is a Japanese announcer,

news anchor 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. ...

, television reporter, and television personality for

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. She is the anchor for NHK's weekday evening news show ''

NHK News 7 is the early evening news program broadcast domestically on NHK General TV and internationally on NHK World Premium. It has been on the air daily since April 5, 1993, from 7:00pm to 7:30pm ( JST).

''. She was the co-host for NHK's geological TV series ''

Bura Tamori ）is a Japanese weekly geographical TV series broadcast domestically on NHK General Television and internationally on NHK World Premium hosted by Tamori. It started in 2008. In the program, Tamori, accompanied by NHK's female broadcaster, stro ...

'', as well as a newsreader for morning news show ''

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''.

Early years

Hayashida was born in

Nagasaki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyūshū. Nagasaki Prefecture has a population of 1,314,078 (1 June 2020) and has a geographic area of 4,130 Square kilometre, km2 (1,594 sq mi). Nagasaki Prefecture borders ...

, which was her parents' birthplace. She was raised in

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, Japan. She attended Shonan Shirayuri Gakuen Junior and Senior High School, founded by Sisters of Charity of St. Paul. She received the Bachelor's Degree in Music and the Master's Degree of Music from

Tokyo University of the Arts or is the most prestigious art school in Japan. Located in Ueno Park, it also has facilities in Toride, Ibaraki, Yokohama, Kanagawa, and Kitasenju and Adachi, Tokyo. The university has trained renowned artists in the fields of painting, scul ...

in 2012 and 2014 respectively, researching musicology. During college, Hayashida was a student newscaster on ''News Access'' (by BS Asahi) and ''au Headline'' (the news app run by au).

Career

Hayashida started her broadcasting career at

Nagasaki Broadcasting Station in 2014. In February 2016, Hayashida was relocated to NHK Fukuoka Broadcasting Station, hosting ''Rokuichi! Fukuoka'', following

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 ...

. She also stars ''NHK News'' and ''News 845 Fukuoka''. Since April 2018 Hayashida has hosted ''

'' and the first part of ''

''. Those programs are also the jobs she took over from Omi. In the midnight of January 1, 2019, Hayashida appeared on TV as a correspondent at

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in ''Yukutoshi Kurutoshi'', NHK's annual New Year's Eve television special, with

Kozo Takase is a Japanese announcer and news anchor for NHK. Early years Born and raised in Kakogawa, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, Takase graduated from Waseda University. He belonged to a glee club as an undergraduate. Career Takase was hired by NHK in Ap ...

and

Mayuko Wakuda is a Japanese female announcer and news anchor for NHK. Wakuda previously is one of the anchors hosting NHK General TV's primetime news program ''News Watch 9''. Early years Wakuda was born in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. At age two, she moved ...

. NHK announced on February 13, 2020, that Hayashida would step back from the host for ''Bura Tamori'' and hand it over to Rika Asano in April 2020. On March 14, she appeared her last episode of it. Hayashida also resigned from ''NHK News Ohayō Nippon'' to be the anchor for ''Shutoken Network'' airing in Tokyo Metropolis and peripheral prefectures. In 2021, Hayashida narrated the travel segment of Taiga Drama ''Seiten wo Tsuke'' (English title: ''

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''). On February 9, 2022, NHK announced that Hayashida would be the anchor for weekday evening news program ''

'' from April.

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Risa Hayashida, NHK Announcement Room
, - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayashida, Risa 1989 births Living people Tokyo University of the Arts alumni Japanese announcers Japanese television personalities Japanese television presenters Japanese women television presenters People from Nagasaki Prefecture People from Kanagawa Prefecture

Early years

Career

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