Ayana Tsubaki
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- TV personality
- fashion model
- professional mahjong player
Ayana Tsubaki | |
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椿 彩奈 | |
| Born | July 15, 1984 |
| Alma mater | Aoyama Gakuin University |
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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]
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 and became a mahjong professional player.[13]
TV appearances
- Sunday Japon (サンデージャポン) (Tokyo Broadcasting System)[1]
- Shukatsu no Musume (就活のムスメ) (TV Asahi, 2009)[9]
