In 2009, she was one of the faces of Ralph Lauren. Ben Arogundade's book, 'Black Beauty', is out now.Description: Japanese actress and model. It is the beginning of a trend that looks set to intensify. As the East Asian nations grow in economic power, producing a constant stream of wealthy new customers in its wake, the entertainment industry has responded in reflecting the aesthetic of these new entrants. Like many other stars of modelling and movies, Okamoto’s success is not simply down to talent, but also timing. The couple were married in Switzerland on May 1, 2016, with Tao wearing a gown by Philip Lim. In 2014 they featured as boyfriend and girlfriend in an ad campaign for Banana Republic clothing. More recently she has been dating Tenzin Wild, co-editor-in-chief of The Last Magazine. “He was very jealous that I liked Hugh Jackman so much,” she recalled. The 30 year old once confessed that when she was younger she had an English boyfriend while studying as an exchange student, and that he was less than comfortable with her interest in Jackman. When it comes to her personal life, Okamoto has been cagey about boyfriends. Since then she has appeared in the TV series, Hannibal, and the movie, Batman vs Superman: Dawn Of Justice, opposite Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck. Her breakthrough Hollywood film role came in 2013 when she starred as the character Mariko Yashida, Hugh Jackman’s love interest, in The Wolverine, which saw our hero travel to Japan to train with a samurai warrior. In 2009 the Japanese native became the face of Ralph Lauren, and in November of that year Vogue Nippon (Japan) dedicated a whole issue to her. “I thought he was joking when he first told me.” From there on, Tao has gone from strength to strength, working for fashion designers such as Alexander McQueen, Givenchy, Emporio Armani, D&G, Tommy Hilfiger, Kenzo, Kenneth Cole, Gap and Benetton. It led to her being cast in dozens of shows, most notably that of Chinese-American designer Phillip Lim, who liked her cut so much that he decided that all the girls in his fall 2009 show should sport the same hairdo. The distinctive feature that catalysed her success at that time was her hair - a beautiful Vidal Sassoon-style black bowl-cut bob, last seen on Sixties supermodel Peggy Moffitt. TAO'S REACHES MODEL HEIGHTS IN NEW YORKīut it was when she moved to New York in 2007 that Tao rapidly became a designer’s favourite, initially doing runway for Marc Jacobs, plus a Moschino ad campaign shot by Peter Lindbergh. After being taken on, at just 14-years-old, Tao, as she is now better known, worked in Japan for five years before moving to France in 2006, where she made her debut on the Paris runways for Ungaro and Martin Grant. They advised her to get herself a good agent, and so she sent some pictures of herself to a local model agency. “Then I thought like, oh, maybe I can do something to use my height and looks.” TAO OKAMOTO RISESīorn on in Chiba, Japan, Tao Okamoto, plucked off the street like countless other beauties before her, sought the approval of her parents - both ex-actors - before she took the plunge. “When I was in junior high I was walking down the street and this guy just came to me,” she recounted to. THE STORY OF HOW Tao Okamoto found FASHION modelling is a classic.
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