is a Japanese
transgender
A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth.
The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...
TV personality and singer.
In October 2009, Haruna won the "
Miss International Queen 2009" transgender beauty pageant held in
Pattaya
Pattaya is a city in Eastern Thailand, the second-largest city in Chonburi province and the List of municipalities in Thailand, eighth-largest city in Thailand. It is on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about southeast of Bangkok, and h ...
, Thailand, becoming the first Japanese contestant to win the title.
On 24 August 2021, she appeared at the beginning of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics held at the National Stadium, where she performed a dance performance.
Discography
Singles
* "I・U・Yo・Ne" (2008)
* (2009)
* "Crazy Love" (2010)
* (2012)
* (2016)
はるな愛「えぇねんで」で念願の演歌歌手デビュー
- Natalie(12/01/2017)
Collaborations
* "Momi Momi Fantastic feat. Haruna Ai" - Asia Engineer (2009)
TV commercials
* Fanta
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Momi Momi Frozen (2009)
References
External links
office site
Yukina official website
Ai Haruna Official Twitter
Official blog
Association Miss contest of Japan
1972 births
Japanese beauty pageant winners
Japanese impressionists (entertainers)
Japanese women television personalities
Japanese transgender women
Japanese LGBTQ singers
Japanese actresses
Living people
Singers from Osaka
LGBTQ media personalities
Japanese media personalities
21st-century Japanese women singers
21st-century Japanese LGBTQ people
Miss International Queen winners
LGBTQ women singers
Transgender women singers
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