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Ayana Tsubaki

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Ayana Tsubaki
椿 彩奈
Born (1984-07-15) July 15, 1984 (age 40)
Saitama, Japan
Alma materAoyama Gakuin University
Occupations
  • TV personality
  • fashion model
  • professional mahjong player

Yuri Nakamura (中村 有里, Nakamura Yuri, born July 15, 1984), known professionally as Ayana Tsubaki (椿 彩奈, Tsubaki Ayana, formerly written as 椿姫 彩菜), is a Japanese TV personality, fashion model and professional mahjong player. Tsubaki works for the Koakuma Ageha girls' fashion magazine.[1]

Biography

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Ayana Tsubaki was born in the Saitama Prefecture in 1984.[2] Tsubaki registered at Aoyama Gakuin University while presenting as a male, but left in the second year to work at a transsexual bar in Kabukichō, Tokyo.[1]

In July 2006, she underwent gender confirmation surgery in Phuket, Thailand,[3] and in December 2006, officially changed her registered gender from male to female in her koseki (family registry). She resumed studies at Aoyama Gakuin University in April 2007.[1]

In April 2008, she launched the confectionery brand "Gâteaux de Fée" in collaboration with confectionery maker Chibori and co-produced with models Yui Kanno and Shizuka Muto.[4][5] In October, she produced the legwear brand "informel by N-styles".[6][7] In November, she was the poster girl for the event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Japan–Columbia Friendship.[8]

In March 2009, Tsubaki made her acting debut in the television drama Shukatsu no Musume.[9] In September, she made her first stage appearance in Moulin de la Galette.[10]

In February 2012, she appeared in her first leading role on stage in "Tennessee Waltz, the Last Fish of Mankind?...".[11]

In June 2014, she reportedly left Horipro, where she had worked for four years.[12]

On August 30, 2021, Tsubaki announced she had passed the professional exam of the Japan Professional Mahjong League [ja] and became a mahjong professional player.[13]

TV appearances

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Works

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Books

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  • Watashi, danshikō shusshin desu. (わたし、男子校出身です。, June 2008)[3]
  • C'est ma vie, photo book (October 2008)[14]
  • Tsubaki izen (椿姫以前, January 2009)[15]
  • Watashi, danshikō shusshin desu. Komikku (わたし、男子校出身です。Comic, (artist: Gosen Nakamori), May 2009)
  • 3/25-sai korekara no watashi no "yume to genjitsu" (3/25才 これからのワタシの「夢と現実」, September 2009)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d ニューハーフ現役女子大生モデル・椿姫彩菜、赤裸々に「性」を語る [Transgender student model Ayana Tsubaki talks frankly about "sex"]. Sports Hochi (in Japanese). Japan: The Hochi Shimbun. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. ^ Yamai, Nagi (10 April 2009). 椿姫彩菜 Special Interview [Ayana Tsubaki Special Interview]. Mynavi Woman (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 20 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b 現役女子大生ニューハーフモデル、椿姫彩菜の初エッセイがドラマ化 [Student transsexual model Ayana Tsubaki sees first essay turned into drama]. Livedoor News (in Japanese). Japan: Line Corporation. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  4. ^ “カリスマ”ニューハーフモデルが作った「夜食べても太らないお菓子」 ["Charismatic" transgender model launches "sweets that don't make you fat even if you eat them at night".]. Livedoor News (in Japanese). Livedoor. 18 April 2008. Archived from the original on 13 May 2024.
  5. ^ ちぼり、女の子のための菓子ブランド「ガトー・デ・フェ」発表　椿姫彩菜とコラボ開発 [Chibori announces "Gâteaux de Fée" confectionery brand for girls, developed in collaboration with Ayana Tsubaki]. The Japan Food Journal (in Japanese). 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 10 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Ayana Tsubaki Produces New Brand of Legwear" 椿姫彩菜さん、レッグウエアの新ブランドをプロデュース. The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014.
  7. ^ 椿姫彩菜「がにまたの女子もったいない」. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 22 October 2008. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008.
  8. ^ 椿姫彩菜がコロンビアイメージガールに [Ayana Tsubaki Becomes Columbia Poster Girl]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 31 October 2008. Archived from the original on 3 November 2008.
  9. ^ a b 椿姫彩菜が“就活”ドラマで女優デビュー [Ayana Tsubaki debuts as actress in "Shukatsu" drama]. Oricon Style (in Japanese). Japan: Oricon ME Inc. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  10. ^ 椿姫彩菜と共に舞台初挑戦の伊藤由奈「イントネーションが難しい」 [Yuna Ito, who will be performing on stage for the first time with Ayana Tsubaki: "intonation is difficult"]. Oricon Style (in Japanese). 13 August 2009. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
  11. ^ 舞台「テネシーワルツ」が初日！ 椿姫彩菜は初座長に緊張 折井あゆみと鎌田奈津美は悪役姉妹に挑戦 [The play "Tennessee Waltz" premieres! Ayana Tsubaki is nervous for her first time as a stage director. Ayumi Orii and Natsumi Kamata challenge the role of villainous sisters.]. GirlsNews (in Japanese). 29 February 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  12. ^ 椿姫彩菜　ホリプロ退社を報告「自分を見つめ直す」 [Ayana Tsubaki reports leaving Horipro: "I'm going to look at myself again.]. Ameba News (in Japanese). CyberAgent. 2 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022.
  13. ^ 【雀士名鑑】椿彩奈(つばきあやな)、麻雀界への恩返しを誓う決意のプロ入り [Ayana Tsubaki, a determined mahjong pro, vows to give back to the mahjong world.]. Kindai Mahjong Web (in Japanese). Kindai Mahjong. 10 November 2023 [August 31, 2021]. Archived from the original on 13 May 2024.
  14. ^ "C'est ma vie" photo book on CDJapan Archived 21 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  15. ^ 椿姫以前 on Amazon.com Retrieved 14 February 2009. (in Japanese)
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