KODO
NISHIMURA
NISHIMURA
BUDDHIST MONK /
MAKEUP ARTIST
僧侶 / メイクアップアーティスト
西村 宏堂 オフィシャルサイト
Let your heart be the
torch, follow where it
directs you.

I am an artist who liberates people. The change in your heart is my art.
I am an artist who liberates people. The change in your heart is my art.

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: Be Who You Are was published in Japanese, English, 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。2020年に日本語の著書『正々堂々 私が好きな私で生きていいんだ』、2022年に英語の”This Monk Wears Heels ”を出版。ドイツ語にも翻訳され、さらにフランス語、イタリア語、スペイン語、エス トニア語でも出版予定。


This Monk
Wears Heels
BE WHO YOU ARE
Kodo Nishimura rose to fame following his appearance in Queer Eye: We're in Japan. Now this celebrity make-up artist and ordained Buddhist monk shares his unique and practical guide to positivity and self-acceptance. Readers will learn from the author's path to self-love and resilience and modern take on Buddhist teachings.
- "This Monk Wears Heels" Published on 2022 by Watkins Publishing
- "正々堂々 私が好きな私で生きていいんだ" Published on 2020
by Sunmark Publishing - Der Mönch in High Heels
by Droemer Knaur - Un Moine En Talons Aiguilles
by Guy Trédaniel - TBD
by Sinisukk - TBD
by Ubiliber - TBD
by Editorial Profit


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