NHK Announcers

The topic on this time is NHK Announcer. Is it all right to go directly into the main question?

・Who are they?
This time, I will mainly take TV announcers, who appear especially in three major news programs. These programs are "Ohayou Nihonn", "News 7" and "News Watch 9". It is, I think, not too much to say that to be NHK announcer is equal to be the face of Japanese news TV.

<Ohayou Nihonn>                                   

Wataru Abe

              












<News 7>

Shiniti Takeda

<News Watch 9>


Kenithi Okosi


Recently, there have been not only male announcers but female announcers who play active parts in News programs and are generally beautiful.

Asahi Inoue
She has started to appear "News Watch 9" since April in 2011. It is said that her looks and bodily shape are marvelous than any announcers in NHK. For example, she graduated from Ochanomizu women's college.

Tomoko Kogou
She is a graduate of Waseda university and in charge of a main anchor on Saturday and Sunday. It is for the first time in 12 years that woman becomes a main anchor in NHK. There is a rumor that her figure is so glamorous that the audience ratings went up 2~3%.






The source:http://cgi4.nhk.or.jp/a-room/index.cgi
                http://www.zakzak.co.jp/entertainment/ent-news/news/20110507/enn1105071524010-n1.htm     
As I have said, NHK thinks announcers' figure is more important than their school background. I think that the background on the fact results from women announcers of commercial broadcasting becoming more popular. In fact, NHK women announcers have never placed among the top 10 of  women announcers ranking by the Oricon chart.


Next week, I'll talk about NHK's TV programs.
See you!!