Lily Franky

Honestly, Lily Franky's business card must be a novel — actor, illustrator, writer, lyricist, the man does it all and somehow none of it feels like a stunt. What gets me is the gap: this is a Musashino Art University guy from Kokura in Fukuoka, yet he disappears so completely into these rumpled, slightly sketchy, world-weary uncles that you forget there's craft underneath. That's the trick, really — he looks like he's barely trying, all loose shoulders and lazy drawl, and then he quietly walks off with a Blue Ribbon. I first clocked him through "Tokyo Tower," and the way he can gut-punch you without ever raising his voice tells you everything. He's the kind of talent you can't quite pin down, and I kind of love that about him.

Lily Franky is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist born on November 4, 1963, in Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture. He studied at Musashino Art University and went on to build a career spanning acting, illustration, lyric writing, singing, and composing. As an actor he received the Blue Ribbon Award for New Artist in 2009 and the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2017, establishing himself as one of Japan's most versatile and respected performers.

Name (English)

Lily Franky

Name (Japanese)

リリー・フランキー

Reading

りりー・ふらんきー

Born

November 4, 1963 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rabbit (卯)

Origin

Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Occupation

Actor / Illustrator / Lyricist / Singer / Composer

University

Musashino Art University

Awards & achievements

• 2009 Blue Ribbon Award – New Artist
• 2017 Blue Ribbon Award – Best Supporting Actor

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC

Tags

• From Fukuoka Prefecture
• Actor
• Illustrator
• Lyricist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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