Ayana Tsubaki
椿姫 彩菜
Born (1984-07-15) 15 July 1984
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materAoyama Gakuin University
Occupation(s)TV personality and fashion model
Websitewww.tsubaki-ayana.jp

Ayana Tsubaki (椿姫 彩菜, Tsubaki Ayana, born 15 July 1984 in Tokyo) is a Japanese TV personality and fashion model.[1][2]

Biography

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]

Tsubaki also works as a fashion model for the Koakuma Ageha girls' fashion magazine.[1]

TV appearances

Works

Books

  • Watashi, danshikō shusshin desu (わたし、男子校出身です, I Went to a Boys' School) (June 2008)[3]
  • C'est ma vie, photo book (October 2008)[5]
  • Tsubaki izen (椿姫以前, Before Tsubaki) (January 2009)[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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 [Transsexual 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. ↑ Fujimoto, Taro (31 August 2008). "Transsexual celebrity Ayana Tsubaki introduces Coppola's new film". Japan Today. Japan: GPlusMedia Co., Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. 1 2 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. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "C'est ma vie" photo book on CDJapan Archived 21 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  6. ↑ 椿姫以前 on Amazon.com Retrieved 14 February 2009. (in Japanese)
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