Rumiko Matsubara
Known for Acting · 2 credits
- Born
- 1958-07-11 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
- Also known as
- 松原留美子
Biography
Rumiko Matsubara won a beauty contest for businesses in the Roppongi night-club area in Tokyo in 1981 as a woman, and was used as a model: the ‘Roppongi Beauty’.
Once her transgender status was revealed, she posed semi-nude for a men's magazine, released an album of songs, and acted in the film Kura no naka (1981). She was promoted using the newly coined term nyūhā fu ("new half"), which was coming to be used for mixed-gender persons.
She described herself:
"I have been a woman since the day I was born. Only my body was mistakenly born as male."
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (1)
About Rumiko Matsubara
Rumiko Matsubara won a beauty contest for businesses in the Roppongi night-club area in Tokyo in 1981 as a woman, and was used as a model: the ‘Roppongi Beauty’. Once her transgender status was revealed, she posed semi-nude for a men's magazine, released an album of songs, and acted in the film Kura no naka (1981). She was promoted using the newly coined term nyūhā fu ("new half"), which was coming to be used for mixed-gender persons. She described herself: "I have been a woman since the day I was born. Only my body was mistakenly born as male… With 2 credits spanning from 1977 to 1981, Rumiko Matsubara has appeared in 1 film and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Rumiko Matsubara Movies
- In the Cellar (1981) — as Koyuki
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