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    Meet Yohio, The Most Kawaii Man In Sweden

    Swedish pop stars get to be anime princes.

    Meet Yohio. He's not from a 90's Harajuku gothic loli club. He's a pop star from Sweden.

    Though Yohio is Swedish, he lives in Japan:

    Yohio and his band competed in Sweden's Melodifestivalen, which is kind of like American Idol

    The winner of Melodifestivalen goes on to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest

    His backup band's Flock of Seagulls hair and '80s outfits were impeccable

    But he lost to this guy:

    If you think his glam style courts androgyny, you're definitely right.

    This is him offstage, without make-up.

    Loud fashion sense aside, he's a serious guitar-nerd.

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    As is the Visual Kei pop star tradition. Here is him shredding at age 15.

    His father is in the Swedish metal band Corroded:

    He taught Yohio how to play the guitar, and he's totally cool with what Yohio does.

    His dad even showed up to Yohio's Melodofestivalen after-party in glam drag.

    His big hit is "Heartbreak Hotel":

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    This is the jam he performed on Melodifestivalen.

    His hair is flawless:

    He tweets in Japanese

    Okay, let's be real: he's a Final Fantasy character.

    KEEP SWEDEN WEIRD. LET YOUR OTAKU FLAG FLY.