lyra was a student at soas university of london. her work primarily focused on japanese history and culture, writing theses on popular representations of the second world war and transgender sentiment in manga and anime. she enjoys writing about film and learning history. she lived in the uk between 2001 and 2023, and japan since 2023.
her main contributions to wikipedia have focused on expanding film summaries and production information. she has contributed lightly to articles on political thought and history.