is a Japanese female announcer and

newscaster A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

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 terrestri ...

Early years

Born and raised in

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, Akaki graduated from

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

. During college, she won the Runner Up title in the Yukata Beauty Contest, Tokyo's local beauty pageant.

Career

After graduating from Keio University in 2013, Akaki was hired by NHK and started her career at NHK Tokushima Branch, where she worked until March 2015. In April 2015, she was relocated to NHK Osaka Branch, where she hosted ''News Hot Kansai''. In March 2017, Akaki was moved to Tokyo Announcement Room and appointed as a biweekly newscaster of NHK's morning news show ''

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'' as well as

Yurie Omi is a Japanese former announcer and news presenter, news anchor for NHK. She left NHK in March 2021. She was famous for being the co-host of NHK's morning talk show ''Asaichi'' as well as its geological television series ''Bura Tamori''. Early ...

. At the same time, she co-hosts an information program ''Naming Variety Nipponjin no Onamae!'' (currently ''Nipponjin no Onamae'') with

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. On February 21, 2018, NHK has announced that Akaki is leaving ''NHK News Ohayō Nippon'' and being an anchor for ''Shinsedai ga Toku! Nippon no Dilemma'' from April 2018. On February 9, 2022, NHK announced that Akaki was supposed to be the host of the newly-founded weekend night news show ''Saturday Watch 9'' in April.

Personal life

Akaki has been a good harpist since junior high school. She joined Okayama Junior Orchestra and sometimes played in public.おかやま国際音楽祭2007／事業報告／岡山市ジュニアオーケストラ第43回定期演奏会
The City of Okayama Official Website (in Japanese)

References

External links

Nonoka Akaki, Tokyo Announcement Room
{{DEFAULTSORT:Akaki, Nonoka 1990 births Living people Keio University alumni Japanese announcers Japanese television personalities Japanese television presenters Japanese women television presenters People from Okayama Prefecture

Early years

Career

Personal life

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