Ayana Tsubaki

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

Biography

Tsubaki entered Aoyama Gakuin University as a male, but left in the second year to work at a transsexual bar in Kabukichō, Tokyo. In July 2006, she underwent sex reassignment surgery in Phuket, Thailand, and in December 2006, officially changed her registered gender from male to female in the koseki family registry. She resumed studies at Aoyama Gakuin University from April 2007. She also works as a fashion model for the Koakuma Ageha girls' fashion magazine.

TV appearances

• Sunday Japon (サンデージャポン) (Tokyo Broadcasting System)
• Shukatsu no Musume (就活のムスメ) (TV Asahi, 2009)

Works

Books

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