Model Yano Shiho has revealed that a recent menopause health check uncovered a suspected uterine fibroid measuring around 4 centimeters, a finding she says she has lived with quietly for a decade.
Shiho shared the news in a video posted on her personal YouTube channel, titled “50살 야노시호의 갱년기 검사 (ft. 건강검진, 폐경 위기(?))” — roughly, “50-Year-Old Yano Shiho’s Menopause Checkup.” Korean outlet Herald Muse reported on the video on November 10.
In the video, Shiho explained that turning 50 prompted her to get checked for menopause. “I’m a little worried about menopause. Honestly, I’ve never really felt it,” she said, adding that since passing 50 she had started to notice changes: her body feeling heavy, feeling hot, and her menstrual cycle becoming irregular.
She had undergone a general health check in March that found no major problems, she said, but that check did not include menopause screening — and she had never had an MRI before. This time, she decided to undergo both.
The checkup began with a questionnaire and consent forms in the waiting room, followed by basic tests, blood work, and an MRI. When medical staff told her “one finding came up” from the results, Shiho was visibly startled, asking, “There is?” Staff then explained that the MRI showed signs consistent with a uterine fibroid in part of her uterus.
Shiho responded that the fibroid was not new to her at all. “Actually, the fibroid has been there for 10 years,” she said. At the time it was first found, it was so small that doctors advised only watchful monitoring. Asked how large it is now, she was told it measures roughly 4 centimeters.
Medical staff reassured her that the size is not considered very large, but explained that once a fibroid passes 3 centimeters, regular follow-up monitoring becomes necessary. They advised her to get checked at least once a year going forward.
Shiho is a longtime model and the wife of mixed martial arts fighter Choo Sung-hoon. The video documents the full checkup process, from the waiting room paperwork to the moment she hears the results.
No treatment plan was mentioned in the video or the report, with the focus instead on continued monitoring. For now, Shiho’s plan is the one her doctors recommended: a checkup at least once a year to keep track of the fibroid’s size.
