Ayana Tsubaki

Ayana Tsubaki
椿 彩奈
Born	(1984-07-15) July 15, 1984 (age 40) Saitama, Japan
Alma mater	Aoyama 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

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

• 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]

Works

Books

• 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

1. 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. 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. 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)

External links

• Official blog (in Japanese)
• Ayana Tsubaki at IMDb
• Ayana Tsubaki on Twitter