biography of Hiromi Oshima

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Personal details
June 2004
Preceded by	Nicole Whitehead
Succeeded by	Stephanie Glasson
Born	January 6, 1980 (age 45)^[1] Tokyo, Japan
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)

Hiromi Oshima

(大島浩美,オオシマ・ヒロミ, Ōshima Hiromi) is a Japanese glamour model. In June 2004, she became the second Japanese-born Playboy Playmate.

Modeling

Oshima was relocating to Miami Beach from Playa del Carmen, Mexico where she was living and working. Through a mutual acquaintance, she met Playboy photographer, Jarmo Pohjaniemi. Oshima stated in her Playmate appearance interview, "I could never have been a model in Japan. I would be considered too busty." After her discovery, she was brought to California for a test shoot as a candidate for The 50th Anniversary Playmate Hunt in the December 2003 Playboy, her first magazine appearance was the pictorial of models auditioning.

In addition to her Anniversary Playmate search pictorial, she also made several appearances in other Playboy editions. Oshima was the covergirl of the 2003 Playboy Special Editions Exotic Beauties and she has also starred in a number of Playboy videos.

In June 2004, she became the second Japanese-born Playboy Playmate. The first Japanese-born Playmate was Lieko English who appeared in the June 1971 issue of Playboy.

She appeared in the 2005 Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion swimsuit calendar as the January calendar girl. The calendar was the inaugural Playmates at Play calendar and was shot on the grounds of the Playboy Mansion in 2004. It was the magazine's first attempt at creating a non-nude swimsuit calendar featuring Playmates similar in style with those from the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. While all Playmates appeared in bikinis in the calendar, only Oshima and Karen McDougal appeared in painted-on bikinis. She has also been listed as a Photo Production Coordinator in various issues of Playboy Special Editions.

Appearances

Before her Playmate appearance, Oshima appeared in the music video for Nelly's single "Shake Ya Tailfeather". She also appeared in several episodes of The Girls Next Door reality show on the E! network. She was cast as herself in the comedy movie The House Bunny (2008), and was also in the sci-fi movie Race to Witch Mountain (2009). Oshima has also appeared in the television sitcom Community, the Beyoncé-Lady Gaga music video for their single "Telephone", and in 2013, the comedy feature film Dealin' with Idiots and the romantic comedy The Wedding Ringer (2015).

In 2011, Oshima was featured in a print ad/billboard advertising campaign for Virgin America.

In 2017, she was featured in the music video for the song "Little Dark Age" by the rock band MGMT.

Personal life

Oshima was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, then later moved to the United States. She has a degree in Communications and lived in Miami Beach, Florida, before to modeling for Playboy. She is in a relationship with the New Zealand singer-songwriter Connan Mockasin; the couple have one daughter.

Do you have to visit the mansion?

I don't have to, but if I want to, I can. All I have to do is tell them I'm coming, and they'll accommodate me.

Do you get noticed now?

Yeah, sometimes. All I can say is thank you for talking to me! I like that people know who I am and are brave enough to come up to me. I don't get that too much so I appreciate it.

Where can a person find you?

You can check my Web site for updates. But when I'm in Los Angeles I'm usually hanging out with my friends in Hermosa Beach. If I were to live [in California], I'd live there.

So if you could chose to live anywhere ...

It would be Los Angeles or Tokyo. It has to be a big city. I like New York but it gets too cold in the winter. I love snow but not that much.

Before you were a model what did you do?

I worked at American restaurants, like steakhouses or diners, in Japan to help me learn English. I was forced to study the language because the foreigners couldn't speak Japanese. I could have gone to school, but I preferred to make money while learning the language.

What would you have been if you had never modeled?

I would have been working for an advertising company making commercials. I actually wanted to do these things really bad. After I posed for Playboy I asked the photographer to give me a chance to be his producer. They noticed that I did well and so they still continue to hire me.

Biography

Deliciously lithe, busty, and enticing brunette knockout Hiromi Oshima was born on January 6, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan. Oshima has a B.A. in communications and speaks fluent English, Spanish, and Japanese. She eventually moved to Miami Beach, Florida and first tried out for "Playboy" magazine scouts for the 50th Anniversary Playmate Hunt. After posing for a couple of newsstand special editions and being featured in a pictorial in the December, 2003 issue of the famous men's magazine, Hiromi was chosen to be the Playmate of the Month for June, 2004. Oshima has the distinction of being the first Japanese woman to be a Playmate. She went on to pose for a few more newsstand special editions and has appeared in several "Playboy" videos. Moreover, Hiromi was the January girl in the 2005 "Playmates at Play at the Playboy Mansion" swimsuit calendar. Outside of modeling, Oshima has also worked as a photo production coordinator, stylist, and producer for a number of magazine covers and photo shoots. She appeared as herself both in the comedy film "The House Bunny" and on the realty TV series "The Girls Next Door." Hiromi is featured in the music video for "Shake Ya Tailfeather" by Nelly, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, and Murphy Lee. She has small roles in the movies "Bchelor Party 2: The Last Temptation" and "Race to Witch Mountain."

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