This is a list of
announcers on
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
ese television and radio.
TV Stations in Tokyo
Nippon Television
JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed su ...
Network Corporation - NTV
* Men
** Tomonori Yamashita
** Takahiko Fujii, host of morning show "Zoom-In Saturday!".
** Shinichi Hatori, host of morning show "Zoom-In Super!" and cast of some variety show.
** Masashi Funakoshi
* Women
** Mika Takanishi
** Yukari Nishio, host of morning show "Zoom-In Super!".
** Noriko Baba, co-host of reality show "The Sekai-gyoten News".
**
Tomoyo Shibata, wife of
Boston Red Sox
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...
player
Daisuke Matsuzaka
is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, who pitched professionally for 23 seasons, 16 of them in NPB, 7 in MLB. He is currently a baseball color commentator, critic, reporter, and YouTuber. Daisuke is nicknamed in Japan and "Dice-K ...
** Asami Miura
Tokyo Broadcasting System
formerly is a Japanese media and licensed broadcasting holding company. It is the parent company of the television network and radio network . It has a 28-affiliate television network called JNN (Japan News Network), as well as a 34-affili ...
, Inc. - TBS
* Men
** Ayumi Akaogi
** Toshiyuki Doi, co-host of morning show "Watch!" and sports commentator.
** Tadahiko Sako, co-anchor of "NEWS23 with Tetsuya Chikushi".
** Shinichiro Azumi
** Hiroki Ando, cast of Sunday daytime show "Akko ni Omakase".
* Women
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Maya Kobayashi
is a Japanese journalist.
Biography
Kobayashi was born in Tokyo on July 12, 1979. She graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University
is a private Christian university in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Originally established in 1874 by missionaries ...
, entertainment news anchor of "Watch!" and cast of cooking show "Saturday Night Chubou".
** Ikumi Kimura, co-host of morning show "Watch!".
** Hiroko Ogura, co-anchor of "JNN News Forest, The Evening News" (Present: "JNN Evening News").
** Tomoko Kubota, co-host of game show "Amazing Animals".
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Mai Demizu
is a female TBS announcer, television presenter, and newscaster. She is nicknamed as Demi-chan(デミちゃん) and Demicchan (でみっちゃん). Her hobbies are watching sports, gourmet tour, watching theater, playing golf, and running. She ...
, co-host of game show "Sekai Fushigi Hakken!" and political talk show "Jijihōdan".
** Akiyo Yoshida, co-host of medical program "Last Minute Doctor!"
Fuji Television
JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba
today is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially b ...
Network, Inc. - CX
Men
** Tetsuo Suda, co-anchor on evening news program "FNN Supernews".
** Kenji Kawabata, co-anchor on daytime news program "FNN Speak".
** Tetsuo Nagasaka, sports announcer.
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Masaharu Miyake, sports announcer (
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
,
martial arts
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,
Formula One
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,
volleyball
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).
** Tsuneo Shiobara, Formula One announcer.
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Toshihiro Ito
Toshihiro is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Toshihiro can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:
*敏弘, "agile, vast"
*敏宏, "agile, wide"
*敏浩, "agile, wide"
*敏博, "agile, docto ...
, Formula One announcer, a narrator on "Nep League".
** Yutaka Hasegawa, sports commentator, Formula One announcer.
*2001
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Hiroki Okada
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Tomoya Morishita
Tomoya is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Tomoya can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:
*友也, "friend, to be"
*友矢, "friend, arrow"
*友哉, "friend, how (interrogative particle) ...
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Kazuhiro Watanabe
Kazuhiro is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Kazuhiro Fujita, Japanese manga artist
*Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Japanese anime director and supervisor
*Kazuhiro Hamanaka, professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighte ...
*2002
**
Takuya Watanabe
Takuya is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Takuya Asanuma (born 1971), Japanese guitarist and former member of Judy and Mary who performs as "TAKUYA"
* Takuya Eguchi, Japanese voice actor
*, Japanese long-dis ...
