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Sharon Cohen ((ヘブライ語:שרון כהן)), professionally known as Dana International (), born Yaron Cohen () is an Israeli pop singer of Yemenite Jewish ancestry. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums, positioning herself as one of Israel's most successful musical acts ever. She is best known as the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Diva". Assigned male at birth, Sharon discovered that she was transgender at an early age, and came out as a trans woman when she was 13. She underwent sex reassignment surgery in 1993 and in that year released her first album, ''Danna International'', basing her subsequent stage name on it. After consolidating her initial commercial success with the albums ''Umpatampa'' (1994) and ''Maganuna'' (1996), she was selected in 1998 to represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Diva". Placing first at the international competition, she came to public attention throughout Europe. Dana following up this success with the albums ''Free'' (1999), ''Yoter VeYoter'' (2001), ''HaHalom HaEfshari'' (2002) and ''Hakol Ze Letova'' (2008), she represented Israel in Eurovision a second time in 2011, this time with the song "Ding Dong", which failed to make it into the final. The same year, she became a judge on the Israeli television music talent contest ''Kokhav Nolad''.〔(Nikia Brown proceeds in Kochav Nolad ). Jerusalem Post〕 Dana International has been credited with being one of the world's best known trans women. ==Early life== Sharon Cohen was born in Tel Aviv to a Jewish family of Yemenite and Romanian descent. In an interview, she said her grandfather originated from Transylvania (Romania). Her paternal grandparents lived in Petah Tikva. She was the youngest of three children, and was named after an uncle who had been killed during a terrorist attack. Though assigned male at birth, she identified as female from a very young age. She wanted to become a singer since the age of eight, when she watched Israeli singer Ofra Haza perform her song "Chai" in the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest. Although the family was quite poor, her mother worked to pay for her music lessons, and she stated that her childhood was happy. She came out as transgender at the age of 13. Dana International took her stage name from a feminized version of a childhood friend Daniel, who died in a car accident. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dana International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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