect Japanese, English and Swedish, and shreds guitar like nobody's business.
Despite his European heritage, he's developed a cult following in Japan and is lauded by teenage girls because of his "feminine beauty".
Describing himself as a "bishonen" - a Japanese word meaning "beautiful youth (boy)", Yohio prides himself on his doll-like features.
According to his blog on Japanese social networking site AMEBA, the Swedish teen became interested in Japanese culture when he was introduced to Anime at the age of ten.
He then developed an interest in learning the language, and started reading Japanese blogs and following Japanese celebrities on Twitter.
After starting a Swedish Visual Kei band called Seremedy he was signed to Universal Music Japan and quickly developed a cult following because of his beauty.
Yohio released his "Solo Debut Mini Album", Reach the Sky, on April 25 this year.
Yohio is a 16-year-old singer who dresses like a doll
Has developed a cult following in Japan
He looks like a girl but sings like a man - in Japanese
IF this singer was a contestant on The Voice, there's a good chance you'd see Seal, Delta and company fall off their chairs when they turned around.
With this artist, what you see and what you hear are two totally different things - and it's all part of his appeal.
Meet Yohio, a 16-year-old Swedish boy who dresses like a doll, sounds like a man, speaks perfect Japanese, English and Swedish, and shreds guitar like nobody's business.
Despite his European heritage, he's developed a cult following in Japan and is lauded by teenage girls because of his "feminine beauty".
Describing himself as a "bishonen" - a Japanese word meaning "beautiful youth (boy)", Yohio prides himself on his doll-like features.
According to his blog on Japanese social networking site AMEBA, the Swedish teen became interested in Japanese culture when he was introduced to Anime at the age of ten.
He then developed an interest in learning the language, and started reading Japanese blogs and following Japanese celebrities on Twitter.
After starting a Swedish Visual Kei band called Seremedy he was signed to Universal Music Japan and quickly developed a cult following because of his beauty.
Yohio released his "Solo Debut Mini Album", Reach the Sky, on April 25 this year.
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