is a Japanese female announcer for
NHK
, also known as NHK, is a Japanese public broadcaster. NHK, which has always been known by this romanized initialism in Japanese, is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee.
NHK operates two terrestr ...
. She was born in
Miyagi Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 2,305,596 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Miyagi Prefecture borders Iwate Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the nort ...
,
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 ...
.
Career
Graduating from
Hosei University
is a private university based in Tokyo, Japan.
The university originated in a school of law, Tōkyō Hōgakusha (, i.e. Tokyo association of law), established in 1880, and the following year renamed Tōkyō Hōgakkō (, i.e. Tokyo school of law ...
, Chiba was hired by NHK in 2012 as Announcer. She worked for NHK Yamagata Branch from 2012 to 2015, and NHK Sendai Branch from 2015 to 2017.
In April 2017, Chiba moved to Tokyo and joined ''
NHK News Ohayō Nippon
''NHK News Ohayō Nippon'' （ ja, NHKニュース おはよう日本, en, NHK News Good Morning Japan）is a Japanese morning television show on NHK General TV, anchored mainly by Masayuki Sanjo and Nachiko Shudo, from the NHK studios at NHK ...
''. She became one of navigators for this program's "Machikado Jōhōshitsu (Street Information Room)" segment, where she introduced inventions that helped make people's life more convenient. She is a reporter for its "Shuntaikan" segment on the last Sunday of every month.
Chiba is also a main presenter for ''Sandwichman's Tenshi no Tsukuriwarai'' aired on NHK Radio 1.
On February 21, 2018, NHK announced that Chiba was leaving ''NHK News Ohayō Nippon'' in March 2018. She joined live infotainment program ''
Asaichi'' in April 2018 as Correspondent.
On October 16, 2019, it was reported by various news sources that Chiba was an expectant mother.
On ''Asaichi'' broadcast on November 6, she announced that she was going on maternity leave.
In September 2020, Chiba was moved back to NHK Sendai Branch.
References
External links
Minori Chiba, NHK Announcement Room
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1988 births
Living people
Hosei University alumni
Japanese announcers
Japanese television personalities
Japanese television presenters
Japanese women television presenters
People from Miyagi Prefecture