*2003
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Daiki Tanaka
is a Japanese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Alvark Tokyo club of the B.League in Japan.
He represented Japan's national basketball team at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup
The 2017 FIBA Asia Cup (formerly known as the FIBA ...
*2004
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Taisei Kurata Taisei may refer to:
* , a historical Japanese name for the "Far West", aka Europe
*Taisei (given name)
*Taisei (Ryukyu), a chief of the Ryūkyū Islands
*Taisei Corporation, a construction company
*Taisei Yokusankai
The , or Imperial Aid Ass ...
*2005
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Yusho Tabuchi
Women
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Yumi Masuda
is the Japanese term for a bow. As used in English, refers more specifically to traditional Japanese asymmetrical bows, and includes the longer and the shorter used in the practice of and , or Japanese archery.
The was an important weap ...
*2000
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Yaeko Umezu
Yaeko is a female Japanese given name.
People
*, Ainu waka poet and evangelist.
*, Japanese nurse, wife of Joseph Hardy Neesima
*, Japanese novelist
*, Japanese volleyball player
*, Japanese woman kidnapped by North Korea
* Yaeko Uehara, a geiko ...
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Maya Masai
Maya may refer to:
Civilizations
* Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America
** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples
** Maya language, the languages of the Maya peoples
* Maya (Ethiopia), a populat ...
*2001
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Sayaka Morimoto
is a feminine Japanese given name.
People with the name
*Sayaka Aida (born 1975), Japanese voice actress
*, Japanese swimmer
*Sayaka Akimoto (born 1988), Japanese idol, singer, dancer, actress, television host, and model
*Sayaka Ando (born 1981), ...
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Aya Takashima - called "Ayapan"
*2002
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Hitomi Nakamura Hitomi may refer to:.
People
* Hitomi (given name), a feminine Japanese given name
* Hitomi (voice actress) (born 1967), Japanese voice actress
* Hitomi (singer) (born 1976, as Hitomi Furuya), Japanese singer and songwriter
* Hitomi Nabatame (b ...
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Minako Nakano
is a Japanese feminine given name. Minako can be written using different kanji characters:
*美奈子, "beauty, apple tree, child"
*美那子, "beauty, unknown, child" or "beauty, child"
*美菜子, "beauty, (green) vegetable, child"
*美名子, ...
*2003
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Saori Ishimoto
Saori (written: 沙織, 早織, 佐織, 砂織, 沙保里, 沙緒里, 紗央里, 紗央莉, 左多里 or さおり in hiragana) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Saori (television personality) (born 1981), ...
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Tsubasa Nagano
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Yoko Tobe
*2004
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Maasa Takahashi - reporter of "FNN Supernews Weekend".
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Maiko Saito
*2005
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Reiko Endo
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Rio Hirai - Former TV personality "OHA-GIRL Banana"
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 ...
Corporation - EX
* Men
** Masahiro Sasaki
** Tomonoshin Kokubo
** Naoki Tsuboi, co-anchor of evening news "ANN Super J Channel".
** Shinichiro Kawamatsu
* Women
** Mayumi Kawase, anchor of ANN News.
** Sayaka Shimohira
** Emi Takeuchi, sports anchor of nightly news program "Houdou Station".
** Mariko Doh, host of live music show "Music Station" with Tamori.
TV Tokyo
JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as and known colloquially as , is a television station headquartered in the Sumitomo Fudosan Roppongi Grand Tower in Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, owned and operated by the subsidiary of listed certified b ...
