Christel Takigawa

Christel Takigawa
Christel Takigawa
Born	Masami Christel Takigawa Lardux; 1 October 1977; Paris, France
Nationality	Japanese
Other names	Masami Christel Koizumi (after marriage)
Occupation	News presenter
Political party	Liberal Democratic
Spouse(s)	Shinjirō Koizumi (m. 2019)
Children	1

Takigawa Lardux Christel Masami (滝川ラルドゥクリステル雅美, Takigawa Rarudu Kurisuteru Masami, born 1 October 1977), commonly known as Christel Takigawa (滝川クリステル, Takigawa Kurisuteru), is a French Japanese television announcer and news presenter. In TV presentation, her name is usually abbreviated as Christel Takigawa.

Biography

Takigawa Lardux Christel Masami was born in Paris, France. Her mother is Japanese and her father is French. Her family moved to Japan when she was three years old. After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan Aoyama High School, she attended the College of Literature in Aoyama Gakuin University.

She has worked for Kyodo Television since graduating from university and began her career as a TV announcer initially using her Japanese name, Masami Takigawa. She later changed to her current name, Christel Takigawa. Although she works for Kyodo Television, she appears exclusively on Fuji Television programs.

Takigawa appeared as a newscaster on the Japanese news TV programme FNN News Japan between 2002 and September 2009 and appeared on Shin Hōdō Premier A, between April 2007 and June 2008.

Takigawa gave a presentation to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Buenos Aires in 2013, in English and in French, inviting the IOC to hold the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Takigawa announced on 7 August 2019, that she had married Shinjiro Koizumi, the second son of former Japanese premier Junichirō Koizumi. She gave birth to a son on 17 January 2020.[1]

Awards and decorations

Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 17 January 2013)

References

Takahashi, Ryusei (17 January 2020). "It's a boy! Christel Takigawa, wife of minister Shinjiro Koizumi, gives birth". The JapanTimes. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

External links

Profile by Phonics (in Japanese)

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[1] Takahashi, Ryusei (17 January 2020). "It's a boy! Christel Takigawa, wife of minister Shinjiro Koizumi, gives birth". The JapanTimes. Retrieved 25 August 2020.