Kodo Nishimura is a Buddhist monk, Makeup Artist, LGBTQ Activist, and Model. He was born in Tokyo in 1989. He graduated from the Parsons School of Design in New York. After graduating, he started to thrive as a makeup artist, working behind the scenes of Miss Universe and NY Fashion Week. In 2015, Kodo trained to be a monk and was certified by the Pure Land school. He rose to fame following his appearance in Queer Eye: We're in Japan. He spoke at the United Nations Population Fund, Yale University, and Stanford University as an LGBTQ activist, which attracted wide coverage on the likes of CNN and the BBC. He was selected by TIME magazine as a Next Generation Leader. His book This Monk Wears Heels is available in English and will be published in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Estonian. His mission is to empower all people sharing Buddhist wisdom with a touch of makeup.

僧侶 / メイクアップアーティスト/ LGBTQ活動家/ モデル - 西村 宏堂

1989年東京生まれ。NYのパーソンズ美術大学を卒業。ミス・ユニバース世界大会やNYファッションウィークなどでメイクを行い、世界的に高い評価を得る。2015年に浄土宗の僧侶となる。LGBTQ活動家として、国連人口基金本部、イェール大学、スタンフォード大学、増上寺などで講演を行う。日本語、英語、スペイン語を操り、NHK、 米CNN、英BBCをはじめとする国内外のメディアに取り上げられ、Netflix番組「Queer Eye」にも出演。2021年にTIME誌「Next Generation Leaders」に選出された。著書に『正々堂々 私が好きな私で生きていいんだ』がある。英語の著書 "This Monk Wears Heels" を出版。同著を独語、仏語、伊語、西語、エストニア語で出版予定。