Top 10 transsexual entertainers in Asia (8)

（China.org.cn）  09:23, November 20, 2012

Top 3: Ai Haruna (春菜爱)

Age: 40


Country: Japan

Marital Status: Single

Ai Haruna is at present the most famous transsexual singer and one of the most popular TV personalities in Japan. Haruna was born as a boy named Kenji Ōnishi in Osaka on July 21, 1972, and underwent a sex reassignment surgery when she was 19 years old.

After becoming a girl, Haruna started her entertainment work by imitating pop Japanese singer Aya Matsuura which made her widely known. In October 2009, she won the Miss International Queen (a beauty contest for transgendered people held in Thailand), becoming the first Japanese contestant to win the title.