is a Japanese announcer, television reporter, television personality, and

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for

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. She is a former correspondent for NHK's morning infotainment program '' Asaichi'', as well as a former newsreader for morning news show ''

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 ...

''.

Early life and education

Hori was born in New York,

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. She moved with her family to

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, Japan, where she was raised. In her childhood, she starred several dramas as a child actress. She received the bachelor's degree in politics from the Faculty of Law of

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 was anchor for BS Fuji's news program ''BS Fuji News''.

Career

Hori was hired by

as an announcer in 2013, with

Nonoka Akaki is a Japanese female announcer and newscaster for NHK. Early years Born and raised in Okayama, Japan, Akaki graduated from Keio University. During college, she won the Runner Up title in the Yukata Beauty Contest, Tokyo's local beauty pageant ...

. She began her announcement career at NHK's Takamatsu Branch at

Takamatsu 270px, Takamatsu City Hall 270px, Aerial view of Takamatsu city center 270px, View from Yashima to Takashima port is a city located in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 414,134 in 190120 households and a popul ...

Kagawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Shikoku. Kagawa Prefecture has a population of 949,358 (as of 2020) and is the smallest prefecture by geographic area at . Kagawa Prefecture borders Ehime Prefecture to the southwest and Tok ...

. In March 2016, she was relocated to the NHK Fukuoka Branch in

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NHK高松アナウンサーブログ（保里小百合） February 24, 2016（Viewed on February 27） In April 2017, she was moved to NHK's Tokyo Announcement Room. She was a correspondent for ''

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'' hosted by

Maho Kuwako is an announcer and news anchor at NHK, Japan's public broadcaster. She currently anchors NHK's ''Close-up Gendai'' current affairs program. Kuwako was born, raised, and educated in Kawasaki, Japan, and graduated from the School of Language an ...

. From April 2018 to March 2020, she was a biweekly anchor with Risa Hayashida for the first two-hour segment of the morning news show ''

'', which aired from 5am to 7am. In April 2020, she was a correspondent for the morning infotainment show '' Asaichi''. In April 2021, she became one of the hosts for the documentary program ''

Close-up Gendai Plus , Also known as ''Today's Close-Up'', is a current affairs television programme produced by the Japanese public broadcaster NHK. The programme broadcasts on Mondays through Wednesdays at 19:30 - 19:57 ( UTC+9) on NHK G channel, which also airs o ...

'', succeeding the former host

Shinichi Taketa is a Japanese journalist, announcer, news anchor, and television personality for NHK. He was the anchor for NHK's evening newscast ''NHK News 7'', and the host for documentary program ''Close-up Gendai Plus''. Early years Taketa was born ...

. In April 2022, she was moved to the NHK Mito Branch in

Ibaraki Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,871,199 (1 June 2019) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...

References

External links

Sayuri Hori, NHK Announcement Room
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hori, Sayuri 1990 births Living people Keio University alumni Japanese announcers Japanese television personalities Japanese television presenters Japanese women television presenters People from New York (state) People from Tokyo