Taichi Saotome
By Chisa Fujioka
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - On stage, the Japanese dancer, with heavy white makeup and pouty red lips, spins to booming music, sending a rainbow-colored kimono fluttering.
Off stage, the dancer is just another teenaged high school boy, but one with legions of fans, especially female, who can’t get enough of his cross-dressing performances.
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I’m currently watching Macross: Frontier where the protagonist is named Alto Saotome, who was an onna-gata before he split with his father and family tradition and became a fighter pilot for the Special Military Services.
Coincidence? Probably not. 
 Alto the Fighter Pilot |
 Alto the Dancer |
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