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Tao Okamoto

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    Nationality
    Japanese
    Birth Date
    May 22, 1987
    Lives Now
    New York, NY
    Status
    Rising star
    Known for
    Hair, Legs
    Agencies
    Supreme
    Friends
    Anne Watanabe, Ai Tominaga, Ranya Mordanova, Rose Cordero, Daul Kim

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    Tao Okamoto's Career Highlights

    22 MAY, 1987
    Born in Tokyo, Japan
    2006
    Signs with Elite
    OCT 2006
    Debuts at the spring Emanuel Ungaro and Martin Grant shows in Paris
    NOV 2006
    Appears in Jalouse editorial
    FEB 2007
    Debuts at New York Fashion Week for the fall Cynthia Steffe and Marc by Marc Jacobs shows
    2007
    Appears in Dolce & Gabbana spring look book
    MAY 2007
    Appears in Italian Glamour editorial
    2007
    Peter Lindbergh photographs Okamoto for the Moschino fall ad campaign
    SEP 2007
    Opens the spring Julien Macdonald show in London
    OCT 2007
    Walks the spring Yves Saint Laurent show in Paris
    FEB 2008
    Closes the fall Roksanda Ilincic show in London
    SEP 2008
    Skips Fashion Week
    FEB 2009
    Reemerges, opening the fall 3.1 phillip lim show in New York
    MAR 2009
    Style.com features Okamoto as a rising star Story»
    AUG 2009
    Appears in editorials for Dazed & Confused and French Vogue
    2009
    Becomes one of the faces of Ralph Lauren
    SEP 2009
    Appears in editorials for Harper's Bazaar, Dazed & Confused, i-D, and Allure
    SEP 2009
    Teen Vogue features Okamoto as a rising star
    OCT 2009
    Appears in French Vogue editorial, photographed by Francois Nars
    NOV 2009
    Japanese Vogue dedicates an issue to Okamoto