is a Japanese TV announcer employed by

TV Asahi JOEX-DTV (channel 5), branded as (also known as EX and and stylized as TV asahi), is a television station that is owned and operated by the subsidiary of certified broadcasting holding company , itself controlled by The Asahi Shimbun Compan ...

. She specializes in

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programs.

Life and career

Hironaka attended Keio Chutobu Junior High School, Keio Girls Senior High School, and graduated with a degree in

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at the Faculty of Law at

Keio University , mottoeng = The pen is mightier than the sword , type = Private research coeducational higher education institution , established = 1858 , founder = Yukichi Fukuzawa , endowmen ...

. She was a part of the

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club and

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club in high school. In university, she was the manager of the

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team, and during this time she was also working part-time as a home tutor. She was employed by

on April 1, 2013, in the

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department. However, she soon transferred to the TV announcer department and debuted as an announcer within the same year. On October 18, 2013, Hironaka replaced Yoshie Takeuchi as the assistant MC on the long running music program ''

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'', continuing her tenure there until September 17, 2018, when she graduated from the show. She has been the assistant MC on ''Geki Rea-san o Tsurete Kita'' alongside Masayasu Wakabayashi since 2016 and makes occasional appearances as the assistant MC on various variety shows such as ''

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''. On September 30, 2022, she announced her marriage. On May 31, 2023, she announced her pregnancy.

References

External links

Ayaka Hironaka Official Profile
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* Japanese television personalities Living people 1991 births People from Kanagawa Prefecture Keio University alumni TV Asahi {{Japan-bio-stub