Washington Spirit‘s Kuymi Yokoyama came out as transgender in an interview on her former Japan teammate Yūki Nagasato‘s Youtube channel. This announcement makes Yokoyama one of the highest-profile names in Japanese sports to come out as transgender. Yokoyama said living in Germany and the United States played a major role in her decision to go public. “I’ve dated several women over the years but I had to stay closeted in Japan,” Yokoyama said in the interview translated by The Japan Times. “In Japan I’d always be asked if I had a boyfriend, but [in the United States] I’m asked if I have a boyf...