is a Japanese glamour

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. In June 2004, she became the second Japanese-born ''

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Career

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 ''

. 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

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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

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s in the calendar, only Oshima and

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appeared in painted-on bikinis. She has also been listed as a Photo Production Coordinator in various issues of ''Playboy Special Editions''.

Appearances

Prior to her Playmate appearance, Oshima appeared in the music video for Nelly's " Shake Ya Tailfeather". She also appeared in several episodes of ''

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'' reality show on the E! network. She was cast as herself in the 2008 motion picture ''

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'', and was also in the 2009 motion picture ''

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''. Oshima has also appeared in the television comedy series ''

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'', the Beyoncé-

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video for their single "

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", and in 2013, the comedy feature film ''Dealin' With Idiots'' and the 2015 motion picture ''

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

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. In 2017, she was featured in MGMT's music video for the song " Little Dark Age".

Personal life

Oshima was born and raised in

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, then later moved to the U.S. She has a degree in

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and lived in Miami Beach, Florida, US prior to modeling for ''Playboy''. She is in a relationship with the New Zealand singer-songwriter

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; the couple have one daughter.

Appearances in ''Playboy'' Calendars

* ''Playboy's 2005 Playmate Calendar'' - August 2005 * ''Playboy's 2006 Playmate Calendar'' - July 2006

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oshima, Hiromi American Playboy Playmates of Asian descent People from Tokyo 2000s Playboy Playmates Japanese emigrants to the United States Living people Year of birth missing (living people)