“It is better, both for me, and for the people I care about, including my fans, to live life authentically than to live a life never accepting who I truly am,” the star wrote in an Inst…
to announce the news to the rest of his fans who were unable to attend the event. “To all my fans, today was a very special day for me,” he wrote. “For years, I struggled to accept a part of myself … but now, after all I have been through, I finally have the courage to open up to you about something. I am a gay man.”
Acknowledging that for a long time he “could not even say it” to himself, the J-pop singer said that he eventually accepted who he was and decided to share his truth with the world. “I’ve come to realize it is better, both for me, and for the people I care about, including my fans, to live life authentically than to live a life never accepting who I truly am,” he wrote., which debuted in 2005 and went on hiatus in 2021.
Along with revealing that he would be releasing the full footage of his speech from the fan event on Thursday , Atae closed his Instagram post by thanking his fans for their unwavering support throughout his career. “When I think of my work in the entertainment industry and the many things for which I am grateful, it is my relationship with my fans that first comes to mind,” he wrote. I thank you guys from the bottom of my heart for standing beside me over the years.
Check out Shinjiro Atae’s full Instagram post, as well as his music video for “Into the Light,” below:
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