is a Japanese freelance announcer, fashion model, ''
tarento'', and actress. She is a former
Fuji Television
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today is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially b ...
announcer from 2017 to 2022.
Biography
Akiko Kuji was born in
Ōshū, Iwate.
She has the height of .
She spent 18 years in Iwate Prefecture from her birth to her high school graduation.
She is a graduate from Mizusawa High School and
Aoyama Gakuin University Department of Economics.
In 2013 she entered the entertainment industry.
In March 2014, she was selected in the ''Asahi Kasei Group Campaign Model 2014''.
There was PR work from Ōshū city after this. In July, she debuted as an actress in a television drama in ''
Kin Kyori Renai: Season Zero''.
In August she was selected in the Grand Prix at the 45th
non-no
is a Japanese women's fashion and lifestyle magazine published by Shueisha. The magazine is headquartered in Tokyo.
''Men's Non-no'', targeted for a male demographic, was first published in 1987.
History
The magazine was established as a fortn ...
model audition and became a magazine exclusive model from the November 2014 issue until April 2017. Until she graduated from college she belonged to Illume (Incent).
In April 2017 she joined Fuji Television as an announcer.
On 30 April 2022, she officially left Fuji Television as an announcer. On 1 May, she became an freelance announcer. She also made a comeback to entertainment industry as an fashion model, ''tarento'', and actress. She rejoined with her agency during college era to Incent.
Personal life
Kuji is familiar with English from a young age due to the influence of her mother who was a high school teacher in English.
On 26 May 2022, Kuji announced her engagement to professional basketball player
Yuta Watanabe
is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball in the United States for the George Washington Colonials, becoming the first Japanese-born student at ...
. At the same time, they announced their marriage.
Filmography
Freelance announcer era
Current appearance programmes
Fuji TV announcer era
Television appearances
Films
Modelling era
TV programmes
Television advertisements
Advertising
TV dramas
Runways
Bibliography
Magazine serialisations
References
External links
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Japanese female models
Japanese gravure models
21st-century Japanese actresses
Japanese announcers
Japanese cheerleaders
Aoyama Gakuin University alumni
People from Ōshū, Iwate
Models from Iwate Prefecture
1994 births
Living people