Asian LGBT musicians
A list of Asian LGBT musicians living in Asia, as opposed to my other list which mostly contained Asian-American or British Asian musicians.
Link to LGBT Musician Google Spreadsheet with over 500 Queer Musicians.
Anthony Wong Yiu-ming - Chinese gay man living in Hong Kong & Cantopop artist who first became known as the vocalist for Cantopop duo “Tat Ming Pair” in the 80s. In 2012 he publicly came out, saying “I’m gay. I’m a homosexual. G-A-Y.” He has also worked as a DJ, a solo singer, and a music producer and founded the production company “People Mountain People Sea.”
Ataru Nakumura - Japanese trans woman & Jpop Idol who began writing songs at a very young age. Her single “Tomodachi no Uta” deals with her struggling with her sexuality and feelings for her close friend. She wrote that song when she was just 14 and it was the first song she ever wrote!
EXO-CHIKA (Aural Vampire) - Bisexual Japanese woman belonging to the Darkwave group “Aural Vampire.” AV is led by her and RAVEMAN, with EXO-CHIKA supplying the vocals. She’s stated that she is bisexual in multiple interviews but due to the fact that I dont speak Japanese, i can’t find which ones or link them.
Harisu - Korean trans woman, Kpop Idol, model, and actress. Her stage name is inspired by the english phrase “Hot Issue” and she certainly is. On December 13th 2002 she became only the second person in the Republic of Korea to legally have their sex corrected and changed. Her music has been described as “Techno-flavored Kpop.”
Holland - Korean gay man & Kpop Idol. Holland became widely known on tumblr and other social medias as the “first gay kpop idol.” He released his first song “Neverland” in early 2018 and released a very gay music video to accompany it.
Hurong Giang - Vietnamese trans woman & pop musician. In 2012 she became the first transgender person to participate in the Vietnamese Idol music talent contest and made it to the final 4 contestant group and in 2013 she released her first album. In 2018 she was crowned Miss Transgender International in Thailand.
Moga Mogami - bisexual Japanese woman & Jpop musician who was formerly a member of the female Idol group “Dempagumi.inc”. She came out in 2017 and is focusing on her solo career right now!
MRSHLL - Korean gay man & R&B musician. He is known as the first Korean musician to come out and debut in Korea, although Holland was the first Korean gay Idol. His album “breathe” is amazing.
Secret Guyz - Japanese J-pop group consisting of all transgender men. they made their debut in 2013 with the single “HugXHug” and have some awesome and very creative videos.
Venus Flytrap - Thai 2005 pop group consisting of five transgender women. They were the first all transgender group in Thailand with a recording contract!
