Lily Hoshikawa

Lily Hoshikawa (星川 リリィ, Hoshikawa Ririi) was a breakout star in a long-running drama show and a famous actress who starred in multiple primetime shows of multiple networks. When she was born, she was named Masao Go (豪 正雄, Gō Masao) who died of a sudden heart attack stemming from a combination of severe exhaustion and the mental shock from growing a facial hair. She's also a member of the idol group Franchouchou.

She is titled as the Legendary Child Actress Prodigy (伝説の天才子役 Densetsu no Tensai Koyaku).

Appearance
As a human, Lily has two bright blue pigtails with dark blue bows. She also has one large orange star and other stars in the middle of her head. She has orange-yellow eyes and pale skin. She wears a green school uniform with a dark blue bow and a white skirt. Her height is average for a 12-year-old, but she is much shorter than the rest of Franchouchou. On her feet, Lily wears brown shoes with white socks.

As a zombie, Lily has her heart sticking outside of her body. Like the other zombies, she has grayish-blue skin and red eyes.

In Episode 8, Lily has a strong resemblance to her late mother.

Personality
Lily is often seen with a smile. She is shown to be quite playful due to her young age. She has also demonstrated some professionalism, which she learned from her experiences before her death.

Lily does not like nicknames. She forcefully emphasizes her name when being called "squirt" or any reference to her former name by Saki Nikaidō; especially early on in their relationship. When it comes to things she finds lame and/or ugly, she becomes very honest and blunt about it.

Etymology

 * The name Lily is a feminine given name directly derived from the flower, lily.
 * Lillies are often used to represent purity, passion and rebirth.
 * Lily's former name Masao means "right, proper" (正) (masa) and "hero, manly" (雄) (o), which literally means "righteous man".
 * Lily's surname Hoshikawa means "star" (星) (hoshi) and "river, stream" (川) (kawa), which a possible homage to the stars she has in her hair and her attire (idol ribbon and in a flashback in Episode 8).

Trivia

 * Lily was only 12 years old when she died in 2011.
 * Lily died one month after her twelfth birthday.


 * Lily is the only one out of the zombie girls with an exposed organ. Her exposed and often rapidly beating heart represents her cause of death, a heart attack/cardiac arrest which was caused by mental shock.


 * Lily is the only Zombie not shown with bandages or stitches (likely due to her death not being from an outward injury).
 * Lily is the first (and so far only) official LGBT+ character in the series and the first canonically transgender character in a popular idol franchise.

Character concept
They said he was aware of the "childish" aspects of Lily's design, such as the width of her shoulders. They liked to design Lily's clothes, since she seems to be very important to the tenderness of the show, "Pappy's design may seem like a joke, but it becomes more meaningful when you understand it in the context of the script."