Shuna Matsumoto
Shuna Matsumoto (松本 珠奈, Matsumoto Shuna, born July 27, 1985) is a Japanese association football coach. As of 2022, she worked as an athletic performance coach for YSCC Yokohama.[1] She is a trans woman.[1][2]
Matsumoto was born a male in Bremen, Germany to Japanese parents on 27 July 1985.[1] She grew up there and attended a Steiner school. She trained to be a coach in Germany and the United States, and moved to Japan in 2013 to pursue a coaching career. She trained Keisuke Ushiro and has been a coach for YSCC Yokohama since 2020.
Matsumoto came out as a transgender woman in 2021, having previously experienced gender dysphoria but ignoring it in favour of her career.[1] She changed her name from "Shun" to "Shuna". She received positive reactions upon coming out, and her Twitter followers increased by five times.[1]
References
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- ↑ "（ひと）松本珠奈さん トランスジェンダーを公表したＪリーグのチームコーチ：朝日新聞デジタル". 31 March 2022. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2022.