“My name is Kaoru Oshima. I am a boy. I dress as a girl.

I don’t want to be a girl. But I want to look like a girl.

Some people might call me transgender, transvestite, or a cross-dresser, but none of those labels really fit.”

As photos of Kaoru Oshima rack up thousands of favourites and retweets on Twitter, it seems the Japanese model and adult video star is being showered with questions about gender and sexuality – and handling the queries with aplomb. Here’s Kaoru in his own words (and, of course, pictures!)

In case you hadn’t guessed, depending on how your boss feels about nipples, things are about to get moderately NSFW.

▼ Kaoru tweets: “I’m a boy, so there’s nothing embarrassing about this photo!”

@Oshima_Kaoru via Twitter

▼ “Retweet if (even if only for a second) you thought I was a girl.”

▼ “Poncho!!!!! ◟꒰◍´Д‵◍꒱◞ It’s spring, so I teamed it with this denim shirt, and shorts.”

@Oshima_Kaoru via Twitter

▼ “Haven’t taken any pics with my clothes off for a while.”

@Oshima_Kaoru via Twitter

Twitter reacted enthusiastically:

“Yahoooooooooo!!!!” “An angel!” “So sexy! (・∀・)”

▼ “Newsflash!” tweets Kaoru. “If you wear only the belt from a Survey Corps [Attack on Titan] costume, it’s pretty sexy.” Oh, we know, Kaoru!

@Oshima_Kaoru via Twitter

▼ “Do you like boys in corsets? Retweet and make me famous!“

@Oshima_Kaoru via Twitter

Livedoor

In April this year, Kaoru tweeted this pretty awesome “I am what I am” statement:

“My name is Kaoru Oshima.

I am a boy.

I dress as a girl.

I’m not a “new half” [male-to-female transsexual].

I don’t want to be a girl. But I want to look like a girl.

Sexual preference? I like both women and men.

Some people might call me transgender, transvestite, or a cross-dresser, but none of those labels really fit.”

Crossdressing in Japan is at once ubiquitous and invisible. As in many other countries, it’s often assumed that all men who wear “women’s clothes” want to change their gender, or are gay. But Kaoru seems to spell out in simple terms that the clothes he wears and his sexuality are separate things. He also says that although people try to categorise him, none of the words feel quite right.

His YouTube channel self-introduction features this (significantly blunter) English caption, in which we can’t help feeling something got a little lost in translation:

“My name is Kaoru Oshima. I am a pornstar. But I am a man.”

Anyway, you can hear Kaoru’s dulcet tones in the self-intro here:

One thing’s for sure: Kaoru’s already got thousands of fans. And at least no one’s accusing him of “trapping” them or pretending to be something he’s not.

Source: Naver Matome

Featured image: @Oshima_Kaoru via Twitter Top image: Livedoor