Yūmi Nagashima (

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: 永島優美, ''Nagashima Yūmi'', born November 23, 1991) is a Japanese

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for

Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as and colloquially known as CX, is a Japanese television station based in Odaiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Owned and operated by the it is the key station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network S ...

. She is known for being the main caster of ''

Mezamashi TV is a Japanese news magazine show broadcast every weekday on Fuji TV from 4:55 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. ''Mezamashi'' is a form of the Japanese verb mezamasu (to wake up). Mezamashi TV has several spin-off shows such as (replacing Meza News w ...

''.

Life and career

Nagashima was born on November 23, 1991 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Her father is Akihiro Nagashima, a former Japan national team

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and sports caster. Her mother gave her the name "Yūmi" because she was a big fan of

Yumi Matsutoya , nicknamed , is a Japanese singer, composer, lyricist and pianist. Generally the writer of both the lyrics and the music in her songs, she is renowned for her idiosyncratic voice and live performances, and is one of the most prominent figures ...

(called Yūmin among her fans). She has a younger brother. On January 17, 1995, the

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that occurred when she was three years old, completely destroyed her paternal grandparents' house. Announcer Chisa Takeda was her junior in elementary school. She graduated from

Kwansei Gakuin University , colloquially known as , is a private, non-denominational Christian coeducational university in Japan. The university offers Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees to around 25,000 students in almost 40 different disciplines across 11 ...

after studying in the Faculty of Sociology. She belonged to the

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club while in high school. On August 9, 2010, she was elected the first Kobe Wedding Queen. She also won the Grand Prix of Miss Campus of Kwansei Gakuin in 2011. From 2012 to 2013, she was a

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for "Ohayo Asahi Doyobi desu" (Good morning Asahi, it is Saturday) on Asahi Broadcasting while she was a university student. After the announcer examination, she was appointed to

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and Fuji TV, and joined Fuji TV in April 2014. Announcer Masato Omura joined the company at the same time. In April 2016, she became the 7th female main caster of

. On March 3, 2021, she married a man one year older than her, who worked for the Fuji Television Network Information Production Bureau. She announced her marriage live on Mezamashi TV the next day. On March 29, 2021, she was appointed as the main caster of Mezamashi 8 along with

Shōsuke Tanihara is a Japanese actor probably best known outside Japan for his portrayal of Riki Fudoh in '' Fudoh: The New Generation''. Tanihara hosts ''Tokyo Twenty-Four Living Supported by FLET’S Hikari'', a podcast produced by TOKYO FM. The podcast began ...

. She left Mezamashi TV, where she has been the female main caster for five years since 2016. On March 31, 2023, she left Mezamashi 8, effectively ending her role as morning female main caster after eight years.

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