Ikumi Yoshimatsu
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| Born | (1987-06-21) 21 June 1987 (age 36) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Title | Miss International Japan 2012 Miss International 2012 |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
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Ikumi Yoshimatsu (吉松 育美, Yoshimatsu Ikumi, born 21 June 1987) is a Japanese actress, stunt woman, book author, opinion leader, social activist and beauty queen who was crowned Miss International 2012inOkinawa.[1] It was Japan's first Miss International win in the 52-year history of the pageant.[2][3][4][5]
In 2014, she was intimidated or criticized by Japanese nationalist or right-wing groups for speaking about in support of the comfort women issues and has been an outspoken leader for women's rights issues.[6]
Yoshimatsu started the "STALKER-ZERO" campaign to introduce strict new laws to protect victims of stalking and intimidation in Japan, after becoming the first [citation needed] high-profile woman to go public with her own personal experience in an international press conference.
She was a featured presenter at Ted Talks where she advocated for stronger laws to protecting women in Japan.[7]
Ikumi started the Global Student Diplomacy Network in 2015 to connect elementary and middle school classrooms from various countries with each other by Skype for cultural exchange. The first exchange featured special guest Peter YarrowofPeter Paul and Mary and the governor of Saga Prefecture, Yasushi Furukawa.[8]"
She obtained a degree in education and international education at the University of the Sacred HeartinTokyo, Japan.
Ikumi is both an actress and stunt double for Tao Okamoto in three episodes of the HBO series Westworld[9]" She is also acting in Michael Bay's Netflix movie 6 Underground[10]" Ikumi has been cast to star in, and is currently filming the 10 episode, international action thriller series, LightStinger[11]" Ikumi starred as the lead actress in Nico Santucci's movie Sarogeto[12] starring alongside Winsor Harmon and Eric Roberts.
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| Preceded by | Miss International 2012 |
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| Preceded by Nagomi Murayama |
Miss International Japan 2012 |
Succeeded by Yukiko Takahashi |
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