List of Japanese announcers


This is a list of announcers on Japanese television and radio.

Television stations in Tokyo

[Nippon Television] Network Corporation - NTV

  • Men
  • * Tomonori Yamashita
  • * Takahiko Fujii, host of morning show "Zoom-In Saturday!".
  • * Shinichi Hatori, host of morning show "Zoom-In Super!" and cast of some variety show.
  • * Masashi Funakoshi
  • Women
  • * Mika Takanishi
  • * Yukari Nishio, host of morning show "Zoom-In Super!".
  • * Noriko Baba, co-host of reality show "The Sekai-gyoten News".
  • * Tomoyo Shibata, wife of Boston Red Sox player Daisuke Matsuzaka
  • * Asami Miura

[Tokyo Broadcasting System], Inc. - TBS

  • Men
  • * Ayumi Akaogi
  • * Toshiyuki Doi, co-host of morning show "Watch!" and sports commentator.
  • * Tadahiko Sako, co-anchor of "NEWS23 with Tetsuya Chikushi".
  • * Shinichiro Azumi
  • * Hiroki Ando, cast of Sunday daytime show "Akko ni Omakase".
  • Women
  • * Maya Kobayashi, entertainment news anchor of "Watch!" and cast of cooking show "Saturday Night Chubou".
  • * Ikumi Kimura, co-host of morning show "Watch!".
  • * Hiroko Ogura, co-anchor of "JNN News Forest, The Evening News".
  • * Tomoko Kubota, co-host of game show "Amazing Animals".
  • * Mai Demizu, co-host of game show "Sekai Fushigi Hakken!" and political talk show "Jijihōdan".
  • * Akiyo Yoshida, co-host of medical program "Last Minute Doctor!"

[Fuji Television] Network, Inc. - CX

Men

  • * Tetsuo Suda, co-anchor on evening news program "FNN Supernews".
  • * Kenji Kawabata, co-anchor on daytime news program "FNN Speak".
  • * Tetsuo Nagasaka, sports announcer.
  • * Masaharu Miyake, sports announcer.
  • * Tsuneo Shiobara, Formula One announcer.
  • * Toshihiro Ito, Formula One announcer, a narrator on "Nep League".
  • * Yutaka Hasegawa, sports commentator, Formula One announcer.
  • 2001
  • * Hiroki Okada
  • * Tomoya Morishita
  • * Kazuhiro Watanabe
  • 2002
  • * Takuya Watanabe
  • 2003
  • * Daiki Tanaka
  • 2004
  • * Taisei Kurata
  • 2005
  • * Yusho Tabuchi

Women

  • * Yumi Masuda
  • 2000
  • * Yaeko Umezu
  • * Maya Masai
  • 2001
  • * Sayaka Morimoto
  • * Aya Takashima - called "Ayapan"
  • 2002
  • * Hitomi Nakamura
  • * Minako Nakano
  • 2003
  • * Saori Ishimoto
  • * Tsubasa Nagano
  • * Yoko Tobe
  • 2004
  • * Maasa Takahashi - reporter of "FNN Supernews Weekend".
  • * Maiko Saito
  • 2005
  • * Reiko Endo
  • * Rio Hirai - Former TV personality "OHA-GIRL Banana"

[TV Asahi] Corporation - EX

  • Men
  • * Masahiro Sasaki
  • * Tomonoshin Kokubo
  • * Naoki Tsuboi, co-anchor of evening news "ANN Super J Channel".
  • * Shinichiro Kawamatsu
  • Women
  • * Mayumi Kawase, anchor of ANN News.
  • * Sayaka Shimohira
  • * Emi Takeuchi, sports anchor of nightly news program "Houdou Station".
  • * Mariko Doh, host of live music show "Music Station" with Tamori.

[TV Tokyo] Corporation - TX

  • Men
  • * Masaru Akahira
  • * Tomoki Uekusa
  • Women
  • * Akiko Sasaki, co-anchor of evening news "TXN NewsEye".
  • * Masumi Chihara

Radio stations in Tokyo

[Nippon Cultural Broadcasting], Inc. - QR

  • Men
  • * Naomasa Terashima
  • * Hideaki Oota
  • * Kunimaru Nomura
  • Women
  • * Junko Suzuki
  • * Kana Mizutani
  • * Chiho Fujiki

[Nippon Broadcasting System], Inc. - LF

  • Men
  • * Takashi Tsukagoshi
  • * Ryohei Sakuraba
  • * Hideo Matsumoto
  • * Hisanori Yoshida
  • * Kohji Iida
  • Women
  • * Eriko Nasu
  • * Sakaya Masuyama
  • * Yumi Tashiro
  • * Yoshiko Kawano
  • * Mayuko Yamamoto
  • * Noriko Tomita
  • * Tomohide Shimbo

Local broadcasting stations

  • Toshifumi Takeshima, play-by-play announcer for the Akita Northern Happinets
  • Yuichi Uwaizumi, on "Seyanen!".
  • Saki Yagi, appearing on "Chichin Pui Pui", a news anchor.
  • Hiroko Matsukawa, appearing on "Chichin Pui Pui"
  • Hiroshi Shibata
  • Ukari Kita, an assistant of "Ohayo Asahi desu".
  • Hiroyuki Yamamoto, host of "Nambo de Nambo" and "Supernews Anchor".
  • Yuzuru Okayasu, a news anchor.
  • Yasuo Toyota, a news anchor.
  • Tetsushi Baba, a sports announcer
  • Keiko Fujimoto
  • Natsumi Sugimoto
  • Anna Kobayashi
  • Takashi Miura, appearing on "Zoom-In Super", "Narutomo!", and an announcer on "Japan International Birdman Rally"
  • Toshiharu Harada
  • Toshihiko Fujii
  • Others

Former announcers

  • Free-lance announcers
  • *Name
  • *Akira Fukuzawa - host of game show "Maka-joshiki no Ana" and comedy show "Enta no Kamisama". Also co-anchor of newsmagazine "Bankisha" and sports commentator.
  • *Masataka Itsumi - died while an active free announcer
  • *Mino Monta - host of "Mino Monta no Asazuba", "Omoikkiri TV", "Groovy After School MAX!", "Amazing Animals", etc.
  • *Etsuko Komiya - a news anchor at TV Asahi.
  • *Shohei Kuwabara - narrator on "Go! Go! Gulliver-kun".
  • * Kyoko Uchida - ex co-anchor of late-night sports news "Sport" and host of some variety shows.
  • Others
  • *Name
  • *Jun'ichi Sumi - one of three hosts of "Chichin Pui Pui".
  • *Shio Chino - called "Chinopan".
  • * Sosuke Sumitani - he worked as a reporter of Dotch Cooking Show but fired after he was found to have filmed up a schoolgirl's skirt using a mobile camera phone.