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Fuji TV JOCX-DTV (channel 8), branded as or , is a Japanese television station that serves the Kantō region as the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Fuji News Network (FNN) and the Fuji Network System (FNS). The station is owned-and- ...

in Japan. It was first broadcast on April 1, 1999, and currently airs from 08:00 to 09:50 Mondays to Fridays. Air time of this program previously was from 8:00 to 9:55 until March 29, 2013. The program ended on March 26, 2021, and was replaced by Mezamashi 8 by the following week.

Presenters

Main presenters

Anchor

* Tomoaki Ogura (April 1, 1999 – March 26, 2021)

Main assistants

Shinsuke Kasai Shinsuke (written: , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese actor *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese professi ...

(April 1, 1999 – March 26, 2021) * Yaeko Umezu (March 24, 2014 – March 31, 2019) *

Yuka Ebihara Yuka Ebihara (Japanese: 海老原由佳, ''Ebihara Yuka''; born 22 October 1986 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese ballet dancer. Since September 2011, she has been engaged with Grand Theatre, Warsaw, Warsaw's Teatr Wielki. Since September 2013, she ...

(October 2, 2017 – March 31, 2019)

Sub-assistants

* Shotaro Kinoshita (March 24, 2014 – March 26, 2021) * Sayaka Morimoto (October 2, 2006 – March 26, 2021) *

Ayako Yamanaka Ayako is a feminine Japanese given name. Written forms Ayako can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * 文子, "writings, child" * 綾子, "twill, child" * 絢子, "kimono design, child" * 彩子, "coloring, child" * 順� ...

(March 24, 2014 – March 26, 2021)

Show-biz reporter

* Chumei Maeda (April 1, 1999 – March 26, 2021)

Weather

Takeshi Amatatsu Takeshi ( in hiragana or in katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Written forms Forms in kanji can include: *武, "warrior" *毅, "strong" *猛, "fierce" *健, "healthy" *剛, "sturdy" *彪, "spotted" *威, "intimidate" *壮, "robust" * ...

(October 3, 2005 – March 26, 2021)

Past presenters

Main assistants

Kyoko Sasaki is a very common feminine Japanese given name. Not to be confused with Kiyoko. Written forms The final syllable "ko" is typically written with the kanji character for child, 子. It is a common suffix to female names in Japan. The first syll ...

(April 1, 1999 – March 27, 2009) *

Minako Nakano is a Japanese feminine given name. Minako can be written using different kanji characters: *美奈子, "beauty, apple tree, child" *美那子, "beauty, unknown, child" or "beauty, child" *美菜子, "beauty, (green) vegetable, child" *美名子, ...

(March 30, 2009 – June 29, 2012) * Rei Kikukawa (July 2, 2012 – September 29, 2017)

Sub-assistants

* Yutaka Hasegawa (April 2, 2001 – September 24, 2010) *

Daiki Tanaka is a Japanese professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooti ...

(September 27, 2010 – March 21, 2014) * Yumi Kasuga (April 1, 1999 – September 29, 2006) * Reina Uchida (March 24, 2014 – September 18, 2015)

Former regular commentators

Dave Spector is an American '' gaijin tarento'', television producer, author, and actor based in Japan. Originally from Chicago, he moved to Japan in 1983 after visiting as a producer with the American television program ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!''. He ...

(Wednesday) * Hiroko Mita (Wednesday) * Seiko Niizuma (Thursday) *

Tetsuya Bessho is a Japanese actor and radio presenter. Since 2014, he has hosted the Miss International pageant. Filmography Films * ''Solar Crisis (film), Solar Crisis'' (1990), Ken Minami * ''Godzilla vs. Mothra'' (1992), Takuya Fujita * ''Art of Fightin ...

(Friday) * Manami Hashimoto (Friday)

Notable past commentators

Kaori Manabe is a Japanese talent, gravure idol and actress. She was born on May 31, 1980, in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Personal life On June 26, 2015, it was announced that Manabe married rock musician Kazuya Yoshii and was pregnant with his child and due ...

* Kazuhide Uekusa

Theme music

Opening and ending theme: "Good One" (Kay, until March 2021)

Past

* April 1999 to March 2003: " Veronica" (

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television host. According to ''Rolling Stone'', Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical ...

) * April 2003 to September 2005: " Shout to the Top!" (opening) / "My Ever Changing Moods" (ending) (

The Style Council The Style Council were an English pop band formed in Woking in 1982 by Paul Weller, the former lead vocalist, principal songwriter and guitarist with the rock band the Jam, and keyboardist Mick Talbot, previously a member of Dexys Midnight Ru ...

) * October 2005 to September 2007: "

Don't Get Me Wrong "Don't Get Me Wrong" is a song by British-American rock band the Pretenders. It was the first single released from the band's fourth studio album, '' Get Close'' (1986). It was also included on the band's compilation album, '' The Singles'' (19 ...

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The Pretenders The Pretenders are a British rock band formed in March 1978. The original band consisted of founder and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (ba ...

) * October 2007 to March 2009: "

We Built This City "We Built This City" is the debut single by American rock band Starship, from their 1985 debut album '' Knee Deep in the Hoopla''. It was written by English musicians Martin Page and Bernie Taupin, who were both living in Los Angeles at the time ...

" (

Starship A starship, starcraft, or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for interstellar travel, traveling between planetary systems. The term is mostly found in science fiction. Reference to a "star-ship" appears as early as 1 ...

) * April 2009 to March 2011: "

Invisible Touch ''Invisible Touch'' is the thirteenth studio album by the English rock band Genesis, released on 6 June 1986 by Atlantic Records in the United States and on 9 June 1986 by Charisma/Virgin Records in the United Kingdom. After taking a break in 1 ...

" (

Genesis Genesis may refer to: Religion * Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of humankind * Genesis creation narrative, the first several chapters of the Bo ...

) * April 2011 to March 2012: "

Heaven Is a Place on Earth "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" is a single by American singer Belinda Carlisle from her second studio album, '' Heaven on Earth'' (1987). Written by Rick Nowels and Ellen Shipley, the song was released as the lead single from the album on Septem ...

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Belinda Carlisle Belinda Jo Carlisle ( ; born August 17, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. She gained fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female rock bands of all time, and went on to have a prolific career as a sol ...

) * April 2012 to September 2012: "

Tell Her About It "Tell Her About It" is a song written and performed by Billy Joel from his album '' An Innocent Man'' (1983), released as the album's first single in July 1983. In the song, the singer exhorts a young man to tell the woman he loves how he feels ab ...

" (

Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Piano Man" after his Signature song, signature 1973 song Piano Man (song), of the same name, Joel has ha ...

) * October 2012 to March 2014: "

Tubthumping "Tubthumping" is a song by British rock band Chumbawamba, released in August 1997 by EMI, Universal Records (1995), Universal and Republic Records as the first single from their eighth studio album, ''Tubthumper'' (1997). It is the band's most ...

" (

Chumbawamba Chumbawamba () was a British anarcho-punk band who formed in 1982 and disbanded in 2012. They are best known for their 1997 single "Tubthumping", which was nominated for Best British Single at the Brit Awards 1998. Other singles include "Amnes ...

) *March 2014 to March 2018: "Morning Cheers" (pal@pop) *April 2018 to March 2019: "Rainbow" (Kay) *March to September 2019: "Tap Knock DaNce" (Yuta Mori) *September 2019 to March 2021: "Good One" (Kay)

References

External links

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