Wednesday's Weekly Idol (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ #1: Hiromi

Starting today, there will be a new segment on this blog every Wednesday dedicated to the famous LGBTQ in Japan.

Today's feature is:

Hiromi Shinhata (新畑 博美 Shinhata Hiromi)

 

✿Background Info:
Hiromi (stylized as HiROMi) was born in 1990 and has been a fashion model since the late 2000s. She is active in the professional and commercial modeling fields and is best known for her work in Egg magazine and Happie Nuts magazine, which are both gyaru (gal) magazines.

Because of her boyish looks, she has previously modeled a line of men's clothes.

She has also been involved in scratching since a young age and is a disc jockey for the female duo Lil'B.

✿Making it Over the Rainbow:
In the April 2011 edition of Happie Nuts, Hiromi revealed that she was a lesbian and had been hiding it for a long time. She also admitted that she was dating another female model named Aura (who is not as popular as Hiromi).

Aura (left) and Hiromi (right) modeling together.

Though she hid her sexuality from the public, Hiromi was quite open about it with her close friends and family. After the issue of Happie Nuts came out, Hiromi said in an interview with Tokyo Wrestling, an online LGBTQ magazine, that she received a lot of messages from fans expressing their thanks for helping them to gain the courage to come out along with other positive messages and warm comments through her Twitter and blog.

However, there were also some that weren't able to understand her and expressed this with negative remarks.

The couple revealed that they have come across some homophobic citizens while they hold hands walking around town, but they try not to let it bother them.

Aura also detailed her experience with losing many of her friends in the interview. She said, "What is it, at first, others weren’t very friendly with me either at school or at work and then eventually everywhere. And then, gradually, I narrowed down the people who didn’t understand, I think it was good that I did that."

Hiromi added, "I didn’t think there would be a human at that kind of level, who would become distant with me just because I’m in a relationship with a woman."

Though Aura doesn't like to admit it because of how cliche it is, Hiromi claims their meeting was love at first site, and the two have been happily living together for a long time.

What a sweet and charming couple, right? (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ

 References:
 http://aramatheydidnt.livejournal.com/3244683.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromi_(model)