Soccer player Shiho Shimoyamada has been encouraged by the response she has received since she became Japan’s first openly gay professional athlete in February last year. Now, with this summer’s Tokyo Olympics focusing the world’s sporting attention on Japan, she is hoping that attitudes towards LGBT people in her home country can continue to evolve. "People will see that LGBT athletes are just like any other athletes," Shimoyamada said. Read the full interview with the link in our bio. 📸 @miura.yoshiaki . . . . . . #Japan #Tokyo #Tokyo2020 #Olympics #sports #soccer #news #lgbt #japantimes #日本 #東京 #五輪 #オリンピック #スポーツ #サッカー #ジャパンタイムズ #⚽️

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