Corporation - TX
* Men
** Masaru Akahira
** Tomoki Uekusa
* Women
** Akiko Sasaki, co-anchor of evening news "TXN NewsEye".
** Masumi Chihara
Radio Stations in Tokyo
Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Inc. - QR
* Men
** Naomasa Terashima
** Hideaki Oota
** Kunimaru Nomura
* Women
** Junko Suzuki
** Kana Mizutani
** Chiho Fujiki
Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc. - LF
* Men
** Takashi Tsukagoshi
** Ryohei Sakuraba
** Hideo Matsumoto
** Hisanori Yoshida
** Kohji Iida
* Women
** Eriko Nasu
** Sakaya Masuyama
** Yumi Tashiro
** Yoshiko Kawano
** Mayuko Yamamoto
** Noriko Tomita
** Tomohide Shimbo
Local Broadcasting Stations
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Toshifumi Takeshima (
Akita Television),
play-by-play
In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real-time commentary of a game or event, usually during a live broadcast, traditionally delivered in the historical present tense. Radio was ...
announcer for the
Akita Northern Happinets
*Yuichi Uwaizumi (
Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc. (MBS)), on "Seyanen!".
*Saki Yagi (MBS), appearing on "Chichin Pui Pui", a news anchor.
*Hiroko Matsukawa (MBS), appearing on "Chichin Pui Pui"
*Hiroshi Shibata (
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC))
*Ukari Kita (ABC), an assistant of "Ohayo Asahi desu" (Good morning. This is ABC.).
*Hiroyuki Yamamoto (
Kansai Telecasting Corporation (KTV)), host of "Nambo de Nambo" and "Supernews Anchor".
*Yuzuru Okayasu (KTV), a news anchor.
*Yasuo Toyota (KTV), a news anchor.
*Tetsushi Baba (KTV), a sports announcer (horse racing, baseball, and Osaka International Ledies Marathon)
*Keiko Fujimoto (KTV)
*Natsumi Sugimoto (KTV)
*Anna Kobayashi (
Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation (ytv))
*Takashi Miura (ytv), appearing on "Zoom-In Super", "Narutomo!", and an announcer on "Japan International Birdman Rally"
*Toshiharu Harada (
Osaka Broadcasting Corporation (OBC, Radio Osaka))
*Toshihiko Fujii (
Chukyo TV. Broadcasting Co., Ltd. (CTV))
*Others
Former announcers
*Free lance announcers
**Name (belonged stations)
**Akira Fukuzawa (NTV)- host of game show "Maka-joshiki no Ana" (NTV) and comedy show "Enta no Kamisama" (NTV). Also co-anchor of newsmagazine "Bankisha" (NTV) and sports commentator.
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Masataka Itsumi (FTN) - died while an active free announcer
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Mino Monta
, born , is a Japanese television presenter. Mino is recognized by the ''Guinness World Records'' as being the TV host with the most hours of live TV appearances in a week (22 hours, 15 seconds), as of April 2008. This breaks his earlier 2006 rec ...
(QR) - host of "Mino Monta no Asazuba" (TBS), "Omoikkiri TV" (NTV), "Groovy After School MAX!" (TBS), "Amazing Animals" (TBS), etc.
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Etsuko Komiya
was a Japanese sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. ...
(EX) - a news anchor at TV Asahi.
**Shohei Kuwabara (KTV) - narrator on "Go! Go! Gulliver-kun".
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Kyoko Uchida (CX) - ex co-anchor of late-night sports news "Sport" and host of some variety shows.
*Others
**Name (belonged stations)
**Jun'ichi Sumi (MBS) - one of three hosts of "Chichin Pui Pui".
**Shio Chino (CX) - called "Chinopan".
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Sosuke Sumitani
Sōsuke Sumitani (炭谷 宗佑 ''Sumitani Sōsuke'', January 14, 1980 in Tokyo) is a Japanese announcer for Nippon Television. He was known for his good looks and was the sports announcer on various shows, slowly becoming a household name. Sumita ...
(NTV) - he worked as a reporter of
Dotch Cooking Show
The (April 17, 1997 – March 17, 2005) was a Japanese cooking show produced by the Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation and known for its use of the highest quality and most expensive food ingredients available from both domestic and international so ...
(Produced by ytv) but fired after he was found to have filmed up a schoolgirl's skirt using a mobile
camera phone
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