A native of Kōhoku 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 (Rirī 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.

A native of Kōhoku 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 (Rirī 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.