TOKYO -- Fumino Sugiyama, a former female fencer for the Japan women's national team who came out as a man more than a decade ago, last week became the first transgender board member of the Japan Olympic Committee.
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Fumino Sugiyama, left, a former female fencing Olympian who came out as a man, and professional soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada, who came out as gay in 2019. (Screenshots from seperate Nikkei Asia interviews).
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