Early life and career Nomachi was born in
Hokkaido on March 17, 1979. She is the older sister to Onoya, a pseudonymous writer and
parfait critic. After graduating high school, Nomachi attended and graduated from the
University of Tokyo. In 2005, she began writing the autobiographical
blog , where she detailed her experience as a
transgender woman working as an
office lady. The blog was published as a book by
Bungeishunjū under the same title in 2006. Nomachi underwent
sex reassignment surgery in 2007, In 2012, Nomachi and Kubo were chosen in a public vote to host the radio program
All Night Nippon 0. Nomachi and Kubo were promoted in 2013, and served as hosts of '
from 2013 to 2015. From 2013 to 2017, Nomachi, Kubo, and Kenichi Maeyamada hosted ', a variety program on
Fuji TV. Nomachi is a
sumo enthusiast, and since 2015 has appeared on
NHK as a sumo commentator. In 2015, Nomachi appeared on a
Nippon TV variety program where she was introduced as an "
onee talent", a slang term for an effeminate male television personality. In 2019, Nomachi led a campaign against
JR East to protest the naming of
Takanawa Gateway Station, after the company solicited suggestions to name the station in a public poll before ultimately choosing a name without a plurality of public support. Following the death of talent manager
Johnny Kitagawa in 2019, Nomachi wrote an editorial in
Shūkan Bunshun criticizing the Japanese press for their failure to acknowledge allegations of sexual abuse by Kitagawa in their obituaries. ==References==