Also known as: ビョルン・アンドレセン, ビョルン・ヨーハン・アンドレセン
Björn Johan Andrésen (26 January 1955 – 25 October 2025) was a Swedish actor and musician. He was best known for having played the 14-year-old Tadzio in Luchino Visconti's 1971 film adaptation of the 1912 Thomas Mann novella Death In Venice.
After the release of Death in Venice, Andrésen spent an extended period of time in Japan where he became an instant cultural idol. His image was widely used in the youth market, leading him to work as a model in fashion magazines (such as An-An) and his face appearing everywhere on billboards and in television commercials for products like Meiji chocolate.
This intense commercial activity cemented his status as a key figure in the popular 'Bishōnen' (beautiful boy) aesthetic and also recorded several pop songs.
